Yvonne Evelyn (Stewart) Fortier (1916 - 1974)

Born 1916 in El Paso, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Kennard Wilhite — married 14 Feb 1936 (to before 1942) in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, United States

Wife of George Philip Fortier — married 1 Feb 1948 (to before Nov 1965) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Died 26 Dec 1974 at about age 58 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Yvonne (Stewart) Fortier is a part of US Black heritage.

Yvonne was born in 1916 in El Paso, Texas. She was the daughter of Norman Steward and Asia Darden.^[1] The family moved to Los Angeles before she was 4 years old.^[2]

She married George K. Wilhite on 14 February 1936 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California.^[3] In 1940 the couple lived in Los Angeles and had no children.^[4] When George enlisted in the Army in 1942, he reported that he was separated with no dependents.^[5]

Yvonne worked as a Postal Clerk at the time of her second marriage on 1 February 1948 in Los Angeles County, California. Her new husband, George Philip Fortier, was also a Postal Clerk and they may have met at work. George was born about 1911 in Los Angeles. He was the son of Louis Philip Fortier (born Louisiana) and Esther Louise Walker (born Alabama).^[1] They divorced before November 1965 when George married Susie P. Henderson.^[6][7]

Yvonne died in Los Angeles on 26 December 1974.^[8] Her arrangements were handled by Angelus Funeral Home^[9] and she is interred at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K2-27Z : 8 December 2017), George Philip Fortier and Yvonne Steward Wilhite, 01 Feb 1948; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,116,128.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7S-43V : 23 December 2020), Yvone Stewart in entry for Norman Stewart, 1920. Los Angeles Assembly District 73, ED 386, Los Angeles, California, United States
3. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FF-69Z : 8 December 2017), George K Wilhite and Yvonne Evelyn Steward, 14 Feb 1936; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,051,137.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C1-PBW : 6 January 2021), Yvonne E Wilhite in household of George K Wilhite, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-476, sheet 9B, line 53, family 175, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 413.
5. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BC-8ZG : 5 December 2014), George K Wilhite, enlisted 01 Jun 1942, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
6. ↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V685-ZDM : 27 November 2014), George P Fortier and Susie O Henderson, 29 Nov 1965; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2021), memorial page for George Philip Fortier (16 Jun 1910–16 Nov 1985), Find A Grave: Memorial #132538381, citing Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA; Maintained by Jeff Braucher (contributor 47554951).
8. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGY-YT7Y : 9 December 2020), Yvonne S Fortier, 1974.
9. ↑ "California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:86CV-M2W2 : 28 July 2020), Yvonne S Fortier, 1975.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2021), memorial page for Yvonne Steward Fortier (1915–1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #92586916, citing Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Ann (contributor 46964942).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVX-CF3 : accessed 28 January 2021), Yvonne E Steward in household of Norman S Steward, Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 288, sheet 13B, line 99, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 143; FHL microfilm 2,339,878.