Fisher Family Genealogy
ASHBY Florence Ethyl

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Name ASHBY Florence Ethyl Born 26 Jul 1877 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [1, 2]
Gender Female CENSUS 08 Jun 1880 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [3]
Census: 1880 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Roll 227; Family History Film: 1254227; Page: 294B; Enumeration District: 154; Image: 0592 CENSUS 11 Jun 1900 Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL [4]
- Census-taker apparently never talked directly to family. Too many errors in the listing: Florence born Jul 1877 not Jun. Zilla should read Zella and not a daughter, but Charles and Florence's eldest son, born in Apr 1895 not Aug 1895. Also Raymond born in Jan 1899 not Mar.
Census: 1900 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL; Roll: 320; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0057; FHL microfilm: 1240320 CENSUS 10 May 1910 Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL [5]
- Census correctly shows one child deceased in 1910: Nora
Census: 1910 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Roll T624_305; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 270 CENSUS 02 Jan 1920 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [6]
Census: 1920 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Roll T625_385; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 795 CENSUS 25 Apr 1930 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [7]
- Daughter Jessie Fisher Fenton and her daughters Pauline and Phyllis living with mother Florence Fisher.
Indicates Florence married at age 17.
Census: 1930 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Roll: 532; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 1038.0. CENSUS 22 Apr 1940 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [8]
- Florence living with daughter Jessie Fisher Fenton and her daughters Pauline and Phyllis Elaine. Florence's occupation listed as laundry worker, home laundry.
Census 1940 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois; Roll: T627_839; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 55-12 CENSUS 24 Apr 1950 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [9]
- Living next door to family of daughter Madelyn and Harmon McKeown
Also next door to cousins Erma and Orie Farris
Marital status: Widowed
Unable to work (due to age 72)
Supplemental questions -
Last grade of school attended: 8
Complete this grade: yes
Last years income: $456
Married more than once: no
Years widowed: 25
Number of children: 8
1950 US Census, E.D. 55-3, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 2 Died 8 Jun 1960 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [2]
- Died at Schulze Rest Home, Blandinsville, IL;
Length of stay: 14 months
Cause: Congestive heart failure
Informant: Raymond Fisher
Funeral: Radder Funeral Home
Burial: South Blandinsville Cemetery
Death Certificate: Florence Ethyl Ashby Fisher Buried 10 Jun 1960 South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL - Visitation 7-9 p.m, June 9, 1960 at Radden Funeral Home,
Blandinsville; Service at Blandinsville Baptist Church at 2
p.m., Rev. John N. Keller officiating; internment at South
Cemetery
Headstone: Florence Ethyl Ashby Fisher (1877-1960) Headstone: Charles H. and Florence E. Ashby Fisher Person ID I43 Main Last Modified 13 Apr 2022
Father ASHBY Thomas J., b. 19 Sep 1838, Nelson Co., KY , d. 2 Feb 1908, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 69 years)
Relationship Birth Mother WALTERS, Nancy Maleta, b. 6 Oct 1852, Anderson Co., KY , d. 11 Nov 1946, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 94 years)
Relationship Birth Married 26 Dec 1872 McDonough Co., IL [10, 11, 12]
Notes - He was united in marriage Dec. 27, 1862 to Miss Nan Walters who survives him. To them were born seven children two sons and five daughter the sons died in infancy.
Family ID F16 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family FISHER Charles H., b. 25 Jun 1873, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 26 Feb 1918, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 44 years)
Married 5 Sep 1894 Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL [13, 14]
Marriage Return: Fisher, Charles H. and Florence E. Ashby - 1894 Notes - Mary Ann (Farris) Fisher left her most of her estate to the children of Charles and Florence (Ashby) Fisher: "After payment of such funeral expenses and debts, I give, devise and bequeath to the children of Charles Fisher deceased, namely- Zella Fisher, Raymond Fisher, Reva George, Truman Fisher, Dorothy Fisher, Jessie Fisher, Madeline Fisher and Ruth Fisher..." [15]
Children + 1. FISHER Zella, b. 23 Apr 1895, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 18 Jun 1968, Kewanee, Henry Co., IL
(Age 73 years) [Birth]
2. FISHER, Nora Mae, b. 18 May 1897, d. 15 Mar 1898 (Age 0 years) + 3. FISHER Raymond Claude, b. 6 Jan 1899, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 18 Feb 1981, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 82 years) [Birth]
4. FISHER Reva Irene, b. 5 Feb 1901, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 1 Apr 1984, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 83 years)
+ 5. FISHER Truman, b. 26 Jun 1903, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 19 May 1974, Bushnell, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 70 years) [Birth]
6. FISHER, Dorothy, b. 19 Dec 1905, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 1 Jul 2000, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 94 years)
+ 7. FISHER Jessie, b. 25 Dec 1908, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 3 Sep 1991, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL
(Age 82 years) [Birth]
8. FISHER Madelyn, b. 4 Jul 1911, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. June 13 1996, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
[Birth]
9. FISHER Paul, b. 22 Oct 1914, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 25 Sep 1917, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 2 years) [Birth]
+ 10. FISHER, Margaret Ruth, b. 23 Jun 1917, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , d. 09 May 2004, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL
(Age 86 years)
Last Modified 15 Dec 2008 Family ID F31 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Charles H. and Florence Ethyl Ashby Fisher
Photo by Blankenberg Photographers
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Sources - [S21] Marriage Return: Fisher, Charles H. and Florence E. Ashby, (Illinois State Board of Health), License No. 994. (Reliability: 2), 5 Sep 1894.
12. Place of birth, McDonough Co., Ill.
13. Father's name, Thomas Ashba
14. Mother's maiden name, Nancy Walters - [S472] Illinois Death Certificates, (State of Illinois, Dept. of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics), State File No. 29443 (Reliability: 3), 8 Jun 1960.
- [S85] Census: 1880 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry.com), Roll 227; Family History Film: 1254227; Page: 294B; Enumeration District: 154; Image: 0592 (Reliability: 3), 08 Jun 1880.
- [S88] Census: 1900 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), Roll T623_320; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 57 (Reliability: 3), 11 Jun 1900.
- [S91] Census: 1910 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), Roll T624_305; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 270 (Reliability: 3), 10 May 1910.
- [S98] Census: 1920 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), Roll T625_385; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 52; Image: 795 (Reliability: 3), 02 Jan 1920.
- [S99] Census: 1930 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry.com), Roll: 532; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 1038.0. (Reliability: 3), 25 Apr 1930.
- [S310] Census: 1940 U.S. - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry.com), Roll: T627_839; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 55-12 (Reliability: 2), 22 Apr 1940.
- [S508] 1950 US Census, Illinois, (National Archives), 2 (Reliability: 2), 24 Apr 1950.
- [SR41] Marriage License: Ashby, Thomas and Nancy M. Walter, (Illinois State Board of Health), License No. 4638. (Reliability: 3), 26 Dec 1872.
I hereby certify that I joined in the HOLY STATE OF MATRIMONY, Mr. Thomas Ashby and Miss Nancy M Walters on the Twenty sixth day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Seventy two. - [SR42] Marriage Consent: Ashby, Thomas and Nancy M. Walter, (Illinois State Board of Health), License No. 4638. (Reliability: 3), 24 Dec 1872.
- [S28] Marriage Consent: Ashby, Thomas and Nancy M. Walter, William Walter, (Illinois State Board of Health), License No. 4638. (Reliability: 3), 23 Dec 1872.
- [S21] Marriage Return: Fisher, Charles H. and Florence E. Ashby, (Illinois State Board of Health), License No. 994. (Reliability: 3), 5 Sep 1894.
16. Married at Blandinsville in the County of McDonough and the State of Illinois, the 5 day of Sept 1984 - [S22] Marriage License: Fisher, Charles H. and Florence E. Ashby, (Illinois State Board of Health), License No. 994. (Reliability: 3), 5 Sep 1894.
I B. H. Harmon a Minister of the Gospel hereby certify that Mr. Charles H. Fisher and Miss Florence E. Ashba were united in Marriage by me at Blandinsville in the County of McDonough and the State of Illinois on the 5th day of Sept. A.D. 1894. - [S25] Will: Fisher, Mary Ann - 1928, Mary Ann Fisher (Reliability: 3), 4 Jan 1924.
- [S21] Marriage Return: Fisher, Charles H. and Florence E. Ashby, (Illinois State Board of Health), License No. 994. (Reliability: 2), 5 Sep 1894.