The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Mary Sarah Fisher (1857-1942)

Personal data Mary Sarah Fisher 

  • She was born in the year 1857 in Lambeth, London. England.
    Births Mar 1857 (>99%)
    Fisher Mary Sarah Lambeth 1d 312
  • She was christened on April 19, 1857 in Lambeth, London. England.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Town Mills, Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
      Name: Mary S Fisher Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: 1857 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Henry Fisher
      Mother's Name: Mary Fisher Gender: Female Where born: Lambeth, Surrey, England Civil Parish: Wiveliscombe
      Ecclesiastical parish: Dunster Town: Wiveliscombe County/Island: Somerset Country: England
      Registration District: Wellington Sub-registration District: Wiveliscombe ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 84 Piece: 1608 Folio: 40 Page Number: 16 Household Members:
      Name Age Henry Fisher 24 Mary Fisher 28 Mary S Fisher 4 Henetta Fisher 1 John Brookland 48
      Mary Ann Chorley 17
    • in the year 1871: Lower Street, Chagford Devon. (With her mother and Grandmother).
      Name: Sarah Fisher Age: 14 Estimated Birth Year: 1857 Relation: Granddaughter Gender: Female Where born: London Middlesex England Civil Parish: Chagford Town: Chagford County/Island: Devon Country: England
      Registration District: Okehampton Sub-registration District: North Tawton ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Household Schedule Number: 152 Piece: 2154 Folio: 35 Page Number: 30 Household Members: Name Age
      Mary Daymond 63 Mary Fisher 38 Sarah Fisher 14 Hettie Fisher 11 Charlie Fisher 7 Ernest Fisher 2
    • in the year 1881: 3 Green Bank, Plymouth Charles, Devon.
      Name: Mary S. Sellick Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relationship to Head: Wife Spouse: George H. Sellick
      Gender: Female Where born: London, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Plymouth Charles the Martyr County/Island: Devon Country: England Street Address: 3 Green Bank Marital status: Married Registration District: Plymouth ED, institution, or vessel: 7a Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 2191 Folio: 42 Page Number: 12
      Household Members: Name Age George H. Sellick 29 Mary S. Sellick 24 Eliza J. Dodridge 15
    • in the year 1891: 2 Green Bank, Plymouth Charles, Devon.
      Name: Mary S Selleck Gender: Female Age: 34 Relationship: Wife Birth Year: 1857 Spouse: George H Selleck
      Child: Edith M Selleck George B Selleck Frances Selleck Birth Place: London, England Civil Parish: Charles
      Ecclesiastical parish: Charles Residence Place: Plymouth, Charles, Devon, England Registration District: Plymouth
      Sub registration district: Charles ED, Institution or Vessel: 12 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1727 Folio: 101
      Household Members: Name Age George H Selleck 39 Mary S Selleck 34 Edith M Selleck 7 George B Selleck 5
      Frances Selleck 1 Margaret Tippett 23
    • in the year 1901: 2 Green Bank, Plymouth Charles, Devon.
      Name: Mary S Selleck Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female
      Spouse: George H Selleck Birth Place: Middlesex, London, England Civil Parish: Plymouth Ecclesiastical parish: Charles
      County/Island: Devon Country: England Registration District: Plymouth Sub-registration District: Charles
      ED, institution, or vessel: 14 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 2093 Folio: 117 Page Number: 16 Household Schedule Number: 87 Household Members: Name Age George H Selleck 49 Mary S Selleck 44 Edith M Selleck 17
      George B Selleck 15 Frances Selleck 11 Margerie L Selleck 2 Mary Ellen Heard 21
    • on 1911 - 1927: 2 Green Bank, Plymouth Charles, Devon.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 2 Greenbank Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, England
      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
      George Henry Selleck Head Married Male 59 1852 Devon Plymouth Solicitor
      Mary Sarah Selleck Wife Married Female 54 1857 London St Johns Wood -
      Edith Mary Selleck Daughter Single Female 27 1884 Devon Plymouth Student
      Marjorie Loveday Selleck Daughter Single Female 12 1899 Devon Plymouth School
      Beatrice Mary Cundy Servant Married Female 31 1880 Cornwall St Dominick General Servant Domestic

      Name: Mary Sarah Selleck Age in 1911: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female
      Birth Place: Holms Wood, London, England Civil Parish: Plymouth County/Island: Devon Country: England
      Street Address: 2 Greenbank, Plymouth Marital status: Married Estimated Marriage Year: 1880 Registration District: Plymouth Registration District Number: 276 Sub-registration District: Plymouth North ED, institution, or vessel: 06
      Piece: 12944 Household Members: Name Age George Henry Selleck 59 Mary Sarah Selleck 54 Edith Mary Selleck 27
      Marjorie Loveday Selleck 12 Beatrice Mary Cundy 31
    • in the year 1942: Mentone, Bedford Road, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon.
  • She died on February 20, 1942 in Newton Abbot, Devon. England, she was 85 years old.
  • Probate on June 5, 1942 naar Llandudno, Wales.
    Effects ¹5,933-1s-3d To George Brooking Selleck H.M. Army and Edith Mary Selleck spinster.

    Name: Mary Sarah Selleck
    Death Date: 20 Feb 1942
    Death Place: Torquay
    Probate Date: 5 Jun 1942
    Probate Registry: Llandudno
  • This information was last updated on February 14, 2021.

Household of Mary Sarah Fisher

She is married to George Henry Sellick.

They got married on 1ST Q 1880 at Exeter, Devon. England, she was 23 years old.

First name(s) GEORGE HENRY Last name SELLICK Marriage quarter 1 Marriage year 1880 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ GEORGE HENRY SELLICK married one of these people Mary Sarah Fisher, Emma Ball District Exeter
District number - County Devon Country England Volume 5B Volume as transcribed 5B Page number 137
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Name: George Henry Sellick Registration Year: 1880 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Exeter
Inferred County: Devon Volume: 5b Page: 137 Records on Page: Name William Upham Gater Emma Ball
Mary Sarah Fisher George Henry Sellick

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Mary Sarah Fisher?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!


With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).

The data shown has no sources.

Historical events

Christening day April 19, 1857

  • The temperature on April 19, 1857 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The 7.9 Mw  Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
    • March 3 » Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
    • May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
    • June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
    • July 27 » Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
    • November 16 » Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.

Day of death February 20, 1942

  • The temperature on February 20, 1942 was between -5.9 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
    • January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
    • July 1 » World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
    • August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
    • November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
    • December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Fisher

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Fisher.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Fisher.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Fisher.

The The Orys and Cook Family Tree publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Brian Peter Orys, "The Orys and Cook Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-orys-and-cook-family-tree/I6817.php : accessed May 14, 2025), "Mary Sarah Fisher (1857-1942)".