San Joaquin County
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HENRY A. FISCHER
Born in New York City August 14,
1855, Henry A. Fischer has been a resident of California since he was two years
of age. He is a son of Gotlob and
Margaret Fischer, natives of Bavaria, Germany, who immigrated to New York
City. In 1857 Mr. Fischer brought his
wife and little son Henry to California, coming via the Isthmus of Panama route
to San Francisco. He was a basket maker
by trade. In 1860 he located in Peach
Tree Valley, sixty miles south of Gilroy, where he followed sheep raising until
1863; then he changed his range to Hunting Hollow and Gilroy Hot Springs. However, the dry season of 1864 caused him a
very heavy loss and he moved back to San Francisco. He and his wife resided there until their
deaths.
Henry, the eldest of their six
children, received a good education in the public schools in San
Francisco. When eighteen years old he
quit school to go to work in a shoe factory and learning the manufacture of
shoes he worked for different concerns.
In 1879 he removed to Calaveras County and there followed mining and
prospecting until 1889, when he located in Stockton, where he worked at the
carpenter trade. He then spent eight
years with the Street Railway Company in Stockton, after which he worked for
his son, who was a member of the firm of the Fischer Marble and Tile Company,
continuing with him for some years until in 1920 he entered the employ of the
park department of the street department of the city, and is now in charge of
Liberty Park, a position he is filling acceptably and well.
Mr. Fischer owns a comfortable
residence at 1314 East Sonora Street, where he resides with his family. He was married in Calaveras County,
California, to Miss Mary R. Prince, a native of that county, a daughter of B.
R. Prince, one of the early settlers of Calaveras County. Mr. Fischer was bereaved of his faithful wife
in December, 1920, a woman who was much loved and deeply mourned by her family
and friends. Their union had been
blessed with two children, H. P. Fischer and Mrs. Ethel V. Wykoff,
both residing in Stockton. Mr. Fischer
is to all intents and purposes a native son, for California is the scene of his
first recollections, as he came here a little child of two years, so
practically all of his life has been passed within the borders of the Golden
State. He is a member of the Fraternal
Brotherhood. His religious affiliation
is with the Episcopal Church and politically he is a Democrat.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page 1533. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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