Joseph Fish

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Fish was born on 27 June 1840, in Will, Illinois, United States, his father, Horace Fish, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Leavitt, was 34. He married Mary Campbell Steele on 22 March 1859, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Snowflake, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880 and Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 10 December 1926, in Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Enterprise City Cemetery, Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Fish
1840–1926
Julia Ann Reidhead
1865–1951
Marriage: 19 April 1883
Franklin Richards Fish
1884–1884
Eliza Fish
1885–1887
Roland Woodruff Fish
1888–1987
Wilford Preston Fish
1890–1951
Florence Fish
1893–1893
Zelma Fish
1894–1895
Hannah Fish
1896–1987
Julia Marie Fish
1898–1899
Adelaide Fish
1900–1989
Jesse Lewis Fish
1903–1973
Delma Fish
1908–1989

Sources (90)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Joseph Fish in the Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Joseph Fish (b1840), "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1841

Conservative rebellion against Bustamante. Santa Anna's dictatorship.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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Mary Campbell Steele Fish

MARY CAMPBELL STEELE FISH BORN 23 Dec. 1840 Belefast Ireland While Joseph Fish kept voluminous records and an almost daily diary, the information given about his wives is for the most part only inci …

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