John Peter Fortin (1869 - 1949)

Born 15 Mar 1869 in Goodland, Newton, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Beauregard) Fortin — married 9 Jan 1888 in Aurora, Cloud, Kansas, United States

Died 23 Oct 1949 at age 80 in Leoville, Decatur, Kansas, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1869. He is the son of John Fortin and Philomene Sorel.

1870 US Census, Grant, Newton, Indiana. Household of John Fortin, 22, farmer born Canada; Philene, wife, 23, born Canada; Mary 5 born Illinois; Louisa 3 born Illinois; John 4 (sic 1) born Indiana.^[1]

1880 US Census, Aurora, Cloud, Kansas. Household of John Fortin, farmer, age 35 born New York, parents born Canada; Philomene Fortin, wife, 37 born Canada; Mary Fortin, daughter, 15 born Illinois, United States, working out; Louisa Fortin, daughter, 13 born Illinois, United States; John Fortin, son, 11 born Indiana, United States; Noah Fortin, son, 9 born Indiana, United States; Annie Fortin, daughter, 7 born Indiana, United States; George Fortin, son, 5 born Indiana, United States; Rose Fortin, daughter, 3 born Indiana, United States.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Grant, Newton, Indiana; Roll: M593_347; Page: 30A. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPP-MJP : Fri Mar 08 20:38:07 UTC 2024), Entry for John Fortin and Philomene Fortin, 1880.

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