William and Rebecca Fisk and their children [B 29370] • Photograph
William and Rebecca Fisk and their children
Four individual ambrotypes of the Fisk family, each housed in its own mount within a guttapercha case. The individual portraits can be viewed by searching on B 29370/1 to B 29370/4.
William Fisk
Ambrotype portrait of William Fisk, plumber and grazier, arrived in South Australia from Suffolk aboard the 'Historia' on 31 July 1854. Husband of Rebecca and father of Hannah and John, William died at Parkside on 14 February 1898, aged 75.
Rebecca Fisk
Rebecca Fisk, nee Thurlow, wife of William and mother of Hannah and John. She arrived in South Australia from Suffolk with her family aboard the 'Historia' on 31 July 1854. Rebecca died at Adelaide on 26 March 1880, aged 63.
Hannah Fisk
Hannah Maria Fisk, daughter of William and Rebecca Fisk. She arrived in South Australia from Suffolk with her parents on 31 July 1854 aboard the 'Historia'. On 21 December 1869 she married Philip Trelore Hill, they had six children between 1870 and 1884. Hannah died on the 16 October 1890, aged 44.
John William Fisk
John Fisk the son of William and Rebecca Fisk. Born on 28 June 1847 at Saxmundham, Suffolk, he arrived in South Australia with his parents aboard the 'Historia' on 31 July 1854. He completed his Plumbers apprenticeship in 1865 before returning to England aboard the 'Orient'. On 21 September 1867 he returned to Australia aboard the 'Caesar Godeffroy' and on 23 July 1870 married Elizabeth Roscorla. They had 7 children between 1871 and 1882, Elizabeth dying on 7 February 1884 aged 38. On 8 April 1885 John married Eva Jane Bates. They had 7 children between 1886 and 1896. Eva died on 20 March 1908. John died in N.S.W. in 1932.