Ermine Leclaire Fisher

Ermine Leclaire Fisher

• Father: John Fletcher Fisher b. 19 November 1825, d. 25 December 1890
• Mother: Elizabeth Caroline Tinsley b. 10 October 1835, d. 11 December 1926

• Ermine Leclaire Fisher was born on 10 April 1875 in Texas.
• John Fletcher Fisher and Elizabeth Caroline Tinsley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ermine Leclaire Fisher, Sue W. Fisher, Laura C. Fisher, Olive Pickett Fisher, John F. Fisher, Bettie P. Fisher and Lela S. Fisher.
• She married John Hill Lewis, son of Dixon Hall Lewis Jr. and Sarah Ann Hill, on 12 December 1894.
• John Hill Lewis and Ermine Leclaire Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Maynard, San Jacinto County, Texas, enumerated near the households of John's cousins William and John Hill. Other members of the household included Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, John Archer Lewis and Ermine A. Lewis.
• Her husband John Hill Lewis became a widower at her death.
• Ermine Leclaire Fisher died on 1 November 1909 at age 34 in San Jacinto County, Texas.
• She was interred at Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 25 March 1923 in The Galveston Daily News: (Willis) Mrs. Lewis and Misses Ermine and Agnes Lewis of Waverley were guests of Mrs. A. B. Strozier on Thursday. . . .
       Mrs. Henry Elmore and Miss Julia Hill of Maynard were guests of Mrs. Strozier Thursday. . . .
       Mrs. Warfield Hill of Waverley was the guest of friends here on Thursday.
        Mrs. Robert Hill of Maynard stopped with her sister, Mrs. R. W. Hill, en route to Houston to visit Mrs. Tom Ross.
• She officially witnessed the death of Robert B. Sampson Jr. on 9 November 1976 at the VA Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2016