Mayor Robert Young Fish

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• Name: R Y Fish
• Name: Y. R. Fish
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51297
• Business: 1860, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Pump Maker
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
• Occupation: 1875, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1876, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 2nd Deputy Reeve of Wellesley
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Keeper
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Elected Office: 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Occupation: 1911, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1911, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1921, King St., Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ? Merchant
• Residence: 1921, King St., Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Almost exactly 13 decades ago, the appropriately named Robert Y. Fish made a recommendation for which generations of Waterloo residents say "Thanks!" A prominent merchant and postmaster in Linwood for 30 years, Fish moved to Waterloo in the late 1880s, where he again rose to commercial and civic prominence.

After two terms on town council, he was elected mayor in 1894, then returned to Linwood. But earlier, on August 4, 1890, as chair of Waterloo's parks committee, Fish had moved to invoke the province's newly established Public Parks Act and spend $5,000 to establish a major park in Waterloo.

A public vote in September approved the purchase of the 65-acre (26-hectare) farm of the late Jacob Eby, which bordered a mill pond. West Side Park officially opened in 1893. Among its attractions were an athletic field, bicycle racing track, grandstand, fancy entrance gates, lovely gardens and the 1820 school house. West Side generated such interest that nearby Berlin was goaded into creating Victoria Park three years later.

Flash From the Past: Silver Lake's Golden Years in Waterloo Park. (2020). Retrieved 31 July 2020, from https://www.therecord.com/life/local-history/2020/07/31/flash-from-the-past-silver-lakes-golden-years-in-waterloo-park.html

Business:
The saw mill of R. Y. Fish has been established 25 years, and employs 10 hands in the manufacture of lumber, staves and cheese boxes.

1885 Waterloo Directory

Robert married Sarah Amelia "Amelia" Dyson 17 Nov 1875, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of John Alfred Dyson and Theresa Amelia) was born 27 Sep 1841, Churchville, Peel Co., Ontario; died 16 Mar 1914, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Franklin Wiman "Frank" Fish was born 2 Oct 1876, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 1881, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Robert married Mary Jane Reynolds 17 Dec 1864, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James Reynolds and Lydia, daughter of John Glue and Lydia) was born 30 May 1845, Duffin's Creek, Pickering Township, Ontario Co., Ontario; died 30 Apr 1867, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Robert B. Fish was born Nov 1865, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Burton Fish was born 1867, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. John Albert Fish was born 23 Apr 1867, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 2 Nov 1867, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69407

Joseph — Elizabeth Defield. Elizabeth was born CA 1807, Of, Trafalgar Township, Halton Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Fish
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69408