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Fisher, MrRef 366-675
[18??-1???] Partner in Vost & Fisher

Fisher, Albert OthoRef 366-314
[1871-1933] Son of John Fisher, hotel keeper.

Born in Cinderford, Gloucestershire.

He was a grocer of the Paper Maker's Arms [1897] / a railway porter [1901] / a brakesman for railway company [1911].

In 1897, he married Kate Georgiana Newband [1873-1914] at Holy Trinity Church, Leeds.


Kate Georgiana was born in Cookridge, the daughter of George Newband, publican at the Paper Maker's Arms
 

Children:

  1. Norman
  2. Percy [b 1900]
  3. Gertrude [b 1904]
  4. Mabel [b 1906]
  5. Edith [b 1909]

They lived at

  • 41 Ley Fleaks Road, Idle [1901]
  • 317 Ivy Terrace, Shay Lane, Holmfield [1911, 1914]

Kate died at home [29th November 1914] (aged 41).

Albert died at St Luke's Hospital [16th December 1933] (aged 62).

The couple were buried at Illingworth Church

Fisher, Benjamin EdwinRef 366-1333
[1858-1???] Halifax solicitor.

In 1893, he married Clara, daughter of John Naylor, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. son
  2. son

Fisher, Charles FrancisRef 366-6510
[1852-1905] Organist at West Vale Baptist Chapel [for 26 years]

Fisher, Rev Charles HenryRef 366-689
[1858-19??] Born in Exeter, Devon.

He was clerk in Holy Orders [1891] / curate-in-charge at St Michael's & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank [1899, 1905] / clergyman (established church) [1911].

He lived at

  • The Rectory, Sheepcote Hill, Killamarsh, Chesterfield,  Derbyshire [1891]
  • St Michael's Parsonage, Southowram Bank [1901]
  • The Vicarage, Callow, Derbyshire [1911]

Fisher, ChristopherRef 366-507
[16??-16??] Curate at Southowram [1665-1666]

Fisher, David GordonRef 366-456
[1896-1917] Son of George Fisher.

He was a member of Pellon Wesleyan Church / a roving frame doffer [1911] / a porter at Royal Halifax Infirmary.

During World War I, he was rejected 8 times, but he finally enlisted with the Yorkshire Regiment, then he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 28th April 1917.

The Halifax Courier [9th June 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 7], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel, Halifax

His brother George Arthur also died in the War

Fisher, Dyson ArmsworthRef 366-528
[1894-1915] Son of Harry Fisher.

Born in Luddenden [29th January 1894].

During World War I, he enlisted in Huddersfield [6th April 1911] and served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was sent to France aboard SS Victoria [14th April 1915].

He was killed in action [24th June 1915].

He was buried at Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France

His brother Gordon was also killed in the War

Fisher, Elizabeth CampbellRef 366-326
[1871-1959] She was born in West Dedham, near Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Joe Fisher of West Dedham and Mary Elizabeth Campbell of Maine.

Her father was of British descent, and his forebears had travelled on the Mayflower.

He was a carriage-builder and had changed to a dray-making business for his health, and made a considerable fortune as a horse dealer in the American Civil War.

She and her sister, Hattie, were classic well-heeled American girls who came to Britain and found love in Halifax.

Elizabeth married Howard Clay, Hattie married George Smith.

Like many New Englanders, Elizabeth was very keen on knowing her genealogy, and traced her ancestors back to 3 of the Pilgrim Fathers. On her mother#s Campbell side, the family goes back to an Alexander Campbell who was born around 1700 and went to America with a group of Scottish Presbyterians from Derry, Ireland. His father was one of the sons of the Duke of Argyll.

She studied at the Boston Art Academy from about 1899, and won a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York.

As a fellow artist, Elizabeth was friendly with Matthew Smith.

She was the first lady member of the Halifax Art Society.

Elizabeth married Howard Clay; Hattie married George Smith

Fisher, Rev FenwickRef 366-464
[1854-1919] Born in the Wirral.

Vicar of St Jude's Church, Savile Park [1892, 1897]. In 1902, he was appointed vicar of Great Canford, Dorset.

He died in Poole, Dorset

Fisher, FrankRef 366-244
[1917-1942] He was educated at Halifax Tech & Naval School.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. daughter

The family lived at 19 Knight Street, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Petty Officer with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.

He served in Malta & Singapore.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died in 1942 (aged 25).

He is remembered on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street

Fisher, FredRef 366-3
[1868-19??] Born in Aldershot.

He was a plasterer's labourer [1911].

Around 1890, he married Caroline [1871-19??].


Caroline was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Thomas William Fisher a woollen warp twister [1911]
  2. Alice [b 1894] who was a woollen feeder [1911]
  3. Doris [b 1903]
  4. Laura [b 1905]
  5. Jack [b 1908]
  6. Nora [b 1906]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 7 children of whom 6 were still alive at that time.

They lived at Sowood, Stainland [1911]

Fisher, Frederick WilliamRef 366-1323
[18??-18??] Son of Thomas Fisher,

He was a dentist in Halifax [1864].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Louisa Helen Chatterley [1863-1919] who married Thomas Quinsey
  2. Arthur [b 1864]
  3. Florence Wakefield [b 1866]

The family lived at

  • Otley [1863]
  • Halifax [1864, 1866]
  • Otley [1871]

Fisher, Rev G.Ref 366-486
[19??-] Curate at Ripponden with Rishworth, and of Barkisland with West Scammonden [1981]. In 1984, he moved to Sutton-in-Holderness, Hull

Fisher, GeorgeRef 366-442
[18??-19??]

In 1893, he married Mary Elizabeth Coates [1863-19??] in Halifax.


Mary Elizabeth was born in Lancaster.

She was head of the household, and a dressmaker [1901, 1911]; husband George was away at both times

 

Children:

  1. George Arthur Coates
  2. David Gordon
  3. Isabell [b 1898] who was a worsted winder [1911]

The family lived at

  • 8 Spring Hall Lane, Halifax [1901]
  • 17 Sutcliffe Street, Pellon, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was niece Amy E Fisher [b 1897] (cotton spinner) 

Sons George Arthur Coates & David Gordon died in World War I

Fisher, George Arthur CoatesRef 366-450
[1895-1916] Son of George Fisher.

He was a member of Brunswick Sunday School / a cotton piecer [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax [12th July 1915] and served as a Rifleman with the 18th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He was sent to France [2nd May 1916].

He was killed in action [15th September 1916] (aged 21).

The Halifax Courier [14th October 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 13A & 13B], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel, Halifax

His brother David Gordon also died in the War

Fisher, George HenryRef 366-851
[1920-1942] Son of Mary & George Henry Fisher of Elland.

During World War II, he served as a Marine with the Royal Marines aboard aircraft carrier HMS Hermes.

He died 10th April 1942 (aged 22)  the day after his ship was sunk in the Indian Ocean, east of Ceylon, with the loss of 307 crew.

He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [Grave Ref 74 3]

Fisher, GordonRef 366-529
[1895-1916] Son of Harry Fisher.

Born in Luddenden [28th May 1895].

During World War I, he enlisted in Bolton [15th September 1914] and served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

He embarked from Folkestone [31st July 1915].

He was killed in action [15th November 1916].

He was buried at Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France [Grave Ref D 32]

His brother Dyson Armsworth was also killed in the War

Fisher, Harriet SmithRef 366-328
[1857-1938] JP.

Known as Hattie. She was born in West Dedham, near Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Joe Fisher of West Dedham and Mary Elizabeth Campbell of Maine.

Her father was of British descent, and his forebears had travelled on the Mayflower.

He was a carriage-builder and had changed to a dray-making business for his health, and made a considerable fortune as a horse dealer in the American Civil War.

She and her sister, Elizabeth, were classic well-heeled American girls who came to Britain and found love in Halifax.

Elizabeth married Howard Clay, Hattie married George Smith.

Like many New Englanders, Elizabeth was very keen on knowing her genealogy, and traced her ancestors back to 3 of the Pilgrim Fathers. On her mother#s Campbell side, the family goes back to an Alexander Campbell who was born around 1700 and went to America with a group of Scottish Presbyterians from Derry, Ireland. His father was one of the sons of the Duke of Argyll.

In 1890, she married George Henry Smith whom she had met in Venice during her European Grand Tour.

When her husband was Mayor of Halifax [1895-1897], Hattie was Mayoress. She was given a chain and diamond pendant which is still used by the Mayor's consort.

In 1913, her husband was knighted and she became Lady Hattie Fisher-Smith. Hattie was said to be a formidable lady, and the driving force behind her husband's knighthood.

In 1920, she became a JP.

In 19??, she organised a committee which put forward a proposal to start a family-planning clinic in Halifax. It was rejected, but on 10th October 1934, the group opened the Halifax Women's Welfare Clinic in the TOC H rooms at 32 Clare Road.

The clinic later moved to the Royal Halifax Infirmary.

She died at The Gleddings, Halifax [26th August 1938].

She and her husband were buried at Warley Cemetery

Fisher, HarryRef 366-530
[1874-19??] Born in Halifax.

He was a boiler house stoker [1893].

In [Q4] 1893, he married Alice Broomhead [1874-1916] in Halifax.


Alice was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ada [b 1887]
  2. Dyson Armsworth
  3. Gordon
  4. Frances [b 1900]
  5. James [b 1902]

They lived at Luddenden.

The family moved to Bolton [1912].

Alice died in childbirth [29th July 1916].

Harry returned to live at 77 Spring Hall Lane, Pellon.

Sons Dyson Armsworth and Gordon were killed in World War I

Fisher, JamesRef 366-4
[1803-1871] Born in Elland.

He was a worsted spinner [1841] / a woollen carder [1851, 1861].

He married Harriet [1805-1863].


Harriet was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1829-1896] who was a power weaver [1851]  & married Henry Vint [b 1830] (power weaver) 
  2. Alice [b 1832] who was a power weaver [1851]
  3. Hannah [1834-1862] who was a worsted weaver [1861]
  4. Harriet [b 1834] who was a worsted weaver [1861]
  5. Sarah [b 1837]

They lived at

  • Bottoms, ^nram^ [1851]
  • 1 Old Lane, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] was grandson Harper Fisher [b 1858].

Harriet died 22nd February 1863 (aged 58).

James died 17th July 1871 (aged 68).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3920]

Fisher, James WilliamRef 366-7
[1824-1883] Born in Halifax.

He was a tailor [1851] / a tailor & draper [1871, 1881].

In [Q2] 1845, he married (1) Matilda Cheetham [1826-1870] in Halifax.


Matilda was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1846]
  2. Alfred [b 1848]
  3. William H. [b 1852] who was a joiner & cabinet maker  [1871]
  4. Edward [1854-1857]
  5. Mary E. [b 1859]
  6. Albert Edward [1862-1864]
  7. Matilda [1865-1900] who was a  worsted spinner [1881] & married Thomas Hodgson
  8. Annie [b 1867] who was a worsted spinner [1881]

Matilda died 25th September 1870 (aged 44).

In [Q4] 1871, James William married (2) Mary Ann Petty [1836-1898] in Leeds.

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1875]

Mary Ann died 6th April 1898 (aged 61).

The family lived at

  • 6 Hopwood Lane, Halifax [1851]
  • 14 Paradise Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 19 Westgate, Halifax [1881]

James William died 29th January 1883 (aged 59).

He, his wives & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3283]

Fisher, JohnRef 366-667
[18??-1882] JP.

He was the second Manager of the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company  [1844, 1866] / the First President of the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building & Investment Society [1853].

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3229].

See John Appleyard and George Whiteley

Fisher, JohnRef 366-432
[1895-1916] Son of Mary Ann & Robert James Carruthers Fisher.

Born in the USA.

He was a confectioner in his father's business in Mytholmroyd [1911].

He lived with his family at

  • 18 Thompson Street, Pellon Lane [1901]
  • 31 Gibraltar Road, Halifax [1911]
  • 146 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1914]

The family then moved to 17 Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd where they are recorded until at least 1940.

During World War I, and he served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

The Halifax Courier [14th October 1916] reported


For the fourth time since going to the front in April last year, Lance Corporal J. Fisher has been wounded
 

He died at Thiepval, France [3rd September 1916] (aged 21)  in the unsuccessful attack on the Schwaben Redoubt.

He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. [Grave Ref I D 5].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, on the Memorial at Halifax Bowling Club, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Fisher, John CharlesRef 366-6
[18??-1???] He was a pawnbroker [1876, 1882].

In [Q3] 1875, he married Emma Jane Waller in Halifax.


Emma Jane was the daughter of
William Waller
 

Children:

  1. Olive Winifred [1877]
  2. John William [1876]
  3. Charles Frederick Waller [1879-1882]

Emma Jane died 14th October 1922 (aged 73).

She & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3229] with her parents, although she does not appear on the headstone

Fisher, John DeightonRef 366-1240
[1836-1890] Son of Thomas Fisher,

He worked in Bradford and Dublin before becoming an apothecary at 29 Southgate, Halifax [1865] / a chemist in Blackpool [1881].

His products included



The Acidulated Squill & Ipecacuanha Cough Lozenges
Fisher's Tooth-ache Elixir
Fisher's Anodyne Essence
Fisher's Compound Antibilious Pills
The Brighton Glycerine Cream
Fisher's Marrow Pomade
Fisher's Tooth Powders

In 1866, he married (1) Eliza Jane Waterhouse [1843-1884] from Barnsley, in Halifax.

In 1886, he married (2) Mary Lawson in Bradford.

The family lived at

  • Stainland Road, West Vale [1871]
  • Blackpool [1881]

He and his wives died in Blackpool. Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £1,706 and probate was granted to his widow Mary

Fisher, John WilliamRef 366-5
[1866-1925]

He died 15th July 1925 (aged 59)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1324] with his sister Mary [1859-1931]

Fisher, LukeRef 366-8
[1829-1873] Born in Southowram.

He was a shoe maker [1851] / a cordwainer [1861] / a shoe maker [1871].

In [Q3] 1850, he married Elizabeth Walsh in Halifax.

He married Elizabeth Eastwood [1826-1888].


Elizabeth was born in Southowram, the daughter of
John Eastwood.

She was a worsted power loom weaver [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [b 1851] who was a silk winder [1871]
  2. Joseph [b 1853] who was a brace maker [1871]
  3. Sarah [1857-1889] who was a worsted spinner [1871], a  gill box tenter [1881], never married & was buried with her mother
  4. Mary [b 1861] who was a worsted spinner [1871], a winder  [1881]
  5. George [b 1864] who was a tin plate worker [1881]
  6. John William [b 1867] who was a silk oiler [1881]

The family lived at

  • Bank Bottom, Halifax (living with Elizabeth's parents)   [1851]
  • 66 Southowram Bank, Halifax [1861]
  • 24 Beacon Parade, Southowram [1871, 1881]

Luke died in Halifax [Q2 1873] (aged 44).


His burial place is not yet known
 

Elizabeth died 31st January 1888 (aged 62)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3634] with her parents

Fisher, NormanRef 366-656
[1898-1917] Son of Albert Otho Fisher.

Born in Morley, Leeds.

He was a member of St Andrew's Church, Holmfield / a member of the choir at St Andrew's / a part-time worsted spinner [1911] / a turner with James Whiteley Limited, Well Lane, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted when he was 17 and served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 27th November 1917 (aged 19).

The Halifax Courier [19th January 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 6 & 7], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, Warley

Fisher, Norman HillRef 366-653
[1898-1917] Son of Clara & Ben Edwin Fisher of the Bungalow, York Road, St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire.

Born in Lightcliffe.

During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant with the 2nd/4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

He died 16th April 1917 (aged 19).

He was buried at Estaires Communal Cemetery & Extension, France [Grave Ref IV G 1].

Fisher, PhilipRef 366-1296
[1838-1909] Born in Skelmanthorpe.

He was a coal miner [1871] / a licensed victualler at the Swan Inn, Fenay Bridge, Almondbury  [1881] / farmer and innkeeper at the Black Bull, Clifton [1891, 1894] / innkeeper at the Grove Inn, Brookfoot [1894] / a gardener domestic [1901] / a widower and cripple [1901].

In 1893, he was charged with watering down drinks at the Black Bull. He was fined £1 and costs – £1 10/- – after serving half a pint of whisky to the inspector.

In January 1894, he was declared bankrupt. He was said to have liabilities of £505 and assets of £337. The bankruptcy announcement said that he was at the Black Bull, Clifton and also at the Grove Inn, Brookfoot.

In 1869, he married Elizabeth Addy [1840-1???] from Cumberworth. Elizabeth was dead by 1901.

Children:

  1. Sarah Jane [b 1861]
  2. John William [b 1863] who was a farm labourer [1881]
  3. Albert [b 1866] who was a woollen piecer [1881]
  4. William Henry [b 1867] who was a gardener's labourer  [1881]
  5. Herman [b 1869]
  6. Anne [b 1870]
  7. Walter [b 1874]
  8. Amanda [b 1875]
  9. Edith Ann [b 1880]

They lived at

  • Bryce Hill, Crigglestone, Wakefield [1871]
  • 5 Sunny Bank Road, Mirfield, Dewsbury [1901]

Living with them [in 1881] were niece Clara Addy [aged 15], lodgers George Gibson [aged 47] (tailor) and Robert C. Watson [aged 22] (gardener's labourer).

Living with him [in 1901] were granddaughter Janie Fisher [aged 15], daughter Amanda Callins, her husband James Callins [aged 30] (a moulder iron foundry), grandchildren Ernest Callins [aged 6] and May Callins [aged 1] and visitor Albert Douglas [aged 20] (coal hewer) 

Fisher, Rev RichardRef 366-516
[17??-1802] He was Curate at Lightcliffe [1739-1746], Perpetual Curate at Old Brigg Chapel, Sowerby Bridge [1746-1802], and Curate at Halifax [1760]. He was a subscriber to the publication of Watson's History

Fisher, Robert EdwardRef 366-5740
[1861-19??] Born in Wandsworth, London.

In 1891, he was a general draper's assistant, lodging with Mrs Sarah A. Stockton at Bell Hall Terrace, Halifax.

He was running a general draper shop at 3 Corn Market, Halifax [1901] / a draper [1911].

Around 1892, he married Elizabeth [1864-19??].


Elizabeth came from Sowerby
 

They had no children.

They lived at

See D. Binns & Son and Fishers' Drapery Establishment

Fisher, ThomasRef 366-1324
[1811-1883] A chemist in Otley.

He married Sarah Deighton.

Children:

  1. Frederick William
  2. John Deighton
  3. Emily Louisa [1841-1914] who married Cyrus Brook

They lived at Belmont, Halifax [1883].

Thomas died at home [6th December 1883] (aged 72).

He was buried at Otley [10th December 1883]

Fisher, Thomas WilliamRef 366-2
[1890-1953] Son of Fred Fisher.

He was a woollen warp twister [1911].

He married Sophia [1885-1957].

Children:

  1. Dorothy May [1920-31st January 1943]

Thomas William died 13th August 1953 (aged 63).

Sophia died 6th December 1957 (aged 72).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/581]

Surname

Fisher surnameRef 366-1
There are 35 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Fisher, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Fisher

Marriage 1900; Death 1907

 



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