Born
before 5 Feb 1852 in
Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Ancestors
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants
Died
3 Apr 1924
after age 72
in
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Profile last modified 3 Sep 2023
| Created 2 Jun 2022
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Biography
James was born in 1852 in Swan, Western Australia.[1] He was the son of Sam Fisher and Esther Minchin .
He travelled with his family from Western Australia and settled in South Australia some time after 1854.
James married Eliza Murray (the daughter of Robert Murray) on 3 November 1875 at the residence of G. Murray, near Adelaide, South Australia.
They had the following children:
Mary Isabel Fisher (b. 1876, m. 1900 John Thomas Helps, d. 17 Sep 1947)
Jessie Mildred Fisher (b. 23 Sept 1878, m. 28 Sep 1911 Frederick Christopher Powell, d. 5 Nov 1943)
George Andrew Athol Fisher (b. 12 Oct 1881, d. 4 May 1955)
Alfred Murray James Fisher (b. 25 Dec 1883, d. 15 Mar 1949)
Allan Robert Imlay Fisher (b. 6 Aug 1886, d. 6 Jan 1958)
Samuel Ernest Minchin Fisher (b. 15 Sept 1888, d. 30 Sept 1962)
His wife Eliza died in 1913.
He married, secondly, Magdalene Emon McDonald Blatchford in 1916.
James passed away on 3 April 1924 and was buried at West Terrace Cemetery
Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia[2] .
Sources
↑ Western Australia, Australia BDM Birth Records Online: Registration number: 2269 / 1852 | Name: FISHER, JAMES | Parents: SAMUEL & MINCHIN, HESTER | Place of Birth: SWAN | https://www.bdm.justice.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158856220/james-fisher : accessed 03 June 2022), memorial page for James Fisher (unknown–3 Apr 1924), Find A Grave: Memorial #158856220 , citing West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Dwight Baker (contributor 47306645)
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