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James Fisher (bef. 1822)

James Fisher
Born before in Rampside Hall, Dalton, Lancashire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1843 [location unknown]
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Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

James founded the family shipping company now known as James Fisher & Sons plc, based in Barrow-in-Furness.

Sources

  • Information taken from entries in the Parish Registers for the Counties of Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland, England, extracts of wills of family members, family papers, details from assorted transcriptions of graveyard and burial records, held by John M Sutherland-Fisher and family papers available at the Record Office for Cumbria in Carlisle.
  • The Diary of William Fisher covering the period 1811-1859 published by the University of Lancaster
  • Private papers and family correspondence in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher
  • "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGY8-HN4 : 12 September 2019), Joseph Futer in household of James Futer, Division Of Hawcoat, Lancashire, England; citing Division Of Hawcoat, Lancashire, England, p. 16, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  • "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Y1-GML : 24 October 2019), Mary Jane Fisher in household of James Fisher, Dalton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.




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