Brief Life History of Anthony Gene
When Anthony Gene Fortner was born in 1959, his father, Roy Edman Fortner, was 26 and his mother, Ruby Jean Wilson, was 22. He died in 1973, in Holly Pond, Cullman, Alabama, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Brooklyn, Cullman, Alabama, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Anthony Gene Fortner, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Anthony Gene Fortner, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1933–1984 Male
1937–2013 Female
Siblings (1)
1959–1973 Male
World Events (8)
1960
Age 1
1960 · Fifty Star Flag
Age 1
1964 · The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Age 5
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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