William Hoyt FANCHER

William Hoyt FANCHER

Male 1886 - 1943  (56 years)

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  • Name William Hoyt FANCHER  [2
    • He was educated in public schools of Danbury and because of an asthmatic condition, from which he was long a sufferer, he was sent to California in his youth and attended the University of California in which latter institution he acquired some knowledge of civil engineering. He assisted in laying out a development near Los Angeles. He had a natural bent for tools and things mechanical and subsequently turned to railroading and worked as a locomotive fireman on the Santa Fe Railroad. Returning east about the time of his mother's death in 1897 he worked for the Connecticut Highway Department, out of the New Milford office. His father having been somewhat interested in the Fancher Family genealogy, the son took the work up in earnest about 1925, when W.S. Potter of Columbus, Ohio, who had previously worked on a genealogy of the family, died. He carried on the task most assiduously throughout the remainder of his too short life and when he died it was found that he had left a bequest to the New England Historic Genealogical Society to provide the completion and publication of a Fancher Genealogy. Mr. Fancher had joined the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers while in California and remained a member in good standing until his death. He had also in California become a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Shrine. [1]
    Birth 18 Oct 1886  Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Living with father and step-mother in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1920  Living with step-mother in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1930  Living with step-mother in Danbury, Fairfield Co. Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 11 Mar 1943  Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I76496  Main Tree
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2015 

    Father Joseph Rice FANCHER,   b. 21 Sep 1853, Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1918, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Ada Electa RUSCOE,   b. 2 Aug 1860, Vista, Westchester Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1897, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 6 Jun 1880  Bedford, Westchester Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F30901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Oct 1886 - Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Mar 1943 - Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    William Hoyt Fancher Headstone
    William Hoyt Fancher Headstone
    William Hoyt, the son of Joseph Rice Fancher and Ada Ruscoe, is buried in the Wooster Cemetery in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5604] William Hoyt Fancher, "The Fancher Family", (The Cabinet Press - Milford, NH 1947).

    2. [S6858] 1900 Census Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

    3. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    4. [S5860] 1920 Census Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

    5. [S5861] 1930 Census Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

    6. [S6773] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - BROWN Family Tree and much more by JGray1956.