Mary Ellen (Bridgewater) Fish (abt. 1856 - 1941)

Born about 13 Jan 1856 in Indiana

Ancestors

Wife of Oscar Emmitt Fish — married 1 Feb 1877 in Lawrence County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1941 at about age 84 in Comanche County, Kansas, USA

Biography

Mary was the daughter of Jesse Justin Bridgewater and Nancy Emily Henderson. ^[1]

Mary passed away in 1941 and was buried in the same cemetery as her husband in Coldwater, Comanche County, Kansas.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Sir William Arbuthnot, Monday, December 30, 2013.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fish&GSfn=mary&GSmn=ellen&GSby=1856&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSst=18&GScnty=900&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53207123&df=all&

• Removed the source in the footnotes that links to incorrect burial site.

Footnotes

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FP-H7T : accessed 15 February 2016), Mary Bridgewaters in entry for Jesse Bridgewaters, 1860.

"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKJH-G9W : accessed 15 February 2016), Oscar E Fish and Ellen Bridgewaters, 1877.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9K-3Y4 : accessed 15 February 2016), Ellen Fish in household of Oscar E Fish, Pleasant Run, Lawrence, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 1, sheet 358A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0292; FHL microfilm 1,254,292.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTZ-H7Z : accessed 15 February 2016), Ellen Fish in household of Oscar E Fish, Coldwater & Nescatunga Townships Coldwater town, Comanche, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,475.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2H1-N59 : accessed 15 February 2016), M Ellen Fish in household of Oscar E Fish, Coldwater, Comanche, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 8B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,448.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6M-7LY : accessed 15 February 2016), Mary Ellen Fish in household of Oren Emmet Fish, Coldwater, Comanche, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,527.

"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X73G-9C2 : accessed 15 February 2016), Ellen Fish in entry for O E Fish, 1930.

No sources. The events of Mary Ellen's life were either witnessed by Sir William Arbuthnot or Sir William plans to add sources here later.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sir William Arbuthnot for creating Bridgewater-49 on 30 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Sir William and others.