. The genealogy and descendants of Luke Fish, sr., in chronological order from 1760-1904. V ~ -^ o t >. J i :l. - v. J fa . i •as •7 t: if. v- — — ^ — i 9 i 53 NICHOLAS FISH Nicholas Fish, who was the first childof Edward and Hannah Fish, was bornin England, December 9, 1822, and died at9 East Tower Street, Carlisle, England,September 9, 1865, aged 43 years. He wasearly put to work as a weaver, havinga handloom in the house in which helived, and in later years was employed asa pattern worker in Dixons factory,West Tower Street, Carlisle. He was aman of great strength of character, and. HANN
. The genealogy and descendants of Luke Fish, sr., in chronological order from 1760-1904. V ~ -^ o t >. J i :l. - v. J fa . i •as •7 t: if. v- — — ^ — i 9 i 53 NICHOLAS FISH Nicholas Fish, who was the first childof Edward and Hannah Fish, was bornin England, December 9, 1822, and died at9 East Tower Street, Carlisle, England,September 9, 1865, aged 43 years. He wasearly put to work as a weaver, havinga handloom in the house in which helived, and in later years was employed asa pattern worker in Dixons factory,West Tower Street, Carlisle. He was aman of great strength of character, and. HANNAH FISH (nee ) !ii- many years was in regular attend-ance at the Bible Class conducted by theDean of Carlisle. His death occurred un-der very pathetic circumstances. ±113daughter, Margaret, was taken sick withtyphoid fever, being too ill to be removedfrom home, while four other children,Mary. Jane. David and Isabella, weretaken to the hospital with the samefever. While they were there, he died athome. The only likeness of Nichula-^Fish was an oil painting, lifesize, exe-cuted especially for his father in Ameri-ca, and though sent from England with afriend of the family, it never reachedits destination. Nicholas Fish married 54 Hannah Losh, born March 10, 1824, inCockermouth, England. She was aworthy mother of a large family. Duringthe life of her husband she was the mainsource of supply for all his bobbins,working the spinning wheel while nurs-ing her children or attending to herhousehold duties, and often sitting at theloom herself. She struggled hard to giveher children a
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