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William Pollock Fisher

M, #2460, b. 4 December 1866, d. April 1875

Family Explorer

Pedigree

Last Edited: 25 Apr 2015

Parents:

Father*: Robert Mackenzie Fisher ship's carpenter, the Ayrshire Poet b. 13 Feb 1840, d. 24 Jul 1910
Mother*: Jean Watson dressmaker b. 11 Jan 1840, d. 9 Oct 1871

Relationship:

1st cousin 3 times removed of Patricia Catherine Adamson

Birth*: William Pollock Fisher was born on 4 December 1866 at Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, .¹
He was the son of Robert Mackenzie Fisher ship's carpenter, the Ayrshire Poet and Jean Watson dressmaker.
(Deceased) Death*: William Pollock Fisher died in April 1875 at Ulverston, Lancashire, England, , at age 8 Poems, Songs... and ... Sketches 1906.²

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

2 April 1871

He was listed as a member of the household of Robert Mackenzie Fisher ship's carpenter, the Ayrshire Poet and Jean Watson dressmaker in the 1871 census at 26 Hamilton Street, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland,

. William Pollock Fisher, son, 4, Renfrewshire, Renfrew; Robert McKenzie Fisher, head, mar, 31, ship joiner, Ayrshire Prestwick; Jane Fisher, wife, mar, 30, Ayrshire Kilmarnock; James Carson, visitor, 12, store keeper, Ayrshire Prestwick.³

Citations

[S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), C115751 [Nov 2005].
[S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Information FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS.
Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall. [April 2015]
[S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS census Govan 1871 [Nov 2005].

Charts:

Fisher, Charles c1765 descendants
Maitland, Agnes c1766 descendants
McConnell, Helen c1765 descendants
McKenzie, Robert c1770 descendants
McWilliam, William c1765 descendants
Pollock, Marion c1770 descendants