Person:Clara Derstine (1)

Clara was admitted to White Hall Soldiers' Orphan School on 1 Sept 1874. She transferred there from the Lancaster Home. She was discharged on 7 Nov 1875.

Clara married William Fisher and lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was the advocate and caretaker for her mother who was considered insane and admitted to the Harrisburg State Hospital.

Clara and William Fisher had 2 sons: John born abt 1878 and William born in 1880.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Clara A. Derstine, in Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools, Brief sketches and engravings of the several institutions, with names of pupils subjoined.
   362, 1877.

   Clara Derstine was admitted to White Hall Soldiers' Orphan School on 1 Sept 1874. She transferred there from the Lancaster Home. She was discharged on 7 Nov 1875.

2. ↑ Clara Fisher, in Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
   Certificate #98433, 1941.

   Name of deceased, gender, race, age at death, birth date and place, death date and place, name of father and his place of birth, name of mother and her place of birth, name of spouse and certificate number. Original data from the Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

3.   United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   Roll:1402; Page 12A; Enumeration District:0058; FHL microfilm: 1241402.

   Clara gave her marriage year as 1878.