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Linda Mathilda (Schwarz) Fortman (1883 - 1981)

Linda Mathilda Fortman formerly Schwarz
Born in Pleasant Mound Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
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Died at age 98 in Nelson, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth

Linda was born on January 22, 1883 in Pleasant Mound, MN to William Schwarz and Amelia (Luedtke) Schwarz. She was the third of their 7 children.[1]


Family

On December 15, 1904, at the age of 21, Linda married John Fortman (1883-1975) in Wheaton, MN. [2][3]

Children:
  1. Leona (1905-2004)
  2. Martin (1907-2001)
  3. Esther (1909-2000)
  4. Oscar (1911-2004)
  5. Walter (1913-1972)
  6. Clarice (1918-2006)
  7. Leonard (1919-2006)


Death

On April 18, 1981, at the age of 98, Linda passed away in Nelson, NE. She is buried in Saint John Lutheran Cemetery in Wheaton, MN.[4]

Obituary ("The Nelson Gazette", 30 Apr 1981)[4]
Linda Mathilda Schwarz was born January 22, 1883, to William and Emelia Schwarz in Amboy, Minnesota. She passed away April 18, 1981, at the Good Samaritan Home in Nelson, Nebraska, at the age of 98 years, 2 months and 27 days.

Linda was baptized February 8, 1883. She confirmed her Christian faith April 3, 1898. She was a member of the Centennial Lutheran Church of Superior. She attended Christian Day School at Willow Creek, Minnesota. She and her family moved to Wheaton, Minnesota, in 1900.

December 15, 1904, Linda was united in marriage to John A. Fortman at Wheaton, Minnesota, where they lived until 1909, when they moved to Canada. In 1920, they moved to Nelson, where they lived for 11 years, then to Colorado. Mrs. Fortman retired in 1963, then lived with her daughters.

She was preceded in death by both of her parents, her husband, John; a son, Walter; a grandson, Dale Thielman; two brothers, Louis and Paul Schwarz; and three sisters: Lillie, Sophia, and Lydia. Survivors include 3 daughters, 3 sons, 11 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, and 6 great great grandchildren.

Burial was April 23, at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Wheaton, Minnesota.

Census Data

1885 Minnesota Census:
Age 2, living in Pleasant Mound, Blue Earth, MN with her parents and 2 siblings.[5]
1895 Minnesota Census:
Age 12, living in Pleasant Mound, Blue Earth, MN with her parents, 5 siblings, and her grandfather.[6]
1900 U.S. Census:
Age 17, living in Monson, Traverse, MN with her parents and 3 siblings.[7]
1905 Minnesota Census:
Age 22, living in Monson, Traverse, MN with her husband.[8]
1930 U.S. Census:
Age 47, living in Nelson, Nuckolls, NE with her son and 4 other children.[9]
1940 U.S. Census:
Age 57, living in Lewisville, Watonwan, MN as a housekeeper.[10]
1950 U.S. Census:
Age 67, living in Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO as a lodger.[11]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Minnesota, Blue Earth County Vital Records, 1865-1927" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-BP9W-MN : 13 June 2016), 004540653 > image 1808 of 2162; county courthouses, Minnesota.
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Web: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. Ancestry Record 70873 #92659591
  3. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTF-6M2F : 21 March 2019), Linda Fortman, 4 Jun 1938; citing Divorce, Elbert, Colorado, United States, Colorado State Archives, Denver.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #150738191
  5. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQXH-SWD : 4 August 2017), L Schwartz in household of W M Schwartz, Pleasant Mound, Blue Earth, Minnesota; citing p. 4, volume Blue Earth, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,734.
  6. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ6Q-YM5 : 3 April 2016), Linda Schwarz in household of W H Schwarz, Pleasant Mound, Blue Earth, Minnesota; citing p. 1, line 33, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,763.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9QS-CZK : accessed 21 December 2019), Linda Schwarz in household of W M Schwarz, Monson Township, Traverse, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 289, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,794.
  8. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQX-X8L : 3 August 2017), Linda M Fortman, Monson township, Traverse, Minnesota; citing p. 4, line 7, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,819.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ27-5J1 : accessed 21 December 2019), Linda M Fortman in household of Martin W Fortman, Nelson, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 1A, line 21, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1289; FHL microfilm 2,341,024.
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLN-TL1 : 25 November 2019), Linda Fortman in household of August Ahl, Lewisville, Lewisville Village, Watonwan, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83-8, sheet 2B, line 75, family 46, 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 1967.
  11. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado; Roll: 3406; Sheet Number: 76; Enumeration District: 21-33 Line #13 Ancestry Record 62308 #19395504




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