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FISHER, Mary Ann
1870 - 1957 (86 years) Has one ancestor and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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Name FISHER, Mary Ann Birth 20 Mar 1870 Bourne Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Gender Female Death 1957 Boston Registration District, Boston, Lincolnshire Person ID I4321 Edgoose Last Modified 25 Apr 2026
Father FISHER, John Thomas d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1342 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 REED, Thomas Henry, b. 21 Jun 1875, Moulton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1955, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 79 years) Marriage 1909 Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. REED, Arthur Stanley, b. 1909, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1974, Wandsworth Registration District, London (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. REED, Phyllis Mabel, b. 16 May 1912, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1999, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 86 years)Family ID F484 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 MOLSHER, John d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 27 Apr 1896 Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. FISHER, John Dale Molsher, b. 10 Oct 1894, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1972, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 77 years)Family ID F3123 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Jun 2026
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MARY ANN REED, late MOLSHER, formerly FISHER 1870-1957
The birth of Mary Ann FISHER was registered in 1870.
(GRO June Q 1870 Bourne 7a 325)
From the 1891 Census of Tongue End, Bourn, Bourne, Lincolnshire:
John T. FISHER, head, married, aged 56, Publican, born at Pinchbeck Fen;
Ann FISHER, wife, married, aged 50, born at Crowland, Lincolnshire;
*Mary Ann FISHER, daughter, single, aged 21, house keeper, born at North Fen, Bourn, Lincolnshire;
Albert FISHER, son, single, aged 15, farm labourer, born at South Fen, Bourn, Lincolnshire;
William TROWELL, lodger, single, aged 68, farm labourer, born at Marcham, Northamptonshire;
Thomas PARKER, lodger, single, aged 26, farm labourer, born at Bourn, Lincolnshire;
John MOLSHER, lodger, single, aged 26, engine driver, born at Cowbit, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2557/120/6)
The birth of her son John Dale Molsher FISHER was registered in 1894. According to the death certificate of John Dale MOLSHER in 1972, he was born on 10 October1894.
The name of his father was probably John MOLSHER. See marriage below
(GRO December Q 1894 [..........] Spalding 07A 407)
The marriage between Mary FISHER, a 25 year old spinster, and John MOLSHER, a 30 year old Dredger Engine Driver, took place on 27 April 1896. Mary FISHER was the daughter of John Thomas FISHER labourer. John MOLSHER was the son of John MOLSHER labourer. They were living at Tongue End, Deeping St. Nicholas, before their marriage They were married in the Baptist Meeting House in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Witnesses were N. FISHER and Kate DAWSON.
(GRO June Q 1896 Spalding 7a 834)
Thomas Henry REED married Mary Ann MOLSHER in 1909. However, two children born in 1905 and 1908 had REED as a third surname: Marion Jessie Reed MOLSHER and Gladys Mary Reed MOLSHER.
(GRO March 1909 Spalding 7a 540)
From the 1911 census of Baston Fen, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire:
Thomas Henry REED, head, aged 35, married, farm horseman, worker, born at Moulton, Lincolnshire;
*Mary Ann REED, wife, aged 42, married 2 years, 1 child (living), born at North Fen, Bourne, Lincolnshire;
John D. Molsher FISHER, son, aged 16, single, farm labourer, worker, born at Deeping St. Nicholas, Bourne, Lincolnshire;
Albert E. V. MOLSHER, son, aged 14, school, born at Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire;
Beatrice M. MOLSHER, daughter, aged 12, school, born at Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire;
Marion J. R. MOLSHER, daughter, aged 5, born at Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire;
Gladys M. R. MOLSHER, daughter, aged 3, born at Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire;
Arthur S. REED, son, aged 1, born at Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire;
George William ILLITT, boarder, single, aged 20, farm labourer, worker, born at Deeping St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/PN19509 RG78PN1170 RD413 SD6 ED3 SN86)
From the 1939 Register of Salem Street, Gosberton, Spalding R. D., Lincolnshire:
Thomas REED, born 21 June 1875, farm labourer, married;
*Mary REED, born 10 March 1870, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Dennis CLIFTON, born 16 July 1927, at school, married;
John CLIFTON, born 14 November 1932, at school, single.
(RG101/63778B/006/44 THFL)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The death of a John MOLSHER aged 80 was registered in 1899.
(GRO March Q 1899 Bourn 7a 229)
When and where did Mary REED formerly FISHER die? She would have been around 69 in 1939
(GRO December Q 1957 Boston 3b 6: Mary A. REED aged 87 died in 1957.)
Albert Edward Victor MOLSHER, born September Q 1897 [FISHER] Spalding 7a 403.
Beatrice May MOLSHER. born June Q 1899 [FISHER] Spalding 7a 431.
Marion Jessie Reed MOLSHER, born June Q 1905 [FISHER] Spalding 7a 385.
Gladys Mary Reed MOLSHER, born March Q 1908 [FISHER] Spalding 7a 393.
See also Phyllis Mabel REED (1912-1999), the second child of Mary Ann FISHER's second marriage, who married John William EDGOOSE (1912-1990).
(revised 30.10.2021)