James Fisher

1776 - 1858  (82 years)

• Name	James Fisher  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	1776	Glenquaich, Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	W   [4]
  Residence	1851	Perth, Canada West (Ontario), Canada   [4]
  	Religion: Free Ch
  Died	1858	North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I26666	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Fisher,   b. Abt 1750, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F9014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Stewart, in Balliemore,   b. Abt 11 Oct 1777, Immeroin, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1810, Dallanlaggan, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1803	Comrie, Perth, Scotland   [2, 5]
  Children	1. John Fisher,   b. 15 Apr 1805, Kirkton, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 26 Oct 1850, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   2. Duncan Fisher,   b. Abt 10 Apr 1807, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 6 Sep 1889, North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 82 years)  [natural]   3. Alexander Fisher,   b. Abt 23 Mar 1809, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1834, North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 24 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F9005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to family records, 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.

  
  

• Sources

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