William Frank Fournier ¹⁴²

  Research Notes:

My Grandfathers Obit.
Obit in the Seattle Times for William F. Fournier
WILLIAM F. FOURNIER
Funeral services for William F. Fournier, 81 a retired steam shovel operator and construction worker will be held at 4:30 o'clock Monday in Buttersworth's chapel. Cremation will follow.
Mr. Fournier, 307 W. Mercer St., Seattle, WA died yesterday in a hospital. He was born in Huron County, Mich. He came to Seattle from Cheboygen, Mich., in 1909. He worked on construction projects throughout the west.
Survivors are his wife, Letha May; two sons, Russel F. Fournier, Tacoma (really he lived in Federal Way), and Irving T. Fournier, Washington DC; a brother Joseph Fournier, Perkins, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Schwartz, Chyboyan, and Mrs. Emma Schwartz, Bay City, Mich., and six grandchildren.
and his Brother Louis

posted by 'hegseth' Ancestry member - see Fournier Family Tree


^364,1933

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Everett, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States. ¹⁹³⁴

2. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Port Angeles, Clallam Co, Washington, United States. ¹⁹³⁵

William married Tina Prestlien, daughter of Iver Mikkelsen Prestlien and Kjersti Simensdatter Grue, in 1917 in Washingon, United States ⁴⁵¹.^,452 (Tina Prestlien was born on 19 Apr 1894 in Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States,⁴⁵³ died on 4 Nov 1976 in Stanwood, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ⁴⁵³ and was buried in Zion (Peace) Lutheran Cemetery, Silvana, Snohomish Co, Washington, United States ^454,455.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage, 1917, Nov or Dec 1917, Washingon, United States. ⁴⁵² The Tacoma Times newspaper records under the section, "Society" "Marriage licences were issued Thursday to William Frank Fournier of Ashford and Eva Tina Prestlien of Seattle. It is assumed that the marriage occured later in Nov or Dec 1917. There is no marriage record of certificate on Washington State Digital Archives.