Theodore Kilner Fish was the son of Harwood E. O. Fish and Florence A. More. He was named for Theodore Roosevelt, whom his father idolized, and Mr. Kilner, who gave his father a job and a place to sleep in his shop after he arrived in New York City as a teenager. He was called "John Barleycorn" by his friends and siblings as a young man because he handed out temperance pamphlets, and continued to be called "John" or "Uncle John" by family members afterwards (though he was called "Kilner" by his wife and her family).
Kilner served in the United States Navy as a Chief Yeoman, 2nd Class, during World War I, 1917-1919. According to family tradition, he was the youngest sailor in the Navy to hold this rank. He met his future wife Clara M. Pierson after a train accident which severed part of his foot; she was his nurse, then in training at Elizabeth General Hospital in Elizabeth, NJ. They were married on 10 Jan. 1922 in Elkton, Cecil Co., MD.
His parents deeded property to him on Filbert St., Roselle Park, in 1926, which he and his wife sold in 1936. He was employed as a statistician for Hyman & Co. in 1930. He purchased property on Warren St., Roselle Park, from his brother Harwood E. Fish in 1943, and sold the same in 1948. He purchased a home on Second St., Fanwood, in Dec. 1952, which he and his wife sold in October 1964.
Kilner worked on the editorial staff of Current Events and Financial World magazines, retiring about 1962. He lived with his daughter and son-in-law Florence and Frederick Klett in Hopewell, NJ, during the last years of his life.
Kilner served in the United States Navy as a Chief Yeoman, 2nd Class, during World War I, 1917-1919. According to family tradition, he was the youngest sailor in the Navy to hold this rank. He met his future wife Clara M. Pierson after a train accident which severed part of his foot; she was his nurse, then in training at Elizabeth General Hospital in Elizabeth, NJ. They were married on 10 Jan. 1922 in Elkton, Cecil Co., MD.
His parents deeded property to him on Filbert St., Roselle Park, in 1926, which he and his wife sold in 1936. He was employed as a statistician for Hyman & Co. in 1930. He purchased property on Warren St., Roselle Park, from his brother Harwood E. Fish in 1943, and sold the same in 1948. He purchased a home on Second St., Fanwood, in Dec. 1952, which he and his wife sold in October 1964.
Kilner worked on the editorial staff of Current Events and Financial World magazines, retiring about 1962. He lived with his daughter and son-in-law Florence and Frederick Klett in Hopewell, NJ, during the last years of his life.
Theodore Kilner Fish was the son of Harwood E. O. Fish and Florence A. More. He was named for Theodore Roosevelt, whom his father idolized, and Mr. Kilner, who gave his father a job and a place to sleep in his shop after he arrived in New York City as a teenager. He was called "John Barleycorn" by his friends and siblings as a young man because he handed out temperance pamphlets, and continued to be called "John" or "Uncle John" by family members afterwards (though he was called "Kilner" by his wife and her family).
Kilner served in the United States Navy as a Chief Yeoman, 2nd Class, during World War I, 1917-1919. According to family tradition, he was the youngest sailor in the Navy to hold this rank. He met his future wife Clara M. Pierson after a train accident which severed part of his foot; she was his nurse, then in training at Elizabeth General Hospital in Elizabeth, NJ. They were married on 10 Jan. 1922 in Elkton, Cecil Co., MD.
His parents deeded property to him on Filbert St., Roselle Park, in 1926, which he and his wife sold in 1936. He was employed as a statistician for Hyman & Co. in 1930. He purchased property on Warren St., Roselle Park, from his brother Harwood E. Fish in 1943, and sold the same in 1948. He purchased a home on Second St., Fanwood, in Dec. 1952, which he and his wife sold in October 1964.
Kilner worked on the editorial staff of Current Events and Financial World magazines, retiring about 1962. He lived with his daughter and son-in-law Florence and Frederick Klett in Hopewell, NJ, during the last years of his life.
Kilner served in the United States Navy as a Chief Yeoman, 2nd Class, during World War I, 1917-1919. According to family tradition, he was the youngest sailor in the Navy to hold this rank. He met his future wife Clara M. Pierson after a train accident which severed part of his foot; she was his nurse, then in training at Elizabeth General Hospital in Elizabeth, NJ. They were married on 10 Jan. 1922 in Elkton, Cecil Co., MD.
His parents deeded property to him on Filbert St., Roselle Park, in 1926, which he and his wife sold in 1936. He was employed as a statistician for Hyman & Co. in 1930. He purchased property on Warren St., Roselle Park, from his brother Harwood E. Fish in 1943, and sold the same in 1948. He purchased a home on Second St., Fanwood, in Dec. 1952, which he and his wife sold in October 1964.
Kilner worked on the editorial staff of Current Events and Financial World magazines, retiring about 1962. He lived with his daughter and son-in-law Florence and Frederick Klett in Hopewell, NJ, during the last years of his life.
