James Fisher 1807

James FisherAge: 441807–1851

Name: James Fisher

Given names: James

Surname: Fisher

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Birth	about 1807 23 23 Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage	Janet Baillie - View family
Birth of a son #1	England son - William Fisher
Australian History	1808 (Age 12 months) Note: The Rum Rebellion
Birth of a sister	about 1809 (Age 2) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Margaret Fisher
Birth of a brother	about 1813 (Age 6) Poss Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland younger brother - William Fisher
Birth of a sister	22 May 1817 (Age 10) Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland younger sister - Mary Fisher
Australian History	1817 (Age 10) Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982). Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History	1818 (Age 11) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a brother	about 1819 (Age 12) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - George Fisher
Birth of a brother	about 1820 (Age 13) Prob Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - John Fisher
Australian History	1824 (Age 17) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History	1825 (Age 18) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a brother	1826 (Age 19) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger brother - Thomas Fisher
Birth of a sister	about 1827 (Age 20) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Jane Fisher
Birth of a sister	11 December 1827 (Age 20) Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland younger sister - Agnes Fisher
Australian History	1828 (Age 21) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History	1829 (Age 22) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History	1830 (Age 23) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Death of a maternal grandfather	28 July 1831 (Age 24) Dalgig, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland maternal grandfather - Ivie Campbell
Australian History	1831 (Age 24) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History	1832 (Age 25) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History	1833 (Age 26) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History	1835 (Age 28) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Marriage of a brother	Ivie Fisher - View family 19 March 1836 (Age 29) Barr by Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland elder brother - Ivie Fisher sister-in-law - Jane McMillan
Australian History	1836 (Age 29) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Marriage of a sister	Margaret Fisher - View family about 1837 (Age 30) Poss Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland brother-in-law - James Templeton younger sister - Margaret Fisher
Australian History	1838 (Age 31) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History	1839 (Age 32) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Australian History	1840 (Age 33) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History	1841 (Age 34) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a daughter #2	1842 (Age 35) Manchester, England daughter - Mary Fisher
Death of a brother	about 1842 (Age 35) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland younger brother - John Fisher
Australian History	1842 (Age 35) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History	1843 (Age 36) 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).
Australian History	1845 (Age 38) 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.
Australian History	1850 (Age 43) 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.
Australian History	1851 (Age 44) 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
Death	19 December 1851 (Age 44) Glasgow, Scotland
Alt. Death	Alt. Death 1852 (13 days after death) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Note: A flesher (butcher) according to Ivie Campbell

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father	William Fisher Birth 18 May 1783 Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 8 August 1866 (Age 83) Craignarget Farm, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 months mother	Margaret Campbell Birth 17 July 1783 28 29 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 21 July 1873 (Age 90) Craignarget, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
	Marriage: about 1803
2 years #1 elder brother	Ivie Fisher Birth about 1805 21 21 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 3 January 1874 (Age 69) Barharkin, Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
2 years #2 himself	James Fisher Birth about 1807 23 23 Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 December 1851 (Age 44) Glasgow, Scotland Loading...
2 years #3 younger sister	Margaret Fisher Birth about 1809 25 25 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 31 May 1865 (Age 56) Suie, Bargrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Loading...
4 years #4 younger brother	William Fisher Birth about 1813 29 29 Poss Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death yes Loading...
4 years #5 younger sister	Mary Fisher Birth 22 May 1817 34 33 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 5 July 1896 (Age 79) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
19 months #6 younger brother	George Fisher Birth about 1819 35 35 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 17 January 1909 (Age 90) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #7 younger brother	John Fisher Birth about 1820 36 36 Prob Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death about 1842 (Age 22) Garrarie Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
6 years #8 younger brother	Thomas Fisher Birth 1826 42 42 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 1 May 1900 (Age 74) Sea Bank, Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...
1 year #9 younger sister	Jane Fisher Birth about 1827 43 43 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death Glenhead, Scotland Loading...
11 months #10 younger sister	Agnes Fisher Birth 11 December 1827 44 44 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death 8 October 1892 (Age 64) Sea Bank, Glen Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland Loading...

Family with Janet Baillie - View family

himself	James Fisher Birth about 1807 23 23 Poss New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Death 19 December 1851 (Age 44) Glasgow, Scotland Loading...
wife	Janet Baillie Death yes Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 son	William Fisher Birth England Death 11 October 1926 Ariah Park, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
#2 daughter	Mary Fisher Birth 1842 35 Manchester, England Death 27 June 1920 (Age 78) Bradley Street, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Loading...

James Fisher has 19 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (19)

Parents George Campbell + Janet McDonald

1 Jean Campbell 1832–1865

2 Ivie Campbell 1833–1904

3 George Campbell 1835–1867

4 Angus Campbell 1837–1843

5 Margaret Campbell 1839–?

6 Janet Campbell 1841–1917

7 Angusina Campbell 1847–?

8 William Campbell 1849–1850

Parents William Campbell + Jean Scott

1 Ivie Campbell 1810–1880

2 David Campbell 1813–1880

3 Jane Campbell 1814–1897

4 George Campbell 1817–1866

5 William Campbell 1819–1893

6 Walter Scott Campbell 1821–1864

7 Agnes Campbell 1823–1895

8 John Campbell 1825–1900

9 Margaret Campbell 1829–1835

10 Elizabeth Campbell 1831–1924

11 Ebenezer Campbell 1833–1909