John FORTIER

Notes:

In the 1860 U.S. census, John was a cooper. He lived with his wife and children in Greece, Monroe County, New York.

In the 1870 census, he is the 43 year-old John Fortier, a cart-man, living in Perinton, Monroe County, New York.

In the 1880 census, he is the 53 year-old John Fortier living in Perinton, Monroe County, New York. John is a watchman for what looks like “salination works” (probably sanitation works). His wife is Ann, 46. Both were born in “P. Ontario.” John’s father was born in France and his mother in England. Ann’s father was born in Connecticut and her mother in “P. Ontario.”

Family/Spouse: Ann SHERWOOD. Ann was born about 1835 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he is Charles Fortier, 26, living in the town of Perinton, Monroe County, New York. Charles’s occupation is engineer. His wife Mary is also 26 and they have four children: John J, 6, Julia A, 5, Charles, 3, andd Allen, 2.

In the 1900 census, he is Charles S Fortier, 46, living in Plainfield Twp, Kent County, Michigan, with his second wife and his children Joseph (b. 1878), Dorah, and Willie.

In the 1910 census, he is Charles S Fortier, 55, living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the 1910 census. Ann Fortier, 73, “mother”, was living with him and his wife Sarah. Charles was a stationary engineer. Sarah was his second wife. She and Charles had been married for 17 years. She had had three children, none still living.

Birth:
The Michigan record for his marriage to Sarah shows his birth place as Brighton, Canada. The 1900 census shows his birth date as March 1854.

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann KEATING. Mary was born about Apr 1855 in Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Aug 1890 in Kent County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Sarah J BROWN on 19 Aug 1894 in Edgerton, Kent County, Michigan. Sarah was born about 1854 in Macedon, Wayne County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-017559
• Occupation: Stationary engineer

Notes:

Both parents born in Canada.

Shown as age 12 in the 1870 census.

In the 1895 state census, he is called Alfred Fortier. He and his wife and his wife’s two youngest brothers live in Minneapolis. He is an engineer.

In the 1900 census, Henry, Lila, and Lila’s brothers are living next to each other on, apparently, the corner of 24th Ave. N.E., and Central Ave. E. in Minneapolis. Walter and George Ripley are living with the Fortiers. Edward and his wife live next door. Henry Fortier is a stationary engineer.

In the 1905 state census, Henry and family live at 2918 28th Avenue S. in Minneapolis. The household consists of Henry A., 49, Lila M., 36, Howard F., 2, and Anna Fortier, a 72 year-old widow who had been in Minneapolis for 6 months. Henry and his mother were born in Canada, as were their parents. Lila was born in Minnesota but her father was born in Maine and her mother in the West Indies. Henry is a steam fitter, Lila is a housekeeper. Henry has been in Minnesota for 40 years and his mother for 6 months. Henry and his family have lived at their current location for a year and a month.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he is Henry A Fortier, an engineer living at 506 East 18th Street.

In the 1910 census, Henry, Lila M., and Howard F. were living in a rented apartment at 1715 Fifth (doesn’t say whether it’s Ave. or St.) in Minneapolis. Henry is reported to have emigrated in 1860. Living with the family as a boarder is a single woman, 18 year-old Marguerite Buss, a magazine stenographer.

The Minnesota Deaths and Burials database as FamilySearch pilot gives the death of Henry “Forties” as 3 April 1921 in Minneapolis and his wife’s name as Lila Ripley. The MHS death index agrees. The 1921 death date would be inconsistent with the indication in the 1920 census that Lila was already a widow.

His death certificate shows him as the husband of Lila Ripley and his address as 1114 14th Avenue S in Minneapolis. He was a stationary engineer and he died at Minneapolis General Hospital which was the informant for his death certificate. (The death certificate shows his place of death as “Hopewell Hospital.”) He died from bronchopneumonia following asthma and emphysema.

Birth:
according to his death certificate

Henry married Lila May RIPLEY on 25 Dec 1889 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Lila (daughter of Moses Harrison RIPLEY and Ophelia LIGHTBOURN) was born in Nov 1868 in Minnesota; died on 14 Jan 1928 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-005458

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is shown as having given birth to six children, four of whom were still living. In the 1910 census, those numbers are 6 and 2.

The Minnesota Births and Christenings and Minnesota Deaths and Burials databases records three unnamed children (who may be the same child) of William and Mary who were born and/or died in Minneapolis in November of 1895.

Died at age 84 according to cemetery records.

According to her death certificate she was the widow of William. She died of old age and pneumonia. Her parents were John Fortier and Ann Sherwood, both of whom were born in New York.

Died:
Island Park according to cemetery records

Buried:
Sec 15, Lot 69, Grave 8, Monument Lot

Mary married William FORTIER about 1876. William was born on 10 Nov 1855 in Canada; died on 19 Nov 1928 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Nov 1928 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His death certificate says he was still born. His mother died on the same day.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-007260
• Occupation: Railroad worker, Teamster leader, automobile polisher
• Social Security Number: 472-07-8040

Notes:

He is not the person in 1902-32461 or in 1902-32506.

Living at 338 17th Street in Minneapolis with his mother Lila at the time of the 1920 census. His occupation was helper on a railroad.

In the 1923 Minneapolis city directory, he is a beltmaker for the S R Sikes Co. He lived at 329 E 16th, apt 1.

In the 1924 Minneapolis city directory, he is still a beltmaker for S R Sikes but now he lives at 4120 Minnehaha Avenue. His mother, now a dressmaker, lives there as well.

In the 1927 Minneapolis city directory, he is a service operator for Minneapolis General Electric Co. He lives at 114 E 17th, Apt 3, the same address as his mother.

In the 1928 city directory, he is a helper at Minneapolis General Electric Co. He lives at 131 E 14th.

In the 1936 city directory, he is a painter for W V Harrington Motors. He lives at 3912 Harriet Ave.

In the 1938 city directory, now with wife Elizabeth, he is a sander for Swanberg & Scheefe. He lives at 3441 St. Paul Ave.

The Fortiers’ address at the time that Lila Joquette was born was 3027 Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis.

In the 1939 city directory, wife Sarah E, he is a painter for Shaw Motor Co. He lives at 3027 Hiawatha Avenue.

In the 1940 city directory, wife Sarah E, he is a polisher for Shaw Motor Co. He lives at 2615½ 16th Avenue S.

In the 1940 census, he and Sarah and Lilah live in the “rear, up” apartment at 3027 Hiawatha Avenue. Howard is unemployed and looking for work. He was usually a painter at an auto garage. Howard and Sarah had eighth-grade educations.

By 1941, he was the financial secretary and business agent of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union, Local 1140.

By 1948, Local 1140 was embroiled in a battle between “left-wing” forces and “regulars.” Howard was a regular, and a supporter of Hubert Humphrey who was considered at best a moderate in the ongoing battle between left wing adherents and regular union workers. Howard won a crucial election in late 1948 in which he was re-elected financial secretary of Local 1140 over a left wing candidate by a 2-1 margin.

In January of 1949, Howard was appointed by Minneapolis acting mayor Eric G Hoyer to fill a vacancy on the fair employment practices commission.

In 1949, local 1140 was expelled from the CIO for alleged left-wing domination. At that point, Howard took his local, representing garage mechanics, into the Teamsters as local 974.

Living at 8019 Cedar Lake Road in St. Louis Park at the time of his death. He had lived there for 7 years. His death certificate shows that he was the Secretary/Treasurer of the Teamsters Union Local 974. He had attended a membership meeting of the local the evening before he died. The union was then in negotiations with 46 new car dealer garages.

Died at home of a heart attack complicated by diabetes and hypertension.



Buried next to Howard, in graves 7 and 8, are William Fortier (d. 1928) and William’s wife, and Howard’s aunt, Mary Evelyn Fortier (d. 1942).

Died:
died at home

Buried:
Section 15, Lot 69, Grave 9 (Monument Lot)

Howard married Emma Mae CHRISTY about 1922, and was divorced before 1930. Emma (daughter of Arthur George CHRISTY and Dollie (Sarah) CUTHBERT) was born on 2 Oct 1906 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 6 Jun 1978 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Jun 1978 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth LASH. Sarah (daughter of Sam L LASH and Velma J SAUTBINE) was born on 21 Aug 1914 in Indiana; died on 21 Aug 1993 in Robbinsdale, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 24 Aug 1993 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1921-50190
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1992-MN-020701

Notes:

Hugh and Anna May were 2nd cousins.

“May” is middle name on her birth certificate. Mae is her middle name in all of her children’s birth registrations.

Died:
Fairview Hospital

Buried:
Section 9, Lot 154, Grave 18

Anna married Hugh Eldee HURLBERT on 21 Oct 1939 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Hugh (son of Richard Free HURLBERT and Eunice Leona BUTLER) was born on 25 Nov 1919 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 9 Mar 1966 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 12 Mar 1966 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married W.G. ANDERSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1922-50043
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1999-MN-036216
• Occupation: Teamster Leader

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he lived with his mother and step-father on Portland Avenue “between Hwy 52 & 53” in the village of Richfield. His uncle, George Christy, and wife Rachel lived next door. He was employed as a messenger for a postal telegraph company.

In the 1942 Minneapolis city directory, he is a simonizer and lives at 1822 Park Avenue, Apartment B.

In August of 1945, while serving in the U.S. Navy, he was a machinists mate 1st class aboard a seaplane tender stationed at a repair base in the Admiralty Islands.

He was the informant for his mother’s death certificate. At that time he lived at 4450 Stinson Boulevard.

Minnesota labor leader Howard Fortier was known as a gentleman and for keeping his word.

"He was one of the outstanding leaders in labor history," said Robert Fenlon of Mendota Heights, an attorney for the Greater Metropolitan Auto Dealers Association. "The thing that I admire about him was that you could always bank on his word."

Fortier, 77, ran the state Teamsters union for much of the 1980s. He died Wednesday of heart complications at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.

His career with the Teamsters began in 1953, when he became an organizer for Teamsters Joint Council 32, the umbrella organization for all Teamsters locals in Minnesota. In 1960 he was hired as a business agent by Local 974, and the next year was elected secretary-treasurer.

At the state level, he was elected a trustee to the executive board of Joint Council 32 in 1963. He became secretary-treasurer in 1965 and president in 1985.

Dan Fortier of Minnetonka said his father was "an outstanding human being who brought great dignity to his job, along with candor, integrity, trust, word of honor." He said his father was on a first-name basis with many governors, mayors, legislators and judges.

"He had their ear, and he talked policy with them," Dan Fortier said. "He was so involved and he was so respected."

John Derus of Minneapolis, a former City Council member and Hennepin County commissioner, called Fortier a "tough guy" who was "thoroughly decent."

"Howard Fortier was a guy who believed there was a lot of dignity in working with your hands," he said. "He was most at home with guys who drove trucks for a living."

Al Hofstede, former Minneapolis mayor, said Fortier never forgot who he represented.

"He fully understood that you have to work with management and make sure that they grow, because then you have the opportunity to grow," he said.

In addition to his son, Fortier is survived by his wife, Sandy; four daughters, Cherie Hazel of Prior Lake, Barb Wood of Savage, Pam Rose of Shakopee and Sarah of Columbia Heights; two other sons, Sean of Grand Forks, N.D., and Scott of Little Falls, Minn.; three sisters, Barbara Fautch of Bloomington, Lila Cavanaugh of Minneapolis and Mary Petri of Finlayson, Minn.; four brothers, Rhodes Peterson of Minneapolis, Duane Peterson, and Fred and Ed Fortier, both of Plymouth; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Family/Spouse: Rita Catherine Ann FAUST. Rita (daughter of Herman J FAUST and Catherine MEYERS) was born on 1 Oct 1924 in Stearns County, Minnesota; died on 11 Sep 1980 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Howard married S.J. RIEBEL [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1924-38714
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2001-MN-535082
• Occupation: Interior Designer

Notes:

Fautch Barbara E., age 77, of Bloomington on Dec 2, 2001. Preceded in death by husband, Richard; daughter, Geraldine Mae Fautch; brother, Howard G. Fortier; sisters, Anna Mae Hurlbert and Carolyn Fortier. Survived by sons, Gary (Patti Green), Kevin (Cheryl) and Larry (Rhonda); grandchildren, Michael, Chaz, Andrew and Krista; 2 sisters, Lyla Cavanaugh and Mary Petree; brothers, Rhodes Peterson, Fred Fortier and Ed Fortier; also survived by many other relatives and friends. Barbara was a proud member of the American Legion and VFW Auxiliaries. Mass of Christian Burial 11 am, Wednesday, at the CHURCH OF ST BONAVENTURE, 901 E. 90th St, Bloomington. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

Buried:
Services at St. Bonaventure, Bloomington; Buried at Section E, Site 2349

Barbara married Richard Charles FAUTCH on 14 Aug 1943 in St. Kevin's Catholic Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Richard (son of John George (Jack) FAUTCH and Julia Margaret MAYER) was born on 25 Dec 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 30 Aug 1993 in Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 3 Sep 1993 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fortier, Frederick L. age 71, of Maple Grove, died suddenly July 18, 2012. Preceded in death by wife, Judie; parents, Howard and Sarah Fortier; sisters, Anna Mae Hulbert, Barbara Fautch, Carolyn Fortier; brother, Howard G. Fortier. Fred is survived by children, Jeff Nelson, Melissa Olstad, Michelle (David) Harland; grandchildren, Alexandria (Jeremy) Rae, Savannah Harland, Liam Harland; sister, Lila Cavanaugh; brother, Ed (Martha) Fortier; also several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Charter member of the 50's El Drago Car Club of St. Louis Park. Memorial service will be held Sunday, July 22, 1:00 PM, with visitation one hour prior to the service at Washburn McReavy, Glen Haven Chapel 763-533-8643 5125 W. Broadway, Crystal.

Frederick married G.D. FISHER [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Judith Ann JESKE. Judith was born on 11 Sep 1948 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 5 Nov 2008 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1999-MN-011914

Notes:

Lived in Eden Prairie in 1993.

Notes:

Fortier, Daniel L. Age 72, of Minneapolis Passed away suddenly on March 24, 2021. Dan grew up in Richfield, MN and after graduation from Benilde high school he served in the U.S. Navy from 1968-1970. Dan followed in his grandfather, Howard F. Fortier and his father, Howard G. Fortier's footsteps and played an active role in the Teamsters Union for 37 years. Dan began in 1971, as an organizer with the Teamster Joint Council 32, and held the following positions throughout his career: IBT Representative appointed by James P. Hoffa; President, Teamsters Joint Council 32; Secretary Treasurer and Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 970 until his retirement in 2008. Dan was a proud, strong union supporter and donated resources whenever he could. Dan was also an active business leader in the community and held the position of Trustee at Union Bank, Board member with the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) and founding member and past President of the Minnesota 100 Club. Dan was friends with many public servants and supported their cause generously. Dan is preceded in death by parents, Rita C. Fortier, Howard G. Fortier, and brother-in-law Duane T. Hazel. Survived by loving companion and best friend Kimberly Midlo; Sisters; Cheryl Hazel, Barbara (Ed) Wood, Pamela (Jeff) Koepke and Sarah (Greg) Austin; Brothers, Sean (Jen) Fortier and Scott Fortier, Kim's family; Wendy (Bill) Orr, Joey (Molly) Midlo, and numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and a great, great nephew, Uncle Ed (Martha) Fortier; Aunts, Ginny (Vernon) Lahr and Lucy (Dick) Faust, and many dear cousins and long-lasting friends. Dan enjoyed hunting, fishing and golf and could often be found with his partner-in-crime, Steve Hurlbert, at "Otters" participating in these activities. Dan enjoyed frequenting local restaurants and saloons in NE Minneapolis sampling culinary specialties and spirits. Dan treasured his memories of sharing stories and laughs with his many, many good friends. His kindness and generosity to others is a legacy he leaves behind.

Daniel married C.A. SWANSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-020706

Notes:

She was a premature infant and lived for only two hours.

Birth:
St. Mary’s Hospital, Minneapolis

Died:
St. Mary’s Hospital, Minneapolis