Norman Elba Fish (1899 - 1978)

Born 22 Mar 1899 in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Bertha F (Roberts) Fish — married 30 Aug 1924 in Maine, United States

Husband of Beryl A (Austin) Fish — married 14 Jun 1930 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

Died 10 Feb 1978 at age 78 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Norman Elba 'Jake' Fish was born in 1899 on Auburn, Maine, the son of George Fish and Sarah Soper.

He married twice:

• Bertha F Roberts married 30 August 1924. They were the parents of one child, daughter Dorothy Fish b. 1926, d. 1927.

• Beryl A Austin former wife of Howard Robinson; married in Maine on 14 June 1930. He adopted her son, Donald Lawrence Robinson Fish. They had another son, Norman Elba Fish, Jr., known as "Elba".

His WWI draft registration described him as being of medium height (about 5'7"), slender build, with gray eyes and light brown hair. He was working at the time as a wood turner at Belcher and Taylor Co, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

He worked as a supervisor at Bass Shoe Company, and they lived in Jay, Maine near the Wilton town line. He passed away of cancer in Jay, Maine 1978 and was buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Wilton. A quiet man with a wonderful laugh, he would enjoy relaxing in his recliner, shared with his dogs, smoking a pipe.

• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) Chicopee City, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (14 Jun 1930) Dixfield, Me
• Fact: Residence (1930) Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place
• Fact: Residence (1940) Dixfield Town, Oxford, Maine, United States
• Fact: Burial (1978) Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States of America

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQ3-MYQ : 4 April 2020), Norman Fish, 22 Mar 1899; citing Auburn, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MML4-HD7 : accessed 25 June 2020), Elba N Fish in household of George W Fish, Auburn city Ward 4, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 7B, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,587.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJ9-939 : 24 August 2019), Norman Elba Fish, 1917-1918

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJN-6RY : 27 November 2014), Norman E Fish and Bertha F Roberts, 30 Aug 1924; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNK-CG4 : 27 November 2014), Norman E Fish and Beryl Robinson, 14 Jun 1930; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCVV-3TN : 27 November 2014), Norman E Fish, 10 Feb 1978; citing Death, Jay, city code 07090, certificate 7801208, Maine State Archives, Augusta

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64744163/norman-elba-fish), memorial page for Norman Elba “Jake” Fish (22 Mar 1899–Feb 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64744163, citing Lakeview Cemetery, Wilton, Franklin County, Maine, USA.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 May 2018, 19:16), entry for Norman Elba "Jake" Fish(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LBN9-SPW); contributed by various users.