Diantha (Elizabeth) Fitch BUNNELL b. 28 Jul 1826 West Haven Conn d. 29 Nov 1902 Mt. Vernon, West Chester, NY, USA: Our Family History

1826 - 1902 (76 years)

Name	Diantha (Elizabeth) Fitch BUNNELL [8]
Born	28 Jul 1826	West Haven Conn [8]
Gender	Female
Died	29 Nov 1902	Mt. Vernon, West Chester, NY, USA [1, 9]
Buried	Abt 2 Dec 1902	, New Haven, CT, USA
Person ID	I7577	Ancestrees
Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

Father	Jairus BUNNEL, b. 21 Jul 1789, Cheshire, New Haven, CT , d. 10 Mar 1860, West Haven, New Haven, CT, USA (Age 70 years)
Mother	Martha LINCOLN, b. 21 Jun 1790, , , Vermont, USA , d. 23 Nov 1872, Harlem, District Of Manhattan Borough, NY, USA (Age 82 years)
Married	26 Sep 1810	Cheshire, New Haven, CT
Family ID	F6150	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Edward Cyrus FORTE, b. 7 Mar 1821, , , Barbados , d. 14 Jun 1858, Minatitlan, Tehuantepec, , Mexico (Age 37 years)

Married 24 Oct 1842 New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA

Children

	1. Leslie (Lester) Baldwin FORTE, b. 1 Apr 1844, Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT, USA , d. 8 Jan 1911, Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA (Age 66 years)
	2. Elizabeth Anna FORTE, b. 8 Feb 1846, , New Haven, CT, USA , d. 24 Feb 1870, New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA (Age 24 years)
	3. Edward (Eddie) Cyrus FORTE, b. 5 Nov 1851, , New Haven, CT, USA , d. 10 Jun 1942, Fenton, Genesee, MI, USA (Age 90 years)
	4. 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)

Last Modified 8 Jul 2022

Family ID F2039 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

There are 6 spoons in existence belonging to Edward and Diantha Forte with the initials E.D.F. on them. As far as I know these are still in existence with Hank and Ray Forte. They were trademarked in 1801, and as such, were made well before Diantha and Edward were born. (F-4) There is a tin type photo of Diantha in Linda Dudick's care thanks to Bill and Ann Forte. Diantha was employed as a house mother for a local college during some of her life. (F-17)

When her husband was murdered in Mexico, she did not have the money to care for her children. They therefore went to live with relatives at fairly young ages. Leslie, Elizabeth and Henry Lincoln went to live with relatives in Philadelphia, PA and son Edward C. went to live with his mother's cousin, Marie Amelia Bunnell and her husband Zera Patterson in Fenton, Michigan. Her three children in Philadelphia were raised as Catholics. Edward was raised an Episcopalian. That must have been a very difficult decision to make and live with. Much of this information is from an interview with Margaret Bennett, Diantha's great granddaughter. She believed that Diantha attended St. Paul's Church in Mount Vernon, West Chester Co., NY near the end of her life.

[S2799] Raymond & Clara Forte Corrigan, Pedigree Chart prepared by Clara Patterson Forte? deceased It is accurate to the family history passed down by Edward Cyrus Forte (1851-1942).
[S2810] An inventory of the antique family spoons from the Forte/Lincoln family.
[S2804] Jarius Bunnel of Cheshire, CN New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ In possession of Libby Swenson (Boston: Greenough & Stebbins, 1809).
[S2872] Edward Forte Family Bible Boston: Greenough & Stebbins, (1809).
[S2539] Norman Leroy Forte Erie, PA interviewed by Linda Coate Dudick, grand-daughter by marriage July 17, 1979 In Linda Coate files (F-17).
[S2826] 1850 U.S. Census Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
[S1905] Bennett, Margaret, Interview of Margaret Bennett of Porterville, CA by Linda Coate Dudick, in the 1980's or 90's.
[S3315] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2015 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,60872::0., Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan (Reliability: 0).
[S2858] Hale, Charles, CT Vital Records.

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