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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Down => Topic started by: Sammy An on Thursday 08 December 11 14:18 GMT (UK)
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Hi, I have been trying to find info on my great grandfather in Comber for 3 years and have gotten nowhere and am now going slightly mad with it all.
His name was Elisha Fisher he married someone I believe was called Elizabeth in 1906 in Belfast having moved there around 1900 or so I've been told.
He died in Belfast in 1948 around the age of 80 again just what I've been told as there is no age at death on his Gravestone.
He had 4 daughters all now dead, they were Annabella who was the eldest but I don't know when she was born, Ellen who died in 2001 and my grandmother Mary born 25/02.1916 who died in 2003 all were born in Belfast as far as I know.
I have no info on any of them at all, and cannot find a birth for my great grandfather Elisha in Comber.
Any help would be very very very much appreciated.
Sammy.
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Sammy,
Cannot find the birth but Elisha Fisher married Elizabeth Boyd in St. Annes Church of Ireland on 19 Dec 1906.
Regards
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Oh thankyou so much for that it's a big help.
I don't suppose it had any ages or parents names with that info?
Sammy.
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Sammy,
Have just found the fathers' names - Thomas Fisher and Samuel Boyd.
Regards
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Thanks very much for taking time to do that for me, very much appreciated.
Have a good Christmas :)
Sammy.
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Someone posted a message on Ancestry boards looking for the death of Christopher Southern and Ellen Fisher Southern. She appears to be the daughter of Elisha Fisher and Elizabeth Boyd and somebody posted the death of Elisha from cemetery records :
Name of deceased Elisha Fisher
Last place of residence 51 Lisburn Road (44 Edith Street)
Age 62 Years
Date of death 9 July 1948
Date of burial 12 July 1948
Cemetery Dundonald Cemetery
Grave section and number C5 603
Burial type Earth Burial
Giving his birth c. 1886.
It looks like Elisha and Elizabeth went to Scotland after their marriage and Ellen was born there in 1907. They were back in Belfast c. 1910/1911 where their son Samuel Arthur was born. Their daughter Anne Boyd Fisher (Annabella?) was born in 1918 in Belfast.
You can find them on the 1911 census living in 30 Edith Street (Pottinger), Down) on this website : In order to find them put 'Elesha' down as the surname and 'Fisher' as the Christian name.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Pottinger__part_of_/Edith_Street/220949/
Elizabeth's father Samuel and her brother William James are living with them as 'boarders'.
Living next door in 29 Edith Street is a Mary Fisher who may be Elisha's mother.
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Thankyou very much for that it's made a big difference, and I think you are right about his mother Mary next door.
Have a great Christmas :)
Sammy.
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Sammy,
Speculating that the lady next door may have been Elisha's mother and as she had been married for 47 years then I have found a marriage near Cumber on 4 Feb 1865 Thomas Fisher married Mary Beattie in Ballygowan Presbyterian Church, Parish of Killinchy, District of Newtownards.
Regards
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Sammy,
Speculating that the lady next door may have been Elisha's mother and as she had been married for 47 years then I have found a marriage near Cumber on 4 Feb 1865 Thomas Fisher married Mary Beattie in Ballygowan Presbyterian Church, Parish of Killinchy, District of Newtownards.
Regards
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YES that's the one, I had been told the name Beattie had come in the family somewhere and I do know Elisha was born in Comber.
Thanks again for taking time to look
Sammy.
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Hi Sammy
Here are some of Elisha's siblings taken from this website :
https://www.familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&query=%2Bfather_givenname%3AThomas~%20%2Bfather_surname%3AFisher~%20%2Bmother_givenname%3AMary~%20%2Bmother_surname%3ABeattie~&collection_id=1584963
name: Benjamin Fisher
gender: Male
birth date: 22 Jul 1865
birthplace: KILMOOD,DOWN,IRELAND
father's name: Thomas Fisher
mother's name: Mary Beatty
name: Thomas Fisher
gender: Male
birth date: 24 Jan 1869
birthplace: Down, Ireland
father's name: Thomas Fisher
mother's name: Mary Beattie
name: Robert James Fisher
gender: Male
baptism/christening place: COMBER, DOWN, IRE
birth date: 28 Jul 1872
birthplace: Comber, Down, Ire
father's name: Thomas Fisher
mother's name: Mary Beattie
name: Mary Fisher
gender: Female
baptism/christening place: COMBER, DOWN, IRE
birth date: 27 May 1874
birthplace: Comber, Down, Ire
father's name: Thomas Fisher
mother's name: Mary Beattie
name: John Nelson Fisher
gender: Male
birth date: 14 Feb 1877
birthplace: Down, Ireland
father's name: Thomas Fisher
father's birthplace: Cornber
mother's name: Mary Fisher Beattie
name: Agnes Fisher
gender: Female
birth date: 06 Jun 1879
birthplace: Comber, Down, Ireland
father's name: Thomas Fisher
mother's name: Mary Beattie Fisher
This website only goes as far as 1880, so unfortunately Elisha is not on it.
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Sammy,
Fathers of Thomas Fisher and Mary Beattie were Benjamin Fisher and Robert Beattie.
Regards
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Greetings,
Above information is right on. My great grandfather was Robert James Fisher, brother of Elisha :). Only thing I can add is that Robert Beattie, father of Mary was a famer from Ballykeel, and Benjamin, father of Thomas was a labourer. Would love to share any other info, we are distant cousins.
Thank you
Kathleen
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I am in search of Fisher families in Co. Down in Northern Ireland. Our family tree seems to go back to three Fisher families (I hope otherwise my grandparents are distant relations!!). Here is what I have
1. James Fisher who married Mary Ann Fisher 11/6/1881 in Newtownards Civil Regisrty. James' father was Benjamin Fisher who married Martha McConnell 7/5/1867 and was born 1820. His father was a Thomas Fisher, this is where my hunt ends!
2. Mary Ann Fisher's (above) father was George Fisher who married Sarah Cairns 28/12/1865 at St Marks Church of Ireland. Her grandfather was William Fisher , again I loose track.
3. John Fisher father of Sarah Fisher who married Hugh McClune 3/3/1883 in Saintfield 1st Presbyterian Church.
I think most of the Fishers are from the Newtownards area of Co. Down but not 100% sure. Any additional info that you have would be very helpful.