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FISHER, Harry Leslie

Male 1902 - 1980  (77 years)


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  • Name FISHER, Harry Leslie 
    Birth 15 Jul 1902  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    CENSUS 12 Mar 1910  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    1910 US Census: E. D. No. 42, Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 9A    		 1910 US Census: E. D. No. 42, Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 9A
    RESI 16 Apr 1914  Colusa, Hancock Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Ella Fisher working new Colusa    		 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • "Mrs. Orville Fisher and son Leslie are now at Lyons, Kan. where Leslie is working on a farm and doing nicely."
    Ella Fisher and son Leslie in Lyons KS    		 Ella Fisher and son Leslie in Lyons KS
    CENSUS 29 Jan 1920  Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • 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?
    1920 US Census: E. D. No. 201, Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS, p 5A    		 1920 US Census: E. D. No. 201, Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS, p 5A
    CENSUS 1925  Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Address: 525 Ash, Wichita KS
      Renting house
      Occupation: oiler, packing company
      Able to read and write: yes
    1925 Kansas State Census: Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, p 9-10    		 1925 Kansas State Census: Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, p 9-10
    CENSUS 5 Apr 1930  Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Address: 131 W 26th St, Wichita KS
      Own home, value: $1000, has radio
      Can read and write
      Occupation: stationary engineer, meat packing co.
      Not a veteran
    1930 US Census: E. D. No. 87-46, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 7b    		 1930 US Census: E. D. No. 87-46, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 7b
    EVENT 9 Jun 1938  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Leslie Fisher family visits Orville 1938    		 Leslie Fisher family visits Orville 1938
    Twenty one years after first wife Margreturite Ella Fisher leaves Orville with their two sons, Paul (18 y/o) and Leslie (15y/o), in tow, Leslie returns to Blandinsville to visit his father.
    CENSUS 4 Apr 1940  Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Address: 131 W 26th St, Wichita KS
      Own home, value: $1200
      Highest grade of education: 8
      Where living 1 Apr 1935: same house
      Occupation: engineer, wholesale meats, 40 hrs/wk, 52 wks/yr
      Wage income: $1676; Other income: no
    1940 US Census: E. D. No. 102-14, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 3B    		 1940 US Census: E. D. No. 102-14, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, sht 3B
    MILI 16 Jul 1942  Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Residence: 131 W. 26th St., Wichita KS
      Contact person: Paul Fisher (brother), 525 N. St Francis, Wichita KS
      Employer: Cudahy Packing Co., 22nd and Broadway, Wichita KS
      Description: white, 5'-6", 185 lbs, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
      No other distinguishing features
    WW II Draft Card: Harry Leslie Fisher 1942    		 WW II Draft Card: Harry Leslie Fisher 1942
    CENSUS 6 May 1950  Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Address: 131 W 26th St, Wichita KS
      Occupation: master mechanic, meat packing, 44 hrs/wk
    1950 US Census: E. D. No. 108-27, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS, sht 74    		 1950 US Census: E. D. No. 108-27, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS, sht 74
    SSN 511-07-4379 
    Death 20 Apr 1980  Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    • Home address at death: 131 West 26th Street North, Wichita KS
      Funeral services at the graveside in White Chapel Cemetery, Rev. Kip Ryherd, officiating.
      Masonic graveside services will be conducted by Bestor G.Brown Lodge No. 433, AF & AM
    • Retired mechanical engineer for Cudahy Packing Co., Wichita KS
    Obituary: Harry Leslie Fisher 1980    		 Obituary: Harry Leslie Fisher 1980
    Death Harry Leslie Fisher 1980    		 Death Harry Leslie Fisher 1980
    Burial 23 Apr 1980  White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Headstone: Harry Leslie Fisher 1980    		 Headstone: Harry Leslie Fisher 1980
    Plot: Rose Croix, Lot 361, Space B3
    Apparently buried in family plot under single headstone with mother Ella Fisher
    Person ID I222  Main
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2023 

    Father FISHER Orville Benjamin,   b. 24 Aug 1873, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1958, Prairie City, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother TYSON, Margreturite Ella,   b. 24 Jul 1875, Lafayette, Allen Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1951, Wichita Hospital, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 26 Oct 1897  Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    • 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
    Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson elope 1897    		 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.
    Marriage Record: Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson    		 Marriage Record: Orville Fisher and Ella Tyson
    Marriage Record: Orville Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897    		 Marriage Record: Orville Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
    Marriage Return: Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897    		 Marriage Return: Bert Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
    Marriage Certificate: Bert Orville Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897    		 Marriage Certificate: Bert Orville Fisher and Margreturite E. Tyson 1897
    Family ID F93  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family NICHOLS, Nellie Vesta,   b. 1905, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1999, Bossier Medical Center, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, LA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 15 May 1922  Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17] 
    • "Miss Nellie Nichols of South Reed street, a junior in the Lyons high school, was married yesterday at Hutchinson to Leslie Fisher, a young manwho lives on the Logan farm."
    Marriage license issued Leslie Fisher and Nellie Nichols    		 Marriage license issued Leslie Fisher and Nellie Nichols
    Leslie Fisher and Nellie Nichols wed    		 Leslie Fisher and Nellie Nichols wed
    Leslie Fisher and Nellie Nichols wed in secret    		 Leslie Fisher and Nellie Nichols wed in secret
    Children 
     1. FISHER, Robert Leslie,   b. 1923, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2011 (Age 88 years)  [Birth]
     2. FISHER, Gloria  [Birth]
    Family ID F552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Jul 1902 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 12 Mar 1910 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRESI - 16 Apr 1914 - Colusa, Hancock Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRESI - 8 Aug 1918 - Lyons, Rice Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 29 Jan 1920 - Harrison Township, Rice Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 May 1922 - Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 1925 - Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 5 Apr 1930 - Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 9 Jun 1938 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 4 Apr 1940 - Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMILI - 16 Jul 1942 - Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 6 May 1950 - Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Apr 1980 - Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 Apr 1980 - White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Leslie Fisher car crash 1920    		Leslie Fisher car crash 1920
    Chickens stolen from Leslie Fisher    		Chickens stolen from Leslie Fisher

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] 1910 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 21 Apr 1910, E. D. No. 42, p 9A (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 16 Apr 1914, p 6 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 8 Aug 1918, p 5 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S615] 1920 US Census, Kansas , (Ancestry.com), 29 Jan 1920, E. D. No. 201, p 5A (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S617] 1925 State Census, Kansas , (Ancestry.com), 1925, p 9-10 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S621] 1930 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 5 Apr 1930, E. D. No. 87-46, sht 7B (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 9 Jun 1938, p 3 (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S620] 1940 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 5 Apr 1940, E. D. No. 102-14, sht 3B (Reliability: 2).

    9. [S450] WW II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1947, (Ancestry.com), 16 Jul 1942, Serial No 1526, Order No. 11277 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S616] 1950 US Census, Kansas , (Ancestry.com), 6 May 1950, E. D. No. 108-27, sht 74 (Reliability: 2).

    11. [S628] News articles: The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, KS , (The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, KS ), 23 Apr 1980, p 9 (Reliability: 2).

    12. [S614] News articles: The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, (The Wichita Eagle, Wichita KS), 22 Apr 1980, p 8 (Reliability: 2).

    13. [S539] Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937, (Ancestry.com), 27 Oct 1897, License No. The 35 (Reliability: 3).

    14. [S630] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,, (Familysearch.org), 26 Oct 1897, License No. 35 (Reliability: 3).

    15. [S626] News Articles: The Hutchinson News, Hutchison KS, (The Hutchinson News, Hutchison KS), 15 May 1922, p 11 (Reliability: 2).

    16. [S625] News Articles: The Lyons Daily News, Lyons KS, (The Lyons Daily News, Lyons KS), 16 May 1922, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    17. [S624] News Articles: The Lyons Republican, Lyons KS, (The Lyons Republican, Lyons KS), 18 May 1922, p 2 (Reliability: 2).


 

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