Louisa Holmes Fish

Louisa Holmes Fish

Birth: 1841, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island

Death: 7 Aug 1873, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island

Father: Rowland Greene Fish, b. Aug 17, 1812, Bristol, RI; d. June 25, 1859

Mother: Abby W. Booth, b. 1819; d. 1897

The July 1860 US Census for Bristol, RI lists Abbie W (41) housekeeper, Eugene A. (22) labourer, Joseph H. (21) machinist, Louisa H. (19) domestic, Alden B. (16) farm labourer, Byron K. (14), Albertine (10), Ruth A. (8), Mary P. (7), Walter (5), and William J. (1).

The June 1870 US Census for Bristol, RI lists Abbie W (50) keeping house, Eugene A. (32) bill poster, Louisa H. (29) works in rubber factory, Alden B. (24) brakeman R.R., Byron K. (23), Ruth A. (18) works in rubber fact, Mary P. (16) nurse, Walter (14), and William J. (11) at school.

Notes: Louisa worked in the National India Rubber Company, the forerunner of the United States Rubber Company.

Burial:

North Burial Ground Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island

Gravestone incorrectly lists her as Louisa N. Fish

Sources:

"Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953", database with images, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9K-QGYV : Louisa Holmes Fish, 1873.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55163579/louisa-n-fish