William Fisher 1837

William FisherAge: 801837–1917

Name: William Fisher

Given names: William

Surname: Fisher

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Birth	about 1837 32 28 Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Australian History	1838 (Age 12 months) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Birth of a brother	1839 (Age 2) Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - Alexander Fisher
Australian History	1839 (Age 2) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 3) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Birth of a brother	about 1841 (Age 4) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - James Fisher
Australian History	1841 (Age 4) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a sister	about 1842 (Age 5) Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger sister - Elizabeth Fisher
Australian History	1842 (Age 5) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 6) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Birth of a brother	about 1845 (Age 8) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Fisher
Australian History	1845 (Age 8) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia.
Birth of a brother	about 1847 (Age 10) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - John Fisher
Death of a mother	3 May 1849 (Age 12) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland mother - Jane McMillan
Australian History	1850 (Age 13) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded.
Census	30 March 1851 (Age 14) Barhasken, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Son scholar 14 bn Minnigaff
Australian History	1851 (Age 14) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine
Marriage of a father	Ivie Fisher - View family 1852 (estimated) (Age 15) Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - Ivie Fisher step-mother - Grace McMillan
Birth of a half-sister	about 1853 (Age 16) Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-sister - Grace Fisher
Australian History	1853 (Age 16) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	1854 (Age 17) Note: The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	1855 (Age 18) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia.
Australian History	1856 (Age 19) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	1857 (Age 20) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a half-brother	26 December 1858 (Age 21) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-brother - Thomas Fisher
Australian History	1858 (Age 21) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a half-sister	about 1859 (Age 22) Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-sister - Margaret Fisher
Australian History	1859 (Age 22) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E.
Australian History	1860 (Age 23) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History	1861 (Age 24) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra
Australian History	1862 (Age 25) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	1863 (Age 26) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a paternal grandfather	8 August 1866 (Age 29) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland paternal grandfather - William Fisher
Australian History	1867 (Age 30) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History	1868 (Age 31) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 32) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Marriage	Jane Scott Campbell - View family 6 March 1872 (Age 35) Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Address: High Clone Farm Note: UNITED Presb. Wit Hon? McMIllan and Thomas Wihep?
Residence	6 March 1872 (Age 35) Goldenoch Farm, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Australian History	1872 (Age 35) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a paternal grandmother	21 July 1873 (Age 36) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland paternal grandmother - Margaret Campbell
Australian History	1873 (Age 36) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Death of a father	3 January 1874 (Age 37) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland father - Ivie Fisher
Australian History	1875 (Age 38) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Australian History	1878 (Age 41) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 42) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 43) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Census	4 April 1881 (Age 44) Galdenoch Farm House, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Farmer 42 bn Bargrennan WIG
Death of a half-sister	5 May 1881 (Age 44) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland half-sister - Grace Fisher
Australian History	1882 (Age 45) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 46) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History	1887 (Age 50) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Australian History	1889 (Age 52) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Australian History	1890 (Age 53) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	5 April 1891 (Age 54) Galdenoch, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head mar 53 farmer bn Bargrennan KKD
Australian History	1891 (Age 54) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia
Australian History	1892 (Age 55) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 56) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Australian History	1894 (Age 57) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Australian History	1895 (Age 58) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River
Australian History	1896 (Age 59) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 60) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.
Australian History	1898 (Age 61) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.
Australian History	1899 (Age 62) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.
Australian History	1900 (Age 63) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent
Census	31 March 1901 (Age 64) Galdenoch Farmhouse, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Note: Head mar farmer 64 bn Monquitther KKD
Australian History	1901 (Age 64) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
Australian History	1902 (Age 65) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History	1903 (Age 66) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History	1904 (Age 67) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Australian History	1906 (Age 69) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 71) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (Age 72) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 73) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 74) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History	1912 (Age 75) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History	1913 (Age 76) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 76) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Death of a brother	21 October 1914 (Age 77) Nursing Home, 121 Hill Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland younger brother - Ivie Fisher
Australian History	1914 (Age 77) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 78) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 79) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 80) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Death	8 January 1917 (Age 80) Vicarhill, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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father	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years mother	Jane McMillan Birth about 1809 Death 3 May 1849 (Age 40) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 19 March 1836 — Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
9 months #1 himself	William Fisher Birth about 1837 32 28 Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 January 1917 (Age 80) Vicarhill, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #2 younger brother	Alexander Fisher Birth 1839 34 30 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 younger brother	James Fisher Birth about 1841 36 32 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 28 November 1925 (Age 84) Glenview, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #4 younger sister	Elizabeth Fisher Birth about 1842 37 33 Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 25 March 1933 (Age 91) Gleniron Farmhouse, New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
3 years #5 younger brother	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1845 40 36 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 21 October 1914 (Age 69) Nursing Home, 121 Hill Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #6 younger brother	John Fisher Birth about 1847 42 38 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 14 January 1928 (Age 81) Barnsallie, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

Father’s family with Grace McMillan - View family

father	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
20 years step-mother	Grace McMillan Birth about 1825 Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 6 December 1905 (Age 80) Ashfield Cottage, Macdougall St, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 1852 (estimated) — Poss Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1 year #1 half-sister	Grace Fisher Birth about 1853 48 28 Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 5 May 1881 (Age 28) Barhaskin, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #2 half-brother	Thomas Fisher Birth 26 December 1858 53 33 Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
#3 half-sister	Margaret Fisher Birth about 1859 54 34 Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...

Family with Jane Scott Campbell - View family

himself	William Fisher Birth about 1837 32 28 Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 January 1917 (Age 80) Vicarhill, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
10 years wife	Jane Scott Campbell Birth 24 February 1847 33 35 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 27 December 1919 (Age 72) Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: 6 March 1872 — Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

William Fisher has 15 first cousins recorded

Father's family (12)

Parents James Fisher + Janet Baillie

1 William Fisher ?–1926

2 Mary Fisher 1842–1920

Parents James Templeton + Margaret Fisher

1 Margaret Templeton 1838–?

2 David Templeton 1839–?

3 Isabella Templeton 1841–?

4 Mary Templeton 1843–?

5 William Templeton 1845–?

6 Jane Templeton 1846–?

7 John Templeton 1850–?

Parents John Macmillan + Jane Fisher

1 Mary Macmillan 1860–?

2 James Macmillan 1863–?

3 Maggie Macmillan 1866–?

Mother's family (3)

Parents Ivie Fisher + Grace McMillan

1 Grace Fisher 1853–1881

2 Thomas Fisher 1858–?

3 Margaret Fisher 1859–?

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Australian History	First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History	Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Australian History	The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost.
Australian History	Western Australia becomes a penal colony.
Census	Son scholar 14 bn Minnigaff
Australian History	Victoria separates from New South Wales.
Australian History	Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History	The Eureka Stockade
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases.
Australian History	Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Australian History	Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together.
Australian History	Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Australian History	SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
Australian History	John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Australian History	The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs.
Australian History	Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History	South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History	Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Australian History	The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Marriage	UNITED Presb. Wit Hon? McMIllan and Thomas Wihep?
Marriage	UNITED Presb. Wit Hon? McMIllan and Thomas Wihep?
Australian History	Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History	Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
Australian History	First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Census	Farmer 42 bn Bargrennan WIG
Australian History	First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Australian History	An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Australian History	The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Australian History	The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Census	Head mar 53 farmer bn Bargrennan KKD
Australian History	A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution.
Australian History	Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Australian History	South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Australian History	The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals.
Australian History	The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year.
Australian History	The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people.
Australian History	The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney.
Australian History	Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution.
Census	Head mar farmer 64 bn Monquitther KKD
Australian History	(01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General
Australian History	The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles.
Australian History	The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice.
Australian History	A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Australian History	Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Australian History	The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Australian History	Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Australian History	Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Australian History	The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Australian History	Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.