Cecil Fish (buried 1910)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Fish
First name: 
Cecil
Other Christian names: 
Edgar
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
601
Born: 
4/9/1867
Died: 
07/03/1910
Buried: 
12/03/1910
Occupation: 
Surgeon
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
WB
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
15
The headstone
Headstone description: 
In memory of Cecil Edgar Fish M.B. Cantab 1868-1910
Headstone inscription: 
In memory of Cecil Edgar Fish M.B. Cantab 1868-1910

Life story

Life story

Cecil was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1867. His father, Frederick, was a draper. His mother was Eilzabeth nee Miller and they lived at 'North Lodge', Anglesea Road, Ipswich. Frederick had a large business and employed four female domestic servants. Cecil's older brother, Frederick, jnr., followed in their father's footsteps but Cecil studied medicine. He was educated at Ipswich Grammar School and while there he was awarded a Royal Humane Society certificate in recognition of his courage in rescuing his younger brother, Oliver, from drowning while swimming in the sea at Felixstowe on 8 August 1885. By 1891 he had moved to London and was a medical student boarding in the household of Stanislas Fournier, a chef, and his family at 181, Fentinan Road, Lambeth. He studied at Cambridge and became a surgeon. In 1903 he married Susie Constance Southon, daughter of the late Richard Southon of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and the niece of the Hon. T E Fuller, Agent General of the Cape Colony. Cecil was closely connected with Vale of Clwyd Sanatorium, Llanbdr Hall, Ruthin, in Denbighshire, Wales, which opened in 1901 for the treatment of tuberculosis. Cecil died on 7 March 1910 at 'Denver', Mill Road, West Worthing. Cause of death was Pulmonary Phthisis (a progressively wasting condition) which he had suffered for 5 days and very likely contracted at the Sanatorium in the course of his work. He was buried at Heene on 12 March.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
04/09/1867
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Susie Constance
Spouse one last name: 
Southon
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1903
Marriage one address: 
England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
07/03/1910
Age (at time of death): 
42
Cause of death: 
Pulmonary Phthisis 5 days
Address at time of death: 
Denver, Mill Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Susie Constance Fish status: Widow
Probate pounds: 
£985

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at ˜North Lodge, Angelsea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk - Frederick Fish, 43, head, linen draper; Elizabeht Fish, 27, wife; Frederick I? Fish, 19, son, linen draper; Cecil E Fish, 3, son; Oliver C Fish, 2, son; Ethel F Fish, 1, daughter; George M Light, 14, nephew; plus four female domestic servants

1881 census: 

Living at North Lodeg, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk - Frederick Fish, 53, head, draper; Elizabeth Fish, 37, wife; Cecil Edgar Fish, 13, son, scholar; Oliver Charles, 12, son, scholar; Ethel Frances Fish, 11, daughter, scholar; Muriel Elsie Fish, 8, daughter, scholar; Winifred Evelyn Fish, 3 daughter; Isabel Lilian Fish, 2, daughter; plus cook, parlourmaid, housemaid, nurse and under nurse

1891 census: 

Living at 181, Fentinan Road, Lambeth - Stanislas Fournier, 57, head, chef; Denise Fournier, 52, wife; Rosa Parker, 30, daughter, governess; bertha L Fournier, 19, daughter, school; Louis E Fournier, 10, son; Cecil E Fish, 23, boarder, medical student; James R Scholfield, 22, boarder, student of theology; Robert R Law, 23, lodger, medical student; plus a housekeeper and a general servant

1901 census: 

Living at 5, Hanover Terrace, Kensington, London - Elizabeth Fish, 57, head, widow; Cecil E Fish, 33, surgeon medical man, living on own means; Muriel Fish, 28, daughter; Isabel Fish, 32, daughter; plus a cook and housemaid