Sunday 25 March 2012

John Francis Raven Fisher and Joan Foster Fisher nee Miller

Commemoration plaques in the Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) Victorian Garden of Remembrance for Tom's parents, J F R Fisher VX145495 and Joan Foster Fisher nee Miller VFX 127718 can be found at Wall 130 Row S.  Joan passed away in 1995 and John passed away in 2003.  I was able to request that the 2 plaques could be placed together.

Plaque for Joan Foster Fisher nee Miller
Plaque for John Francis Raven Fisher


Plaques for Joan and John Fisher
Location of plaques

Location of plaques



Charles James Harman

In the Australian War Graves at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, you can find #251051 Charles James Harman (1878-1943), husband of Lavinia Raven Fisher, the daughter of John Raven Fisher.  The grave is located in the Lawn in section 1P, Australian War Graves C, Grave 10.
C J Harman
Australian War Graves Springvale
C J Harman
Australian War Graves Springvale




Jenkinson Fisher and Florence May Fisher nee Collins

Quite close to David Fisher family grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, you can find the grave of Florence May Fisher nee Collins (abt 1888-1936), the wife of Jenkinson Fisher (1892-1965).  Sadly the headstone is cracked.   The grave is located beside a shady tree in the Church of England, Monumental, Compartment R, Section, Grave 26.  Springvale Cemetery record that her husband Jenkinson Fisher is also buried there, but he is not noted on the headstone. Jenkinson is the son of Joseph and Agnes Fisher, brother of Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher, and nephew of David Fisher.  I took this photo when I visited the cemetery in March 2012.
Headstone of Florence May Fisher

Grave of Jenkinson and Florence May Fisher

Location of grave of Jenkinson and Florence May Fisher nee Collins



Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher

Springvale Botanical Cemetery is also the resting place of Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher (1889-1954), the daughter of Joseph and Agnes Fisher.  She is buried with her husband McKenzie Alexander Lucas (1888-1975) in the Presbyterian, Monumental, Compartment C, Section 7, Grave 23.  Sadly their daughter Dorothy Isobel Lucas is also buried there.  It is only a small distance away from her uncle David Fisher's family grave, and also her brother Jenkinson Fisher's wife Florence May Fisher nee Collins.

Headstone for Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher

Lucas family grave

Lucas family grave
Lucas family grave


Darwin bombing veteran

Uncle Gordon Ellis, who turned 90 yesterday in Barham NSW, has just returned from the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin.  You can read more in the Bendigo Advertiser on 18 February and 6 March 2012.  Also the Koondrook Barham Bridge 9 March 2012.

There's a great photo in the Northern Territory News as well!

David Fisher and Louisa Fisher nee Yate

Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the resting place for David Fisher (1953-1925) and his wife Louisa Fisher nee Yate (1956-1934), daughters Anne (1882-1914) and  Emily Victoria (1897-1963).   They are all buried together in the Fisher family grave in the Church of England, Monumental, Compartment I Section 2 Grave 8 and 8A.  These photographs were taken by me in March 2012.  It is very difficult to read the inscriptions of Ann and Emily due to lichen.
David Fisher family grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery
Headstone for David Fisher died 1925

Headstone for Louisa Fisher died 1934 


Headston for Annie Fisher died 1914 and Emily Victoria Fisher died 1963

Saturday 3 March 2012

Like to know more about my families?

You can see more about the families I am researching, especially the Fisher families on my Google Fisher and Ellis Families web pages.

Fisher Gravestone at St Bees

Fisher  grave 1923
St Bees Churchyard, St Bees, Cumbria
pictured with Thos Fisher and Dickinson Fisher
Headstone Thomas and Hannah Fisher, John and Ann Fisher  1923
St Bees Churchyard, St Bees, Cumbria
John Raven Fisher's grandparents Thomas Fisher and Hannah Fisher nee Raven, and his parents John and Ann nee Nail, are buried in St Bees Churchyard, in Cumberland in England. This photograph of the grave was taken in 1923 by Thomas Fisher visiting from Australia.

This photo is from his son, John Francis Raven Fisher's photo album and taken in 1951. The headstones have since fallen over and all within the cemetery moved to the side of the churchyard.  Sadly we couldn't sight these headstones when we visited some 30 years ago.  

Fisher grave 1951
St Bees Churchyard, St Bees, Cumbria

Elizabeth Raven Hope nee Fisher

Booroondara Cemetery in Kew is where the Hope family are buried.  Here you will find Elizabeth Raven Hope nee Fisher (1874-1963),  her husband John (1876-1940), son Ernest (1903-1926) and infant son Keith (1908-1908). The headstone is quite difficult to read.  Elizabeth Raven Hope is John Raven Fisher's sister.


Grave of Elizabeth Raven Hope nee Fisher family
Booroondara Cemetery, Kew
Headstone for Elizabeth Raven Hope nee Fisher family
Booroondara Cemetery, Kew

Daniel Fisher and Elizabeth Helen nee Wilson


St Kilda Cemetery is the resting place for Daniel Fisher (1865-1949) and his wife Elizabeth Helen nee Wilson (1862-1934), and infant daughters Violet Lillian (1888-1888) and Catherine Anne Fisher (1881-1893).
Headstone Daniel Fisher family at St Kilda Cemetery
Grave of Daniel Fisher family at St Kilda Cemetery

John Raven Fisher

John Raven Fisher is memorialised at Melbourne General Cemetery, along with his wife, Mary nee McFarlane, son Thomas and his wife Ivy nee Sweetland, son William, and daughter Mary.
Fisher grave
Melbourne General Cemetery

John Raven Fisher, Mary Fisher nee McFarlane, and son William Fisher
Melbourne General Cemetery

Daughter Mary Fisher
Melbourne General Cemetery


Son Thomas Fisher and his wife Ivy Fisher nee Sweetland
Melbourne General Cemetery

Jane Helen Fisher nee Brown

Brighton General Cemetery is the resting place for Jane Helen Fisher nee Brown (1857-1930), William Fisher's widow.  William died in Morecambe in Lancashire in 1901.

Headstone for Jane Helen Fisher (nee Brown)
Brighton General Cemetery
Grave of Jane Helen Fisher (nee Brown)
Brighton General Cemetery



Joseph Fisher and Agnes nee Jenkinson

Thanks to Dorothy (William Fisher and Jane Brown line), I have found that Joseph Fisher, brother of John Raven Fisher, also emigrated to Victoria!   He married Agnes Jenkinson on  20 September 1888 at St. Matthews Church, Prahran.   Joseph died on 18 November 1933 at 169 Cochrane Street Elsternwick, his wife Agnes predeceasing him in 1911.  Joseph (1860-1933) and his wife Agnes (1865-1911) are buried together at Brighton General Cemetery.    Here's a photo of the headstone I took last weekend.
Headstone for Joseph and Agnes Fisher
Brighton General Cemetery