COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Fischer
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2627
Item Description:
Fischer, John - Biographical information for John A. Fischer; "Notes on the Fischer Family", no published source, n.d. [also see "Death of John A. Fischer", Buffalo Voice, Jan. 28, 1916
Creator:
Otto Hart
Location:
Buffalo (Wyo.)
Date:
1939 January 16
Notes:
born: 1836 [or 1840] in Bavaria (Germany)
Notes:
10 children: 6 sons & 4 daughters
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resided in New Jersey - moved to Faribault (Minn.) - disturbing Indian affairs
Notes:
relocated to Dubuque (Iowa) - to St. Joseph (Mo.) - then Manhattan (Kan., o/a 1868 - 1873)
Notes:
occupation: working in breweries or established small ones of his own
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arrived Cheyenne (Wyo. Terr., now Laramie Co., Wyo., 1875-1876) - Medicine Bow (Carbon Co., Wyo. - 2 yrs.)
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Rawlins (Carbon Co. - 3 yrs.) - settled in Buffalo (Johnson Co. (Wyo. - summer, 1879 [or 1881])
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built a brewery - burned down (1892) - proprietor of "Germania" saloon & restaurant
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homesteaded on French Creek (Johnson Co.) - ranch & livestock businesses
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member: Buffalo School Board and Catholic Church
Notes:
Fischer, Mrs. Emma Kunkle (2nd wife, born: ? - married: 1904 - died: ? - buried: ?)
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3 children: a son and 2 daughters: Lena and Emma
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died: Jan. 25, 1916 (age: 79-80) from Bright's disease at his ranch home on French Creek near Buffalo
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buried: Willow Grove Cemetery (Plot: Block 002, Lot 2 - Memorial ID: 102244632) at Buffalo
Notes:
emigrated to America
Notes:
Fischer, Mrs. Gerfeva Hemmilsbach (1st wife, born: 1842 - married: ? at Elizabethtown (N. J.) - died: ? - buried: ?)
Type:
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