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Emanuel Edward Fisher

A Deck Hand with Steam Drifter W. A. Massey (Lowestoft), William died on 11th of March 1918 aged 33. 

Emanuel was born at Pakefield in 1885, a son of George Edward and Phoebe Elizabeth Fisher. He was baptised at All Saints’ Church, Pakefield, on 11 July 1886. In 1891 his family lived at 4 School Cottages, Pakefield Street. Later his father lived at 46 Church Road, Pakefield. 

In 1901 Emanuel worked on the trawler Ruby, LT 622, with his father and older brother. In 1911 Emanuel lived with his sister and brother-in-law, Mabel and George Wright, at 8 Church Road, Pakefield.     

On 11 March 1918 the trawler W.A. Massey, LT 1090, was sunk by a mine when fishing about five miles west of Craeg a Mhail, Handa Island, Scotland. The trawler Rose was fishing nearby and reported the loss. 

Emanuel's brother, Ernest, served with the Royal Naval Reserve and died in 1915.

Lived at

Emanuel Fisher
46
Church Road
Pakefield
United Kingdom

52.455571220662, 1.7346659

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