Fortier, Blanche May

Birth Name Fortier, Blanche May
Gender female
Age at Death 87 years, 29 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Burial   Ferncliff Cem., Westchester, NY  
 
Birth 1893-03-13 New York, NY  
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Death 1980-04-11 Ramapo, Rockland, NY  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Fortier, Joseph Allen1866-04-301912-08-26
Mother Dunham, Ella May1867-01-171910-06-23
    Brother     Fortier, Chester A 1890-10-04 1892-11-22
         Fortier, Blanche May 1893-03-13 1980-04-11

Families

    Family of Mackay, Joseph Wallace Jr and Fortier, Blanche May
Married Husband Mackay, Joseph Wallace Jr ( * 1888-11-18 + 1973-11-18 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1911-03-18    
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Narrative

BURIAL: Ferncliff Cemetery, Ardsley, Westchester Co., NY, perMary Alice Mackay 19 Jul 1996, and per death cert.living places in Westchester and Rockland, as noted by EvelynMackay c.1980 and transcribed by Ruth Mackay (Dobbs Ferrythrough Hastings); extended by Ruth Mackay 9 May 1997:Dobbs FerryNyackPearl RiverPeekskill (2 places)Briarcliff ManorMontroseBuchananArdsley ("Daniels house")Dobbs Ferry (Ruth born)Hastings-on-Hudson (Kenneth born?)Spring Valley (N. Main St.)HillcrestSpring Valley (Pipetown Hill, white house, Ruth=kindergarten)Spring Valley (Pipetown Hill, next to Johnsons, R=1st grade)Nyack (Mr. Lathen's, Ruth had own room with taxidermyon wall in glass, 2nd grade)Orangeburg (brick row. Josie chased Gordon Kettle with a gun,then Josie hid out in NJ, 3rd grade)New City (w/o Josie, end of 3rd grade)West Nyack (Scotty's, Josie back, 4th grade)Central Nyack (Main St., 5th grade)Central Nyack (O'Brien's. 2 old O'Brien men lived in Congers.outhouse. Evelyn married. Eddie went to boss Bellows and gotpolice. Josie got 60 days in the slammer for beating upBlanche. 6th and 7th grade)West Nyack (Greenbush Rd. 8th grade)Ruth's years at Congers High School:West Nyack (Collins)Valley Cottage (apt.- 1 mo.)Valley Cottage (cottage w/ no indoor plumbing except handpump in kitchen.)Ruth moved in with Ed's wife Marion in Bardonia during World WarII.Blanche next moved to Nyack (hwy 9W) and married Gordon duringWW II.Nyack (Depew Ave)Central Nyack (cottage next to daughter Dorothy's place; manyyears 1950s and1960s)Bardonia (2nd story, near son Eddie. Torn down to widen Rt. 304)Nanuet (behind Rt. 304per death cert. (state file# 27977, recorded district 4353,register#106) 11 Apr 1980, Rockland Co. Infirmary, Ramapo, NY, ofcongestive heartfailure, consequence of ASHD, contributed to by hypertension

Pedigree

  1. Fortier, Joseph Allen
    1. Dunham, Ella May
      1. Fortier, Chester A
      2. Fortier, Blanche May
        1. Mackay, Joseph Wallace Jr

Ancestors

Source References

  1. transcribed by Diana Ferretti McElroy: No title - ID S0112