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Thomas Fish died after 1762 Ann died after 1762 unknown Low Thomas Fysh circa 1745-1821 Elizabeth Low circa 1749-1802

John Fysh carpenter (1841) 1 of 17 Upper John Street, Islington 2 born 1789 3 baptized 1 May 1789, Clenchwarton, Norfolk 4 died 14 April 1875, Islington, London 5 Notes: information for this family from the 1841 census extracts by the late John P.G. Fysh of Croydon, now deposited with the Norfolk Family History Society in the Fysh collection of material; from Stephanie Fysh of Toronto; and from various parish register extracts from the online IGI site of the Church of Latter Day Saints. In the census returns for 1841 John Fysh is listed without his wife and with all his children except for the four eldest. John P.G.Fysh says of him: John Fysh's name does not appear in any London directory. Thus presumably he never had his own business but may have worked as a master carpenter on one of the many building developments of the time. He left no will, so possibly he had little or no worldly goods to dispose of. (from: A Fysh Family in London ... by J.P.G. and A.V.G.A. Fysh, in The Norfolk Ancestor, no.2, part 1, June 1980)

married 19 August 1817 at St. George, Hanover Square, London 6 Charlotte Fleet 1800-1875

Emma Charlotte 1818 - 1875 Jane Caroline 1820 - 1856 children Eliza b.1822 John Alfred 1825 - bef.1828 Harriott b. c1827 John Alfred 1828 - 1871 Charles Samuel b.1831 children Edward Thomas b.1831 Elizabeth Milward 1833 - 1895 Philip Oakley 1835 - 1919 children Frederick Lewis b.1837 children

children of John and Charlotte Fysh Emma Charlotte Fysh 7 1818-1875 teacher 8 born 1818 baptized 25 October 1818, New Road Tonbridge Independent, Saint Pancras, London, England died 5 September 1875, Friern Barnet 9 Jane Caroline Fysh 1820-1856 born 1820 baptized 3 September 1820, New Tonbridge Road Independent, St Pancras, London died 1856  married 1845 Union Chapel, Islington Wiliam John Barlow clerk at Somerset House (1845) Eliza Fysh 10 born 1822 baptized 14 July 1822, New Road Tonbridge Independent, Saint Pancras, London, England John Alfred Fysh 11 1825-before 1828 born 1825 baptized 3 April 1825, New Road Tonbridge Independent, Saint Pancras, London, England died before 1828 Notes: This child presumably died before 1828 when another John Alfred was baptized. Harriott Fysh 12 born circa 1827 dressmaker (1851) 13 of Eastbourne 14 born circa 1827, Islington, London 15 baptized 2 March 1828, New Road Tonbridge Independent, Saint Pancras, London, England Notes: The story that is told is that she came out to Australia on the 'Fatima', captained by William Hardie, and married him here before returning to England. The Ship List on RootsWeb supports Hardie as captain of the Fatima in 1854. The Unassisted Shipping index at PROV shows a Miss Fysh of the right age (25) as travelling on the Fatima. The index entry for the marriage (I haven't got the full entry) shows Harriet Fysh, born 1828, London, marrying William Hendon Hardie 1854 and lists Harriet's parents as John and Charlotte Fleet. The above comes from Paul Piko from Macleod, Australia, and he notes further: Is the Mrs Fysh is the wife to the Mr Fysh? There is still a lack of facts here ... What Harriet did after (the death of her husband) is not known and no clue as to how she managed to support herself and her family comes to light until 1875 when she registered the death of her father. On the death certificate, she is shewn as having an address in Eastbourne. Reference to an Eastbourne directory for l874 revealed that she was keeping a boarding house there, but she was not found at that address in the l871 census. It is not known what became of her son who may have died young, as he is not mentioned in any family wills. Of the three daughters, only one married. The youngest daughter lived on to a ripe old age, dying in 1942. (from: A Fysh Family in London ... by J.P.G. and A.V.G.A. Fysh, in The Norfolk Ancestor, no.2, part 1, June 1980)  married 1854 Victoria, Australia 16 William Henderson Hardie died 1860 died 20 February 1860, in the wreck of the SS Hungarian on the coast at Cape Sable 17 John Alfred Fysh 18 1828-1871 stockbroker's clerk (1871) 19 of 11 Willow Cottages, Islington 20 born 1828, Islington, London 21 baptized 3 August 1828, New Road Tonbridge Independent, Saint Pancras, London, England died 1871, Weston-super-Mare 22 Notes: it seems clear that both he and his wife were kindly people. Harriet had at least one of her babies in their home. Furthermore, John, in his will, of which his wife was executrix, so presumably she did not object to its terms, made generous provision for 'my little friend', the possibly illegitimate daughter of their former maidservant. (from: A Fysh Family in London ... by J.P.G. and A.V.G.A. Fysh, in The Norfolk Ancestor, no.2, part 1, June 1980)  married 20 June 1853 St. Stephen, Islington 24 Ann Young 23 born circa 1801 born circa 1801, Islington, London 25 Charles Samuel Fysh born 1831 born 29 March 1831 baptized 8 October 1832, Union Chapel, Islington  married Mary Ann Luke 26 Edward Thomas Fysh 27 born 1831 stockbroker's clerk (1851) 28 born 29 March 1831, Islington, London 29 baptized 8 October 1832, Union Independent, Islington, London, England Notes: Edward Thomas Fysh stayed in England. He handled the English side of the business run by his younger brother, Philip Oakley Fysh. At any rate, he died a comparatively wealthy man. He married in 1852 a Scottish girl who lived not far away from the Fysh [but] there appear to have been no children from this marriage, which ended on the death of the wife in l891. Less than a year later, Edward Thomas remarried. His second bride was the daughter of a chemist whose shop was almost next door to Harriet's boarding house [in Eastbourne, presumbly]. The second marriage produced one son, Charles Edward Fysh, who served with great distinction in World War I. It appears that he was a student at university before the war and served in the Officers Training Corps. On the outbreak of war, he was drafted to the 51st Highland Division, and became an officer in the 1/6 Seaforth Highlanders. He fought in France, was severely wounded in Hay 1916, and was killed in action on the Marne on 28 July 1918 while holding the rank of acting Lieutenant Colonel. He was awarded the M C in Nay 1917, a bar to the M C in March 1918, and the D S 0 in April 1918. He was also mentioned in despatches in December 1918 posthumously. He was only twenty three years old when he died, seventeen months after his marriage in Melrose to Helen Flora Jane MacDougall of Grantown-on-Spey. She lived on, a widow, till I960. They seem to have had no children. (from: A Fysh Family in London ... by J.P.G. and A.V.G.A. Fysh, in The Norfolk Ancestor, no.2, part 1, June 1980)  married 5 August 1852 Union Chapel, Islington 30 Jane Square Elizabeth Milward Fysh 31 1833-1895 born 7 April 1833, Islington, London 32 baptized 27 September 1833, Union Independent, Islington, London, England died 1895 33 Notes: in 1858 she became the second Mrs William John Barlow. This sensible arrangement for the care of a motherless child by its aunt was not at that time permitted by [the English] law, so it is a bit surprising that William, who was soon to become a superintendent registrar of births and who was thus well aware of the legal position, should in such cir- cumstances have transgressed by marrying Elizabeth. When William died at the age of 54 the family was resident in Barnet. The money William left was clearly insufficient for his wife and daughter to live on, so Elizabeth seems to have taken the one course open to impecunious women at that time - she remarried. On the occasion of this second marriage, to James Hewett, a retired Admiralty Clerk, the facts relating to her first marriage had to be re- vealed, no doubt to her embarrassment. The ceremony took place at the Superintendent Registrar's office at Upton-on-Severn and poor Elizabeth had to describe herself as a spinster, married to William John Barlow, but not legally, and to sign the register as E M Fysh alias Barlow. Elizabeth died in l895, her niece having predeceased her by about two years. Her husband lived on till 1919. (from: A Fysh Family in London ... by J.P.G. and A.V.G.A. Fysh, in The Norfolk Ancestor, no.2, part 1, June 1980)  married (1) 11 September 1858 East Barnet Parish Church 34 Wiliam John Barlow clerk at Somerset House (1845) 35  married (2) 4 September 1878 Upton upon Severn 36 James Hewett retired Admiralty Clerk 37 Philip Oakley Fysh 1835-1919 born 1 March 1835, Islington, London baptized 27 September 1835, Union Independent, Islington, London, England died 19 December 1919, Hobart, Tasmania  married 1856 London Esther Kentish Willis 1833-1912 Frederick Lewis Fysh born 1837 born 13 February 1837 baptized 25 June 1837, Union Chapel, Islington  married Maria Luke 38 1839-1919

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