John Fisher
1805 - 1850 (45 years)
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Name John Fisher [1, 2, 3] Born 15 Apr 1805 Kirkton, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland 
[2] Gender Male Baptism 15 Apr 1805 Balquhidder,Perth,Scotland [3] Residence 1841 Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland [2] Died 26 Oct 1850 Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland Person ID I26665 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 22 Nov 2024
Father James Fisher, b. 1776, Glenquaich, Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1858, North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Mother Janet Stewart, in Balliemore, b. Abt 11 Oct 1777, Immeroin, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Abt 1810, Dallanlaggan, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 32 years) Relationship natural Married 28 Oct 1803 Comrie, Perth, Scotland [4, 5] Family ID F9005 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Christian McGregor, b. 26 May 1823, Lots, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 12 Jun 1869, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 46 years) Married 15 Jul 1848 Callander, Perthshire, Scotland [1, 5] Children 1. Duncan Fisher, b. 5 Jul 1850, Ballimore, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 23 Jan 1886, Balliemore (Dallanlaggan) in Glenbuckie, Balquidder, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 35 years) [natural]Last Modified 22 Nov 2024 Family ID F9004 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Fisher was born in 1805 in the Kirkton of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. According to family records, John was the youngers of three sons whose mother died not long after he was born. John was said to have been raised by his uncle John Stewart in Balliemore (Dallanlaggan) and his spinters aunts Katie and Kristy Stewart. In 1833, John's father, James Fisher, emigrated to Canada with his two older sons, Duncan and Alexander at which point John Fisher allegedly inherited Balliemore. The details of this family tradition were passed down and recorded not in John's branch, but among the Canadian descendants of John's brother, Duncan Fisher. The details appear to have become muddled in the retelling over generations as census and parish records show a different story.
According to parish records, John Fisher was actually the oldest of James Fisher's sons. No record has been found of the mother's death, however it is likely that she did die shortly after the birth of her youngest son, who was Alexander, not John.
As James Fisher probably did not abandon his children after their mother died, it is unlikely that John Fisher was raised exclusively by his Stewart uncle and aunts. What is far more likely is that they simply all lived in the Stewart household together. John Fisher's uncle, John Stewart (after whom, John may have been named), died prior to 1815, when John Fisher was still a young boy. John Stewart was then succeeded in Balliemore by his younger brother, Duncan Stewart, who died in 1836.
John Fisher would have been 28 and his brothers Duncan and Alexander would have been 26 and 24 respectively at the time of emigration in 1833. It makes much more sense that John, as the older son, would have inherited his father's home and that the younger sons would have accompanied their father to Canada.
After the death of John's uncle, Duncan Stewart, the last surviving Stewart son, in 1836, the property of Balliemore John Fisher was next in line to inherit as his mother had been the eldest daughter and none of John's Stewart aunts married.
Census records show not only aunts Katie and Kirsty, but also John's spinster aunt Margaret Stewart living at Balliemore through the mid-1800s.
In 1841, at age 35, John Fisher was residing in Balliemore, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland with the following family:
John Fisher 35 (head)
Janet Fergusson 85 (wife's grandmother)
Margt Steuart 60 (aunt)
Christian Steuart 50 (aunt)
Catharine Steuart 55 (aunt)
Jean McGowan 20 (servant)
Walter Buchanan 25 (servant)
On 15 July 1848, at age 43, John Fisher married in Callander parish to Christian McGregor.
On 5 July 1850, John Fisher and Christian McGregor had their first and only child, Duncan in Ballimore in Glenbuckie, Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland.
John died tragically three months later on 26 Oct 1850 having fallen from his horse. His death was prior to the 1851 census so there is no further census data for him.
- John Fisher was born in 1805 in the Kirkton of Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. According to family records, John was the youngers of three sons whose mother died not long after he was born. John was said to have been raised by his uncle John Stewart in Balliemore (Dallanlaggan) and his spinters aunts Katie and Kristy Stewart. In 1833, John's father, James Fisher, emigrated to Canada with his two older sons, Duncan and Alexander at which point John Fisher allegedly inherited Balliemore. The details of this family tradition were passed down and recorded not in John's branch, but among the Canadian descendants of John's brother, Duncan Fisher. The details appear to have become muddled in the retelling over generations as census and parish records show a different story.
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY3M-3ZV - [S20] 1841 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Balquhidder; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 360; Year: 1841.
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- [S367] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).