Brief Life History of Ernest S
When Ernest S Fish was born on 20 July 1881, in Maine, United States, his father, John Astor Fish, was 23 and his mother, Mary Rosilla Frost, was 18. He lived in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1900. He died on 11 June 1910, in Brownville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Milo, Piscataquis, Maine, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Earnest S Fish in household of John A Fish, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ernest S Fish, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ernest Fish, "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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