William Forfar

(1757 - 1844)
Father*Alexander Forfar
Mother*Helen Dow
William Forfar was born in Scotland in 1757.

Formerly a school teacher at Cairnlee, he was presented to King George III on the 26th of September 1792. After being ordained into the Presbyterian Church on the 24th of January 1793, he remained in the ministry at Saline for 52 years. He was the first preacher at the 'modern' (1811) church.1

He married Maxwell Bethune, daughter of Neil Bethune and Janet Jamison, in Saline, Fife, on 14 March 1794.2

He was widowed on the death of his wife Maxwell in 1832.

William died on 24 November 1844 in Saline, Fife.

Family

Maxwell Bethune (1759 - 1832)
Child

Citations

  1. [S591] Interview - Harley Bates, 1988.
  2. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, Parish of Saline, OPR Marriages, GRO 455/00 0010 0261 FR279.
  3. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, Parish of Saline, OPR Birth/Baptisms, GRO 455/00 0010 0137.

Edward Ellis Forrester1,2

(1872 - 1911)
Edward Ellis FORRESTER (1872-1911) on his wedding day, 1899
Edward's birth was registered between April 1872 and June 1872 in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.2

He married Ethel Dorothy Stevens, daughter of John Foster Stevens KCSI and Frances Louisa Jeremie, at St Paul's Cathedral in Calcutta, Bengal, on 9 December 1899.1,3
Wedding of Edward Ellis FORRESTER and Ethel D STEVENS, Calcutta, 1899
He was buried on 10 March 1911 at the Church of England New Cemetery in Gaya.4

Edward died on 10 March 1911 in Gaya, Bengal, of tetanus. He was the District and Sessions Judge of Gaya at the time of his death and his wife was in England.5

Family

Ethel Dorothy Stevens (1879 - 1952)
Child
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Tuesday, Jun 18, 1929; pg. 18; Issue 45232; col B.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Malmesbury, Vol 5a, p47, 2Q1872, mother's maiden name SWENY.
  3. [S938] National Archives - British India Office Records, Archive Ref: N/1/278, folio 260, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal 1713-1948.
  4. [S938] National Archives - British India Office Records, Archive Ref: N/1/371, p185, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal 1713-1948.
  5. [S938] National Archives - British India Office Records, Archive Ref: N/1/371, p185, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal 1713-1948; also Reference L-AG-34-14A-8, Deaths in the Uncovenanted Service.

Frances Joan Forrester

(1906 - )
Father*Edward Ellis Forrester b. 1872, d. 1911
Mother*Ethel Dorothy Stevens b. 1879, d. 1952
Frances's birth was registered between July 1906 and September 1906 in St Marylebone, London, Middlesex.1

She married Isaac Evans Rodgers at St George Anglican in Montreal, Quebec, on 5 October 1929.2,3
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of St Marylebone, Vol 1a, p493, 3Q1906. mother's maiden name STEVENS, child unnamed.
  2. [S6] Newspaper - Times of London, Monday, Sep 02, 1929; pg. 15; Issue 45297; col C.
  3. [S418] Ancestry.com - misc sources, at https://www.ancestry.com/, Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967.

Ada Jane Hampton Forsaith1,2

(1840 - 1898)
Father*William Smyth Forsaith1,2 b. 1812, d. 1853
Mother*Clara Lydia Bolton Twynam1,2 b. 1813, d. 1886
Ada's birth was registered in May 1840 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex.1,3,4,5 and was baptised on 29 May 1840 in St Leonards Shoreditch.2
The siblings Clara and Ada were listed in the 1841 census at 190 Shoreditch in St Leonards Shoreditch, Middlesex, with their parents, William Smyth Forsaith and Clara Lydia Bolton Twynam.6
She was attending the Desboro House School, Finsbury at Paddington at the time of the 1851 UK census along with her sister Clara.7
The siblings Ada, Alfred and Mary were listed in the 1861 census in Camborne, Cornwall, with their mother Clara Lydia Bolton Twynam.8
The siblings Ada, Alfred, Ellen and Mary were listed in the 1871 census at Therenson Terrace in Camborne, Cornwall, with their mother Clara Lydia Bolton Twynam.9
She was listed as the sister of Alfred John Forsaith in the 1881 Census at 6 Belmont Drive in Walton on Hill, Lancashire.3

Ada died on 25 June 1898 at Pengeggon House in Camborne, Cornwall, at age 58.1,10,11,12

Her will was probated in Bodmin, Cornwall, on 11 August 1898 with Alfred John Forsaith appointed administrator of effects valued at £314/6/8.11
ChartsSamuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S166] J W Forsaith, "Forsaith Family tree 1715-1942."
  2. [S581] National Archives Film - London Metropolitan Archives, Shoreditch St Leonard, Register of Baptism, P91/LEN/A/01/Ms 7496, Item 48.
  3. [S116] Census - 3 Apr 1881, UK Census, ED 1 RG11-3686 Folio 7 p7 FHL film 1341883.
  4. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Shoreditch, Vol 2, p359, 2Q1840, mother's maiden name TWYNAM.
  5. [S581] National Archives Film - London Metropolitan Archives, Gives age at baptism as 3 wks on 29th May.
  6. [S117] Census - 6 Jun 1841, UK census, ED 7 HO107-706-4 Folio 10 p12.
  7. [S118] Census - 30 Mar 1851, UK census, ED 6b HO107-1466 Folio 318 p44-45 GSU roll 87787.
  8. [S340] Census - 7 Apr 1861, UK census, ED 11 RG9-1584 Folio 74 p1 GSU roll 542835.
  9. [S367] Census - 2 Apr 1871, UK census, ED 3 RG10-2323 Folio 93 p68 GSU roll 838825.
  10. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Redruth, Vol 5c, p148.
  11. [S677] Index - England High Court of Justice, England & Wales National Probate Calendar, administration (with will) at Bodmin to Alfred John FORSAITH, manager of patent-fuse-manufactury; note this gives a death date of 22 Jun.
  12. [S901] Newspaper - Royal Cornwall Gazette Falmouth Packet, Cornish Weekly News, & General Advertiser, issue of Tuesday, June 30, 1898; issue 4953; p5, Deaths.

Ada Jane Louise Forsaith1

(1871 - 1932)
Father*Thomas Forsaith1 b. 1846, d. 1902
Mother*Ada Mary Hall1 b. 1845, d. 1932
Ada Jane Louise Forsaith was born in Nth Adelaide, South Australia, on 25 March 1871.1

She married Max Gottschalk at the residence of William Leask in Semaphore, Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 25 January 1909.2

Ada died on 20 October 1932 in Adelaide, South Australia, at age 61.3 She was buried at the North Road Cemetery.3

Family

Max Gottschalk (1876 - 1962)
ChartsSamuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S365] CD - Sth Australian Births, Sth Aust Index of Births 1842-1906, Book 93, p26.
  2. [S414] CD - Sth Australian Marriages, Sth Aust Index of Marriages 1842-1916, Book 238, p159.
  3. [S657] National Archives Film - Adelaide Nth Road Cemetery; microfiche.

Ada Marian Forsaith1

(1920 - 1996)
Father*Frank Lee Forsaith1 b. 1884, d. 1964
Mother*Ella Marian Gare1 b. 1890, d. 1988
Ada Marian Forsaith was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, on 23 January 1920.1

She married Robert Lindsay Gordon at Pirie St Methodist Church in Port Pirie, South Australia, on 19 October 1946.2

She was widowed at age 56 on the death of her husband Robert on 26 June 1976.3

Ada's second marriage was to Alexander Campbell Davey on 24 January 1981.

She was widowed at age 73 on the death of her husband Alexander on 1 March 1993.4

Ada died on 9 July 1996 in South Australia at age 76.3 She was cremated at the Centennial Park in Pasadena on 12 July 1996.5

Family 1

Robert Lindsay Gordon (1916 - 1976)

Family 2

Alexander Campbell Davey (1919 - 1993)
ChartsSamuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S416] CD - Sth Australian Births, Sth Aust Index of Births 1907-1928, Book 14A, p257.
  2. [S769] Newspaper - Adelaide Advertiser, issue of 17 Oct 1946, p14, Forthcoming Marriage.
  3. [S238] Centennial Park Cemetery database, at https://www.centennialpark.org
  4. [S238] Centennial Park Cemetery database, at https://www.centennialpark.org, internment right 230798 on 22 Apr 1993, at Harmony, wall 96, niche A004.
  5. [S238] Centennial Park Cemetery database, at https://www.centennialpark.org, Service No. 226526, and 226527 on 12 July, memorial at Hibiscus Court Gardens, RB 2 59.

Ada Mary Forsaith1

(1877 - 1933)
Father*Joseph Forsaith1 b. 1848, d. 1913
Mother*Clara Mary Anne Mitchell1 b. 1854, d. 1926
Ada Mary Forsaith was born in Nth Adelaide, South Australia, on 29 January 1877.1

She married George Sharp Deas at Congregational Church in Port Pirie, South Australia, on 18 May 1922.2

She was widowed at age 51 on the death of her husband George on 17 December 1928.3,4

Ada died on 19 September 1933 in College Park, Norwood, South Australia, at age 56.3,5 She was buried on 20 September 1933 at the Port Pirie Cemetery in Port Pirie.3,6

Family

George Sharp Deas (c 1860 - 1928)
ChartsSamuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S365] CD - Sth Australian Births, Sth Aust Index of Births 1842-1906, Book 177, p353.
  2. [S415] CD - Sth Australian Marriages, Sth Aust Index of Marriages 1917-1937, Book 291, p654.
  3. [S683] National Archives Film - Port Pirie Cemetery Inscriptions; microfiche.
  4. [S534] CD - Sth Australian Deaths, Sth Aust Index of Deaths 1916-1972, Book 508, p482.
  5. [S534] CD - Sth Australian Deaths, Sth Aust Index of Deaths 1916-1972, Book 551, p323.
  6. [S588] Port Pirie Regional Council cemetery database, at https://www.pirie.sa.gov.au, Protestant Reserve A, Lot 42, grave 2, order 5675.

Agnes Mary Forsaith1,2

(1873 - 1877)
Father*John Stokes Forsaith1,2 b. 1839, d. 1902
Mother*Sarah Esther Roberts1,2 b. 1840, d. 1895
Agnes Mary Forsaith was born in Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, on 21 December 1873.1,2

Agnes died on 22 April 1877 in Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, at age 3.1,3
ChartsSamuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S166] J W Forsaith, "Forsaith Family tree 1715-1942."
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Bethnal Green, Vol 1c, p282, 1Q1874, mother's maiden name ROBERTS.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Bethnal Green, Vol 1c, p155, 2Q1877, aged 3.

Alan Brett C Forsaith1,2

(1961 - 2018)
Alan's birth was registered between January 1961 and March 1961 in Surrey.1

Alan died on 9 October 2018 in Mackay, Queensland.3

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Surrey N, Vol 5g, p437, 1Q1961.
  2. [S1036] Email - Alan L Forsaith, email to D Ferguson, 15 Apr 2015.
  3. [S1086] Newspaper - Mackay Daily Mercury, issue of 12 Oct 2018, Funeral Notice.

Albert George Forsaith1

(1882 - 1968)
Father*Ebenezer James Forsaith1 b. 1856, d. 1916
Mother*Annie Rawsthorne1 b. c 1859, d. 1891
Albert George Forsaith was born at Bowden in Adelaide, South Australia, on 13 October 1882.1

He married Amy Lulu Peters at Chalmers Church in Adelaide, South Australia, on 1 July 1911.2,3

He was widowed at age 75 on the death of his wife Amy on 2 November 1957.4,5

Albert died on 10 May 1968 at Glengowrie in Adelaide, South Australia, at age 85.6,5 He was buried on 13 May 1968 at the Mitcham Cemetery, 39 Belair Rd in Mitcham.7

Family

Amy Lulu Peters (1885 - 1957)
Children
ChartsSamuel Forsaith (c1702-1751) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S365] CD - Sth Australian Births, Sth Aust Index of Births 1842-1906, Book 292, p351.
  2. [S414] CD - Sth Australian Marriages, Sth Aust Index of Marriages 1842-1916, Book 248, p3.
  3. [S769] Newspaper - Adelaide Advertiser, issue of 15 Aug 1911, p6, marriages.
  4. [S534] CD - Sth Australian Deaths, Sth Aust Index of Deaths 1916-1972, Book 866, p6899.
  5. [S656] National Archives Film - Adelaide Mitcham Cemetery; microfiche.
  6. [S534] CD - Sth Australian Deaths, Sth Aust Index of Deaths 1916-1972, Book 48A, p3133.
  7. [S656] National Archives Film - Adelaide Mitcham Cemetery; microfiche, Area C6.
  8. [S416] CD - Sth Australian Births, Sth Aust Index of Births 1907-1928, Book 897, p347.
  9. [S416] CD - Sth Australian Births, Sth Aust Index of Births 1907-1928, Book 926, p291.
  10. [S416] CD - Sth Australian Births, Sth Aust Index of Births 1907-1928, Book 55A, p127.