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Biographies
History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio
Vols. 1 & 2
By Jos. G. Butler, Jr. -Publ. American Historical Society -
Chicago & New York
1921
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Transcribed by Sharon Wick
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MAX FISH. A worthy
representative of those citizens of foreign birth who have come to
this country for the sake of securing better and more favorable
opportunities for business undertakings, Max Fish has
attained an honorable position in the industrial life of Youngstown,
as president of the Fish Cleaning Company having built up a
substantial patronage. A son of Harold and Selde Fish,
he was born Dec. 28, 1881, in Dynow, Austria.
Harold Fish, who died at his home in Dynow,
Austria, in 1887, was a citizen of prominence and influence.
He served for twenty-four consecutive years as mayor of Dynow, a
city having a population of 12,000, being four times elected to the
mayorality, each time for a term of six years. His home in
that city was wiped out of existence during the World war, and his
widow, now an aged woman of seventy-four years, lost all of her
possessions, and in company with her sister walked, with other
refugees, to Hungary, a distance of 150 miles. How she
survived no one knows, but her son David, whose home is in
Youngstown, is now in Europe looking after her welfare. Of the
nine children born to her and her husband eight are living, three
being in the United States, as follows: Max, with whom
this sketch is chiefly concerned; Freda, wife of William
Klinman, of Youngstown; and David secretary and treasurer
of the Fish Cleaning Company.
Leaving home at the age of seventeen years, Max Fish
proceeded to Portsmouth, England, where he learned the business with
which he is now actively identified. He was there when
Edward VII was made king, and witnessed his coronation.
Subsequently immigrating to the United States, he saw, soon after
landing in New York, a newspaper advertisement headed "Help wanted
in Youngstown." Responding immediately to the call, Mr.
Fish found employment in a tailoring establishment on East
Federal Street, and remained with that firm until 1914, when, in
partnership with his brother David, he opened his present
establishment, becoming president of the Fish Cleaning Company, with
David Fish as secretary and treasurer.
On Mar. 24, 1907, Mr. Fish was united in
marriage with Jennie Carnick and they are now the parents of
four children, Harold, Helen, Lawrence and Eugene.
Mr. Fish has always taken an active part in religious and
charitable organizations, and has served acceptably as president of
the Children of Israel Congregation, and at the present time is
president of the Anshe-Emeth Committee, appointed to prepare the way
for the building of a temple.
Source: History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio -
Vol. II - Publ. American Historical Society - Chicago & New York -
1921 - Page 58 |
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