Born: abt
1835 in Lockeport, Nova Scotia.
Died: January 27, 1914
Spouse: Capt.
Richard Harding Fletcher m. October 24,
1856,
Children: George
M. Fletcher, b.
7/24/1856 (See below)
Sarah
Rebecca (Fletcher) Blesar, b. 7/27/1859 (See below)
Atilla or Atpre (Fletcher) Jacquot, b. abt. 1862
Ernest
Fletcher, b abt. 1864 (See below)
Father’s name:
Thomas Dane Birth place:
Mother’s name:
Elizabeth Frances (Locke) Dane Birth place:
Siblings: Atilla Dane
James Locke Dane
Leona Suberville
(Dane) Briggs
Ina (Dane)
Oscar Thomas Dane
Husband Capt. Richard Fletcher was born in 1834 in
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Fannie, with her first 2 children, emigrated with her
parents Thomas and Elizabeth Frances Dane and their children in April of
1860. It is unclear where husband
Richard was at this time. The entire
family is in Appleton for the 1880 Census, but it appears that they split up
shortly after that; after son George M’s death.
Fannie and son Ernest stay in
Appleton; Richard and daughter Sarah go to South Dakota. I’m not certain of Atilla’s
whereabouts.
Son George M. Fletcher is
buried beside his Grandmother In-Law, Elizabeth
Frances (Locke) Dane, in
Daughter Sarah Rebecca
Fletcher was born in Nova Scotia and was a baby when the family moved to
Appleton, Wisconsin. She married
Nicholas James Blesar on July 27, 1882, probably in South Dakota. She passed away in Milbank, South Dakota on
September 18, 1935.
Son Ernest Fletcher is noted
in the 1880 census with the occupation of Telephone Operator. There was only one telephone exchange in
town, Uncle Louis’! (Click on this link to learn more about
Wisconsin’s first telephone and telephone exchange.) Ernest was most likely born in Appleton,
Wisconsin and apparently did marry and have two children.
George S. Fletcher, Capt
Richard Harding Fletcher’s father, emigrated from Nova Scotia with his wife, 4
daughters and 3 sons. They departed on
December 13, 1852 on the Packet Schooner Brilliant
for
For an interesting side
story, please see my information about George S. Fletcher’s brother, Richard “Ozzie” Osbourne
Fletcher.
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