James Fortier (1851 - 1918)

Born 15 Jan 1851 in Leeds, Canada-East

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Edith Sherwood — married 1 Sep 1881 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada

Died 15 Aug 1918 at age 67 in Westmount, Québec, Canada

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Biography

James is the son of Andrew Fortier and Ann Reid. He was a professional landscape and portrait photographer located at Inverness, Québec, Canada. In a quirk without much explanation, he took a photograph of Eugène Codère in 1908, They were 6th cousins once removed. 50 years later his son Jacques Codère married Lorraine Smith, from whom I received what remained of his archive.

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These are two photos from the copyrighted McKelvie Album: Duncan Stewart and Sara Stewart. An inferior copy is with the family archive. ^[1]

There are two accounts of his standing as a professional photographer, in this English text^[2] and this French text^[3]

Note

005798-1891 (Leeds Co) James FORTIER, 28, Photographer, Leeds - Magantic Co. Que., Inverness - Megantic Co. Que., s/o Andrew FORTIER & Ann Reed FORTIER, married Victoria Elizabeth SHERWOOD, 20, Brockville, same, d/o Augustus SHERWOOD & Elizabeth SHERWOOD, witn: Samuel FORTIER, of Danville Que., Francis SHERWOOD, of Brockville, 1 Sept 1881 at Brockville^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ BeeArchive website
2. ↑ International-Photographers.pdf Photographers of the World (Non-USA)
3. ↑ Dictionnaire des artistes de langue française en Amérique du Nord
4. ↑ Manitoba Historical Society

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