The Fisher Family
Beryl Stranack Fisher
12 November 1907, in
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Herbert Alfred
Fisher
Alice
Mary (Stranack) Fisher
University of Pretoria, attending
1925-27 and graduating B.Sc; Natal University College, attending 1928-29 and
graduating M.Sc and later Ph.D.
Botanist and Lecturer.
Beryl was a lecturer and senior lecturer in Botany at Natal University from
1931 until 1951.
Botanical Exploration Southern Africa p155
(Mary Gunn, L. E. W. Codd, 1981)
Fisher, Beryl Stranack (1907-51)
b. in Natal ?, 12 Feb. 1907; d. Pietermaritzburg, 1951; botanist;
ed. Univ. of Pretoria, 1925-7 (B.Sc.); Natal Univ. College, 1928-29,
graduating M.Sc. and, later, Ph.D. Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Botany,
Natal Univ., 1931-51. Interested in anatomy and taxonomy of Gramineae.
Specimens collected mainly in Natal and eastern Transvaal; jointly
with H.G. Scweickerdt (q.v.) in eastern Rhodesia and Mozambique; in NU,
NH, PRE, BM, MO, SRGH (IH2,2: 198,1957)
Published:
The Leaf Anatomy and Vegetative Characters of Certain
South African Grasses: The Chlorideae (1940)
6 June 1951, at Grey's Hospital,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 43
The cause of death is listed as (a) hypertension of duration 20 years and
(b) hemiplegia of
duration 2 months
Crematorium, Mountain Rise,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
1951: 35 Alexandra Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Deaths Pietermaritzburg 1951 film 007751526 image 2649 )
Herbert Alfred Fisher
10 April 1879, in Pietermaritzburg,
Natal
31 August 1879, in St Peter,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Alfred James Fisher
Elizabeth Annie (Froster) Fisher
Alice
Mary Stranack on 18 July 1906, in St Savior's Cathedral.
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Herbert Alfred Fisher is recorded as a bachelor, aged 27. He is an
accountant, resident in Maritzburg. Alice Mary Stranack is recorded as a
spinster, aged 25, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was performed by
Parry J. Woodcock, assistant curate of St Saviour's, and witnessed by S.
Stranack, E. J. Stranack and Edward Rodick.
Accountant and bank manager
In 1905, Herbert was sub-accountant at the Natal Bank (Treasurer's finance accounts 1904-05 p180)
and is listed as "Manager, Natal Bank" in the baptism record of his son
Herbert in 1911.
3 March 1932, at 35 Alexandra Road,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 52
The cause of death is listed as influenzal myocarditis,
of duration 7 months, and heart failure with ascitis
and oedema concurrent
with arteriosclerosis
with high blood pressure, with gradual onset.
in Durban, Natal, South Africa,
with ashes brought back for interment in Pietermaritzburg
dated 22 February 1910, filed 31 March
1932
Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1932 #17950 film 007867924 images 90-1
This is the last Will & Testament of me, HERBERT ALFRED FISHER,
of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Bank Accountant, married under Ante nuptial
contract.
I hereby cancel, annul, & make void all wills, codicils
or other Testamentary writings heretofore made or executed by me.
I nominate, constitute and appoint my dear wife ALICE MARY FISHER,
boen Stranack, to be the sole Executrix of this my will and guardian of my
minor child or children.
I give devise and bequeath the whole of my Estate and effects which
I may die possessed of or entitled to, whether the same be movable or
immovable, corporeal or incorporeal, in possession, remainder, reversion,
or expectancy, to my dear wife ALICE MARY FISHER, born Stranack,
absolutely.
Should she contract a second marriage, my said Estate & effects
shall be free from the control of her husband who is in no way whatever to
benefit therefrom.
Signed and delivered at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, this twenty second
day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred &
ten.
HERBERT ALFRED FISHER
Signed by the above Testator as and for his last Will &
Testament in our presence, we being then present together at his request
and affixing our signatures hereto as witnesses to the said Will in the
presence of HERBERT ALFRED FISHER, the above named Testator.
Witnesses:
1. R. Wm. Wallace
2. O. Pearse
1906: Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Marriages 1906 Pietermaritzburg #141)
1932: 35 Alexandra Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Deaths 1932 Pietermaritzburg #186 film 007732050 image 1995)
Herbert Stranack Fisher
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Herbert Stranack Fisher
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27 September 1911, at the Sanatorium,
Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Herbert Alfred
Fisher
Alice
Mary (Stranack) Fisher
Michaelhouse School
Helena Rosalin Hanson-Lawson on 17
June 1936 in St Saviour's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Herbert Stranack Fisher is recorded as a bachelor, aged 24, born in South
Africa. He is a research scientist, resident at 35 Alexandria Road,
Pietermaritzburg. Helena Rosalin Hanson-Lawson is recorded as a spinster,
aged 23, born in England and resident at Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg. The
marriage was performed by Walter N. Martin, and witnessed by A. M. Fisher
and S Hanson-Lawson.
This marriage ended in divorce.
Helena was born in 1913, in Hampstead
district, London, England.
Research scientist, company
director
In a codicil to the will of his uncle and godfather, William Garland
Stranack, dated 9 September 1914, Herbert, then a toddler, was bequeathed
two head of cattle:
Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1916 #186 film 007866797 images 00760-1
CODICIL TO
WILL DATED 18TH APRIL 1907.
In the event of this will coming onto operation through my death
while on active Service ...
My Cows and cattle can be sold to clear my estate, with the exception of
two head to be picked for my Godson Herbert Stranack Fisher, and two head
to be picked for my nephew Colin Macdonald Stranack, as a neucleus to
their herds.
Herbert published An Ecological Study of an Thornveld Area with Special
Reference to Aspect in 1932.
In 1941, Herbert visited Brazil (Brazil,
Rio de Janeiro Immigration Cards 22 October 1941). On this trip he is
also found on the passenger
list of the Jose Menendez
which arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 29 September 1941.
Herbert was awarded the King's Silver Medal for Bravery in 1945 for his
actions after he explosion of the Grand Magazine in Pretoria.
S.
Michael's Chronicle December 1945 p64
KING'S
SILVER MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
Captain Herbert Stranack Fisher received this award for endangering
their own lives to save others on the occasion of the explosion at the
Grand Magazine, Pretoria, on March 1st this year. The citation reads:
"Following the explosion from about 3.30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Captain Fisher
organised and led rescue parties into burning and wrecked buildings and
to the surroundings of the Mint without regard to his own safety and in
spite of indescribable difficulties. Before daylight, particularly, and
also later when millions of rounds of small arms ammunition were
exploding and discharging, he displayed the highest degree of
self-sacrifice. His courage was an outstanding example and inspiration
to all those present. He helped to recover workers and charred remains
from burning buildings." Well done, Jackie!
After leaving South Africa, Herbert lived for a time at Link Road, in Karen,
Nairobi, Kenya.
17 January 1962, at Dorset County
hospital, Dorchester, Dorset, England, aged 50
At the time of his death, Herbert's address was Droveway, Bushes Road,
Stourpaine near Blandford, Dorset.
Kenya Gazette 31 July 1962 p836
Gazette Notice No 3540
ESTATE OF THE LATE HERBERT STRANACK FISHER
To All to Whom it May Concern
TAKE NOTICE that all persons having any claims against or owing
money to the above named Herbert Stranack Fisher of Droveway, Bushes Road,
Stourpaine, near Blandford, Dorset, England formerly of Link Road, Karen,
Nairobi, Kenya Colony, who died at Dorchester, Dorset, aforesaid on the
17th day of January, 1962, are requested to prove such claims or to pay
the amount due, as the case may be, to the Standard Bank Limited, P O Box
30299, Nairobi, Kenya Colony on or before the 3rd day of October, 1962,
after which date the estate of the said deceased will be distributed or
administered according to law, having regard only to the claims against
the estate of which we the said Bank shall then have notice.
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