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James FISHER

James FISHER

Male 1842 - 1899  (56 years)    Has 14 ancestors and 53 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James FISHER  [1
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 13 Feb 1842  Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration: Arr. 22 Mar 1843  Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Success" 
    Census 31 Dec 1859  York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 7 Feb 1899  Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Pneumonia 
    Newspaper Article 19 Dec 1946  [3
    AKA Jim 
    Siblings 8 siblings 
    Siblings 2 brothers and 6 sisters 
    Half-siblings 1 half sister (family of Henry Stephen CARTER and Sarah Mary JORDAN
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    George FISHER,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED  (Great Grandfather) 
    Sarah Mary JORDAN,   b. Between 1810 and 1816, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1891, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I4058  MyBradyTree
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2025 

    Father Ancestors George FISHER,   b. Between 1809 and 1811, Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1855, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Mother Ancestors Sarah Mary JORDAN,   b. Between 1810 and 1816, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1891, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
    Other Partners: Henry Stephen CARTER  m. 19 Feb 1856  
    Marriage 4 May 1835  Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Holy Trinity Church
    Death of one spouse 24 Jan 1855 
    Histories
    Fisher of York, Western Australia
    Fisher of York, Western Australia
    George Fisher and Sarah née Jordan
    by Glenys Newport - 2023
    Family ID F649  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ancestors Eliza STRANGE,   b. 25 Aug 1857, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1938, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1878  Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Emma Mary FISHER,   b. 1879, Andover, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1879, Andover, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +2. John Strange FISHER,   b. 1880, George River, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916, Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    â–» Emmeline Rebecca KING  m. 1903
     3. Eliza Florence FISHER,   b. 1883, Mount Fisher, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. James George FISHER,   b. 1885, Mount Fisher, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1885, Mount Fisher, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +5. Evelyn Mary FISHER,   b. 19 Oct 1886, Mount Fisher, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1953, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    â–» Alfred Lloyd BICKERTON  m. 19 Dec 1906
    +6. James Edward FISHER,   b. 13 Mar 1889, Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1961, Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    â–» Susie SWAN
     7. George FISHER,   b. 18 Sep 1891, Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1969, Gosnells, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +8. Daisy Victoria FISHER,   b. 1894, Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1975, Gosnells, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    â–» Percy William STOVE  m. UNKNOWN
    +9. Richard Collin FISHER,   b. 1897, Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1929, Onslow, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    â–» Thelma Jessie BROWN  m. 1928
    Family ID F1981  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Feb 1842 - Wiltshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Arr. - Per "Success" - 22 Mar 1843 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 31 Dec 1859 - York, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1878 - Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Pneumonia - 7 Feb 1899 - Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Listed in York, Beverley Census 1859 as shepherd employed by E. Quartermaine. Could Read. Prot.

      Headstone reads:
      In loving memory of James Fisher who died on 7 Feb 1899. All souls are thine, we must not say that he is dead, though he has passed away.

      In the book "North of the 26th Parrallel" It has a story "The Graves at Mt Fisher". It has photos of
      1. Douglas Stove standing beside the grave of his Grandfather (James Fisher)
      2. Mt Fisher Homestead - now just ruins
      3. Photo of Eliza Fisher
      4. Photo of Jack Fisher
      5. Photo of Daisy Fisher
      6. Photo fo Daisy Fisher Wedding. J Lockhart. Daisy Stove. E Bing, FW Teasdale Eliza Fisher, Percy Stove, T Brown 7. Photo Reg, Lorna, Mervyn & Jack Stove. The Children of Percy and Daisy Stove nee Fisher.
      8. Photo Ted Fishers horse & sulky
      9. Photo An overland trip from Roebourne to Perth in the 1930's by Percy and Daisy Stove with their six children.

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "James FISHER". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I4058&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed February 6, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S69] Rica Erickson, Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia pre-1829-1888 Vol III D-J, Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia pre-1829-1888 Vol III D-J.

    2. [S1015] sro-at-sro.wa.gov.au, State Records Office of Western Australia, http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/ImageLoad2.asp?entityId=5115551&entityType=Item_Image&imageNumber=351.

    3. [S954] Trove, Personalities and events of the late eighties in the adventurous North North-West Memories (2) With the Pioneers at Roebourne. (1946, December 19). Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved February 4, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36950651.