1.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  the 1850 Santa Clara County Census was lost.

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Fiacro is living with his mother under his step-father's surname, PIATTI.

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found, and I did a page-by-page search of Burnett Township.  The only FISHERs in Burnett Twp. are Fiacro's older brothers, Thomas and William.

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 17):  Burnett Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll 369C, p. 369C, PN 3, SD 1, ED 216, enumerated 3 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

13

21

24

25

26

7

7

Fisher Fiacro

W

M

36

/

Farmer

California

Mass

Mex

______ Gertrude

W

F

23

Wife

/

Keeping house

California

Conn

Mex

______ Robert

W

M

7

Son

/

/

California

Cal

Cal

______ Laura

W

F

1

Dau

/

Califoria

Cal

Cal

Barker Ambrose

W

M

17

/

Laborer

Califoria

N C

Ireland

Gardiser? Jacob

W

M

46

/

Cook

France

France

France

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 38):  Burnett Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll T623_110 (Book 2), p. 47B, SN 4, SD 2, ED 47, enumerated 9 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

80

80

Fisher Fiacro C

Head

W

M

Aug 1850

49

M

28

Calif

England

Mexico

Farmer

0

Y

Y

Y

O

M

F

24

______ Gertrude L

Wife

W

F

Feb 1856

44

M

28

8

6

Calif

Mexico

Mexico

Y

Y

Y

______ Laura E

Dau

W

F

Jul 1878

21

S

Calif

Calif

Calif

Artist

0

Y

Y

Y

______ Chester F

Son

W

M

Oct 1880

19

S

Calif

Calif

Calif

at school

Y

Y

Y

______ Lucretia N

Dau

W

F

Aug 1883

16

S

Calif

Calif

Calif

at school

Y

Y

Y

______ Gertrude I

Dau

W

F

Nov 1885

14

S

Calif

Calif

Calif

at school

Y

Y

Y

______ George G

Son

W

M

Nov 1887

12

S

Calif

Calif

Calif

at school

Y

Y

Y

______ Fiacro G

Son

W

M

Oct 1891

8

S

Calif

Calif

Calif

at school

______ Charles

Nephew

W

M

Nov 1879

20

S

Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

Farm laborer

0

Y

Y

N

Neito Fortunato

Servant

W

M

Oct 1873

26

S

Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

1891

9

Al

Farm laborer

0

Y

Y

Y

7.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 17):  Monterey Road, Burnett Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll T624_105 (Part 2), p. 39A, SN 1A, SD 5, ED 66, enumerated 15 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

11

12

13

14

15

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17

18

19

20

21

22

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25

26

27

28

29

*

6

6

Fisher Gertrude L

Head

F

W

45

W

9

6

California

Massachusetts

Mex (Spanish)

Eng

Farmer

Y

Y

O

OF

F

5

______ ? Chester F

Son

M

W

29

S

California

California

California

Eng

Farm operator

Home Farm

Emp

Y

Y

Y

______ Nevada L

Dau

F

W

26

S

Nevada

California

California

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ Gertrude A

Dau

F

W

24

S

California

California

California

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ George J

Son

M

W

22

S

California

California

California

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ Fiacro J

Son

M

W

19

S

California

California

California

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

______ Roberta

Niece

F

W

15

S

Mex (Spanish)

California

California

1905

Eng

None

Y

Y

Y

Sousa Joseph

Laborer

M

W

27

S

Por (Portuguese)

Por (Portuguese)

Por (Portuguese)

1909

Al

Portuguese

Farm Laborer

working out

W

N

0

N

N

*Monterey Road

8.  Robert G. Fisher (of San Jose, CA).  nd.  Rancho del Refugio de la Laguna Seca and the Captain William Fisher Family (submitted by Jeanne Rudy and online at the Somos Primos web site).  Excellent compilation and certainly the best currently on the web.  Includes this excerpt:

In April 1862, the Burnett Post Office was established inside the 12 Mile House, which was a store, hotel and blacksmith shop.  This building was destroyed by fire in 1963; but long before that, the post office was moved and a new, small structure was built by Fiacro C. Fisher, Postmaster, in 1907, next door to the 12 Mile House.  There, the Coyote Post Office operated without a break until 1974, even though in 1935 Washington, D.C., had forgotten where it was and had to be told.  In 1974, the building built by Fiacro was moved to the San Jose Historical Museum in San Jose.

My grandfather, Albert Roy STRAUB, was Postmaster of the Coyote Post Office from some time before 1920 to 1928.  Albert Roy's brother, William Barton STRAUB, married Fiacro's daughter, Laura Estella FISHER.

9.  Archives of the FISHER-L Mailing List (online at RootsWeb.com).

Cornelio Fiacro FISHER baptized 20 Oct 1850 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, San Jose.

10.  Anon. [Preface by J.P. Munro-Fraser].  1881. History of Santa Clara County, California.  Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, CA (online at HeritageQuest at Genealogy.com). On p. 571:

F. Fisher.  The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, is the youngest son of William and Liberta Cesaña Fisher (who were among the very earliest [European] settlers in California) and was born in Burnett township, Santa Clara county, August 30, 1850, where he has continuously resided save during the years he attended school.  In 1861 he entered the Santa Clara College, and was otherwise educated in the public school of San José.  In 1868 he returned to Burnett and commenced working on the farm of Dan. Murphy; in 1872 he moved on to the ranch which he now occupies, and which he has owned since 1859.  It comprises three thousand seven hundred acres adapted to agriculture and stock-raising.  Married, in San José April 8, 1872, Gertrude Hanks, a native of California, by whom he has: Robert D., born December 20, 1872; Laura and Chester.

No such portrait exists in the book, nor is one named in the List of Portraits.  Santa Clara College is now Santa Clara University, a private Jesuit university founded in 1851, the oldest institution of higher learning in California.

11.  Eugene T. Sawyer.  1922.  History of Santa Clara County, California.  Historic Record Co., Los Angeles, CA (online at HeritageQuest at Genealogy.com).

p. 721

FIACRO JULIAN FISHER.—The Fisher family have been identified with the Santa Clara Valley since early pioneer days, and Fiacro Julian Fisher was born October 4, 1891, in the beautiful modern residence his father had erected on the exact location of the adobe house which his grandfather put up in the pioneer days of the state.  The father, Fiacro C. Fisher, was born upon the farm in Burnett township, Santa Clara County, August 30, 1850, the youngest son of William and Liberata (Cesena) Fisher, early settlers of California... Fiacro C. Fisher received his preliminary education in the public schools of Santa Clara County, after which he entered and attended Santa Clara College for two years, as well as the high school at San Jose for awhile.  He left school quite early to take up his chosen occupation, and that to which he had early been trained, being foreman for Dan Murphy until 1872.  He then engaged in Ranching or himself on the old homestead, giviing considerable attention to stockraising.  In 1877 he went to Nevada to take charge of the ranches of Mr. Murphy and Mr. Hill, remaining in their employ as general manager until 1894.  Since that time he turned his entire attention to the cultivation and improvement of his own property, which consisted of 300 acres located on the Monterey and Coyote roads, and 1,000 acres in valley land.  In 1872, in San Jose, Mr. Fisher was married to Gertrude Hanks, a native of Califor-

p. 722

nia and daughter of Wm. Hanks, better known as Julian Hanks.  The latter was born in Massachusetts, but migrated to Lower California, where he was interested in a vessel.  In 1846 he came to Callifornia with the elder Fisher, and in San Jose conducted a grist mill, operating the same until 1866, when he traded it for property in Sonora, Mexico.  He made his home in Lower California until his death.  Mr. and Mrs. Fisher were the parents of six children: Laura, the wife of William Straub; Chester F., Neva, Gertrude, George, and Fiacro Julian.  Both parents have passed away...

12.  Amaury Mars.  1901.  Reminiscences of Santa Clara Valley and San Jose.  Printed by Mysell-Rollins Co., San Francisco, CA.  Mention of Fiacro FISHER on p. 93 (not seen).

13.  James Miller Guinn.  1904.  History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties, California.  Chapman Publ Co., Chicago, IL.  Contains a biographical sketch of Fiacro C. FISHER (not seen).

14.  Natural Diversity of Motorcycle County Park (online at the County of Santa Clara, California, web site [link died]).  Due to copyright restrictions, I have had to paraphrase at least some of the following extraction (see web site for full account): 

Much of the Motercycle County Park — on the Coyote River in southeastern Santa Clara County, California — consists of land that was once part of a roughly 20,000 acre land grant called Rancho Laguna Seca, awarded to  Juan ALVIREZ in 1834 by Governor FIGUEROA, when the State of California was still Alta California, México.  In April of 1842, Rancho Laguna Seca was purchased at public auction by William FISHER for $6000.

"One of Willam's sons, Fiacro C. Fisher, born on the ranch in 1850, continued ranching on the 2,600 acre farm while caring for his mother.  By 1876, much of the ranch was parcelized, with the Fishers retaining most of the northern portion of the original rancho around Coyote Station including the original homestead.  The ranch was reported to be one of the most productive grain farms in the valley.  Most of the ranch was devoted to hay, grain and pasture... "Fiacro Fisher received his primary education at local County schools and attended Santa Clara University for two years.  After school, he worked as a foreman for Daniel Murphy, another pioneer of Santa Clara County, who owned much land in and around Morgan Hill and Gilroy.  Fiacro also ran the family ranch while, in 1877, taking charge of the Hill and Murphy ranches in Nevada as General Manager until 1894.  After 1894, he turned to cultivating and improving the Fisher Ranch (Coyote Ranch) property consisting of about 1,300 acres.  Fiacro built the Coyote Ranch house which is located on Coyote Ranch Road on County park property, currently leased for catered group picnics."