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 ... 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, ...
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...
The following family has been born to David N. Fysh and his wife: ... 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...
Henry John
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