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Frances Fannie Locke (Dane) Fletcher 1835 - 1914

 

Born: abt 1835 in Lockeport, Nova Scotia.

Died: January 27, 1914

 

Spouse: Capt. Richard Harding Fletcher m. October 24, 1856, Hebron, Nova Scotia.

Children: George M. Fletcher (See below)

Sarah Rebecca Fletcher

Atilla or Atpre Fletcher

Ernest Fletcher (*More Below)

 

Fathers name: Thomas Dane Birth place: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Mothers name: Elizabeth Frances (Locke) Dane Birth place: Lockeport, Nova Scotia

Siblings: Atilla Dane

James Locke Dane

Leona Suberville (Dane) Briggs

Mary Maud Dane

Peter Eugene Dane

Frederick Tompkins Dane

Ina (Dane) Hawthorne

Zerviah (Dane) Benoit

Oscar Thomas Dane

 

Husband Capt. Richard Fletcher was born in 1834 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, son of George S. Fletcher, and died on February 6, 1886 in Watertown, South Dakota. My best guess as to George S. Fletcher is a George Stephen Fletcher who was christened at Christ Church in Shelburne, Nova Scotia on October 28, 1803 and his parents are noted as Richard and Mary Fletcher. This family may be related to Dr. Fletcher, an army physician that arrived in Yarmouth in 1762. Dr. Fletchers wife was the daughter of John McKinnan and was noted for her literary ability. LDS has a record of a Mary McKinnon born to John McKinnon and Flora (Lamont) McKinnon. She was christened March 16, 1800 and there are no further details.

 

Fannie, with her first 2 children, emigrated with her parents in April of 1860.

 

Son George M. Fletcher is buried beside his Grandmother In-Law, Elizabeth Frances (Locke) Dane, in Appleton, Wisconsins Riverside Cemetery, Block D, Lot 83. He was born July 24, 1856 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. (Note: the Burial Record has a typo, Nova Scotia is abbreviated as NY rather than NS, making it appear that George may be from New York.) He died in Appleton, Wisconsin on October 13, 1880. He has a confusing entry in the 1880 Census saying that he was counted, but missing. The photo below shows the Dane lot in Riverside Cemetery and Georges marker is the flat stone in the foreground. Unfortunately it has eroded and nothing can be read on it.

 

 

 

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 Wisconsins first telephone and telephone exchange.

 

A George S. Fletcher, whom I believe is Capt Richard Harding Fletchers 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 Australia. From Yarmouth Reminiscences, Lawson, 1902.

 

The schooner Brilliant is also referenced in the 1937 book Wooden Ships and Iron Men, the Story of the Square-Rigged Merchant Marine of British North America, Their Ships, Their Builders and Owners, and the Men Who Sailed Them by Frederick William Wallace.  (Published by Charles E. Lauriat, Co., 91 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts.) On page 61 is the following entry: 

 

Yarmouth Schooner Sails for Australia

Fired by the tales of life and opportunities in the new El Dorado of the South, a number of residents of Yarmouth, NS., bought the new packet schooner Brilliant, of 112 tons, to take them to Australia.  The Brilliant sailed from Yarmouth on Dec. 13th, 1852, and arrived at Melbourne on April 11th, 1853, via the Cape of Good Hope.  She had twenty six passengers, seven of whom were women.  The undertaking of such a lengthy voyage in such a small vessel speaks volumes for the courage and hardihood of the Bluenose men and women of that day.  When they wanted to make a shift, they made it their own craft, and the monotony and hazards of months at sea deterred them not.  Natural-born seafarers, they invariably reached the destination they headed for, and usually none the worse for the experience.

 

 

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