Individual Notes
Note for: Marie Fischer, ABT 1884 - FEB 1980
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Occupation: Saleslady and Bookkeeper
Date: 1920
Occupation: Postmaster
Date: BEF 1946
Residence: Date: 1920
Place: Poultry Yard Road
Residence: Date: 1946
Place: Moved from Estero to farm near Ocala, FL
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Marie Fischer.
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Conrad and Marie Fischer; "These were brother and sister. En route to one of my visits, I was on the Victoria with Marie when she came to join and remember that she was suffering from pleurisy at the time so sat bundled up and very quite. Later I learned to know her quite well and always admired her outspoken independence. She left to marry a man some called "The Tramp" because he was supposed to have been a wanderer. They operated a chicken farm near some Florida town, but later divorced, I was told."
U.S. Federal Census; Estero; Lee County; 1920; Enumeration date: Jan 2, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; ED: 109; SD: 1; Fourth Precinct; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, Dec 1994: Marie Fisher; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Age 36; Single; Place of birth: Pennsylvania; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany; Occupation: saleslady and bookkeeper; Place of residence: Poultry yard road.
ESTERO POST OFFICE; Established March 26, 1895: ....Subsequent Masters of the Post in order were: Ada Price, sisters Rosa Gilbert and Anna Lewis (whose home still remains as part of the Koreshan State Recreational Area), Marie Fisher (the last Koreshan member to be Postmaster.)
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle; 1966: "The other (cottage) was our school for a time and then was used by Marie Fischer and now by Vesta Newcomb"--page 57.
FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by Adah Price, April 1946: "January 8th Miss Marie Fischer left Estero to make her home on a farm in northern Florida near Ocala."
Individual Notes
Note for: Infant Newcomb, -
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Individual Note: VESTA NEWCOMB interview with Lillian Giles: Vesta mentions that her parents first child, a little girl, died while they were living in the Figi Islands.
Individual Notes
Note for: Ida Marie Wilhelmina Haberkorn, 25 JAN 1871 - 21 MAY 1945
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Occupation: Steward, Laundress, Cook
Event: Type: Arrived in Florida
Date: 1907
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1910
Date: 23 APR 1910
Event: Estero, Lee, Florida
Type: Census/1920
Date: 2 JAN 1920
Event: Warranty Deed/ Lee Cty. Court House; Estero, FL
Type: Court Record
Date: 25 APR 1924
Burial: Date: 22 MAY 1945
Place: Estero, Lee, Florida
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Ida M. Fischer; Born: 25 Jan 1871 Wisconsin; Died: 22 May 1945.
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: (Ida Fischer, mother) The only ones of this family I remember are Ida and Mildred --Marie McCready. Irving, Jr. joined the Navy. Arnold, who enjoyed hunting and often went alone, was bitten by a rattlesnake and died before reaching the hospital--William McCready.
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida/1910; Enumeration date: 23 Apr 1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm number: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 4 Jan 1995: Ida M. Fisher; Sex: Female Race: White; Age 39; Marital Status: Widow: Place of birth: Wisconsin; Place of birth of father: Michigan; Place of birth of mother: Germany; Occupation: Steward; Nature of trade: Unity; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.
U.S. Federal Census; Estero; Lee County; Florida; 1920; Enumeration date: Jan 2, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; ED: 109; SD: 1; Fourth Precinct; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, Dec 1994: Ida M. Fisher; Relation to head of family: Head; Place of residence: Poultry yard road; Age 48; widow; Place of birth: Wisconsin; Place of birth of father; Michigan; Place of birth of mother: Germany; Occupation: Laundress/Gen. Laundry.
U.S. Federal 1930 Census; Estero, Lee County, Florida; Precinct 12; Koreshan Unity Home; Enumeration Date: May 5, 1930; ED: 36-17; SD: 6; Page: 199; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 2003: Ida M. Fischer; Radio set: none listed; Sex: female; Color: white; Age at last birthday: 59; Marital status: widow; Age at first marriage: 22; Attended school since Sep 1, 1929: no; Whether able to read and write: yes; Place of birth: Wisconsin; Place of birth of father: Michigan; Place of birth of mother: Germany; Whether able to speak English: yes; Occupation: Housekeeper; Industry: House work; Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day): yes.
Burial: Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 39; Inscription: Ida Fischer--1871-May 1945
Court Record--Warranty Deed, April 1924, No. 26759: Deed book 70/Page 209, List of Koreshan members including Ida Fischer.
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Max E. Arendt; June 1936:
"Sister Emily Bessemer, whom we all admired for the excellent work she did as one of our two cooks, left on May 8, to visit with relatives in Washington, D.C. for the summer. Sister Ida Fischer remains as our stand-by as chief cook."
FLAMING SWORD, Vol. 59, No.6, Community Current Events by Marie Fischer, June 1945, p.10 -- "And now once again I sadly report the passing of another faithful and loyal member, Sister Ida Fischer, who passed away Monday evening, May 21. Sister Ida came into the Unity in 1907 with her husband, Emil, and three children. The husband passed away not long after their advent to the Unity, but Sister Ida remained and put in many years of service to the neighbor at the laundry in the earlier years, and more recently in the kitchen, where she remained even after life had become a burden on account of ill health, until about six months ago, when she was obliged to give up and keep off her feet. Like her own independent self, however, she refused to be a burden to others and did for herself until the very end. Sister Ida is survived by a brother and sister in Wisconsin and her two children Erwin of Fort Myers, Florida, and Mrs. Barager of Seattle, Washington."
Evelyn Horn's notes: Ida Fischer
Sister Ida came to the Koreshan Unity in Estero in 1907 with her family. Husband, Emil and three children: Erwin and Arnold Fischer, one daughter, Mildred Barager, who lives in Seattle, Washington. Emil died at the Unity after only a few years here. Arnold, died a young man in his 20 ties, after a rattlesnake bite on a hunting trip in the everglades. Erwin grew up in the Unity and became a commercial fisherman, married a local girl, Bessie Johnson, and they had six children. They lived at Lover's Key Island, in the Estero Bay.
Ida worked in the laundry and was a cook for the Koreshan family for many years. She was well loved by all. She loved to bake cakes, pies, and cookies for Koreshan members and friends. Cooked for Solar and Lunar Festival. She died of heart dropsy May 21, 1945, and was buried in Koreshan Cemetery.
Ida was a very humorous person, always so friendly and smiling. She had dark brown eyes and hair. She was a very large person and very neat in her appearance. Ida always wore dainty, small prints on white background for her dresses which were handmade of soft voiles and batiste materials. She also wore white sweaters or shawls.