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M David N. Fysh

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1881 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Fysh David, M, Married, 58, born England, origin: English, Farmer;
Dinah, F, Married, 58, born England, origin: English;
Frederick, M, Married, 29, born Ont, origin: English, Farmer;
Christena, F, Married, 19, born Ont, origin: Scottish;
Henery, M, 23, born Ont, origin: English;
George, M, 52, born Ont, origin: English, Farmer.

1901 personal census, Howard Twp, Kent Co., ON, D1-9:
Fysh David, M, Married, 3 Jan 1824, 77, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Presb, Farmer;
Dinah, F, wife, Married, 4 Feb 1824, 77, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Presb;
Frederick, M, son, Married, 22 March 1850, 51, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Presb, Farmer's Son;
Cristana, F, daughter-in-law, Married, 18 March 1862, 39, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Presb;
Henery, M, son, Single, 24 July 1887, 13, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Presb, 9 months in school;
George, M, brother, Single, 1 Aug 1828, 72, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Presb, Ret Farmer.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 108-109:
David N. Fysh, a leading retired farmer of Howard Township, County of Kent, living on the 2d Concession, was born on Victoria street, London, Jan. 3, 1824. The Fyshes are of Norman descent, and can trace their line back to the time of the conquest, the ancestors having come over with William the Conqueror and fought on the Norman side at the battle of Hastings. At one time they had large estates and held the positions of old country squires. Originally the family name was Ashdown, but it was changed because they had property willed to them on the condition of their accepting the name of Fysh.
David N. Fysh is a son of Francis and Ann Fysh, both of whom were born in England, where they grew to maturity and married. Francis Fysh was a skilled workman as a carpenter and joiner. In 1833 he emigrated to Canada, via New York, on a sailing vessel and the first settlement of the family was made in Paris, County of Brant, where Francis Fysh pursued his trade of carpenter, and later purchased a farm near Brantford. There he made his home for some time, and then bought another farm seven miles east of Brantford, where he lived and died. He improved both these farms, and made them valuable properties. He died leaving a wife and five children, and his widow made her home with her son, David N., until her death, in 1865. The children of these worthy people were as follows: Henry, the eldest, born in England in 1822, grew to manhood in Canada where he married Miss Anne Elleby, of Brantford; he then moved to Michigan, where he took part in the Civil War, serving until near its close, when he died of yellow fever, leaving one son, Francis Fysh, who died at the home of David N., in 1874; he was one of the telegraph dispatchers of the Grand Trunk Railway, located at London. David N. is mentioned below. Richard, born in England, in 1829, is unmarried, and resides at the home of David N., having purchased 100 acres adjoining which he cleared; his property is now operated by the sons of David N. Jane, born in England in 1835, now deceased, married Allen Purdy, who settled in Brantford, where she died, leaving a family of nine children. Elizabeth, born in Canada, married Wellington Cornwall, of Thamesford, where he died, leaving no family; she subsequently married Andrew McConnell, moved to North Carolina for some years, then located in Nebaska, where he died, leaving two sons, Frank and Max, both of whom reside in Nebraska; both are prominent in the localities in which they reside.
David N. Fysh was but ten years of age when brought to Canada, and hired out to a farmer in the County of Brant, where he worked until eighteen years of age. At the age of twenty-two, he married, in October, 1846, Miss Diana Atkinson, a native of England, born Feb. 4, 1824, daughter of John and Margaret Atkinson, of Brantford. After his marriage Mr. Fysh rented a farm for five years, in the County of Brant, and in 1851 he purchased a tract of 250 acres in Howard township, which is his present home. This he has cleared, making of it two fine farms. His first house was a log cabin, in which he and his family resided until he erected his present comfortable brick residence. He has also built a pleasant home for his son on the same farm, besides erecting good barns, and his property is one of the finest in the county.
The following family has been born to David N. Fysh and his wife: John, the eldest, born in October, 1848, in Brant, died when a young man of twenty-one years. Frederick W., born in the County of Brant, in 1852, married Miss Christiana McCracken, daughter of Alex. and Christianna (Brown) McCracken, born at Glencoe, Canada, and they reside on the old homestead, he being manager of the farm; they have one son, Henry John, a student of the Howard schools, a very bright young fellow. George, born in the County of Brant, married Miss Annie Secord, of Howard, and they reside on a portion of the homestead. They have two children, David N. and Mary. David, born at the present home in 1855, died in young manhood. Henry, born at the present home in 1859, married Miss Emma Bellis, of Glencoe, Canada, and they reside at Detroit, where he is a motorman on the electric railway of that city; they have no family. Fred Fysh and his family are Presbyterians and George Fysh and his family are Methodists. All of the men of the Fysh family have been identified with the Reform party. Fred Fysh is one of the school trustees and is one of the prominent young men of the township. David N. and his son Fred are both member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 245, at Thamesville, while George Fysh is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. and Mrs. Fysh celebrated their golden wedding at their beautiful home in Howard township, receiving many tokens from their numerous friends. Not only is Mr. Fysh himself highly esteemed in the community, but his sons have grown up to be men worthy of their family and parents, of whom all connected with them may well be proud. They are all prominent in advancing measures calculated to prove a benefit to their locality, while Frederick is especially active in school work. Having located in the County of Kent in its early days of development, Mr. Fysh and his sons have nobly borne their part in its advancement and they take a praiseworthy interest in all that concerns their township.

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Francis Fysh †   Ann ?? †1865
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