Pop Oswald Tree » John Kirkwood FISHER (1862-1909)
Personal data John Kirkwood FISHER
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8- He was born on November 25, 1862 in St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Alternative: He was born about 1862 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
- Resident:
- in the year 1882: .Source 7
- in the year 1881: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 8
- in the year 1901: Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England.Source 2
- in the year 1891: Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England.Source 1
- in the year 1871: Edinburgh Buccleuch, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 6
- He died on February 7, 1909 in Hull, Yorkshire East Riding, England, he was 46 years old.Sources 4, 5
Age: 47
- Alternative: He died January 1909 in Hull, Yorkshire East Riding, England, he was 46 years old.Source 4
Age: 47
- A child of Thomas FISHER and Sarah KIRKWOOD
Household of John Kirkwood FISHER
He is married to Margaret MCCARTHY.
They got married on June 18, 1887 at Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Mary FISHER ± 1889-????
- Katie FISHER ± 1892-????
- Catherine FISHER ± 1893-????
- Nellie FISHER ± 1895-????
- Margaret FISHER ± 1899-????
- Thomas FISHER ± 1902-
- Nora FISHER ± 1905-
- John Kirkwood FISHER ± 1907-
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Sources
- 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG12; Piece: 3938; Folio: 126; Page: 15; GSU roll: 6099048 / Ancestry.com
- 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 4502; Folio: 29; Page: 8 / Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD
Record for Frank Randolph Oswald
/ Ancestry.com - England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday November 25, 1862
- The temperature on November 25, 1862 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
- May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
- May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
- September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
Day of marriage June 18, 1887
- The temperature on June 18, 1887 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
- June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
- June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
- November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Day of death February 7, 1909
- The temperature on February 7, 1909 was between -3.3 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
- January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
- January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
- February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
- April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
- April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
- June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
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