Lucy Ellen Fisher was born in Sri Lanka to Sophia (nee Lambe) and William Fisher. Her father was a somewhat unsucessful Coffee Planter at the time. When she was about 9 or 10 she was sent to england to a private grammar school in Lichfield. She returned home to Sri Lanka in about 1865. Sadly her father fell off a horse and died the following year.
She married Denis Creagh and Irishman who was an army officer. The couple stayed in Sri Lanka until the 1890's and then returned to Ireland when Denis's regiment returned there. In 1894 the couple headed to Nova Scotia again with the regiment. Lucy died on board of complications of cirrhosis of the liver. She was 46. She was buried on arrival at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Her husband Denis was heartbroken and never remarried. The couple had no children.
Lucy Ellen Fisher was born in Sri Lanka to Sophia (nee Lambe) and William Fisher. Her father was a somewhat unsucessful Coffee Planter at the time. When she was about 9 or 10 she was sent to england to a private grammar school in Lichfield. She returned home to Sri Lanka in about 1865. Sadly her father fell off a horse and died the following year.
She married Denis Creagh and Irishman who was an army officer. The couple stayed in Sri Lanka until the 1890's and then returned to Ireland when Denis's regiment returned there. In 1894 the couple headed to Nova Scotia again with the regiment. Lucy died on board of complications of cirrhosis of the liver. She was 46. She was buried on arrival at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Her husband Denis was heartbroken and never remarried. The couple had no children.
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John Arbuthnot Fisher
1841–1920
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Alice Caroline Fisher Sargeaunt
1843–1915
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Robert Wilmot Fisher
1845–1845
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Arthur Bertram Fisher
1848–1883
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Francis Conrad "Frank" Fisher
1850–1901
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Frederic William Fisher
1851–1943
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Kate Fisher
1854 – unknown
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Philip Evan "Toby" Fisher
1858–1880
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Frederic William Fisher
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Catherine Emily Fisher
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