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.
Thursday, 11 April 2013
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.
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.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Sandwith Fisher or Saneth Fisher - a dilemma
William Fisher and Jane Helen Fisher nee Brown's children are proving problematical. Daughter Hannah Mina's grand daughter Dorothy in Stawell has been more than helpful but they are proving a tricky bunch to trace.
First child Sandwith, a bricklayer, went to South Africa around 1903, possibly aboard the "Goorka" and a photo from Dorothy taken by Gock Studio, Pritchard Street Johannesburg seems to confirm that he was there for a time.
He is not in South Africa for long as in 1906 he is in USA arriving in New York on the "St Paul" from Southhampton, marrying an New Jersey lass Clara Amelia Hodge in Duval Florida USA in 1907. They have two daughters, Mina Dorothy and Thelma Thora, both born in Lancashire in 1908 and about 1911 respectively, where they appear in Dalton-in-Furness in Lancashire in the 1911 UK census - Sandwith appearing as Saneth. I haven't found out how Sandwith travelled from South Africa, or returned to England for that matter in this time frame.
In 1912, Clara returns to USA with baby Thelma Thora on the "Celtic" to join her husband accompanied by her younger brother Edwin Pearce Hodge. Daughter Mina Dorothy doesn't appear to be on that voyage. Not sure how Sandwith has arrived back in the USA? The family reside in Toledo, Ohio where in 1918 Sandwith, a bricklayer, is recorded in the US World War 1 Draft Registrations Cards.
Clara Fisher sadly died in 1921 when the girls were only in their early teens and she is buried in Collingwood Cemetery in Toledo. Saneth Fisher, a widower, died in 1955 and is also buried in Collingwood Cemetery.
First child Sandwith, a bricklayer, went to South Africa around 1903, possibly aboard the "Goorka" and a photo from Dorothy taken by Gock Studio, Pritchard Street Johannesburg seems to confirm that he was there for a time.
He is not in South Africa for long as in 1906 he is in USA arriving in New York on the "St Paul" from Southhampton, marrying an New Jersey lass Clara Amelia Hodge in Duval Florida USA in 1907. They have two daughters, Mina Dorothy and Thelma Thora, both born in Lancashire in 1908 and about 1911 respectively, where they appear in Dalton-in-Furness in Lancashire in the 1911 UK census - Sandwith appearing as Saneth. I haven't found out how Sandwith travelled from South Africa, or returned to England for that matter in this time frame.
In 1912, Clara returns to USA with baby Thelma Thora on the "Celtic" to join her husband accompanied by her younger brother Edwin Pearce Hodge. Daughter Mina Dorothy doesn't appear to be on that voyage. Not sure how Sandwith has arrived back in the USA? The family reside in Toledo, Ohio where in 1918 Sandwith, a bricklayer, is recorded in the US World War 1 Draft Registrations Cards.
Clara Fisher sadly died in 1921 when the girls were only in their early teens and she is buried in Collingwood Cemetery in Toledo. Saneth Fisher, a widower, died in 1955 and is also buried in Collingwood Cemetery.
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Frank Crosskey 1902
This photo belonged to Tom's grandfather George Ambrose Miller. It was sent to him by Frank Crosskey who was a close friend and I believe went to school with him at Ringmer in Sussex England.
Taken in September 1902, Frank appears to have served in the South African War 1901-1903 - Sergt 21 Battn.
Taken in September 1902, Frank appears to have served in the South African War 1901-1903 - Sergt 21 Battn.
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Charles James Harman
Looking for information about Lavinia Raven Fisher, I found Merron Rddiford's post in her blog My Western District Families about her husband Charles James Harman's (#251051) London experience!
"On this day in 1929, The Argus reported that my gg uncle Charles James Harman, then a Flight Lieutenant with the R.A.A.F., working as a Liaison Officer in London, had the once in a lifetime opportunity to ride in an airship, the R101."
"On this day in 1929, The Argus reported that my gg uncle Charles James Harman, then a Flight Lieutenant with the R.A.A.F., working as a Liaison Officer in London, had the once in a lifetime opportunity to ride in an airship, the R101."
Sunday, 3 February 2013
John Francis Raven Fisher - Melbourne University
Tom's father, John Francis Raven Fisher (1919-2003), studied engineering at Melbourne University - pictured here in the Fourth Year Engineering Students in 1941 in the top row, eighth from the left.
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| Fourth Year Engineering Students, 1941 - Melbourne University |
John was also a member of the Students' Representative Council in 1940 and in 1941. He is pictured here in 1941 in the top row, ninth from the left.
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| Students' Representative Council, 1941 - Melbourne University |
Monday, 3 December 2012
William Foster and Eliza Foster (nee Goble)
William Foster (1841-1918) and his wife Eliza Foster - nee Goble - 1843-1915) are Tom's great grandparents. They lived in Worthing, Sussex.
The incription reads
I don't know a lot about the Foster family in Worthing. I do know they had 4 children: Mary (Polly), William James, Eliza Florence (Lylie) and Maude Alice. Daughter Lylie Foster emigrated to Western Australia and married George Ambrose Miller (of Ringmer) in Fremantle a day after her arrival on 18 March 1913 at Albany. Both Lylie and George knew each other prior to both emigrating to Australia. The Miller family moved to Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria. Sadly Lylie died 49 in Brighton in 1930, aged 49 when her daughters Gwenyth and Joan were young girls. You can read more about George and Lylie on my Fisher and Ellis families website
Thanks to the Friends of Brighton and Worthing Cemetery www.fbwc.org who were kind enough to photograph William and Eliza's grave and headstone at Worthing Cemetery. I was able to find their burial details on the Worthing Council website in 2011 but it appears that the council has merged and the burial information doesn't seem to be available - will keep you posted!
The incription reads
In Memory of ELIZA
Beloved wife of WILLIAM FOSTER
Died 19th Jan 1915
Aged 69
Peace, perfect pearc
WIFE of
WILLIAM FOSTER
Died 25th April 1918
Aged 75
Again united
Thanks to the Friends of Brighton and Worthing Cemetery www.fbwc.org who were kind enough to photograph William and Eliza's grave and headstone at Worthing Cemetery. I was able to find their burial details on the Worthing Council website in 2011 but it appears that the council has merged and the burial information doesn't seem to be available - will keep you posted!
Monday, 30 April 2012
Edgar Ford Kent
Tom and I visited Villers-Bretonneaux Cemetery in the Somme, France, just after Anzac Day to pay respect to my grandmother Mary Kent's brother Edgar Ford Kent (#2894) who died on 5 July 1918. A moving experience...so many cemeteries and so many who have not been identified...
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| Edgar Ford Kent taken 26 April 2012 Location XX E9 |
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| Edgar Ford Kent Villers-Bretonneaux Cemetery 26 April 2012 |
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| Villers-Bretonneaux Cemetery 26 April 2012 |
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