Living
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Joseph Carrie Fisher (1893-1954) 1
Mother: Isabella Gair Milne (1909-1996) 2
Spouses and Children
1. Living
Children:
1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
Living
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Joseph Carrie Fisher (1893-1954) 1
Mother: Isabella Gair Milne (1909-1996) 2
Spouses and Children
1. Living
Children:
1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
2. Living
James Fisher
Sex: M
Individual Information
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Events
• Occupation: Farmer. 3
• Residence: 1800-Feb 1857 ?, Hatton Of Cargill, Perthshire. 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Janet Thomson ( - ) 5
Marriage:
Children:
1. Alexander Fisher (Cir 1800-1893)
2. William Fisher (Cir 1802- )
James Fisher
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Sep 1834 - Errol, Perth, Scotland 6
Christening: 5 Oct 1834 - Errol, Perth, Scotland 6
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Parents
Father: Alexander Fisher (Cir 1800-1893)
Mother: Isabella Mitchell ( - )
Janet Fisher
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Sep 1867 - Rosebank Street, Dundee, Forfarshire 7
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Events
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, 147 Rosebank Street, Dundee, Forfarshire. 8
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, 131 Rosebank Street, Dundee, Forfarshire. 9
Parents
Father: Alexander Fisher (Cir 1800-1893)
Mother: Elizabeth Hunter Robertson (1828-1893)
Joan Fisher
Sex: F
AKA: Nan Fisher
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1883 - Dundee, Forfarshire
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Death: Cir 1956 - Cardiff, Glamorgan
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Events
• Census: 1891, 5 Apr 1891, 20 Lawson Place, Dundee, Forfarshire.
• Occupation: Card board case maker, 1901, Dundee, Forfarshire.
• Census: 1901, 31 Mar 1901, 10 S George Street, St. Andrews parish, Dundee, Forfarshire.
Parents
Father: David Robertson Fisher (1861-1937) 10
Mother: Elisabeth Reid Stewart (1857-1917)
John Fisher
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Feb 1837 - Dundee, Forfarshire 6
Christening: 13 Mar 1837 - Dundee, Forfarshire 6
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Parents
Father: Alexander Fisher (Cir 1800-1893)
Mother: Isabella Mitchell ( - )
John Fisher
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Dec 1859 - Rosebank Street, Dundee, Forfarshire 11
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Events
• Occupation: Currier. 12
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, 147 Rosebank Street, Dundee, Forfarshire. 8
Parents
Father: Alexander Fisher (Cir 1800-1893)
Mother: Elizabeth Hunter Robertson (1828-1893)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jane Ann (Fisher) (Abt 1861 - )
Marriage:
Children:
1. Alexander Fisher (1881- )
Joseph Carrie Fisher
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Dec 1893 - 20 Lawson Place, Dundee, Forfarshire 13
Christening:
Death: 4 Dec 1954 - 1 Dudhope Place, Dundee, Angus 14
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Events
• Occupation: Child Protection Officer.
• Census: 1901, 31 Mar 1901, 10 S George Street, St. Andrews parish, Dundee, Forfarshire.
• Residence: At time of David Fisher's (Born 1895)enrolment at Morgan Academy, 17 Aug 1908, 16 North Ellen Street, Dundee. 15 (Occupant)
• Census: 1911 Census, 2 Apr 1911, 35 North Wellington Street, Clepington, Dundee, Forfarshire. 10 (Household Member)
• Occupation: Jute Twine Twister, 2 Apr 1911, Dundee, Forfarshire. 10
• Occupation: Shop Assistant, 25 Feb 1925. 16
• Residence: 25 Feb 1925, 18 Kinloch Terrace, Dundee, Forfarshire. 17
Parents
Father: David Robertson Fisher (1861-1937) 10
Mother: Elisabeth Reid Stewart (1857-1917)
Spouses and Children
1. Beatrice Wilson (Cir 1894 - 15 Jun 1926)
Marriage: 25 Feb 1925 - Bethelfield Manse, Kirkcaldy, Fife 18
2. *Isabella Gair Milne (22 May 1909 - 15 Apr 1996) 2
Marriage: 22 Jul 1931 - (A Manse), Dundee, Angus 19
Children:
1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living
5. Evelyn Fisher (1949-1990)
Notes
General:
Joe Fisher was part of the Highland Light Infantry in the war, but put in for a transfer to the Highland Cyclists battalion, since they did not have to wear kilts!
He spent a portion of the war in India (earning the India General Service Medal with the clasp "Afghanistan – North West Frontier" in the process). He apparently learned to swim in the Red Sea on his passage out to India - men who couldn't swim were thrown into the sea, literally having to learn to "sink or swim".
He wore glasses through much of his life. This would have delayed his entry into the war (and possibly saved his life). He never fought in a battle in his time in the army (a blessing, certainly for us, his descendants).
Up until January 1916, men wearing glasses were generally barred from joining the Army. From this date, the rules changed - allowing Joe to enter the war. I assume he may well have joined around this point.
Conscription Categories in the Great War
From Military Service Act - 27th January 1916.
On 27th January, 1916, the Military Service act became law, ever man between the ages of 18 and 41, if unmarried, was 'deemed to have enlisted'. On 25th May, married men were 'deemed' to have done the same. The following categories were established:A: General Service. B1: Garrison Service Abroad. B2: Labour Service Abroad. B3: Sedentary Work Abroad. C1: Garrison Service at Home Camps. C2: Labour Service at Home Camps. C3: Sedentary Service at Home Camps.
The Official History records the physical standards defining each category:A: Able to march, see to shoot, hear well and stand active service conditions. B: Free from serious organic diseases, able to stand service on the lines of communication in France, or in garrisons in the tropics. B1: Able to march five miles, and see to shoot with glasses and hear well. B2: Able to walk five miles to and from work, see and hear sufficiently for ordinary purposes. B3: Only suitable for sedentary work. C: Free from serious organic disease, able to stand service conditions in garrison at home.
In contemporary usage, a 'Category Man' was anyone assigned to a category below 'A'.
An expanded definition of B1 duties is as follows:
"B" (i) Fit for Garrison units, Divisonal Employement Coys, Area Employement (Garrison Guard) Coys,, Labour Coys employed at the front, NCOs as Perminent Staff of Reinforcement Camps and Conv Depots, Men in employement in lieu of RAMC Nursing or General Duty Ordelies and Stretcher Bearers on LoC.
He was awarded three medals for his war service. The Victory Medal, the India General Service Medal with the clasp "Afghanistan - North West Frontier" (see above) and the British War Medal. He did not value these medals a great deal, since they were handed out to everyone who served in those areas, just for being there!
Living
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Joseph Carrie Fisher (1893-1954) 1
Mother: Isabella Gair Milne (1909-1996) 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Anthony Geoffrey Pitt (12 Jan 1934 - 23 Jun 1984) 1
Marriage:
Children:
1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
Sources
1. From Glascoed people file, Surety: 3.
2. From Glascoed people file, Surety: 3. .... Birth Certificate Scotland, Surety: 3.
3. Son's Marriage Certificate - Alex. Fisher m Eliz. Robertson - 29/6/1857,Dundee, 282-1: 155. Surety: 3.
4. Son's Marriage Certificate - Alex. Fisher m Eliz. Robertson - 29/6/1857,Dundee, Surety: 3.
5. Son's Marriage Certificate - Alex. Fisher m Eliz. Robertson - 29/6/1857,Dundee, Surety: 2.
6. IGI Family Search website, Surety: 2.
7. Birth Certificate, 282-1: Entry 1761. Surety: 3.
8. 1871 census (2nd April 1871.), Surety: 3.
9. 1881 Census Scotland, Surety: 3.
10. 1911 census of Scotland, 35 N Wellington Street, Clepington, Dundee, enumeration district (ED) 282, page 23. Surety: 3.
11. Birth Certificate, 282-1: Entry 1686. Surety: 3.
12. 1881 Census, Surety: 3.
13. Birth Certificate, 282/3. Surety: 3.
14. Newspaper Obituary - filed in "Obituaries Book", Dundee Central Library, Surety: 3. .... Newspaper obituary, Newspaper Obituary - filed in "Obituaries Book", Dundee Central Library. Surety: 3.
15. database(http://www.fdca.org.uk/Dundee_Records.html : accessed 26 Jul 2018), Morgan Academy records. Surety: 3.
16. Marriage Certificate, Surety: 2. .... Marriage certificate: Scotland, Surety: 2.
17. Marriage Certificate, Surety: 2.
18. Index to Scottish marriages, 442/00 0044. Surety: 2.
19. Personal recollection - by daughter Margaret, Surety: 1.