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Family Group Record: Lillie May Metcalf & John Benjamin Fisher

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HUSBAND 2) John Benjamin FISHER
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BIRTH:   1 May 1852      PLACE: Catskill Mountains, Greene, New York
MAR.:    17 Aug 1905     PLACE: La Grande, Union, Oregon
DEATH:   10 Jan 1927     PLACE: La Grande, Union, Oregon
BURIAL:  13 Jan 1927     PLACE: La Grande, Union, Oregon
OCCUPATION: Hotel Keeper

FATHER: John FISHER                  MOTHER:

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WIFE Lillie May METCALF   go to history/photos
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BIRTH:  18 Jan 1874      PLACE: Fayette, Sanpete, Utah
DEATH:  22 Mar 1943      PLACE: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
BURIAL: 26 Mar 1943      PLACE: Cypress Lawn, San Francisco, S-F, California
CAUSE OF DEATH: Coronary sclerosis with occlusion & myocardial fibrosis

FATHER: John Edward METCALF, Jr.     MOTHER: Mary Keziah BARTHOLOMEW

OTHER MARR: 1) Abraham JONES   9 Mar 1897 (div) Manti, Sanpete, Utah

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CHILDREN
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No Children

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DOCUMENTATION

HUSBAND - John Benjamin FISHER

BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Union Co, OR Death/Bur cards; FHL film 1375303. Has Birth 1 May 1852, New York.

MARRIAGE: copy of mg cert in poss of Vauna Kelly. Per 1910 OR census--his 1st mg. His name given as J.B. Fisher on mg cert, of Union County

OCCUPATION: Hotel Keeper source: 1910 OR census

BIRTHPLACE: IGI: John B. Fisher, relative is spouse Lillie May Metcalf, no parents, born 1 May 1852 Catskill Mountains, Greene, New York. The birthdate matches date given on John Benjamin Fisher's Burial Card.

1900_US_CENSUS: Enumerated at La Grande, Union, Oregon
Fisher John B Boarder Male born May 1852 age 48, Single, born New York, both parents born Ireland, occupation Bartender

DEATH: Oregon Death Index; online database at Ancestry.com; Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR
Name: Fisher, John B.
County: Union
Death Date: 10 Jan 1927
Certificate: 10

WIFE - Lillie May METCALF

BIRTH- BLESSING -BAPTISM: Gunnison Ward Member Record; FHL film 0025977; item 2; pg 9. Blessed by her father John Edward Metcalf Jr. Bapt by John Larson

MARRIAGE_1: Abraham Jones: Manti Messenger Newspaper; March 13, 1897; FHL film 1486740, Copy of Marriage License in poss of Vauna Marie Kelly

DIVORCE: Decree 16 May 1900, source: copy of decree in poss of Vauna Kelly. Cause: desertion since Jun 1897. Lillie's maiden name restored

MARRIAGE_2: John Benjamin Fisher: copy of mg certificate in poss of Vauna Marie Kelly. Apparently had no children -only Gladys in 1910 census, no children in 1920 census or Union Co, OR death/bur cards. Ancestral File has mg 30 Nov 1905, no place given. Her name given as Lillie Metcalf on mg cert.

DEATH-BURIAL: Death certificate; in poss of Vauna Kelly, Deceased Member Record File; FHL film 884122. Widow, surname Fisher

RESIDENCE:
1910: La Grande, OR source: 1910 OR census. Gladys (age 13) listed
1920: 570 1/2 Mill Street, Portland OR. No children listed with them. Lillie's mother Mary Keziah listed in this household-age 72.
Moved from La Grande to Portland 10-13-1920 (per La Grande member record)
1943: 1290 Grove Street Apt 605, San Francisco CA. source: death cert. Had lived in SF for 6 1/2 yrs, in Calif for 12 years (since abt 1930)

OCCUPATION: Housewife source: death cert 

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