See also
| Husband: | Samuel FISHER (1876- ) | |
| Wife: | Emily Louisa BAILEY (1880-1915) | |
| Children: | Emily Alice FISHER (1900-1988) | |
| Marriage | 4 Dec 1897 | Holborn Register Office |
| Name: | Samuel FISHER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Joseph FISHER (1835- ) | |
| Mother: | Sarah DAWES (1835- ) | |
| Birth | 8 Nov 1876 | Wolverhampton |
| Death | "BEF. 1923" | |
| Name: | Emily Louisa BAILEY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Robert BAILEY (1858- ) | |
| Mother: | Emily Louisa MATTHEWS (1858-1920) | |
| Birth | 17 Apr 1880 | St Lukes, Finchley |
| Death | 9 May 1915 (age 35) | Holborn Infirmary |
| Burial | Manor Park Cemetary | |
| Name: | Emily Alice FISHER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Archibald Walter Humphrey DAVINE (1899-1972) | |
| Birth | 31 Aug 1900 | Clerkenwell, Islington |
| Death | 17 Nov 1988 (age 88) | Northwick Park Hospital |
1. In the 1901 census, Samuel Fisher is living at 48 Helmet Row, St Luke, Old Street, Finchley. He is aged 24, profession compositor and gives his place of birth as Wolverhampton. He is living with his wife Emily Louisa, aged 20 and his daughter Emily A Fisher, aged 7 months.
2. His marriage certificate gives his address as 11 Baker's Row, Clerkenwell, occupation Compositor. His father is Joseph Fisher (deceased) who was a Tin Plate worker.
3. The above information appears to identify him in the 1881 census as follows :
Dwelling: 166 Gt Brickilm St
Census Place: Wolverhampton, Stafford, England
Joseph FISHER Head of household Age 45 M Born: Middlesex Tin Plate worker
Sarah FISHER Wife Age 45 F Born: Wolverhampton
Alice FISHER Daughter Age 18 F Born: Wolverhampton Shop Assistant
Jane FISHER Daugher Age 15 F Born: Wolverhampton Warehouse Assistant
Francis FISHER Son Age 13 M Born: Wolverhampton Scholar
Flora FISHER Daughter Age 11 F Born: Wolverhampton Scholar
Leonard FISHER Son Age 8 M Born: Wolverhampton Scholar
Samuel FISHER Son Age 4 M Born: Wolverhampton
Ann JONES Niece Age 20 F Born: Wolverhampton Warehouse Girl
Since the parents were married 8 years before the birth of Alice, there are probably several more children who have already left home.
4. Samuel is recorded as deceased in the marriage certificate of his daughter Emily in 1923. His profession then is given as Bricklayer's Labourer (have they got him muddled up with James Whitaker ?).
5. His birth certificate gives his place of birth as 88 Brick Kiln Street, Wolverhampton and his mother's maiden name as Sarah Dawes. His father is still a Tin Plate worker.
1. Her birth certificate says that she was born at 38 Radnor Street, St Lukes in 1880. Her father is given as Robert Bailey, a Brewer's Servant.
2. She married Samuel Fisher in 1997. The marriage certificate gives her age as 18 years, living at 22 Albion Place, Clerkenwell. Her father is Robert Bailey, a Bricklayer's labourer.
3. It is not clear what happened to Samuel Fisher but, by 1906 Emily appears to have been living with James Whitaker who was the father of 4 subsequent children. Frances Davine (granddaughter of Emily Bailey) says that Emily 'threw out Samuel Fisher because he was too demanding <nod, nod, wink, wink>'. Frances also understood that Emily's second husband was a brother of the first - which looks impossible since they had different surnames. Maybe we should guess that James Whitaker was a fairly close relation of Samuel Fisher.
4. It does not look as though Emily ever married James Whitaker. Her death certificate is in the name of Emily Fisher and describes her as the wife of Samuel Fisher, which implies that she was still married to Samuel Fisher, and that he was still alive. (The informant for the death certificate was her father Robert Bailey.) She died of Tuberculosis in Holborn Infirmary. The 'occupation' column of the death certificate says 'of Bactwick Street St Luke an Electric Wire Binder Wife of Sam Fisher a Compositor'.
5. Emily Bailey appears in the 1881 census at 231 Lancaster Road, Kensington. The family consists of :
Robert Bailey Age 23, Drayman
Emily Bailey age 23
Robert Bailey age 3
Emily Bailey age 11 months
All were born in Clerkenwell.