Fortey, Alfred^{[1, 2, 3]}

1874 - 1954  (79 years)

• Name	Fortey, Alfred
  	VARIANT NAME: Forty, Alfred.
  Birth	22 Jul 1874	Dum Dum, Calcutta, West Bengal, India   [4, 5]
  	His surname is enumerated as Forty.
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1901	Windermere, BC
  Home Address/Year	1901	Windermere, BC
  Death	27 Feb 1954	Ottawa, ON   [6, 7]
  Burial	2 Mar 1954	Bellevue Cemetery, Ottawa, ON   [6]
  Person ID	I2368	Camera Workers | F, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: During the South African War, Fortey enlisted in Lord Strathcona's Horse on 12 Feb 1900 in Calgary, AB. He gave his birthplace as Dum Dum, India and occupation as cowboy; in his attestation paper his occupation was rancher. He was sent back to England on a medical discharge on 25 Jan 1901. He made his way to Canada and by Apr 1901 was living in Windermere, BC when the census was taken. A document in his South African War personnel file confirms his presence in Windermere in 1901. He returned to fight in South Africa and was wounded in 1902 (Canterbury, BC, The Outcrop, 17 Apr 1902, p. 1). He was listed as a photographer in the 1901 Canada census. Fortey eventually moved to Ottawa where he married and resided for most of his life.

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901). Windermere: not listed [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902). Windermere: not listed [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900). Windermere: not listed [S647] Census of Canada 1901. Province of BC, District no. 5 Yale-Cariboo (N.E.H.), Sub-district no. D, Polling sub-division no. 6 in Windermere (North East Kootenay) [S832] Find a Grave (Web site). Alfred Fortey URL (accessed 30 Jan 2024): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206620222/alfred-fortey [S916] Ottawa Journal, 1 Mar 1954, 4. "Alfred Fortey Dies in His 80th Year" [S916] Ottawa Journal, 3 Mar 1956, 2. "Mrs. Alfred Fortey Dies in 80th Year"