User:Jadger

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Myself in brief Contents 1 About Me 2 Why I'm on Wikipedia 3 Politics 4 Beliefs 5 Technology 6 Sports 7 Interests 8 Misc. 9 My Family History [edit] About Me This user is Canadian, eh?. This user comes from Ontario. en-ca-N This user is a native speaker of Canadian English. This user is of German ancestry. This user is of English ancestry. This user is of Irish ancestry. This user is of American Indian ancestry. This user is interested in his or her family history. This user plays football. [edit] Why I'm on Wikipedia This user is interested in World War I and World War II. This user is interested in Central European history. This user is a member of WikiProject Prussia. [edit] Politics ? This user follows his/her own political ideals. This user supports the Christian Democratic Union. This user is a monarch, or a megalomaniac. This user is a Capitalist. This user supports the conservation movement. This user says "Thank You" to Canadian Soldiers and Veterans. We Will Remember Them. This user supports the Canadian Armed Forces. [edit] Beliefs deus This user is interested in deism. This user is interested in moral realism. [edit] Technology AIM-4 Dis d00d has a near-native understanding of da IM me! wordz. :p This user prefers to play games on a personal computer. PS2 This user prefers the PlayStation 2 over the GameCube and Xbox. REDIRECT User:Llama man/Userboxes/DS CIV This user plays one or more versions of Civilization. [edit] Sports This user is interested in hunting. Skeet This user is a skeet shooter. This user enjoys rifle shooting. This user is interested in firearms and is generally knowledgeable about them. This pilot doesn't need no stinkin' engine, thank you very much!. MUN Bayern München Vollständig! This user supports GERMANY OTT This user is an Ottawa Senators fan. [edit] Interests This user loves Porsche. fan-3 This user loves NIИ. This user enjoys metal music. This user enjoys Country Music. * This user needs more cowbell. This user can't stand hip hop music. Fact: There are no steroids in baseball. Only players Chuck Norris has breathed on. HNIC This user believes that Saturday night is supposed to be "Hockey Night" [edit] Misc. KitH This user is crushing your head! Crush, crush!. This user knows that bears are Godless killing machines. TCR This user has balls, and isn't afraid to use them. This user prefers using userboxes to fill up his/her user page instead of actually writing something useful. This user drinks beer.

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I recently started the article called Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, any more useful additions to this article are welcome and appreciated.

[edit] My Family History

Jacob Fischer Sr. (c1739-1826) is my oldest known ancestor. Most likely from the Palatinate, it is thought he immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1753. Since he was only 14, he was not on any ship's passenger lists, so the following are some of his possible fathers:

1. J. Freiderich (arrived in Philadelphia 8 Sept, 1753) Route: Hamburg & Cowes Ship: St. Michael
2. George (arrived in Philadelphia 11 Sept, 1753) Route: Hamburg & Cowes Ship: Queen of Denmark
3. Johann David (arrived in Philadelphia 11 Sept, 1753) Route: Hamburg & Cowes Ship: Queen of Denmark
4. Christopher (arrived in Philadelphia 11 Sept, 1753) Route: Hamburg & Cowes Ship: Queen of Denmark
5. Christian (arrived in Philadelphia 14 Sept, 1753) Route: Rotterdam & Portsmouth Ship: Edinburgh
6. Daniel from Lorraine (arrived in Philadelphia 14 Sept, 1753) Route: Rotterdam & Cowes Ship: Nancy
7. Ludwig (arrived in Philadelphia 26 Sept, 1753) Route: Rotterdam & Cowes Ship: Brothers
8. Hans Georg (arrived in Philadelphia 26 Sept, 1753) Route: Rotterdam & Cowes Ship: Brothers

If anyone has access to information that could shed some more light on this, please contact me by leaving a message on my user page.

Jacob served in the 1. Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot, the Royal American Regiment. He received his discharge after serving as a Corporal for seven years and ten months, as he was severely wounded and deemed unfit for service. He fought in both the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. The Royal Americans were mainly tasked with defending the frontier forts of Pennsylvania. In his petition for land in Canada, Jacob stated he " assisted in the reduction of this Province." meaning he most likely served under Gen. Wolfe in the invasion of Quebec.

During Pontiac's War, Corporal Fis(c)her was present at Fort Le Boeuf when it was attacked by Senecas and set alight. The fort Commander, Ensign Price, and his 14 men managed to escape through the rear window of the block house and marched towards Fort Venango. They marched 20 miles that night, and at first light realized they had walked in circles and could still see the smoke rising from Fort le Boeuf. During the night, the last six men in column had gotten lost. On 26 June, 1763 the remaining eight arrived at Fort Pitt, including Corporal Fisher. A couple of days later, four of the six men who had strayed arrived at the Fort as well, the other two men's fate is unknown.

Corporal Fisher was absent from the Battle of Bushy Run as he was still recovering from the long trek from Fort Le Boeuf. He was discharged in October of 1764 because of his severe wounds, at what point he received his wounds is unclear, more than likely it was during October 1764 when Colonel Bouquet took an army of 1500 men into Indian Country to force a treaty. After his discharge, he settled in an area of Pennsylvania known then as "the Glades" for its 4-6' tall bluish grass (the area became known as Bruders Thal by the German settlers, and later Brothers Valley in English)

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