James FISHER

1847 - 1915  (67 years)

• Name	James FISHER
  Birth	15 Dec 1847	Fortingall, Perthshire   [1]
  Baptism	18 Jan 1848	Fortingall, Perthshire   [2]
  Gender	Male
  1851 Census	"Culdaremore", Fortingall, Perthshire   [1]
  	At 1851 Census, he is 3
  1861 Census	"Culdaremore", Fortingall, Perthshire   [3]
  	At 1861 Census, he is 13, occ "Scholar"
  Reference Number	V885
  Death	5 Aug 1915	Home Street, Aberfeldy, Perthshire   [4, 5]
  	aged 67
  Burial	Kenmore, Perthshire   [4]
  Person ID	I885	VaughanDavies
  Last Modified	9 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander FISHER,   b. 1814, Weem, Perthshire d. 23 Mar 1890, "Culdaremore", Fortingall, Perthshire (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary MCLEAN,   b. 1813, Dull, Perthshire d. 1893 (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	10 Jun 1837	Weem, Perthshire   [6]
  Family ID	F243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Dec 1847 - Fortingall, Perthshire Baptism - 18 Jan 1848 - Fortingall, Perthshire 1851 Census - At 1851 Census, he is 3 - - "Culdaremore", Fortingall, Perthshire 1861 Census - At 1861 Census, he is 13, occ "Scholar" - - "Culdaremore", Fortingall, Perthshire Death - 5 Aug 1915 - Home Street, Aberfeldy, Perthshire Burial - - Kenmore, Perthshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The details of his life after 1861 are not definite, but highly likely, and on that basis his dates and places of death and burial have been added. There is a marriage to Maggie McNAB 19/2/1879, in Aberfeldy, but nothing obvious on the transcript to indicate parents etc, and thus nothing to confirm this is our James. They appear in the Censuses of 1881, 1891 and 1901, with James quoting his age and place of birth correctly. He is variously a "Grocer and Wine Merchant", "Grocer", "Grocer". In the Probate registry, he is described as "Laundryman", but it does name Margaret as his wife, and Peter, his son (and there is a Peter in 1891), and then the gravestone has his death the same as the Probate registry, with the correct age. If so, he dies at "Novar". In 2025, there is a B and B called "Novar" on Home Street (the road given in the Probate register). The only uncertainty is that in the 1919-20 "Leslie's Directory of Scotland", he appears as providing a "Steam Laundry". I assume this is probably Maggie, who did not die until 1920 (at the age of 70), but possibly his son James (b circa1887).

  
  

• Sources

  [S1347] 1851 Census :- "Culdaremore", Fortingall, Perthshire. [S1420] Birth and Baptism transcript :- James Fisher (1847). [S1348] 1861 Census :- "Culdaremore", Fortingall, Perthshire. [S1421] Gravestone :- James Fisher (1915). [S1422] Probate register :- James Fisher (1916). [S1345] Marriage transcript :- Alexander Fisher - Mary McLean (1837).