FatherEugene Fortin1
MotherMarie Coluean1
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Henri Fortin was born in 1865.1 
He married Annie Milovitch, daughter of Thomas Milovitch and Eliza Meagher, in 1892 in Shepparton, Victoria.2,3 
He died in 1918 in Shepparton, Victoria.1 

Family

Annie Milovitch b. 17 Nov 1865, d. 28 Jun 1939
Children
ChartsMilovitch, Thomas, descendant chart

Story

Marriage and Family
Annie Milovitch and Henri Fortin were married at the Roman Catholic church in Shepparton on 27 January 1892. They had two children between 1893 and 1896.

Witnesses to the marriage were William O'Connell and Annie's sister Mary Milovitch. Annie and Henri married on the fourth Wednesday of the month, and William and Mary married on the fourth Wednesday in January the following year.

At the time of their marriage, Annie lived in Mooroopna. Henri gave his current residence as Mooroopna, but his usual address as Nagambie.3,4
 
The couple had two boys, Eugene Vincent Fortin, known as Vince, and Andre Henri Fortin, later known as Andrew. Both were born in Mooroopna.5,6
 
Park St Property
In August 1896, Henri purchased block 2, lot 19, Park St (later part of 4 Park St). It had a 50 link (10 m) frontage by 475 links (96 m) deep. On the same day, his father-in-law Thomas Milovitch purchased the adjacent (east side) block 1 of the same dimensions.

In April 1906, the property title passed to John Henry Sadler, a baker.

It is not known whether Henri and Annie ever built a house or lived there.7

Title held by Henri Fortin, Mooroopna, Sep 1896
Image: Land Registry Services
Family Life 
In 1907, son Andre enrolled at St Brendan's school in Shepparton. And from 1908 the family lived in a wine shop in Wyndham St run by Henri.8,9
 
The family remained in the Wyndhan St wine shop until at least 1915. By 1917, they were in a wine shop in High St.10,11,12
 

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Henri Fortin entry, death registration no. 14661, 1918.
  2. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Henri Fortin and Annie Milovitch entry, marriage registration 862, 1892.
  3. [S492] Henri Fortin and Annie Milovitch, marriage registration no. 862, 27 January 1892.
  4. [S64] William Patrick O'Connell and Mary Elizabeth Millovitch, marriage registration no. 800, 25 January 1893.
  5. [S145] Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901: Indexes to births deaths and marriages in Victoria, CD-ROM, Macbeth Genealogical Services, 1997, 'Andre Henri' Fortin entry, birth registration no. 5255, 1897.
  6. [S145] Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901: Indexes to births deaths and marriages in Victoria, CD-ROM, Macbeth Genealogical Services, 1997, 'Eugene Vincent' Fortin entry, birth registration no. 6042, 1893.
  7. [S561] LANDATA, online property information, certificate of title, vol. 2619, folio 523686, Mooroopna 1896-1909.
  8. [S165] History of St Brendan's Primary School 1891-1991, St Brendan's Centenary History Committee, 1991, p. 67.
  9. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Echuca, subdivision of Shepparton, 1908.
  10. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Echuca, subdivision of Shepparton, 1914.
  11. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Echuca, subdivision of Shepparton, 1915.
  12. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Echuca, subdivision of Shepparton, 1917.