Gazlay Family History
Amanda Elizabeth Fisher
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 30 November 2022; Last Edited: 1 December 2022 |
| Person ID | 12758 |
| Name | Amanda Elizabeth Fisher |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 1834 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania1, 2 |
| Married | 9 July 1863 to George Washington Purdy2, 3 |
| Died | 24 January 18822, 4 |
| Buried | in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  George Washington Purdy (son of John Purdy and Maria T. Flagler) |
| Born | 1 February 1826 in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York |
| Married | 9 July 1863 to Amanda Elizabeth Fisher |
| Died | 1885 |
| Children | of Amanda Elizabeth Fisher and George Washington Purdy: |
| 1. | Frank F. Purdy |
| Born | 22 August 1865 |
| Died | 9 July 1883 |
| 2. | George Howard ‘Howard’ Purdy |
| Born | 22 October 1870 |
| Died | 16 November 1916 in Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois |
| +3. | Blanche Marie Purdy |
| Born | 15 June 1874 in Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois |
| Married | 4 October 1905 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri to Charles B. Wilser |
| Died | 9 July 1953 |
Sources
- Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940, Blanche Marie Purdy, born: 15 June 1874 in Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois; father: George W. Purdy, age 42, born in Seneca Falls, New York; mother: Amanda Elizabeth Fisher, age 48, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Find a Grave (website). Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois, Amanda E. Fisher Purdy, born: 1834; died: 1882 (from record, which provides the names and links for her husband and two children).
- History of McHenry County, Illinois. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1885. Page 914, biographical sketch of George Purdy giving vital and biographical details, including his wife and three children, and details of his father John Purdy, John’s three wives and seven children.
- Find a Grave (website). Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois, Frank F. Purdy, born: 1865; died; 1883 (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents and one sibling).