Wilmer Eyr FORTE^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1876 - 1943  (67 years)

• Name	Wilmer Eyr FORTE  [6]
  Born	18 Jul 1876	Edgemore, , DE, USA   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jul 1943	New York, New York, New York, USA
  Buried	Abt 28 Jul 1943	Pinelawn, Long Island, NY, USA
  Person ID	I314	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry Lincoln FORTE, I,   b. 12 Apr 1855, Orange, New Haven Co, CT, USA ,   d. 28 Sep 1936, Glenside, Montgomery Co, PA, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Marie (Elizabeth) Conley RAUCH,   b. Jun 1856, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Apr 1935, Glenside, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	Abt 1875  [7]
  Family ID	F6165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary A. A. VINCENT,   d. Aft 1908
  Married	29 Dec 1908	, , RI, USA
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F2578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  Wilmer Forte, 1st child of Henry Lincoln Forte & his spouse, was a private in the Spanish American War, Co. F, First Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was married to an Irish girl, but left his wife. He was an actor in the early Vaudeville shows. He was taken to drink, but his niece, Doris Dudick, remembers that he was great fun to be with. He was known by Walter Winchell, news broadcaster and broadway columnist. His unexpected death in New York City was even announced on Walter Winchill's radio program.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1963] Rhode Island Vital Records. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. (www.ancestry.com). [S2539] Norman Leroy Forte Erie, PA interviewed by Linda Coate Dudick, grand-daughter by marriage July 17, 1979 In Linda Coate files (F-17). [S2544] 1900 Federal Census Philadephia, Philadelphia Co., PA. [S2551] 1910 U.S. Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. [S3154] Wilmer Forte Cemetery Information Long Island National Cemetery Pinelawn, Long Island. [S168] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2010 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 1,6742::0., Year: 1880; Census Place: Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1160; Page: 561D; Enumeration District: 055 (Reliability: 0). [S3234] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,7836::0., Source number: 32.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LCD (Reliability: 0).