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Personal data John Peter Fisher 

  • He was born on December 8, 1808 in Somerset Co., PA.
  • He died on July 7, 1894 in Union Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN, he was 85 years old.
  • He is buried after July 7, 1894 in Lamb's Settlement (Union Cem.), Union Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN.
  • This information was last updated on July 17, 2010.

Household of John Peter Fisher

(1) He is married to Sarah Ann Richter.

They got married on March 7, 1852 at St. Joseph Co., IN, he was 43 years old.

John Peter Fisher oo Sarah Richter

Marriage source: Fisher, Ed M., Fisher/Ayers FGS, (Lowell MI, EMF, mailed vii Oct MCMXCVI).

Note, however, that the date & place might be for any one of Sarah's 3 husbands. The FGS does not make it clear.

Glover, Charlotte, Richter GEDCOM file, (McRae AR, C.G., v Oct MMI) for yom = 1852.

Cooke, Joan, e-mail to David A. Navorska in re Sarah Ann Richter ii, (Pub. location unknown, JC, x Oct MMIX)

"... On March 7, 1852 in St. Joseph Co.,Indina, Sarah married John Peter Fisher. He had been previously married to Nancy Lee Hall who died in 1850. ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. James Anthony Fisher  1862-1940 


(2) He is married to Nancy Lee Hall.

They got married at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.

John Peter Fisher oo Nancy Lee Hall

Marriage source: Fisher, Ed M., Fisher\\Richter FGS, (Lowell MI, E.M.F., sent xxv Sept MCMXCVI) for evidence of marriage. <>

Notes about John Peter Fisher

John Peter Fisher

Source: Fisher, Ed M., Fisher/Richter FGS, (Lowell MI, EMF, mailed vii Oct MCMXCVI) for name.

Fisher, Ed M., Fisher\\Richter FGS, (Lowell MI, E.M.F., mailed xxv Sep MCMXCVI) for birth 8 Dec 1808 in PA; Married 18 Mar 1852 in Shanesville, Tuscarawas Co., OH; died 189 in Union Twp., St. Joseph Co., IN.

For yod, Mr. Fisher gives 189.

John Peter Fisher

Glover, Charlotte, Richter GEDCOM file, (McRae AR, C.R., v Oct MMI) for dob = 8 Dec 1808 in Somerset PA, dod = 7 Jul 1894 in Lakeville, St. Joseph Co., IN.

John's wives: 1) Nancy Lee Hall
2) Sarah Ann Richter

Cooke, Joan, e-mail to David A. Navorska in re Sarah Ann Richter ii, (Pub. location unknown, JC, x Oct MMIX)

"... On March 7, 1852 in St. Joseph Co.,Indina, Sarah married John Peter Fisher. He had been previously married to Nancy Lee Hall who died in 1850. They had 8 children: John, Peter, Darcas, Elizabeth, Margaret, Susan, Mary and Catherine. (Ican give you more details on them if you want) Children of Sarah and John Fisher were: Clarissa, Jacob W., Malinda, Willis P., Marion Francis, Abraham Lincoln, James Anthony, Ida Mae, Charles C., Clinton Francis and Nora A. (I can also give you more details on them). Sarah cared for her invalid husband John Pete Fisher until his death in 1904. ..." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Peter Fisher

John Peter Fisher
1808-1894

(1) 1852

Sarah Ann Richter
1825-1917

James Anthony Fisher
1862-1940
(2) 

Nancy Lee Hall
< 1820-1850


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Birthday December 8, 1808

  • The temperature on December 8, 1808 was about 6.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The United States bans the importation of slaves.
    • January 26 » The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.
    • February 11 » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
    • May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
    • June 15 » Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
    • August 21 » Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.

Day of marriage March 7, 1852

  • The temperature on March 7, 1852 was about 8.2 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 36%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
    • March 17 » Annibale De Gasparis discovers in Naples the asteroid Psyche from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte
    • August 20 » Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
    • September 11 » Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
    • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
    • December 2 » Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.

Day of death July 7, 1894

  • The temperature on July 7, 1894 was about 20.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
    • September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
    • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.


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