Name |
TYSON, Margreturite Ella |
Birth |
24 Jul 1875 |
Lafayette, Allen Co., OH [1, 2] |
- Marriage return states Margreturite born in Lafayette OH
- Her obit states Margreturite was born in Canton IL vs Lafayette OH in marriage return. All censuses show she was born in Ohio so Canton IL in obit should presumably read Canton OH, but even this likely wrong and Lafayette OH more likely correct.
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CENSUS |
25 Jun 1900 |
Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [3] |
- One child, one living
Occupation: none listed
Can read and write
Renting house
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1900 US Census: E. D. No. 50, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 17B
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EVENT |
18 Oct 1906 |
Burlington District Court, Des Moines Co., IA [4] |
Husband Orville Fisher sentenced to seven years for assault to commit rape |
- Orville pleads guilty to assaulting five y/o Esther Bailey in a livery stable in Burlington IA. The crime occurred ca 13 Sep 1906 per article in the Blandinsville Star-Gazette published on that date. On or about 18 Oct 1906 (his prison record suggests 12 Oct 1906) he was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary in Fort Madison IA. He blamed his behavior on intoxication stating at the time of sentencing, "I was very drunk when I committed the crime, and didn't really know what I was doing. I have resolved to quit drinking and live a christian life from now on, and I ask you to be as lenient with me as you can. I would nerer have done what I did when sober. I think too much of my own children for that." Standing at his side when sentenced his wife Ella, his children Paul and Leslie, and father Abel Fisher. This must have been very hard for her and her children. The article ends noting that "He did not have a good record at his home in Blandinstille, as he was under indictment there for burglary."
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Abel Fisher sentenced to seven years for assault to commit rape
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CENSUS |
21 Apr 1910 |
Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [5] |
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1910 US Census: E. D. No. 42, Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 9A
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RESI |
16 Apr 1914 |
Colusa, Hancock Co., IL [6] |
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Ella Fisher working new Colusa This article suggests that Ella and children may have left Orville Fisher as early as 1914. Colusa here is Colusa IL, located near Dallas City IL about 20 miles from her previous home with Orville in Blandinsville. By 1920 Ella and children have removed to Rice Ce o., KS. That she is writing to the Blandinsville Star-Gazette to apprise them of her whereabouts suggests she retained friends in Blandinsville after leaving Orville. Given Orville's many alcohol-related criminal activities including the the attempted rape of 5 y/o Ester Bailey in 1906 for which Orville served three years in the Men's Penitentiary in Fort Madison IA, one imagines Ella's was a very tragic and sympathetic figure in Blandinsville and well supported in her leaving. |
RESI |
8 Aug 1918 |
Lyons, Rice Co., KS [7] |
- "Mrs. Orville Fisher and son Leslie are now at Lyons, Kan. where Leslie is working on a farm and doing nicely."
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Ella Fisher and son Leslie in Lyons KS
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CENSUS |
29 Jan 1920 |
Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS [8] |
- Family is shown living among Mexican salt miners in Kansas while father Orville B. Fisher is found living with his father Abel Fisher in Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL. Ella left Orville sometime between the Apr 1910 census (where Ella and children Paul and Leslie are found living with Orville in Blandinsville IL) and this census in Jan 1920. Ella and Orville did not get divorced before she left because he sues her for divorce and custody of Leslie in Jul 1920. Note in this census Ella lists herself as widowed. One imagines tensions were high between Orville and Ella from 1906 when he pled guilty to assault to commit rape of 5 y/o Esther Bailey in Burlington IA in 1906 (article above),. Ella and the children were forced to stand with him at sentencing which must have been very hard. One wonders at the type of husband/father Orville was when released from prison in Nov 1909 to cause Ella to leave with the children without a divorce. He is known to have had an alcohol problem from at least 1898 when is was first arrested for stealing liquor. Orville presumably loses the custody suit as Leslie remains in Kansas.
- No occupations are listed for any of the family despite both Paul and brother Leslie being old enough to work. How did family support itself in Kansas?
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1920 US Census: E. D. No. 201, Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS, p 5A
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EVENT |
27 Jul 1920 |
Macomb, McDonough Co., IL [9] |
- Ella left Orville sometime between his conviction and imprisonment for assault of five y/o Esther Bailey in Oct 1906 and this date. Here he sues for divorce and seeks custody of son Leslie who is living with his mother in Lyons KS.
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Orville Fisher sues for divorce and custody of Leslie Fisher States that Orville and Ella lived together as married couple until 14 Jul 1917, "during which time he conducted himself as a true and indulgent husband. On the last named date without apparent reasonable cause the defendant left the plaintiff and has since persisted in her desertion. There are two children, Vernon Fisher, who is married and lives in Pittsburg, Kan., and Leslie Fisher, aged 17, who resides with the mother, at Lyons, Kansas." The "true and indulgent husband" line is laughable given Orville alcoholism and criminal history throughout their marriage. |
CENSUS |
1925 |
Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [10] |
- Living with family of son Leslie Fisher
Address: 525 Ash, Wichita KS
Occupation: none
Able to read and write: yes
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1925 Kansas State Census: Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, p 9-10
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CENSUS |
2 Apr 1940 |
Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [11] |
- Address: 128 W Aley, Wichita KS
Owns home, value: $350
Widowed
Highest grade of education: 5
Where living 1 Apr 1935: same house
Unable to work
Other income: yes
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1940 US Census: E. D. No. 107-14, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 1A
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CENSUS |
1 May 1950 |
Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [12] |
- Address: 128 W. Aley, Wichita KS
Occupation: keeping house
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1950 US Census: E. D. No 108-27, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 2
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Death |
26 Oct 1951 |
Wichita Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [2] |
- Home address: 128 W Aley, Wichita KS
Recitation of the rosary Sunday at St.Patrick's church.
Funeral services Monday at St. Patrick's by Rev. M. R. Blackledge.
Note: Son Paul V is incorrectly listed as Paul B in obit
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Obituary: Ella T. Fisher 1951
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Burial |
White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS [2] |
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Headstone: Margreturite Ella Fisher 1951 Plot: Rose Croix, Lot 361, Space A4
Apparently buried in family plot under single headstone with mother Ella Fisher |
Person ID |
I220 |
Main |
Last Modified |
9 Jan 2023 |
Family |
FISHER Orville Benjamin, b. 24 Aug 1873, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL d. 9 Jun 1958, Prairie City, McDonough Co., IL (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
26 Oct 1897 |
Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA [1, 13] |
- Orville's name listed as Bert in marriage return
Orville's residence: Peoria IL
Occupation; bricklayer
Margreturite's residence: Peoria IL
Witnessed by Olive Fisher, Orville's sister
- Orville name listed as Bert Orville Fisher on marriage certificate
Wedding performed at 1st Methodist Episcopal Parsonage, Burlington IA
R.F. Hulbert, M. E. Minister presiding
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Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson elope 1897 Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson elope to Burlington, IA to marry 26 Oct 1897. Orville's sister Ollive accompanies them. Ella tells her father, the chief of police for Canton IL!, only after they return two days later. Ellen plans to lives with her father for two months until Orville can prepare a house to live in. Wedding is apparently so secret it doesn't get reported in the local news until two weeks later. |
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Marriage Record: Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson
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Marriage Record: Orville Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
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Marriage Return: Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
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Marriage Certificate: Bert Orville Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
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Children |
+ | 1. FISHER, Paul Vernon, b. 12 Jul 1899, Illinois d. 6 May 1963, Veteran's Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS (Age 63 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. FISHER, Harry Leslie, b. 15 Jul 1902, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL d. 20 Apr 1980, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS (Age 77 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F93 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
2 Jan 2023 |