James FISHER [9082]
(Bef 1806-Bet 1851/1861)
Christian GUILD [9083]
(Abt 1803-Bet 1871/1873)
William FISHER [9069]
(1835-1911)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret BEATSON [537]

2. Margaret WHYTE [9483]

William FISHER [9069]

  • Born: 27 Apr 1835, Kinghorn, Fife 3
  • Marriage (1): Margaret BEATSON [537] on 31 Dec 1860 in Kinghorn, Fife 1
  • Marriage (2): Margaret WHYTE [9483] on 21 Feb 1873 in Kinghorn, Fife 2
  • Died: 28 Jan 1911, Old Abden, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland aged 75 4

   Another name for William was William James FISHER.

  General Notes:


1891 - Old Abdin House, Kinghorn
Wm Fisher 55
Margt Fisher 49
Wm Fisher 23
Jas Fisher 19
Jeannie Fisher 17
Thomas Fisher 15
John Fisher 13

  Noted events:

William worked as a fisherman 1860; railway labourer 1878, quarryman 1891.

1881 census: head, married at 0439, 03, 15/2, Abdin House, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. 5

1901: with family, resided at 15, Abdin House, Kinghorn, Fife.


William married Margaret BEATSON [537] [MRIN: 2681], daughter of Robert BEATSON [509] and Janet MORTON [294], on 31 Dec 1860 in Kinghorn, Fife.1 (Margaret BEATSON [537] was born in 1838 in Kinghorn, Fife and died on 12 Mar 1872 in High Street, Kinghorn, Fife 6.)


William next married Margaret WHYTE [9483] [MRIN: 2811], daughter of James GRAHAM [9486] and Margaret WHYTE [9487], on 21 Feb 1873 in Kinghorn, Fife.2 (Margaret WHYTE [9483] was born about 1843 in Kirkcaldy, FIF, Scotland and died between 1891 and 1911 4 7.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

29 Jun 1882: resided in 27, Riego Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.


Sources


1 Kinghorn Marriages 1861 437/01.
31st December 1860 [registered 1861] at Kinghorn, rites of Church of Scotland
WILLIAM FISHER 24 bachelor fisherman, Kinghorn
parents James Fisher labourer deceased; Christina Gulland [aka Gouild or Guild]
MARGARET BEATSON 22 spinster, flax mill worker
parents Robert Beatson Janet Morton [witnesses not transcribed]

2 Kinghorn Marriages 1873 439/05 image.
21st February 1873 at Kinghorn, U.F. Church banns
WILLIAM FISHER (x), 37 widower, railway labourer, Kinghorn
parents James Fisher labourer deceased; Christian Fisher ms Gould deceased
MARGARET WHYTE 30 spinster, mill worker, Kinghorn
parents James Graham and Margaret Whyte [this implies Margaret was illegitimate]
witnesses James Fisher, Betsy Downie.

3 LDS Batch C114397 Kinghorn 1820-1855.

4 Kinghorn Deaths 1911 439/05 (William Fisher).
WILLIAM FISHER surfaceman age 79
widower of Margaret Whyte
died 28 January 1911 at Old Abden, Kinghorn
father James Fisher labourer deceased
mother Jeanie Fisher ms [not given] deceased
cause bronchitis
informant James Fisher, son, Largo Place, Leith.
[the informant James was obviously unsure of his grandmother's name, it was actually Christian Guild.]

5 UK 1881 0439, 03, 15/2.
14 Abdin House, Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland
Wm. FISHER head, labourer on railway M 44 Kinghorn
Margaret FISHER wife, millworker M 39 Kirkcaldy, Fife [Margaret Whyte]
James FISHER son, millworker U 20 Kinghorn
William FISHER son scholar 13 Kinghorn [William Whyte]
Robert FISHER son scholar 13 Kinghorn
Glass FISHER son scholar 10 Kinghorn [James Whyte]
Thos. FISHER son 5 Kinghorn
John FISHER son 3 Kinghorn

6 Kinghorn Deaths 1872 439/20.
MARGARET FISHER 34 married to William Fisher railway worker
died 12th March 1872 at High Street, Kinghorn
parents Robert Beatson, Janet Morton
peritonitis 2 days; informant William Fisher widower, present
[Margaret Fisher died only four days after birthing her seventh child in 11 years.]

7 Sandra Blundell's GR Tree.

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