Edward Cyrus Forte ²¹

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[MyFamily.com, Inc. WFT Vol. 150, Ed. 1, Tree #0018, Date of Import: Dec29, 2004]

Linda Coate Website

"At age 7 yrs., Edward Cyrus Forte II was taken by Zera Patterson & MarieAmelia Bunnell Patterson to raise in Michigan. Zera always recognizedECII as his son. Zera was born in C(anadaigua), N.Y. in 1821 and asayoung boy moved to (Guss) Lake Mich.

Maria Amelia Bunnel was born in Canadaigua, N.Y. on 8/20/1825. She died12/12/1897. She moved to "(Grass) Lake, Mich. They were m. (in) (Grass)Lake Michigan in 18? & moved to Fenton in 1872 where they lived 12 yearsafter which they moved to Detroit in 1884. Three years after Maria'sdeath Zera married Miss Minnie French." (F-320: Info. from Libby Swenson,great, great granddaughter of Jarius and Martha Lincoln Bunnell,andgranddaughter of this Edward Cyrus Forte.)

Edward C. Forte was married in Fenton, Michigan on Dec. 2, 1974. He was adry goods merchant for many years before becoming a Vice-Presidentandthen President of a Commercial Savings Bank in Fenton. After hisretirement, he and his wife would spend their winters in Fenton and theirsummers in Glendale, California. His wife died in Glendale in 1930. Hedied Thursday at 2 p.m. June 11, 1942 at age 90. (His obit. says he was91, but this appears to have been in error. It also gave his marriagedate as one year earlier than all other sources) His obituary is copiedin F-314d. It is his daughter, Mrs. Corrigan, that gleaned and kept muchfamily history from her father and passed it down to her daughter,LibbySwenson. He and wife had one daughter only. Libby is who I received thesexeroxed copies from. In her mother's family pedigree is states thatEdward Cyrus died June 10, 1942 instead of June 11, 1942.

Edward married Fannie Amelia Guest on 2 Dec 1874 in Fenton, Genesee County, MI.²¹ (Fannie Amelia Guest was born on 13 Oct 1853 in Fenton, Genesee County, MI ²¹ and died on 12 Oct 1930 in Glendale, CA ²¹.)