Henry Fischer

Henry John Fischer (5 May 1878 - 14 December 1955) was a farmer near Delphos, Ohio. For several years around World War II he kept diaries which are being transcribed here.

Early Life

Henry was born to Johann Mathias Fischer and Elizabeth Louise Wegesin on 5 May 1878 in Washington Township, Van Wert County, Ohio which is southwest of Delphos, Ohio. He was the third of six children, the first boy.

Family

On 3 June 1908 he married Crescentia Elwer (5 October 1882 - 4 April 1958) in Delphos Saint John's Catholic Church. Together they had ten children, five boys and five girls.

Arthur Fischer (3 July 1909 - 29 June 1974)
Hubert Fischer (30 January 1911 - 11 October 1984)
Edna Fischer (19 January 1913 - 13 September 2009)
Otmer Fischer (7 October 1914 - 19 March 1987)
Helen Fischer (29 August 1916 - 9 February 2009)
Elmer Fischer (27 February 1919 - 28 February 1919)
Florence Fischer (9 March 1921 - 25 March 2007)
Rose Fischer (1 July 1923 - 2 December 2005)
Ralph Fischer (14 April 1925 - 4 June 1992)
Ruth Fischer (16 October 1927 - 26 December 2009)

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