The Fortney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,853 people carried this name — #6,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,833).

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In print

Fortney in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Evening Missourian carrying the name Fortney
The Evening Missourian 1919-09-01
Newspaper page from The Columbia Evening Missourian carrying the name Fortney
The Columbia Evening Missourian 1921-06-24
Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Fortney
The Enterprise 1910-08-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Fortney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernie Fortney 1915–1987 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Fortney,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States262 records

262 records of the Fortney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 186
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles D. Fortney

    Born 1919 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1944 at Huntington; meat cutter from Berkeley County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kendall Thomas Fortney

    Born 1941; from Stoughton, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1968 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jacob W. Fortney

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1843, died 1921; buried at Camp Ground Cemetery, Tunnelton, West Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 262 records for Fortney in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Fortney name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Shelley Marie Louise Fortney

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 30.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Michael Fortney

    Died 1940; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Herbert Joseph Fortney

    Buried in 1977 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 11 records for Fortney in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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