Madeline M Mathilda (Watson) Fischer (1887 - 1970)

Born 1 Feb 1887 in Montana

Ancestors

Wife of Reinhold J Fischer — married 12 Oct 1912 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1970 at age 83 in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Don Watson [send private message] and Carmen Moore [send private message]

Biography

Madeline (Watson) Fischer was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.

Genealogical Proof Standard - I believe this profile satisfies the 5 proof elements

Madeline M Mathilda Watson was born 8 February 1882 or 1887, in Montana, United States. Chose 1887 as that is what is on the headstone.

In 1900, United States Census, Mathilda is living with her birth family in Post Falls, Kootenai, Idaho, United States. She is 8, born in Montana, birth date would be 1882. She is oldest of 4 children (Andrew, Elsie, and Viola)

In 1906 Canada Census, Mathilda is single, 14 and living as servant in the home of a Robert Anderson in area of Silver Grove, Saskatchewan, east of Leask, Saskatchewan

She married Reinhold J Fischer on 12 October 1912, in Carlton, Saskatchewan, Canada.

In the 2921 Canada Census, Matilda, her husband and 5 children are living on the farm in area of Laird, and she now identifies herself as Mennonite, and of French ancestry.

In the Canada Census 1926 she is 38, last name now spelled Fisher, says she is Dutch, and living in the area of Laird, Sk.

Children (list taken from a family bible):

• David Fisher B Jan 2.1913
• Herbert Fisher B Dec 31 1913
• Alvina Fisher B Mar 21, 1915
• Tina Fisher B March 17, 1917
• Elizabeth Fisher B June 21 1918
• Peter Fisher B Dec 21 1919
• Herman Fisher B Feb 6,1922
• Florence - B Jan 71927
• Edward - B Nov 14, 1935

In 1931 Madeline is still living in the region of Laird, Sk, with her husband, 7 children and one servant. She identifies her ethnicity as French!

She died on 1 February 1970, in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.

I am not, at this time, researching this profile further DON

Sources

• Personal recollection of events witnessed by Carmen Moore as remembered 22 May 2020.

• 2023 Geni.com, Matilda Madeline Watson https://www.geni.com/people/Matilda-Watson/6000000019151617440

• 1900 United State census, Post Falls, Kootenai, Idaho, United States https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM55-D6M

• Canada Census 1906 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1QH-JYP

• 1921 Census of Canada for Matilda Norrish Saskatchewan Saskatoon Sub-District 24 https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/6371866:8991?tid=&pid=&queryId=12c41e89270534ca126322032455e43e&_phsrc=jer251&_phstart=successSource

• 1926 Canada Census, now living in Laird, Sk https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5Y-S4V8

• 1931 Canada Census, living in Laird https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/5292202:62640?tid=&pid=&queryId=a285788de5f89e13696d3bb680701c55&_phsrc=jer249&_phstart=successSource

• Copyright © 2023 Find a Grave® Mathilda Watson Fischer https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106215695/mathilda-fischer

• Family Search, © 2021 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. a source with both accurate and inaccurate data https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L1QH-JYP/madeline-m-mathilda-watson-1887-1970