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Mary Louisa FISHER (1840 - 1916)
Herbert William FISHER Adeline FISHER Florence FISHER Herbert Albert Laurens FISHER Arthur FISHER Emmeline FISHER Edmund FISHER Hervey FISHER William Wordsworth FISHER Charles FISHER Cordelia FISHER Edwin FISHER Dr. John JACKSON Maria JACKSON James PATTLE Adeline PATTLE Ambrose Pierre ANTOINE Therese Blin de GRINCOURT
Mary Louisa FISHER
Six Generation Ancestors Table
b. 1840
m. Herbert William FISHER (1825 - 1903)
d. 1916 aged 76
Cause of Death:
"knocked down and killed by a car" (Hussey 86)
Parents:
Dr. John JACKSON (1804 - 1887)
Maria JACKSON (1818 - 1892)
Siblings (2):
Adeline Maria VAUGHAN (1837 - 1881)
Julia Prinsep STEPHEN (1846 - 1895)
Children (11):
Adeline FISHER ( - 1951)
Florence FISHER ( - 1920)
Herbert Albert Laurens FISHER (1865 - 1940)
Arthur FISHER (1868 - 1902)
Emmeline FISHER (1868 - 1941)
Edmund FISHER (1871 - 1918)
Hervey FISHER (1873 - 1921)
William Wordsworth FISHER (1875 - 1937)
Charles FISHER (1877 - 1916)
Cordelia FISHER (1879 - 1970)
Edwin FISHER (1883 - 1947)
Grandchildren (2):
Ermengard DARWIN (1888 - ), Fredegond (1889 - 1949)
Events in Mary Louisa FISHER (1840 - 1916)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Married Herbert William FISHER had 11 children
1840 Mary Louisa FISHER was born
1865 25 Birth of son Herbert Albert Laurens FISHER
1868 28 Birth of son Arthur FISHER
1868 28 Birth of daughter Emmeline FISHER
1871 31 Birth of son Edmund FISHER
abt 1873 33 Birth of son Hervey FISHER
1875 35 Birth of son William Wordsworth FISHER
1877 37 Birth of son Charles FISHER
1879 39 Birth of daughter Cordelia FISHER
1883 43 Birth of daughter Edwin FISHER
1887 47 Death of father Dr. John JACKSON (aged 83)
1892 52 Death of mother Maria JACKSON (aged 74)
1902 62 Death of son Arthur FISHER (aged 34)
1903 63 Death of husband Herbert William FISHER (aged 78)
1916 76 Mary Louisa FISHER died
1916 76 Death of son Charles FISHER (aged 39)
Personal Notes:
EDUCATION:

MAJOR LIFE EVENTS:
-"...brought up a gigantic family of eleven children, who were significant and largely unwelcome presences in Virginia's childhood" (Lee 91)
-run over by a taxi cab (Lee 91)

CHILDHOOD TEMPERAMENT:

ADULT TEMPERAMENT:
-son Herbert "thought his mother a saint: 'A more selfless being never drew breath'" (Lee 91)
-"the Stephen children...saw her as a 'washed-out ghost' and always cited her when a 'creeping Jesus' example of saintly self-sacrifice was required..." (Lee 91)

ADULT SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:

ADULT WORK HABITS:

SIGNS OF MANIA/HYPOMANIA:

SIGNS OF DEPRESSION:

PHYSICAL AILMENTS/CHRONIC ILLNESSES:

ALCOHOL/OTHER DRUG ABUSES:

HOSPITALIZATION:

OTHER:
-"...most of Aunt Mary's children--emotional Adeline, who married Ralph Vaughan Williams; difficult, unstable Emmeline; poor Hervey, whose spine was injured by being dropped on his head as a child, who had his unsuitable engagement blocked by his mother, and who was incarcerated in an asylum; naval commander William (who was to be outraged by the Stephens's offensive against naval decorum, the Dreadnought Hoax), and their 'poor stuffed beast' sisters--had a depressing effect on their Stephen cousins" (Lee 91)
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Title: Virginia Woolf, Auth: Hermione Lee, Publ: Vintage Books, Date: 1996
- Reference = 91 (Name, Notes)
7. Type: Book, Abbr: Virginia Woolf A to Z, Title: Virginia Woolf A to Z: A Comprehensive Reference for Students, Teachers, and Common Readers to Her Life, Work, and Critical Reception, Auth: Mark Hussey, Publ: Facts on File, Inc., Date: 1995
- Reference = 86 (Name, Notes)