Altha J. Blake - b. 1853

      1. Altha J. Blake  was born^1,2  on 12 Feb 1853 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA. She died on 6 Nov 1914 in Grand Rapids, Mi. She was buried³  in Nov 1914 in Oak Hill Cemetary, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA.

Altha was counted in a census⁴  in 1880 at  Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan, USA. She was counted in a census⁵  in 1900 at  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA.

Altha married⁶  Henry Ortt  son of Jacob Ortt and Esther Berger on 2 Jul 1871 in Methodist Episcopal Church, Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan, USA. Henry was born⁷  in Dec 1847 in Niagara, Niagara, New York, USA. He died on 30 Jan 1923 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. He was buried⁸  in 1923 in Oak Hill Cemetary, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA.

Henry was counted in a census⁹  in 1880 at  Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan, USA. He was employed¹⁰  as stone mason in 1880 in Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan, USA. He was counted in a census¹¹  in 1900 at  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA. He was counted in a census¹²  in 1920 at  , Kent, Michigan, USA.

Appendix A  -  Notes

1.  Altha J. Blake

Burial:

Oakhill Cemetery

Grand Rapids

Kent County

Michigan, USA

Plot: Block 8, Lot 34

1S.  Henry Ortt

Data on Henry Ortt taken from notes provided by Loretta M. Ortt.  Additional data on death dates and burial

location derived from papers from the Flat River Valley-Pioneer Record for Maud Ellen Clarke Ortt, his wife.

Henry's middle name may have been Lewis.  He died at the home of his son James (J.B.) in Chicago, ILL. 

Date of burial was probably in Feb of 1923.

Burial:

Oakhill Cemetery

Grand Rapids

Kent County

Michigan, USA

Plot: Block 8, Lot 34

Sources

  1.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1900 United States Federal Census  (Compiled by: Family History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), 11 May 2012, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.

  2.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave  (http://www.findagrave.com/), 11 May 2012, Find A Grave, PO Box 522107, Salt Lake City, UT 84152-2107.

  3.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave , 11 May 2012.

  4.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census  (Compiled by: Family History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), 11 May 2012, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.

  5.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1900 United States Federal Census , 11 May 2012.

  6.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Michigan, Marriages 1868-1925  (Compiled by: Family History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), 11 May 2012, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.

  7.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1900 United States Federal Census , 11 May 2012.

  8.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave , 11 May 2012."Created by: Jim Smith

Record added: Sep 30, 2011Find A Grave Memorial# 77345680."

  9.  Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census , 11 May 2012.

  10. Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census , 11 May 2012.

  11. Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1900 United States Federal Census , 11 May 2012.

  12. Compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1920 United States Federal Census  (Compiled by: Family History Library; FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), 11 May 2012, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.