. The genealogy and descendants of Luke Fish, sr., in chronological order from 1760-1904. mai;<;akkt fish 1S51. She was deeply interested in Churchwork and was connected officially withthe Wesleyan Methodists, and later of thePrimitive Methodists, of Padiham, Lan-cashire, England, where she died No-vember 21, 1902, aged 51 years. She wasunmarried. 60 DAVID FISH was the sixth child ofNicholas and Hannah Fish, and was bornNovember 11, 1S53, in Bridge Street,Caldewgate, Carlisle, in the county ofCumberland, England. He attended theChurch of England Day Schools, WestWalls, connected with St. Ma
. The genealogy and descendants of Luke Fish, sr., in chronological order from 1760-1904. mai;<;akkt fish 1S51. She was deeply interested in Churchwork and was connected officially withthe Wesleyan Methodists, and later of thePrimitive Methodists, of Padiham, Lan-cashire, England, where she died No-vember 21, 1902, aged 51 years. She wasunmarried. 60 DAVID FISH was the sixth child ofNicholas and Hannah Fish, and was bornNovember 11, 1S53, in Bridge Street,Caldewgate, Carlisle, in the county ofCumberland, England. He attended theChurch of England Day Schools, WestWalls, connected with St. Marys Church,of which church he was a chorister fornearly two years. When about 12 yearsof age he was employed to sell news-papers to passengers on incoming andoutgoing trains in the Citadel Station,Carlisle. Shortly after the death of his. DAVID FISH father, the family moved into the North-east Division of Lancashire, locating inWhite Lee, near Burnley. While thereDavid was employed in the warehouse ofa cotton mill at Higham. His mother,not satisfied with her son being in amill, sought a place for him in Padi-ham, where he learned the business ofjob printing, bookbinding and machineruling, working with the same employeras apprentice and journeyman for overeleven years. During his stay in Padi-ham David obtained second class cer-tificates at the Science and Art examina-tions held by the Council on Education 61 in England. May 5 and 7, 1875, in thesubjects of Physical Geography and An-imal Physiology. He became connectedwith the Wesleyan Methodists, taking anactive part in both church and Sundayschool work at Cross Bank, including theBand of Hope temperance organizationconnected with that place. He was also anactive spirit in the Independent Order ofTemplars, occupying the responsiblepositions of Deputy G. \Y. C. T. for t
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