John Ambrose FISHER
Abt 1847 - Abt 1929 (82 years)
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Name John Ambrose FISHER [1, 2, 3] Birth Abt 1847 Bath, Somerset, England 
Gender Male Residence 1861 Bathampton, Somerset, England [3] Relation to Head of House: Son Census 1881 24 Daniel St, Bathwick, Somersetshire, England Census 1891 1 Westgate St, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Census 1901 Barrow Hill, Churchdown, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Residence 1906 Tudor House, The Cross, Westgate, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Residence 1910 Tudor House, The Cross, Westgate, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Residence 6 Aug 1914 Heathville, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death Abt 1 Apr 1929 St. Kilda, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Person ID I01195 Riemer-Zajicek 2018b Last Modified 7 Jun 2018
Father Robert FISHER, b. Abt 1810, Bathampton, Somerset, England d. 24 Sep 1877, 1 Bath Cottages, Ilfracombe, Devon, England (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Mother Caroline BOWEN, b. Abt 1821, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Between 1861 and 1871 (Age 40 years) Relationship natural Marriage 3 Mar 1835 Bathampton, Somerset, England [4] Family ID F00517 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Esther Ada FISHER, b. Abt 1847, Bath, Somerset, England Marriage Abt Jun 1869 Bedminster, Somerset, England Children 1. Ada Esther FISHER, b. Abt 1866 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Evelyn Minnie FISHER, b. Abt 1869, Bath, Somerset, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Caroline Maude FISHER, b. Abt 1871, Bath, Somerset, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. Birdie Emily Louisa FISHER, b. Abt 1874, Bath, Somerset, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Ethel FISHER, b. Abt 1877, Bath, Somerset, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Robert John Bertram "Jack" FISHER, b. Abt 1880, Bath, Somerset, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Hubert FISHER, b. Abt 1885, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F00315 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jun 2018
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Birth - Abt 1847 - Bath, Somerset, England 
Residence - Relation to Head of House: Son - 1861 - Bathampton, Somerset, England 
Marriage - Abt Jun 1869 - Bedminster, Somerset, England 
Census - 1881 - 24 Daniel St, Bathwick, Somersetshire, England 
Census - 1891 - 1 Westgate St, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 
Census - 1901 - Barrow Hill, Churchdown, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England 
Residence - 1906 - Tudor House, The Cross, Westgate, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Residence - 1910 - Tudor House, The Cross, Westgate, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 
Residence - 6 Aug 1914 - Heathville, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos John Ambrose FISHER and son Jack in front of Fisher Restaurant and Confectionery 
Obituary for John Ambrose FISHER
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Notes - Liz, Many thanks for that excellent advert which I had not seen. Would it be OK with you if I uploaded it to JAF's personal page in my Ancestry tree? I see Ancestry as a useful "vault" for preserving digital data, especially photos and scans of documents. I no longer regard CDs and even hard drives as safe in the long term having already over the past 10 years lost a lot of work. Ancestry, I think, is set to endure for a long time and is certainly better than me at backing up and preserving. And the more these images proliferate the more chances they will stay around. Although I was horrified to read recently that government archivists and record offices are now beginning to use digital archiving as an excuse for destroying the physical records to save expenditure on space and retrieval (less staff required). A good example of that development is the plan by the Irish government to destroy the land registery records now that have all been digitised. But I digress. John Ambrose Fisher is technically not an ancestor of mine, but the father of my great great-uncle's wife. Some of his descendants are of course related to me by blood. Thanks for the extra information on the Fisher family, which I shall add to my tree. There is a possible interesting connection here as far as "drink" is concerned. Tom Bennett, while not in the drinks trade himself, certainly had family connections to it. His father, James Bennett, was a farmer but liked to use his money to invest in worthwhile local enterprises. One of his projects was to help set up the Alton Court Brewery in Ross, and both he (he is my great great-grandfather) and my great-grandfather and grandfather were successively chairmen of the company. Tom's eldest brother went into the brewing industry, and one of his sister's married the chief brewer at the Alton Court Brewery. So it's possible the Fisher's had a pre-existing commercial connection with the Bennetts. The Alton Court Brewery was very successful in its day but by 1947 was in trouble. My grandfather was the last chairman and had the unenviable task of overseeing the selling of the company to the Stroud Brewery in Gloucestershire. They, of course, stripped the assets and closed down the site in Ross putting everyone out of work, something for which my grandfather was much resented in the town for a long time although I gather there was really no alternative but to sell. Small town breweries were not able to survive in the new post-war economy. Tom Bennett and Emily Louisa Fisher's daughter Birdie Esther Marie Bennett moved to London and eventually to Sussex. She was at some point heavily into local government and was mayor (of Burgess Hill I believe) at some point. I know my great-aunt Gladys Mary Bennett (she was always known as "Girlie", and two of her brothers were "Boy" and "Laddie") kep in close touch with Birdie throughout her life but after she died there was very little connection, if any, between our Bennett side and Birdie's. In the 1990s I located Birdie's bank manager husband, Kenneth Oldland, shortly before he died and he put me in touch with his son in Australia who very kindly supplied my with data on Birdie's descendants. But I think he may now be dead. All this was pre-internet and involved actual letters or phone calls. Once I've assimulated all the new data I'll get back to see about any documents or photos we can share. I inherited Girlie's photo album and there are lots of (unfortunately) unidentified people in them, some of who may well be her Fisher/Bennett friends. I was sent some photos of Tom and Birdie's Australian descendants (as in the 1990s) which I have not yet put up on Ancestry, but must do so soon. When I scan them I'll make sure I send you copies. Best wishes, Nigel mail@nigel-edwards.fsbusiness.co.uk 5 Feb 2010
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Sources - [S46] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
Record for John Ambrose Fisher - [S46] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
Record for Birdie Emily Louisa Fisher - [S207] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG 9; Piece: 1685; Folio: 84; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542850.
- [S3] familysearch.org.
- [S46] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.