Brief Life History of George Ewalt
When George Ewalt Fish was born on 16 December 1839, in New York, United States, his father, James Fish, was 31 and his mother, Clarissa, was 22. He married Hannah Ellen Hartman on 28 June 1860, in Lima Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mason Township, Arenac, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Clayton Township, Arenac, Michigan, United States in 1910. He died on 24 November 1913, in Turner, Turner Township, Arenac, Michigan, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Clayton Cemetery, Melita, Clayton Township, Arenac, Michigan, United States.
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- George Fish, "New York State Census, 1865"
- George E Fish, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Geo. C. Fish, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English fish, fisch, fisk ‘fish’ (Old English fisc, Old Norse fiskr), a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish.
Americanized form of German Fisch , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. The surname of Jewish and German origin is also found in Britain.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Poisson ‘fish’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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