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Samuel Fisher
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Samuel Fisher
- Born: 04 Oct 1849, Queen Annes Co., MD 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- Marriage (1): Maggie Smith? about 1880 in Kent Co., MD
- Marriage (2): Anna Maria Overton in 1887 1 2
- Died: 14 Dec 1923, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE 10 11 12
- Buried: 17 Dec 1923, Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE
Samuel Fisher was born in Queen Annes Co., MD where his parents' household was located in 1850 and 1860. By 1870, they had moved to Chestertown, MD in Kent Co. (this is where his future wife Annie Overton emigrated to from England).
Samuel Fisher Sr. and Samuel Jr. also show up in the Voter Registration Records for Kent Co., MD from 1871-1880 and 1883-1890. For the former they are in the 5th District and Samuel Fisher Sr. is indicated as age 59, born in Delaware where Samuel Jr. is age 21, born in Queen Annes Co. Both are indicated to have been living in Kent Co. for the past 10 years. There is a note there that at some point they were transferred to the 4th District. For the 1883-1890 roll, they are both in the 3rd District, residing in Castletown with Jr. as age 32 (born in Queen Annes Co.) and Sr. at age 74 (born in DE). They are both stated to have been 16 years in Kent Co. and 2 years in the district.
His death certificate states his father was Samuel Fisher and his mother's maiden name is "Smary"? Hard to decipher the latter. Both parents were from Maryland. He died at 930 East 17th Street in Wilmington on Dec 14 1923. His obituary states he was a retired railroad employee in the Wilmington Morning News, Dec 17 1923, page 4.
Samuel married Maggie Smith? about 1880 in Kent Co., MD. (Maggie Smith? was born in 1856 in Kent Co., MD 13 and died before 1887 in Kent Co., MD.)
Samuel next married Anna Maria Overton, daughter of William James Overton and Ann Gee, in 1887.1 2 (Anna Maria Overton was born on 17 Dec 1863 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England,14 15 16 17 18 died on 06 Apr 1952 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE 11 and was buried on 09 Apr 1952 in Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.)
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1900 DE Census, states they had been married 13 years.
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1910 DE Census, states they had been married 23 years.
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1850 MD Census, Listed as age 10/12 in the 1850 Queen Annes Co., MD Census.
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1920 DE Census, Listed as Samuel Fisher, age 70, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE, born in MD.
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1870 MD Census, Listed as Samuel Fisher, age 21, in 1870 Kent Co., MD Census.
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1900 DE Census, Listed as Samuel Fisher, born Oct 1850, in Wilmington Hundred, New Castle Co., DE, born in MD.
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1910 DE Census, Listed as Samuel Fisher, 60, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE, born in MD.
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1860 MD Census, Listed as age 12 in Queen Annes Co., MD.
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1880 MD Census, Listed as age 30 in Chestertown, Kent Co.
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Wilmington Newspaper obituary for Mrs. Annie M. Fisher (date unknown). Paper and date unknown - it is a cutting found in the effects of Florence Elliott Wiltbank Smith.
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Gravestone Record.
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DE Death Certificate.
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1880 MD Census, Listed as age 24 in Chestertown, Kent Co.
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1930 DE Census, Listed as age 67 in the 1930 Dist. 2, New Castle Co., DE Census.
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1920 DE Census, Listed as Annie Fisher, age 56, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE, born in England and naturalized in 1884.
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1900 DE Census, Listed as Annie Fisher, born Dec 1863, in Wilmington Hundred, New Castle Co., DE, born in England (both parents born in England).
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1910 DE Census, Listed as Ammie M. Fisher, 46, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE, born in England.
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1871 England Census, She is listed as Anna Maria Overton, age 7, in the household of William James and Ann Overton in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.