Colleen Fisher
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Dublin Core
Title
Colleen Fisher
Subject
Fisher, Colleen M. (born ca 1927)
Description
Portrait of Colleen Fisher of Strasburg when she was a young woman.
Colleen M. Fisher was born in Strasburg to George Ruford and Priscilla Irene (Ogden) Fisher. She appeared as a 3-year old in the 1930 census, living on East Washington Street with her parents, grandfather and uncle. Her father worked as a meat cutter in a grocery store at that time, but other records note he worked for the Southern Railway Company in various jobs throughout his life.
By 1940, however, Colleen’s situation had changed and she lived with Frank J. and Mary E. Stover on Massanutten Street where she was listed as Frank’s “great-niece”.
Her parents were still living but lived apart from her and each other in the Strasburg census. Her mother, afflicted with tuberculosis, was on North Street while her father lodged with Casper and Pearl Yates on E. Washington. Tragically, her mother died in 1943, just before major breakthroughs were made in the treatment of TB. Her father died of a heart attack a few years later, in 1948.
Colleen was about 16 years old when her mother died and about 21 when she lost her father. She died in 1989 in Falls Church, VA.
Colleen M. Fisher was born in Strasburg to George Ruford and Priscilla Irene (Ogden) Fisher. She appeared as a 3-year old in the 1930 census, living on East Washington Street with her parents, grandfather and uncle. Her father worked as a meat cutter in a grocery store at that time, but other records note he worked for the Southern Railway Company in various jobs throughout his life.
By 1940, however, Colleen’s situation had changed and she lived with Frank J. and Mary E. Stover on Massanutten Street where she was listed as Frank’s “great-niece”.
Her parents were still living but lived apart from her and each other in the Strasburg census. Her mother, afflicted with tuberculosis, was on North Street while her father lodged with Casper and Pearl Yates on E. Washington. Tragically, her mother died in 1943, just before major breakthroughs were made in the treatment of TB. Her father died of a heart attack a few years later, in 1948.
Colleen was about 16 years old when her mother died and about 21 when she lost her father. She died in 1989 in Falls Church, VA.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by Graham Connor whose sister "ran around" with the subject.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
004926
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Colleen Fisher,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34825.
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