Albert Francis FORTNER

Birth:
10 Jan 1854
Covington, Grant, Kentucky
Death:
24 May 1907
Hamilton, Butler, OHio
Burial:
27 May 1907
Hamilton, Butler, OHio
Marriage:
11 Apr 1872
Grant County, Kentucky
Notes:
                       Source:  Ancestral file of the LDS Church has his name spelled FALKNER and
    personal records of Edward E. Wiggins.
    IGI checked Aug 1995:verified temple work.
    Marriage Register Grant Co., KY. 1820-1890.
                  
Emma Green RANKIN
Birth:
31 Aug 1854
Grant, Kentucky
Death:
21 Oct 1919
Hamilton, Butler, OHio
Burial:
24 Oct 1919
Hamilton, Butler, OHio
Notes:
                       Source:  Ancestral file of the LDS Church and personal records of Edward E.
    Wiggins.
    5 on 1860 Census, Grant Co., Gouge P.O., Kentucky (Film 803368)
    age 16 on 1870 Census Grant Co., Kentucky, (Cordova Pct. p 39-40)
    Alice Barney Wiggins proxy for Sealing to Parents.
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
6 Aug 1873
Grant, Kentucky
Death:
Marr:
25 Dec 1901
Hamilton, Butler, OHio 
Notes:
                       First married: Joseph Henry Wiggins 25 Dec 1901; second married:  Robert
    Ellis, brother of Thomas Jefferson Ellis (husband of Martha Ellen Wiggins).
    Laura Fortner Ellis provided some information 1945 & 1960, last known address
    was RR #5, Hamilton, Ohio.
    Butler Co. Ohio Marriage:  F355781 pg 190. Copy of Marriage Application and
    Certificate of Marriage in possession of Edward E. Wiggins.
                  
2
Walter William FORTNER
Birth:
30 Sep 1875
Grant, Kentucky
Death:
22 Jul 1966
Anderson, Madison, Indiana
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       IGI   checked 6 Oct 1995: not listed on IGI.
    Married Mary  Alice Mills.
    Soc. Sec. # 305-10-1451 issued in Indiana.
                  
3
FORTNER
Birth:
29 Sep 1876
Grant, Kentucky
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Source, film # 174934 (births) Grant Co., KY  Father listed as Albert Faulkner
    of Grant Co., KY
                  
4
Birth:
23 Sep 1878
Williamstown, Grant, Kentucky
Burial:
Butler, OHio
Marr:
8 Mar 1900
Hamilton, Butler, OHio 
Notes:
                       Marriage Records: Butler Co., Ohio F 355781 Pg 278. Marriage Application and
    Certificate of Marriage shows his father as Albert Fortner, and mother as Emma
    Rankin. He was listed as 22 yrs old and his occupation as laborer.
    Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery, Butler Co., Ohio: Source: 977.175 V22st pg 4.
    Laura Fortner Ellis, RR #4, Hamilton, Ohio source of informaton before 1990.
    Edward E. Wiggins proxy for Baptism, Confirmation and Endowment and Sealing to
    parents.
    not on Soc. Sec. Death register checked 20 Jun 1995.
                  
5
Birth:
26 Jun 1882
Franklin, Indiana
Death:
27 Feb 1908
Peoria, Peoria, Illinois
Marr:
31 Jan 1900
Hamilton, Butler, OHio 
Notes:
                       Source:  Ancestral file of the LDS Church, personal records of Edward E.
    Wiggins.
    Marriage Records Butler Co. Ohio: Source F 355781 pg 258. Copy in possession
    of Edward E. Wiggins.  Shows her age as 18 on 15 Oct 1899, her father's name is
    Albert Fortner and mother is Emma Rankin.
                  
6
Birth:
13 Dec 1884
Franklin, Indiana
Death:
Marr:
16 Feb 1905
Butler, OHio 
Notes:
                       Marriage Records: Butler Co., Ohio: F355784 pg 44.  Father: Albert Fortner,
    and mother: Emma Rankin.  He was 20 yrs old, he had his parents permission to
    marry.  His occpuation was listed as Spring Maker. Copy of Marriage Application
    and certificate of marriage in possession of Edward E. Wiggins.
    Laura Ellis, RR #5, Hamilton, Ohio:source of information before 1990.
    IGI   Checked 6 Oct 1995: not on.  Found his birth date as 13 Dec 1884.
    Not on Soc. Sec. Death
                  
7
Luther FORTNER
Birth:
15 Jul 1890
Butler, OHio
Death:
May 1974
Hamilton, Butler, OHio
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       death date found on Social Security Death index, SSN 300-09-3895.
    Laura Ellis, RR #5, Hamilton, Ohio source of informaton before 1990.
    On 1910 Census: Hamilton, Butler, Ohio listed as 17 yrs old with Joseph
    Wiggins.
                  
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Albert Francis Fortner - Emma Green Rankin

Albert Francis Fortner was born at Covington, Grant, Kentucky 10 Jan 1854. His parents were Joshua Falkner and Nancy Sipple.

He married Emma Green Rankin 11 Apr 1872 at Grant County, Kentucky . Emma Green Rankin was born at Grant, Kentucky 31 Aug 1854 daughter of John B. Rankin and Elizabeth I. Fitch .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Laura A. Fortner born 6 Aug 1873.
Walter William Fortner born 30 Sep 1875.
Fortner born 29 Sep 1876.
Sydney T. Fortner born 23 Sep 1878.
Mattie D. Fortner born 26 Jun 1882.
Roscoe Fortner born 13 Dec 1884.
Luther Fortner born 15 Jul 1890.

Albert Francis Fortner died 24 May 1907 at Hamilton, Butler, OHio .

Emma Green Rankin died 21 Oct 1919 at Hamilton, Butler, OHio .