Fortmann, Clemens August Ludwig

Clemens August Ludwig Fortmann Soundex Code F635

Clemens August Ludwig Fortmann, born in 1824, was Henry Fortmann’s younger brother, who joined him in the U.S. shortly after Henry's immigration and bought an adjacent parcel of land. The Fortmann brothers married sisters, Catherine and Mary Lauterman, in New Trier, IL. In 1871, at age 47, Clemens was tragically killed when a cart axle fell on him leaving his 8-1/2 month pregnant wife and 9 other children to combine with brother Henry’s wife and 6 children in their home at present day 6710 N. Seeley Avenue. This land was sold in 1910 to the Edgewater Golf Club (now Warren Park).

In 1894, Clemen’s youngest son, Frederick Fortmann, born in 1869, and Peter Schmidt’s youngest daughter, Louisa Smith (born in 1871) were married. They had four sons.