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- According to family records (see below), James Fisher was born in in 1776 in Glen Quaich, Perthshire, Scotland. His year of birth is calculated from his age at death in Canadain 1858. The most likely birth record for his is:
FISHER, JAMES, son of JOHN FISHER/ (no mother), M, 10/08/1780, Dunkeld.
Family tradition claims that, as a young man, he moved to Balquhidder parish to become a shepherd to the family of Stewarts who had been tenants for four generations in Balliemore in Glen Buckie, just south of the Kirkton of Balquhidder, where James married a daughter of the Stewart family.
Family records indicate that James Fisher and his Stewart wife had three sons, Duncan, Alexander and John, and that the mother died shortly after the birth of the youngest son, John. However, parish records show that John was the oldest son, followed by Duncan and Alexander. These are the only children recorded as born to James Fisher and Janet Stewart in Balquhidder, so it seems likely that she did die after the birth of the youngest son, who was Alexander, not John. However, no record of her death has been found. Family tradition claims that James then returned to Glen Quaich and that his son John Fisher was raised by his uncle John Stewart and spinster aunts, Katie and Kirsty.
It seems unlikely that James Fisher left his one son behind in Balquhidder to be raised by his brother- and sisters-in-law while taking his other two sons back to Glen Quaich to raise by himself. What is far more likely is that they simply all lived in the Stewart household together and that James travelled back and forth between Balquhidder and Glen Quaich.
In 1833, James Fisher emigrated to Canada with his sons, Duncan and Alexander, along with two nephews, John and Alexander Fisher. James' eldest son, John Fisher, remained in Scotland.
James Fisher and his sons, Duncan and Alexander, settled in North Easthope (near Stratford) in Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
James Fisher has not been found in the 1841 census for Canada.
In 1851, at age 76, James Fisher was residing in North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada, with his son Duncan and Duncan's family.
James Fisher died in 1858 in North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
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History of the Fisher Family by James McIntyre (1904)
James Fisher was born in Glenquaich, Scotland, in the year 1776 and, when a young man, went to Balquidder and was, for many years, a shepherd there. He married in Balquidder a Miss Stewart, one of the family of Stewarts who had, for four generations, been tenants of the Farm of Ballimore. His wife bore him three sons and they were named Duncan, Alexander and John. His wife died, a few years after the birth of John, and the youngest son, John, was taken and raised by his Uncle,
John Stewart, and his Aunts, Katie and Kursty. None of these three Stewarts ever married and he, John Fisher, succeeded them as the tenant of Ballimore. Robert Stewart Fisher, Ballimore, and his Sister, Mrs John Ferguson, West Miggar, Comrie, are the grandson and granddaughter, respectively, of John Fisher.
James Fisher and his two sons, Duncan and Alexander, shortly after the death of his wife, returned to Glenquaich from Balquidder and, several years after, in the year 1833, the three emigrated to Canada and along with them, at the same time, came two nephews, John and Alexander Fisher. James Fisher and his two sons settled and they took up bush lands in North Easthope, near Stratford, Canada. Shortly after their arrival in this country, Alexander, son of James Fisher, took ill with measles and
died, unmarried. James Fisher died in the year 1858 and he was 82 years of age. His son, Duncan, married in Canada Christena NcNaughton, in the year 1839. She was a native of Glenquaich. They had a family of four, one son and three daughters, who are: James Fisher and his sister Jessie, unmarried and now nearly 60 years of age, who live in a pretty cottage they own on St. David Street, Stratford, having given up farming a few years ago, selling their land and stock and now living retired; a sister, Mrs Thomas Hunt, living just outside the limits of the City of Stratford, on a farm they own; a sister, Mrs George Peddie, living in the State of Michigan, who has a family of three sons and four daughters, mostly grown up and some of them married.
James Fisher, Stratford, informs me that he kept up occasional correspondence with his friends in Scotland up to fifteen years ago but, from that date till now, had not hear about or from them. His father, Duncan Fisher, died in 1889, aged 82, and his mother died many years before that. At his father’s death, he sent word to Ballimore but got no reply and he often wondered if the letter ever reached the friends in the
Old Country.
James Fisher and his sister inform me that their uncle, John Fisher of Ballimore, married and had one son named Duncan. John Fisher died when not very old, being accidentally killed by falling off a horse. His son, Duncan, succeeded him as a tenant of Ballimore, when he came of age. He married the worthy lady who is now his widow, living at Ballimore, her maiden name being Stewart, and the issue of this marriage are: Robert Stewart Fisher and Mrs John Ferguson. Duncan Fisher, Ballimore, died about fifteen years ago, when about forty years of age. I have filled in the names of the two youngest to complete the list and Mrs. Fisher, Sr., of Ballimore, will know if the record they give of their friends in Scotland is correct.
John and Alexander Fisher, the nephews of James Fisher who came out with him to Canada in 1833, first settled in Easthope Township, Canada; a few years later, they removed to North Easthope taking up land alongside of many others who, about this time, were coming out from Glenquaich, many of these being relatives of theirs. From between the years 1831 and 1850, between 200 and 300 emigrated from Glenquiach to Canada, most of them settling and taking up bush farms in this Township. John and Alexander Fisher had large families of sons and daughters. Some of their sons and daughters married and have families. One son and one daughter of John and two daughters of Alexander are living and there are a great number of the grandchildren of both living in North Easthope, Stratford, Toronto, Winnipeg, British Columbia, and elsewhere in Canada. One of John’s sons, James Fisher, is an eminent barrister and King’s Counsel, living in Winnipeg. He has been a member of the Provincial Parliament of Manitoba. I am informed that he and his wife were in Scotland twenty-seven years ago and, when there, visited Ballimore. Mrs Fisher, Sr., may have some recollection of this visit. The descendants of the three nephews of James Fisher, being a little farther removed in relationship to the friends in Scotland, I have not considered it necessary to give in as much detail as I have given the parental line but, if desired, it could be furnished.
Stratford, Canada, 1904.
James McIntyre
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1776 - 1858 (82 years)
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