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Fortman Albert Joseph 1905 - 1987

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• Birth	12 Aug 1905	6836 N. Ridge Blvd. Chicago, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Sep 1987	Wilmette, IL (daughter Denise's house)
  Buried	10 Sept 1987	St. Henry's Cemetery, Smith Plot, see Smith Monument, Chicago, Illinois USA   [1]
  Person ID	I051	Schmit(t)... Schmidt...Smith...Fortmann...Fortman....Bourcier...Boursier.....Morris
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Fortmann Frederick,   b. 30 Mar 1869, 4099 N Robie St, Evanston now 6710 N Seeley Ave Chicago, IL ,   d. 2 Jan 1955, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
  Relationship	birth
  Mother	Smith Louisa aka Louise,   b. 6 Jul 1871, 6836 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL ,   d. 1 Nov 1956, 6836 N Ridge, Chicago, Illinois
  Relationship	birth
  Married	25 Apr 1894	St Henry's Church, Chicago, IL
  Family ID	F013	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Morris Mary Madeline,   b. 17 Jun 1907, Chicago, IL ,   d. 25 Nov 1977, St Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
  Married	29 Dec 1934	St Ignacius Chicago, IL
  Children	> 1. Fortman David Alan,   b. 2 Mar 1936, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL ,   d. 9 Feb 2015 > 2. Fortman Denise Louise,   b. 15 Mar 1937, Chicago, IL > 3. Fortman Barbara Lee,   b. 21 Apr 1939, Chicago, IL ,   d. 5 Aug 1997, Park Ridge, IL   4. Fortman Baby Joseph,   b. 15 Dec 1944, Chicago, IL ,   d. 15 Dec 1944, Chicago, IL   5. Fortman Baby Peter,   b. 8 Jul 1947, Chicago, IL ,   d. 8 Jul 1947, Chicago, IL   6. Fortman Baby Janine Marie,   b. 9 May 1949, Chicago, IL ,   d. 9 May 1949, Chicago, IL
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2007
  Family ID	F015	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		1909...November..Albert Joseph Fortman, (age 4) racking leaves on southeast corner of 6836 N Ridge in front of grape vine trellis
  		Christmas Cresch 1916 at the Formann's on Robbie St. Chicago......Edmund and Albert Joseph …
  		Albert Joseph Fortman …
  		1918.....Edmund Fortman driving with his Brother Albert Joseph in rear. At the Fortmann House at 6710 Seeley St, previously 4099 Robie St..
  		1921, June....Frederick Fortmann, (age 52) Louisa Smith Fortman (age 50) and standing, Fred, (age 26) Edmund, (age 20) Lawrence, (age 25) seated Albert Joseph (age 16) on south lawn of 6836 N. Ridge, Chicago
  		1936.......Frederick Fortmann,.......age 67 and Sons, Frederick Peter,....age 41.....Fr. Edmund......age 35....Albert Joseph......age 31.....Lawrence Anthony......age 40......on the south lawn of the Ridge House.
  		1964....Barbara L. Fortman's marriage to Robert Waldron. Her Father Albert Joseph is on the left and her Mother Mary Madeline Morris on the right.
  		1965....Albert Joseph Fortman and Mary Madeline Morris Fortman
  		Joseph Fortman's last Christmas on this earth, December, 1986 …
  		Christmas and Winter Snows at 6836 N. Ridge, Chicago …
  		1871 House ........photo: March,1903........The Fortman Boys: Frederick Peter, Age 9, Lawrence Anthony, Age 7, Edmund Age 2..................Peter Schmidt's Victorian House built in 1871 at 6836 N. Ridge...it is 32 yrs. old in this photo...Peter died in the back bedroom here last year...the house now belongs to Louisa Schmidt Fortman and her husband Frederick. Married 8 yrs. Their Son Albert Joseph, not pictured will be born in 17 months. This Son will receive the house from his Mother in 1937. Albert Joseph will Will the house to his Son, David who will take title upon his father's death 7 Sep 1987. This house has thus been in the Schmidt Fortman lineage for 136 years................................................................................ Note the Greenhouses in the back, the carriage shed on the North side, the kerosene lamp in the bow window and the scalloped upstairs bedroom shade. The house does not yet have city sewers which will be laid in Ridge Ave. next year. The chimney cap is typical of the period as is the European grape-vine lattice a few feet south of the front porch. The bulkhead wooden-door can be seen to be open on the south side behind the large tree....................Louisa Smith Fortmann, Mistress of the house in this picture is age 32.
  		The 1871 Ancestral Home of Peter Schmidt(Jr), (b. 1824) …
  		January 5, 1918 a sled in front of the Fortmann Home at 4099 Robie Street (today: 6710 Seeley)
  		Old Catholic Church & its Cemetery, Steenfelde, Germany …
  		St.Henry's Catholic Church #3, the East Facade, Ridge & Devon, Chicago, IL. Completed,1905. …

  
  

  Headstones		1875 b. Smith Monument Plate … (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) Status:
  		1875 a. Smith, Schmidt Burial Plot at St.Henry's … Status:

  
  

• Sources

  [S5344] St Henry's Baptisms Marriages Deaths Communion Confirmations Accounts Lists of Pastors and Assistants 1863-1985 , Pastor, St Henry's Catholic Church, (St Henry's Church) (Reliability: 3).