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Louis Vicente Ortiz

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Louis Vicente Ortiz

Birth
Mexico
Death
1898 (aged 55–56)
Gibbonsville, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Gibbonsville, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
Plot
No plot
Memorial ID
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He married Josephine about 1874.
1880 United States Federal Census about Vicente Ortez
Name: Vicente Ortez
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Mexico
Home in 1880: Lemhi, Idaho
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Josephine Ortez
Father's Birthplace: Mexico
Mother's Birthplace: Mexico
Occupation: Packer
Household Members:
Name & Age
Vicente Ortez 38
Josephine Ortez 25
Peter Ortez 7 - step-son

According to his son Charles in an article by Matt Bailey, Louis Vicente Ortiz worked as a mule packer up from Mexico. Charles says that his father was killed during a fracas by thieves in the Bitterroot Country of Central Idaho when he was still a young boy, although he forgets the exact date.

His wife Josephine is listed as a widow in the 1900 US census. The death date of 1898 was picked arbitrarily as his exact death date and place are unknown at this time. His name is listed as Pentiz (Present)Ortiz in his daughter Lucy's Death Certificate.
He married Josephine about 1874.
1880 United States Federal Census about Vicente Ortez
Name: Vicente Ortez
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Mexico
Home in 1880: Lemhi, Idaho
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Josephine Ortez
Father's Birthplace: Mexico
Mother's Birthplace: Mexico
Occupation: Packer
Household Members:
Name & Age
Vicente Ortez 38
Josephine Ortez 25
Peter Ortez 7 - step-son

According to his son Charles in an article by Matt Bailey, Louis Vicente Ortiz worked as a mule packer up from Mexico. Charles says that his father was killed during a fracas by thieves in the Bitterroot Country of Central Idaho when he was still a young boy, although he forgets the exact date.

His wife Josephine is listed as a widow in the 1900 US census. The death date of 1898 was picked arbitrarily as his exact death date and place are unknown at this time. His name is listed as Pentiz (Present)Ortiz in his daughter Lucy's Death Certificate.

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It is my hope that until further information comes to light this will be an acceptable memorial for Louis Vicente Ortiz.



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