Thomas Fisher

Thomas was the son of William and Emma Fisher (née Alvey).

His father was the son of William Fisher, a blacksmith/shoeing smith, and his wife Mary (née Robinson) who were married at Nottingham St Mary on 24 March 1838. The couple had at least nine children including William (b. abt. 1845) and his older sister Eliza (b. abt 1843).

His mother Emma (b. abt 1855) was the daughter of Thomas Alvey, a framework knitter, and his wife Ann. In 1861 Ann Alvey, a framework knitter, and her children Mary Ann (17), Emma (5), Samuel (2) and Thomas (0) were living on North Side, Dickinson Street, Nottingham.

William (28), a labourer, of Glasshouse Street, Nottingham, and Emma (19), of Kent Street, were married at Nottingham St Mary on 13 April 1873. Both they and their two witnesses signed the marriage register with their mark. The couple had four children: Joseph b. 1874, William b. 1875, Caroline b. 1878 and Thomas b. 1880.

William, a coal carter, Emma and their four children were living at Union Place, 1 Glasshouse Street, in 1881. William's married sister, Eliza Stevenson, was living at 9 Glasshouse Street (married John Stevenson, 6 August 1865, Nottingham St Paul; both signed the register with their mark).

However, by 1891, William, a horse driver, and three of his children, William (15) a brass finisher, Caroline (12) an errand girl and Thomas (10), were living at 6 Stretton Street with his sister Eliza Stevenson and her husband John. (Note: the enumerator recorded William snr. as Eliza and John's son-in-law and his children as their grandchildren). The eldest son, Joseph (17), hosiery machine fitter, was living at 33 Muskham Street, Nottingham, with his aunt, Mary Ann Curran (née Alvey), and her husband Thomas (m. Nottingham St Mary, 25 December 1866).

According to the information provided on the 1891 census, William snr. was married. However his son William (b. June 1875) of 6 Stretton Street was baptised on 6 April 1892 at Nottingham St Andrew and the baptismal record named his parents as William and Emma ('deceased'). No record of Emma's death has yet been traced.

William jnr. has not yet been positively identified on any records after April 1892 although a William Fisher aged 17 years 10 months, occupation threader, home address Pickford Yard, London Road, Nottingham, joined the militia - 4th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (2093 Private) - in May 1892 and serving to 10 August 1894.

William snr. probably died in 1898 aged 53.

The eldest son, Joseph, married Mary Ann Bullock in 1899 and in 1901 they were living at 8 Curtis Street, Nottingham, with his wife's widowed father, James Bullock. Caroline, a lace finisher, was a boarder at 69 Truman Street, Nottingham. Thomas has not yet been traced on the 1901 Census.

Caroline married Gervase Adcock, a baker (bread), later that year (1901 OND) and in 1911 they were living with her widowed father, James, a baker, at 101-103 Willoughby Street, New Lenton, which were also the business premises. Caroline was assisting in the business and two young cousins of Gervase's who were part of their household may also have assisted in the bakery. Caroline and Gervase had had two sons who had died in infancy but later had another son and two daughters who survived into adulthood.

Joseph, his wife and their five children were recorded on the 1911 Census in Leicester where he was a hosiery machine maker (employer). Their fifth child had been born in Leicester in 1910 and they had another child in 1915.

Thomas, a general labourer, was living with his widowed aunt, Eliza Stevenson, a dressmaker, at 34 Cairns Street, Nottingham, in 1911 and was still living with his aunt when he was called up for the Army in October 1916.

Joseph probably died in 1949 and Caroline died in 1954.

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