When Mitchell Griffin Fortner II was born on 10 January 1856, in Irwin, Georgia, United States, his father, Honorable Hardy Eason “Fred” Fortner, was 24 and his mother, Martha Smith, was 26. He married Mary Frances Wallace on 28 October 1874, in Polk, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States in 1900 and Kathleen, Polk, Florida, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 April 1934, in Polk, Florida, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1870: Polk, Florida, United States
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German: variant (also Förtner) or Americanized form of Pförtner, an occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper in a great house, castle, or monastery, Middle High German phortenaere (from Latin porta ‘door, gate’). Compare English Porter .
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