Alfred George Fisher, who was born on December 17th, 1839 at Wellington Grange (now St John's Hospital Hobart). Alfred left for New Zealand at the age of 23 where he became a shipping merchant but returned to Hobart in 1863 to be married to Elizabeth Louise Harbroe on December 22nd 1863.
Elizabeth Louise was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Harbroe of ‘Woodlands’, Newtown.
He had left Hobart Town on August 19th, 1862 for New Zealand, where he resided in Dunedin, and his business was stated to be that of a merchant. The following year he returned to Hobart to be married, after which, the couple went back to Dunedin to live. The marriage ceremony which took place at All Saints Church, South Hobart on December 22nd 1863, was performed by the Reverend Dr. S. Parsons.
Katherine Elizabeth was born at Dunedin on March 3rd, 1865 and after her, there were two babies Mary and Charlotte who died in infancy, then came Alfred in 1869, and Louise in 1870. Alfred Fisher and Elizabeth Louise did not remain in New Zealand but came to New South Wales, where he set up in business as an Auctioneer at West Maitland. Early in 1874 he visited England, and during his stay in London became ill, passing away on April 3rd 1875.
Katie's brother Alfred was very well known in Launceston, and he died about 1940. He married a Miss Taylor, daughter of a wealthy family, and had three children Mary, Joan, and Jack. In 1960's Mary still lived in Launceston and has a bookshop in Brisbane Street. Jack was badly injured in World War II, and I do not know what became of him. Joan married a Mr. Colin Edgell of the Statisticians Department and lives at Canberra.
Louise eventually inherited the old Harbroe home “Woodlands”. She did not marry, and lived there for many years until the property was sold for a Church of England Girls Hostel. It is still used as this, and I visited there several months ago, but all the estate has been sold, and the house merely stands in its own ground. Your father and your uncles spent many holidays at “Woodlands” where everything was carried out on a grand scale,
Unfortunately, Louise left Hobart, she could not settle down; eventually losing her reason and passing away on August 24th, 1957.
source Robert G Gregory 1967 letter to his nephew