Richard Fischer Sr. (1893 - 1970)

Born 28 Oct 1893 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Hunt (Chambers) Fischer — married 30 Jun 1922 in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1970 at age 76 in Mercer, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

2nd Lt Richard Fischer Sr. served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 15 May 1918
Unit(s): Co "A", 23rd Machine Gun Battalion
Service ended: .

Richard was born in 1893 in Albany, New York. He was the son of Heinrich Fischer and Maria Anna "Mary" Nowak. He worked at the Post Office for over 20 years. Richard passed away in Feb 1970.

Marriage and Children

Richard married Helen Hunt Chambers. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970: Name: Richard Fischer; Gender: Male; Record Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 30 Jun 1922; Marriage Place: Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA; Church: Presbyterian Church; Spouse: Helen Chambers ^[1]

Children:

1. Richard Fischer
2. John Fischer
3. Elizabeth Fischer

Census

On the 1900 Census ~ Albany, New York: Name: Richard Fisher; Age: 6; Birth Date: Oct 1893; Birthplace: New York, USA; Home in 1900: Albany Ward 16, Albany, New York; Ward of City: 16; Street: Madison Avenue; House Number: 456; Sheet Number: 8; Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 125; Family Number: 169; Race: White; Gender: Male; Relation to Head of House: Son; Marital Status: Single; Father's Name: Henry Fisher; Father's Birthplace: Germany; Mother's Name: Mary Fisher; Mother's Birthplace: Germany; Years in US: 6; Occupation: School; Attended School: 9 1/2; Can Read: Yes; Can Write: Yes; Can Speak English: Yes ^[2]

Household members, Name, Age:

• Henry Fisher, 50, father
• Mary Fisher, 35, mother
• Margaret Fisher, 26, half-sister
• Elizabeth Fisher, 24, half-sister
• Katharine Fisher, 20, half-sister
• Louise Fisher, 18, half-sister
• John Fisher, 16, half-brother
• Richard Fisher, 6

On the 1910 Census ~ Albany, New York: Name: Richard Fischer; Age in 1910: 16; Birth Year: about 1894; Birthplace: New York; Home in 1910: Albany Ward 16, Albany, New York; Street: Madison Ave; Race: White; Gender: Male; Relation to Head of House: Son; Marital Status: Single; Father’s Name: Henry C. Fischer; Father’s Birthplace: Germany; Mother’s Name: Mary A. Fischer; Mother’s Birthplace: Germany; Native Tongue: English; Attended School: Yes; Able to read: Yes; Able to Write: Yes;

Household Members, Name, Age:

• Henry C. Fischer, father, 60;
• Mary A. Fischer, mother, 45;
• Katherine M. Fischer, half-sister, 30;
• Louisa M. Fischer, half-sister, 28,
• John M. Fischer, half-brother, 26,
• Richard Fischer, 16

On the 1920 Census: Name: Richard Fischer; Age: 26; Birth Year: abt 1894; Birthplace: New York; Home in 1920: Bristol Ward 5, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Street: Jefferson Avenue; Residence Date: 1920; Race: White; Gender: Male; Relation to Head of House: Lodger; Marital Status: Single; Father's Birthplace: Germany; Mother's Birthplace: Germany; Able to Speak English: Yes; Occupation: Regulator; Industry: Ship Yard; Employment Field: Wage or Salary; Able to read: Yes; Able to Write: Yes; ^[3]

Household members, Name, Age:

• Josephine E Chambers, 57
• Anna B Chambers, 30
• Elizabeth Chambers, 27
• Helen H Chambers, 23, future wife
• Richard Fischer, 26, lodger

On the New York, State Census, 1925: Name: Richard Fischer; Gender: Male; Color or Race: White; Age: 31; Birth Date: abt 1894; Birth Place: USA; Residence Date: 1925; Residence Place: Schodack, Rensselaer; Relationship: Head; Assembly District: 02; Line Number: 31; Page number: 2 ^[4]

Household members, Name, Age:

• Richard Fischer, 31
• Helen C Fischer, 30
• Richard Fischer, 1
• John C Fischer, 0

On the 1930 Census: Name: Richard Fischer; Birth Year: abt 1894; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age in 1930: 36; Birthplace: New York; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Home in 1930: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA; Map of Home: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; Street Address: Vine Street; Ward of City: 5th; Block: 187; House Number: 117; Dwelling Number: 321; Family Number: 325; Home Owned or Rented: Rented; Home Value: 28.00; Radio Set: Yes; Lives on Farm: No; Age at First Marriage: 28; Attended School: No; Able to Read and Write: Yes; Father's Birthplace: Germany; Mother's Birthplace: Germany; Able to Speak English: Yes; Occupation: Postal Clerk; Industry: Post office; Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker; Employment: Yes; Veteran: Yes; War: WW; ^[5]

Household members, Name, Age:

• Richard Fischer, 36
• Helen Fischer, 34, wife
• Richard Fischer, 6, son
• John C Fischer, 5, son
• Elizabeth Fischer, 3, daughter

On the 1940 Census: Name: Richard Fischer; Age: 46; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birthplace: Albaney; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Home in 1940: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; Street: Stuyvesant Avenue; House Number: 440; Farm: No; Inferred Residence in 1935: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; Residence in 1935: Trenton, New York; Sheet Number: 1B; Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 19; Occupation: Mail Clerk; House Owned or Rented: Rented; Amount: 32.50; Attended School or College: No; Highest Grade Completed: College, 1st year; Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40; Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work; Weeks Worked in 1939: 52; Income: 2037; Income Other Sources: No ^[6]

Household members, Name, Age:

• Richard Fischer, 46
• Helen Fischer, 44
• Richard Fischer, 16
• John Fischer, 15
• Elizabeth Fischer, 13

On the 1950 Census: Name: Richard Fischer; Age: 56; Birth Date: abt 1894; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Place: New York; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA; Street Name Sluyvessant Ave.; House Number: 440; Dwelling Number: 19; Farm: No; Acres: No; Occupation: Sorting Mail; Industry: U S Post Office; Father Birth Place: USA; Mother Birth Place: USA; Occupation Category: Working; Hours Worked: 40; Worker Class: Government; Same House: No; School Completed: C4; Grade Completed: Yes School Attendance: 30 or over; Weeks Worked: 50; Income: 3670; Supplemental Income 30000; Relative Income: 1998; Relative Supplemental Income: none ^[7]

Household members, Name, Age:

• Richard Fischer, 56
• John C Fischer, 25, son
• Elizabeth A Fischer, 23, daughter

Military

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: Name: Richard Fischer; Race: Caucasian (White); Marital Status: Single; Birth Date: 28 Oct 1893; Birth Place: New York, USA; Residence Date: 1917-1918; Street Address: 456 Madison Ave; Residence Place: Albany, Albany, New York, USA; Draft Board: 3; Physical Build: Slender 175 lbs; Height: Tall 6ft; Hair Color; Light Brown; Eye Color: Grey ^[8]

New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919: Name: Richard Fischer; Birth Place: Albany, New York; Birth Date: 28 Oct 1893; Service Start Date: 15 May 1918; Service Start Place: Albany, New York; Service Start Age: 24 ^[9]

U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939: Name: Richard Fischer; Address: 456 Madison Ave; Residence Place: Albany, New York; Father: Henry Conrad Fischer; Military Unit: 23rd Mgbn; Rank: Second Lieutenant; Notes: Co "A", 23rd Machine Gun Battalion ^[10]

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942: Name: Richard Fischer Sr; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Date: 28 Oct 1893; Birth Place: Albany, New Jersey, USA; Residence Place: Trenton, New Jersey, USA; Military Draft Date: 1942; Next of Kin: Mrs Helen C. Fischer ^[11]

Death and Burial

Find-a-Grave: Name: Richard Fischer Sr; Birth Date: 28 Oct 1893; Birth Place: Albany County, New York, United States of America; Death Date: 11 Feb 1970; Death Place: Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States of America; Cemetery: Albany Rural Cemetery; Burial or Cremation Place: Menands, Albany County, New York, United States of America; Has Bio? Yes ^[12]

Death Date: 11 FEB 1970

Place: Latham, New York

Burial Date: FEB 1970

Place: Albany Rural Cemetery, Latham, New York ^[13]

Social Security Death Index: Name: Richard Fischer; Social Security Number: 135-32-8725; Birth Date: 28 Oct 1893; Issue year: 1956-1958; Issue State: New Jersey; Last Residence: 08618, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA; Death Date: Feb 1970 ^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, PA, USA; US, Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Accession Number: Vault Bx 9211 .p49007 P62 V.2. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Church Registers. Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Albany Ward 16, Albany, New York; Roll: 1005; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0058. Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
3. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Bristol Ward 5, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1542; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 11. Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C
4. ↑ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 04; Assembly District: 02; City: Schodack; County: Rensselaer; Page: 2. Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: State population census schedules, 1925. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.
5. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 2341098. Source Information Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
6. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02437; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 27-125. Source Information Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
7. ↑ National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: 3626; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 33-174. Source Information Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950.
8. ↑ Registration State: New York; Registration County: Albany. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
9. ↑ New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: New York State Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917–1919. Adjutant General's Office. Series B0808. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.
10. ↑ The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 579. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917-1938. Textual records, 360 Boxes. NAID: 6234465. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Lists of Outgoing Passengers, 1917-1938. Textual records. 255 Boxes. NAID: 6234477. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
11. ↑ The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of New Jersey; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M1986. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.
12. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195644279/richard-fischer
13. ↑ Source Information: Ancestry.com. Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Albany Rural Cemetery Internment Cards. Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York.
14. ↑ Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating WikiTree profile Fischer-1128 through the import of Josie Lemon Family.ged on Aug 29, 2013.