Louisa Smith

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Louisa Smith (born in 1871), was the youngest daughter of Peter Schmidt. In 1894, Frederick Fortmann and Louisa, were married, making Louisa's new name Louisa Fortman.

Frederick and Louisa had four sons, Frederick Peter, born in 1895, and Albert Joseph, born in 1905]] who continued the greenhouse operations. Son Lawrence, born in 1896, was a printer at Ridge and Farwell and Father Edmund, born in 1901, was professor of theology at Loyola University.