Person:Reuben Fortes (1)

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Reuben Fortes
m. 21 May 1815
  1. Levi Fortes1815 - 1844
  2. Mary Fortes1817 -
  3. Reuben Fortes1824 - 1890
  4. Elizabeth Fortes1825 - 1866
  5. Elijah Fortes1828 -
  6. Mahalah Fortes1830 - 1853
  7. Ellen Fortes1832 - 1884
m. 25 Apr 1852
  1. Naomi Fortes1853 - 1925
  2. Christiana Fortes1855 - 1859
  3. Levi Fortes1857 - Abt 1931
  4. Beatrice Mary Ann Fortes1858 -
  5. Reuben FortesAbt 1860 -
  6. John Wiiliam Fortes1862 - 1862
  7. Lavinia Fortes1863 - Abt 1935
  8. Hosea Fortes1865 - 1945
  9. Louise Fortes
  10. Elizabeth Fortes1868 - 1895
  11. Caroline Elizabeth Fortes1871 -
  12. Mahalah Fortes1873 - 1957
Facts and Events
Name Reuben Fortes
Alt Name[3] Reuben Forteis
Alt Name Reuben Fortis
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Jan 1824 Hinderclay, Suffolk, England
Christening? 12 Mar 1824 Diss, Norfolk, EnglandDiss Wesleyan Methodist Church
Marriage 25 Apr 1852 Barnoldswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandSt Mary-le-Gill
to Elizabeth Wright
Death? 26 Nov 1890 Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, CanadaAbt 67
Burial? Aft 26 Nov 1890 Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, CanadaWoodlawn Cemetery

Occupation - cotton warper 1861 census- lived at 205 Paradise St., Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England 1881 census - lived at 15 Padiham Rd, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England. Occupation: Cotton warper

Emigrated with his family to Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada around 1883 to work in the cotton mills. Later moved to Cornwall, Ontario where his family worked in the cotton mills therre.

References
  1.   England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
  2.   England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
  3. The FORTEIS surname is often found in census and other records as FORTIES or FORTES or FORTIS. Reuben signed his name as FORTEIS on his grandson, Gordon Whitham's, baptimal certificate.