Wilhelm Ludwig (William Louis) Fischer

Male 1842 - 1926  (84 years)


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  • Name Wilhelm Ludwig (William Louis) Fischer 
    Born 10 May 1842  Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    _UID BA8609C361BFAA418C18632D3E06EACE4774 
    Buried Oct 1926  St. John Lutheran Cemetary, Freedom Twp, Henry County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 9 Oct 1926  Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I125  Fischer Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2014 

    Father Christian Fischer,   b. 13 Oct 1799, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1869, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Amy Elizabeth Ritter,   b. 1 Jan 1807, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1874, Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 23 Aug 1824  Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Caroline Eissler,   b. 19 Oct 1857, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1928, Cuyahoga County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1878  Evansville, In Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Paul George Fischer,   b. 31 May 1879, Holland, Dubois County, In Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1949, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Martha L Fischer,   b. 1881, Holland, Dubois County, In Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1929, Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     3. Adolph Henry Fischer,   b. 12 May 1883, Elkhart, Elkhart County, In Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1957, Defiance, Defiance County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. Theodore W Fischer,   b. 2 Oct 1887, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     5. Oscar M Fischer,   b. Aug 1890, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1905, Freedom Twp. Henry County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 14 years)
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F2659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Barth,   b. 16 May 1852, Columbus, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1877, Gardensville, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years) 
    Married 28 Oct 1872  Columbus, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Augusta Fischer,   b. 1876, Milan, Ripley County, In Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Oh Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Lydia Fischer,   b. 1874, Milan, Ripley County, In Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1874, Milan, Ripley County, In Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F2914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Wilhelm Ludwig Fischer was the sixth in a family of 12 children. The first fourteen years of his life were spent in his native town of Berleberg, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany). Wilhelm then entered Giessen Gymnasium where he graduated in 1863. After his graduation, he prepared himself for governmental services by the study of law and after completing his preparation he became an official of the circuit court of his native city and later in Rhenish Purria. At the age of 24, he decided to come to America and enter the legal profession in this country. He immigrated to the U.S. in the spring of 1864, he disembarked at Baltimore, Maryland. After passing a few months in that city, he went to Pennsylvania where he was employed as a private tutor until 1869. The year 1870 he spent in study in the theological department of Capitol University, at Columbus, Ohio and in 1872 he was ordained as a minister of the Lutheran Church. His first charge was at Milan, Ripley County, Indiana. But in 1876, he moved to Cape Girardeau county Missouri, where e remained until 1880. He then served in Elkhart, Fulton County, In. until he was called to Napoleon, Ohio in 1884. In addition to Napoleon, he was in charge of the churches in Freedom Township and Flat Rock Township, his parish comprising in all of two hundred eighty five families, In 1898 the parish decided to split into three separate congregations and Pastor Fischer was called to be the Pastor at St. John in Freedom Township. He served there until 1913 when impaired eyesight caused him to resign from active ministry. Pastor Fischer continued to live among the people of his flock and they provided for him during the later years of his life until his death in 1926. (At some time during Pastor Fischer's life, he officially changed his name, Wilhelm Ludwig, to the English translation of William Louis.)