Fortner Family History
Fortner Name Meaning
German: variant (also Förtner) or Americanized form of
Pförtner, occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled
town or city, or the doorkeeper in a great house, castle, or
monastery, Middle High German portenaere (from Latin
porta ‘door’, ‘gate’). Compare English Porter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Fortner
Name Distribution of Fortner Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fortner families
 7 - 12  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fortner census records
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Fortner Family Origin
Fortner Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Fortner Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Fortner census records
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Military Service by Fortner
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