Herman Frank Fischer

1877 - 1957  (80 years)

• Name	Herman Frank Fischer
  Born	24 Jan 1877	Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Naturalization	Wisconsin, United States   [7]
  Reference Number	14
  Died	29 Dec 1957	Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States   [8, 9, 10]
  Buried	31 Dec 1957	Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States
  Person ID	I80	Semon-Amburn
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Julius Frank Fischer,   b. 9 Jun 1854, Germany ,   d. 18 Feb 1935, Elmwood, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Louisa Turner,   b. 2 Nov 1853, Germany ,   d. 27 Mar 1923, Rock Elm, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 69 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1876	Germany
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Blow,   b. 28 Dec 1884, Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States ,   d. 22 Jun 1961, Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Married	19 May 1912	Wallowa, Oregon, United States   [11]
  Children	1. Ernest Ward Fischer,   b. 24 Feb 1913, Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States ,   d. 4 Sep 1984  (Age 71 years) + 2. Martha Louise Fischer,   b. 17 Apr 1914, Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon, United States ,   d. 1 Dec 1970, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States  (Age 56 years) + 3. Margery Leona Fischer,   b. 18 Oct 1915, Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States ,   d. 14 Nov 2011, The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States  (Age 96 years) + 4. Otis Mantel Fischer,   b. 8 May 1917, Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States ,   d. 27 Apr 1988, Wallowa, Oregon, United States  (Age 70 years) + 5. Orville Lawton Fischer,   b. 27 Jan 1920, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon, United States ,   d. 30 Jan 2002, Dakota, Minnesota, United States  (Age 82 years) + 6. Alice Maxine Fischer,   b. 19 Sep 1922, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon, United States ,   d. 19 Mar 1984, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jan 1877 - Germany Naturalization - - Wisconsin, United States Married - 19 May 1912 - Wallowa, Oregon, United States Died - 29 Dec 1957 - Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States Buried - 31 Dec 1957 - Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  doc# 384. WW I draft registration card. of Paradise, Wallowa, Oregon. ag e 41, b. 24 Jan 1877, naturalized citizen. Blacksmith and PM, employed b y Self and US. Nearest relative, Harriet Fischer. Doc# 394. SS Application. parents are Julius Fischer and Louise Turner. Herman came to Oregon with the Bill Alexander family. Chieftan, Oct. 21, 1915, Thursday, page 5 "Herman F. Fischer will have an auction sale Tuesday, Nov. 2 on the Ol d Thomas Morgan ranch on Lower Prairie Creek, just north of the Creighto n place. He will sell hogs, cattle, horses, implements, feed barley an d hay. The sale will begin in the morning and free lunch will be served a t noon. Col. H.B. Davidhizer will be the auctioneer." Herman F. Fischer was Postmaster of Paradise, Oregon from 12 jun 1916 ... . !NEWSPAPER Wallowa County Chieftan,August 17, 191 0 "SWAMP CREEK. Mrs. Sanders and daughter Ruth, Mrs. Rodgers and James an d Charlie Rodgers drove out In an automobile and called at Fischer's,... . Julius Fischer and wife and Miss Vida, who have been spending some tim e with Herman. Fischer, and Miss Anna Fischer at their homesteads, expec t to ga back to Rock Elm. Wis., soon. Albert will remain longer." !NEWSPAPER Wallowa county Chieftan, Oct 20, 1910 Making final proof on their homesteads in recent days were Charles Loosle y of Crow Creek, Albert Miller of Promise, Versa Surber and Herman F. Fis cher of Swamp Creek." Also in Chieftan newspaper on Oct. 21, 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] World War I Draft Registration Card, 1852209. Herman Frank Fischer, address, Paradise, Wallowa, Oregon. age, 41 yrs. DO B 24 Jan 1877, white, US citizen by father's naturalizion. Occupation: Bl acksmith and P.M., Employer's name: Self and U.S. Nearest relative, Harri et Fischer, Paradise, Wallowa, Oregon. Signature of Herman Frank Fischer. [S61] General Land Entry Files. A large packet of papers when Herman Fischer applied for land/homestead c laims in Wallowa County, Oregon. Includes testimony about his life, altho ugh only lists Germany as birthplace. Has testimony of claimant for Fina l Proof of homestead entry that lists all improvemnts to homestead: house , barn, henhouse, granary, machine shed, wire fence, well, wind-mill. orc hard of 35 trees, 6 shade trees, 1000 strawberry plants, 12 gooseberry bu shes, 12 current bushes. Interesting reading. [S4] 1930 Census. Fischer, Herman age 54, 35 at first marriage, b. Germany, parents b. Germ any , naturalized 1888 ,Harriet, age 45, 26 at first marriage, b. Oregon, fa. b. England, mo. b . Ohio ,Earnest, age 16, b. Oregon ,Martha L., age 15, b. Oregon , Marjory, age 14, b. Oregon ,Otis, age12, b. Oregon ,Orville, age 10, b. Oreogn ,Alice, age 7, b. Oregon Oregon, Wallowa, Lostine, ED 22 [S2] 1920 Census, Doc# 390. Fischer, Herman F. age 40, b. Germany , Harriet, age35, b. Oregon , Ernest, age 6, b. Oregon , Martha, age 5, b. Oregon' , Marjorie, age 4, b . Oregon , Otis, age 2, b. Oregon. Oregon, Wallowa, Flora. [S1] 1910 US Census, heritagequest.com. Fisher, Herman, head age 29, b. Germany, parents b. Germany, 1885 NA, ne w homestead Fisher, Anna, head, age 27, b. Gemany, parents b. Germany, 1885 arr., ne w homestead Enterprise Pct, Wallowa, Oregon [S10] 1900 Census, www.ancestry.com. Fisher, Herman, servant, b. Jan 1877, age 23, b. Germany, parents b. Germ any. em. 1883, na. blacksmith. Listed with family of William Radchlay . Wisconsin, Pierce, Rock Elm, ED 115, Sheet 1A, line 41. [S7] Vital Records: State of Oregon, 2,260,729 i.2. 1906 Voter Registration Wallowa county. p. 75 Herman F. Fischer, Germany Naturalized. "Father took there in Wisconsin" [S7] Vital Records: State of Oregon, Doc# 392. Death cert. of Herman Fischer. [S8] Record of Funeral, Doc# 394. Booth Bollman FH in Enterprise, Oregon. [S62] "Herman Fischer is Laid to Rest on Turesday", Doc# 395. [S7] Vital Records: State of Oregon, Doc# 388 and 389. Marriage certificate of Herman F. Fischer and Harriet Blow