Person Sheet

Name John Fischer  Birth 24 Apr 1827, Hesse Cassel, Germany Death 16 Dec 1909, Walton Street, Toms River, New Jersey, USA Burial Riverside Cemet., Toms River, New Jersey, USA Father George Fischer Mother Katherine Fischer

Spouses

1 Susan McCullough Adams Birth 26 Apr 1832, Tuckerton, Moms/Ocean Co., NJ Death 1 Jul 1884, Toms River, New Jersey, USA Burial Riverside Cemet., Toms River, New Jersey, USA Father David Adams (1802-1870) Mother Hope Rockhill (1806-1889)

Marriage 14 Jul 1853, Tuckerton, New Jersey

Children George R (1854-<1860) Emma (1856-<1860) Catherine Adams (1857-1929) Martha Florence (1860-1943) John Watson (1863-<1870) Hope Arena (1864-1962) William Henry (1867-1935) David Oscar (1872-<1880) Charles Sverre (1874-~1952) Joseph (1875-<1880)

Notes for John Fischer

John FISCHER was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany in 1827 the son of George and Catherine Fischer. Nothing is known about his life in Germany except that he was in the German Navy. He said back in the days when they had duels, the military had very strict rules that no one was allowed to fight a duel with a superior officer because it would be too much temptation to try to improve ones position by eliminating the competition. John apparently broke this rule. To escape punishment, as the story goes, he jumped ship and ended up in America. Other family members said that John was forced to leave Hesse because he was part of an unsuccessful revolution in the German states. He arrived in America in 1849. The story of how John got a financial start in America is that he found a large amount of whale ambergris which he was able to sell for a goodly sum. John Fischer married Susan ADAMS on the 14th of July 1853. Susan ADAMS of Little Egg Harbor came from the most prominent family in the area. Her great great Grandfather "The Great John Mathis" is documented to have financed the revolutionary war as well as leaving estates of over 1,000 acres to each of his numerous sons. (It makes me think that John must have been an outstanding individual to marry so prominately after only being in America four short years.) Susan ADAMS mother's family, the ROCKHILLs, were all in the shipping industry. Susan's four male ROCKHILL cousins were sea captains on the 1880 census. ( This corroborates the story their son Charles told of learning to walk aboard a sailing ship.) So John and Susan must have spent some time at sea. Charles once said something about "sailing around the horn" with his parents. John and Susan had ten children, (five of whom survived to adulthood.) George R Fisher b. 14 Apr 1854 Glassboro, Gloucester, NJ Emma M Fisher b. 18 Mar 1856 Bass River, Burlington, NJ Catherine A Fisher b. 4 Aug 1857 Crowleyville, Burlington, NJ Martha Florence Fisher b. 7 Jan 1860 Crowleyville, Burlington, NJ John Watson Fisher b. 8 Jul 1863 Crowleyville, Burlington, NJ Hope Arena Fisher b. 18 Sep 1864 Crowleyville, Burlington, NJ William Henry Fisher b. 30 Aug 1867 Bass River, Burlington, NJ David Oscar Fisher b 4 Apr 1872 Toms River Ocean, New Jersey Charles S. Fisher b 15 Mar 1874 Toms River, Ocean, New Jersey Joseph Fisher b 24 Jul 1875 Toms River, Ocean, New Jersey In 1861 John purchased from his brothers-law Charles Adams and Caleb Adams 5 acres and 27 acres in Little Egg Harbor. About ten years later the family moved to Toms River in Ocean County, New Jersey. John FISCHER joined Methodist Church of Toms River, NJ by certificate 1871. Susan died in1884 when her youngest living son Charles was 10 years old. John did not re-marry. John continued to purchase land. In 1882 he bought two lots in Island Heights and doubled his money two days later when he sold the lots for twice the price. For a long time they lived on Lien Street. In 1897 John Fischer bought six lots and all the houses/buildings on the lots on Walton street. John and grown children William, Hope and Martha moved in a house at number 11 Walton Street. John's son Charles also said he was given five dollars a week for allowance That was a man's wages in those days. What cost $5.00 in 1889 would cost $94.63 in 2001. So they were obviously well-to-do. John had long been one of the leading members of the Methodist Church of Toms River , being trusteee steward, class leader, treasurer of the church and Sunday school for many years. John Fischer died December 16, 1909