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Would someone be kind enough to look up the following please:

Robert Albert Fisher, b. 10 March 1886
Son of Joseph & May Fisher of Moosomin, Saskatchewan.

Many thanks

Susan

1901 census. Assiniboia, The territories (Before there was a Saskatchewan)

Fisher Joseph M Head M Mar 26 1855 46

Fisher May F Wife M Jan 31 1858 43

Fisher Christina R. F Daughter S Mar 2 1885 16

Fisher Robert A. M Son S Mar 10 1886 15

Fisher Sarah M. F Daughter S Mar 31 1887 14

Fisher Jennie L. F Daughter S Jan 11 1889 12

Fisher William A. M Son S Jan 12 1893 8

Fisher John C. M Son S Feb 22 1895 6

Fisher Joseph A. M Son S Dec 14 1897

Joseph (head) born Ontario, wife May born Scotland, emigrated 1882, children born Assiniboia.

1891 Census of Canada
about Robert Fisher
Name: Robert Fisher
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 5
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Northwest Territories
Relation to Head of House: Son
Religion: Free Church
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Ontario
Mother's Birth Place: Scotland
Province: Territories
District Number: 198
District: Assiniboia East
Subdistrict: Broadview
Archive Roll #: T-6425
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
May Fisher 33
Christina Fisher 6
Robert Fisher 5
Sarah Fisher 4
Jenny Fisher 2

1906 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
about Robert A Fisher
Name: Robert A Fisher
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 20
Birthplace: Scotland
Family Number: 31
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: J
Mother's Name: Mary
Province: Saskatchewan
Sub-District Description: Townships 15, 16, 17 in Ranges 32, 33 West of The 1st M, Excepting The Town of Wapella
Sub-District: 30
Page: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
J Fisher 51
Mary Fisher 47
Christena R Fisher 21
Robert A Fisher 20
Sarah M Fisher 19
Jennie A Fisher 17
William A Fisher 13
John C Fisher 11
Joseph A Fisher 8
Bo??Lby Bablby 32

Thank you very much Margaret.

Sue xx

1911 census
Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan (Uh oh! he's Robert Alfred)

Fisher Robert Alfred M Head S Mar 1886 25
Fisher Sarah Margaret F Sister S Oct 1887 24
Hitchcock Francis M Boarder M May 1858 53

Thank you Joan.

Sue x

Thank you Jim

Sue x

Thank you Jim

Sue x

Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918
about Robert Alfred Fisher
Name: Robert Alfred Fisher
RESIDENCE: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1886
Birth Location: Hillburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
Relative: Joseph Fisher
Relationship: Father
Regiment Number: 2114950

1891 Census of Canada
about Joseph Fisher
Name: Joseph Fisher
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Head
Religion: Free Church
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Scotland
Mother's Birth Place: Scotland
Province: Territories
District Number: 198
District: Assiniboia East
Subdistrict: Broadview
Archive Roll #: T-6425
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Fisher 36

Attestation papers:
Robert Alfred Fisher.
Born 10 March 1886, Hillburn, Sask.
Present address 528 Aitkens St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Next of kin father Joseph, Hillburn, Sask.
Robert was a widower.

Robert Alfred was killed 28 Aug. 1918. There's a photo of his grave here:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/photos&casualty=29149

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Christina Rose Fisher
Name: Christina Rose Fisher
Date of Arrival: 1 Apr 1919
Vessel: Canada
Search Ship Database: View the 'Canada' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-14795

A Robert Alfred Fisher married Catherine Hellen McKay, 15 July, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A Catherine Helen Fisher died 29 Nov. 1916, age 28, Winnipeg.

Robert Alfred enlisted 20 Jan.1917, a widower, then was killed the next year.

How sad is that!!!

Very sad Margaret. Then found love again with my grandmother, wedding all planned, then died 2 weeks before his son was born.

I cannot thank you enough for this information Margaret, it fills such a big gap.

AND you too Rose - thank you.

Rose, I'm wondering whether Christina's journey here had anything to do with the baby? I have been told that his Canadian grandfather asked to adopt him.
Very interesting. Thanks

Sue, this site allows you to order the complete service file of WW1 soldiers. I have never done so myself but others tell me that the price isn't too exorbitant. I understand they charge per page.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-100.01-e.php

Such a sad story! It certainly looks as if Christina went over there hoping to bring the baby back with her.

Prairie Farm Addresses.
The 1906 census shows the Fisher family living at S24 T15 R32 MW1 (S=Section T=Township R=range M=Meridian), so where is this? Each section is a mile square; they're grouped into 6 x 6 blocks. The Township # says how many blocks N of the US border, so T15 is 84-90 miles N of the border. (Well actually, a couple of miles further N by now, since this calculation excludes road allowances.) The Range says how many blocks E or W of the meridian one counts - West here (note the W1). Actually, the first, or prime meridian, is the only one you can measure E of. All the rest are measured W of the last meridian. All meridians run exactly South to North. All E-W measurements are done from a meridian. As a practical matter, E-W measurements are only made on every fourth township boundary, and lines drawn true N-S into the two townships on each side. Anyway, R32 M1W is abt 180 m W of the prime meridian (which is abt 20m W of Winnipeg), and this puts it just inside the SK border (the southern MB-SK border is between R29 and R30). Most of the meridians occur every 4 deg of longitude (the first is a bit offset to the E). As a technical aside, the complication in calcualting E-W locations is due to the earth's curvature. Running a pair of lines due north that are 6 m apart at the US border lines, by the time they reach the northern boundary of these province, they're only 4 m apart, so a political decision was made that this was too big a disparity, and some correction must be made to make sections more uniform.)
Finally, each 6 x 6 block was numbered into sections in the same way.

31 32 33 34 35 36
30 29 28 27 26 25
19 20 21 22 23 24
18 17 16 15 14 13
~7 ~8 ~9 10 11 12
~6 ~5 ~4 ~3 ~2 ~1

A typical homestead grant was a quarter section, although this might be increased to a half section in less desirable areas.
Basically, one filed a homestead claim for $10, and were required to clear and plant 10% of claim per year for 3 years, and build a house to qualify for a grant of the land (prices and conditions did vary a bit). One could also purchase a claim (and the railroads and Hudson's Bay Co had large blocks for sale. Also the local school board was given 2 sections of every block, which they mostly sold or rented to raise money for schools).

If you go to http://maps.google.com/ and search for Moosomin, then take provincial hwy 8 N for 2.5 m, and turn west down the driveway, you can see there's still a farm on section 13 - S 25 looks like it just has a barn now, but the NE quarter was covered by cloud.

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If you look at the actual page image for 1906, you'll see another T Fisher family at S13 T15 R32 M1W - looks like might be a brother to me. The TF family all had pob=Ont - the JF family only had JF with pob=Ont - wife SCT (immig 1882), and kids all Canada - SK only became province in 1905, before that it was NWT, Canada. It looks like JF is much more establihed - bigger set of livestock. Incidentally, the first time you look at a MrSid image, you're best to go thru the National Archives site and turn off your pop-up blocker and collect the plug-in viewer - it lets you reset the frame size (to 1200 x 800) and move the image with a hand.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02015302_e.html
(click radio button for SK, enter dist #11, sub-d #30 - you're looking for Page 3 of:
District: SK Assiniboia East District (#11)
Subdistrict: 30 (Townships 15, 16, 17 in ranges 32, 33 west of the 1st M, excepting the Town of Wapella) Page 3

1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: TT ASSINIBOIA (East/Est) (#203)
Subdistrict: Hillburn X(1) Page 3
Sched 1 p3 is people Sched 2 p1 is farm (shows S24 T15 R32 320ac "W"ood house)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02012202_e.html

1911 Census of Canada
Home / 1911 / Saskatchewan / Qu'Appelle / 17 Townships 15 / page 103 split view [17a p3a]
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1911b/e085/e002101324.pdf


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