James
Fisher
Born in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Son of James Fisher
and Janet (Drummond) Fisher
Brother of
Janet (Fisher) Dickie, Margaret (Fisher) Wright, Daniel Fisher, Elizabeth (Fisher) Weston, Mary Fisher, Helen (Fisher) Morrison, Sarah (Fisher) Walls, William Fisher, Mary Ferguson (Fisher) Dowie, Jane (Fisher) Brown and John Fisher
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
Rachael (Fisher) Roden, Jessie Drummond (Fisher) Anderson, James Fisher, Daniel Fisher, Christina (Fisher) Stewart and Robert Fisher
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Oct 2018
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Biography
James was born on 14 March 1843, and christened on 9 April 1843 in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He is the son of James Fisher and Janet Drummond.[1]
He appears on the 1851 census with his parents, living in Maitland Street, Bothkennar, aged 8, a scholar.[2]
Along with his parents and siblings, he arrived in Victoria, Australia in October 1854 on Black Eagle.[3]
In 1870, he married Christina Wright.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT2T-X4F : 10 February 2018), James Fisher, 14 Mar 1843; citing , reference 2:179W8BL, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,972.
- ↑ FreeUKGenealogy
https://freecen2.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5905799fe9379091b14c7c40?search_id=5bd6aac9791e3b69b97a534d
Year: 1851, County: Stirlingshire, Place: Bothkennar
Piece: 473, Enumeration District: 3, Folio: 0, Page: 5, Schedule: 18 - ↑ Public Record Office Victoria, Assisted Passenger Lists
https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/assisted-passenger-lists
Ship: Black Eagle, Year: 1854, Month: Oct
Book: 11, Page 75
Name: Fisher, James
Age: 10 - ↑ Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/-
- Marriage Registration number: 1910/1870
Family name: FISHER
Given name(s): James
Spouse's family name: WRIGHT
Spouse's given name(s): Christina
- Marriage Registration number: 1910/1870
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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