Albert Fish
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| − | '''Albert Fish''' | + | '''Albert Fish''' (19 May 1870 Washington DC - 16 Jan 1936 Sing Sing Prison, New York) |
| − | This page copyright 2007, by Will Johnson, Professional Genealogist. This page is locked, if you'd like to comment on it, you may email me at | + | This page copyright 2007, by Will Johnson, Professional Genealogist. This page is locked, if you'd like to comment on it, you may email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]. |
| − | Albert Fish | + | Albert Hamilton Fish was born in [[Washington DC]], to Randall Fish (1795-1875) of Kennebec County, [[Maine]], and his wife Ellen somebody (1838-) of Ireland. His father Randall, in the 1870 census was a manufacturer of fertilizer. Randall himself was the son of Bolton Fish who died 25 Jul 1814 at the Battle of Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. At his birth, Hamilton as he was called was the youngest of four children: Walter, Annie, and Edwin being his older siblings. |
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| − | At his birth, Hamilton as he was called was the youngest of four children: Walter, Annie, and Edwin being his older siblings. | + | |
| − | Randall Fish died early in Hamilton's life, in 1875 in Washington DC, and his mother was allegedly unable to care for Hamilton for a few years and put him in an orphanage, later taking him back out. That is an interesting tale because Randall Fish was at one time quite wealthy. More research needs to be done on this part of his story. | + | His father Randall Fish died early in Hamilton's life, in 1875 in Washington DC, and his mother was allegedly unable to care for Hamilton for a few years and put him in an orphanage, later taking him back out. That is an interesting tale because Randall Fish was at one time quite wealthy. More research needs to be done on this part of his story, it certainly sounds a bit "created". |
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| + | Albert Fish moved to New York City by 1890 where he was a painter. At some point, he has stated that he brought his mother Ellen to live with him as well. Or perhaps it was he who lived with her, his address at 333 Fifth Avenue is exceptionally "tony" for a painter. Perhaps his mother had died by 1900, as he is now living, as a boarder in Brooklyn. It might be that his mother had died before he got married. It would not be psychologically uncommon for a single man, youngest child, to wait until his mother died before he married, and perhaps even to marry rather quickly thereafter. I don't yet know if Albert fits that profile or not. | ||
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| + | At any rate, Albert married to Annie somebody in 1897 or 1898, probably in New York City, and their eldest child Albert Jr was born there in April of 1899. Albert and Annie had five more children in New York: Anna, Gertrude, Eugene, John and Henry. By 1910, the family has moved into Greenwich Village living on Washington Street, renting half of a house there. Albert, in his occupation as a painter must have been doing fairly well at this time, but his fortunes changed by 1920 as the family is then living in Harlem at 113th Street. | ||
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| + | A few years later in 1922 or 1923, their daughter Gertrude married John DeMarco, an Italian who worked in a shoe factory. As Gertrude DeMarco, she is mentioned a few times in the articles surrounding her father Albert's arrest and trial. | ||
==Primary documents== | ==Primary documents== | ||
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1850 census Stafford County, Virginia | 1850 census Stafford County, Virginia | ||
p. 49 | p. 49 | ||
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John age 9 b. New York | John age 9 b. New York | ||
Henry age 6 b. New York (wsj) | Henry age 6 b. New York (wsj) | ||
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1930 Queens Co, New York | 1930 Queens Co, New York | ||
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, Rita, dau, FW, 1, b NY/Italy/NY | , Rita, dau, FW, 1, b NY/Italy/NY | ||
Fish, Eugene, bro-in-law, MW, 23, Single, b NY/NY/NY, Painter, House (wsj) | Fish, Eugene, bro-in-law, MW, 23, Single, b NY/NY/NY, Painter, House (wsj) | ||
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