William Fisher 1858-1898

Thanks to the Friends of Poulton Cemeteries,  I now have a photo of William Fisher's headstone at Morecambe Old Cemetery in Lancashire,  and now his date of death - 16 May 1898, aged 40.

Sadly the headstone has the details of two of William and Jane Fisher's children who predeceased him - son Clarence Ennerdale Fisher who died 30 July 1895, aged 19 months, and daughter Clarice May Fisher who died 31 May 1897, aged 10 months.

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

William Fisher family

So....have just found out William Fisher, brother of John Raven Fisher,  and Jane Helen Brown's grand daughter who is still living in Stawell aged 81!  As far as I know she is the only living descendant so hopefully she may have photos.  Her grandmother Jane Helen Fisher is buried close by at Brighton Cemetery.  As to William Fisher, I think he died before Jane and daughter Hannah Mina came out to Victoria.  But Hannah's surviving brothers in 1930 are missing in action - Sandwith, Stanley and Dickinson.  Not sure it they came out to Australia?  Haven't found them back in the UK...maybe they went to South Africa to join other Fisher relatives...