Horace Nathaniel Fish

1 September 1877–30 August 1945 (Age 67)
Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Horace Nathaniel

When Horace Nathaniel Fish was born on 1 September 1877, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Fish, was 37 and his mother, Adelaide Margaret Smith, was 20. He married Sariah Hunt on 10 January 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 30 August 1945, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Horace Nathaniel Fish
1877–1945
Sariah Hunt
1877–1968
Marriage: 10 January 1901
Clarice Fish
1901–1990
Chauncey Horace Fish
1904–1984
Don Carlos Fish
1906–1962

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 January 1901Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1878
    Age 1
    Historical Boundaries 1878: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States 1879: Apache, Arizona Territory, United States 1895: Navajo, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Navajo, Arizona, United States
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 4
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 19
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Fisk
    Fisch

    Story Highlight

    A Memory

    Contributed by Deanna Ludlow. Sariah was given her name by missionaries that were in the area of her home in England. She was the last born child in England before moving to America, to Utah. Much of …

    Sources (37)

    • Horace N. Fish en el registro de Chauncy H. Fish, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
    • Horace N Fish, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Barber Naguarien Fish in entry for Chauncey Horace Fish and Hazel Bell Johnson Ferguson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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