Mary Louisa FISHER (1840

Events in Mary Louisa FISHER (1840 - 1916)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
		Married Herbert William FISHER		had 11 children
1840		Mary Louisa FISHER was born
1865	25	Birth of son Herbert Albert Laurens FISHER
1868	28	Birth of son Arthur FISHER
1868	28	Birth of daughter Emmeline FISHER
1871	31	Birth of son Edmund FISHER
abt 1873	33	Birth of son Hervey FISHER
1875	35	Birth of son William Wordsworth FISHER
1877	37	Birth of son Charles FISHER
1879	39	Birth of daughter Cordelia FISHER
1883	43	Birth of daughter Edwin FISHER
1887	47	Death of father Dr. John JACKSON (aged 83)
1892	52	Death of mother Maria JACKSON (aged 74)
1902	62	Death of son Arthur FISHER (aged 34)
1903	63	Death of husband Herbert William FISHER (aged 78)
1916	76	Mary Louisa FISHER died
1916	76	Death of son Charles FISHER (aged 39)

Personal Notes:

EDUCATION:

MAJOR LIFE EVENTS:
-"...brought up a gigantic family of eleven children, who were significant and largely unwelcome presences in Virginia's childhood" (Lee 91)
-run over by a taxi cab (Lee 91)

CHILDHOOD TEMPERAMENT:

ADULT TEMPERAMENT:
-son Herbert "thought his mother a saint: 'A more selfless being never drew breath'" (Lee 91)
-"the Stephen children...saw her as a 'washed-out ghost' and always cited her when a 'creeping Jesus' example of saintly self-sacrifice was required..." (Lee 91)

ADULT SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:

ADULT WORK HABITS:

SIGNS OF MANIA/HYPOMANIA:

SIGNS OF DEPRESSION:

PHYSICAL AILMENTS/CHRONIC ILLNESSES:

ALCOHOL/OTHER DRUG ABUSES:

HOSPITALIZATION:

OTHER:
-"...most of Aunt Mary's children--emotional Adeline, who married Ralph Vaughan Williams; difficult, unstable Emmeline; poor Hervey, whose spine was injured by being dropped on his head as a child, who had his unsuitable engagement blocked by his mother, and who was incarcerated in an asylum; naval commander William (who was to be outraged by the Stephens's offensive against naval decorum, the Dreadnought Hoax), and their 'poor stuffed beast' sisters--had a depressing effect on their Stephen cousins" (Lee 91)

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Title: Virginia Woolf, Auth: Hermione Lee, Publ: Vintage Books, Date: 1996

- Reference = 91 (Name, Notes)

7. Type: Book, Abbr: Virginia Woolf A to Z, Title: Virginia Woolf A to Z: A Comprehensive Reference for Students, Teachers, and Common Readers to Her Life, Work, and Critical Reception, Auth: Mark Hussey, Publ: Facts on File, Inc., Date: 1995

- Reference = 86 (Name, Notes)

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