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Thomas Henry Forsaith was born in Battersea, Surrey, on 27 May 1882.^1,3,2
The siblings Margaret, Thomas, Dorothy, Janet and Helena were listed in the 1891 census at 7 Rose Hill Rd in Wandsworth, Surrey, with their parents, Thomas Edward Forsaith and Helen Lucy Shepard.³
He was listed in the 1901 census, lodging in Crane Lake, Assiniboia, The Territories, with a John CLARK and working as a labourer.⁴

He was listed in the 1911 census as Head of Family in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan; he was a farmer, apparently living alone.⁵

He enlisted in the 5th Battalion, 1st Canadian Division (No.12981). He was transferred from Larkhill Camp, England for France on 9 Feb 1915 on 31 August 1914 at Valcartier Camp.⁶ He was wounded on 22 May 1915 at France near Ypres, when a rifle bullet entered his left ear and emerged in front of his right ear. He was treated at St Omer, then sent back to Rouen, but eventually became permanently deaf. After returning to England in Jun 1915 he was transferred to the 32nd Reserve Batallion; the opinion of the Medical Board was that he should be given a course in lip-reading and then be discharged as medically unfit, which took place on 9 Dec 1915.^7,6

He arrived in Canada on the 17 April 1916, having sailed on the Metagama from Liverpool to St John, New Brunswick along with Margaret Lucy Forsaith.⁸

He married Gwendolen Isobel Turner in Tompkins, Saskatchewan, on 2 January 1917.^1,9

He was listed in the 1921 census as Head of Family at House 83 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, with his wife Gwendolen; he was farming. Their child Thomas was listed as living with them.¹⁰

He was listed in the 1931 census as Head of Family in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, with his wife Gwendolen; he was a farmer and they owned their own 7-roomed house valued at $2000, without a radio. Their children Thomas were listed as living with them.¹¹

He was widowed at age 83 on the death of his wife Gwendolen on 9 February 1966.^1,12

Thomas died on 17 April 1966 in Alberta at age 83.^1,12 He was buried at the Hillside Cemetery in Medicine Hat.¹²

Thomas Morton Forsaith was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, on 9 April 1912.^1,2

He enlisted in the Australian Army on 6 March 1941 at Clare, South Australia.¹

He was the best man at Ignatius James Lawrence Casey and Lorna May Forsaith's wedding at St Michael's in Clare, South Australia, on 10 August 1943.^3,4 He was discharged on 30 June 1945 At discharge he had the rank of Lance Sergeant, Australian Army (#S31204), attached to the 4th Australian AAD.¹

He married Joyce Enid Borchers at Brighton Methodist Church in Adelaide, South Australia, on 10 June 1950.⁵

He was widowed at age 80 on the death of his wife Joyce on 26 June 1992.⁶

Thomas died on 29 May 1997 in South Australia at age 85.⁶ He was cremated at the Centennial Park in Pasadena on 2 June 1997.⁶

Thomas Reuben Forsaith was born in Kingston, Surrey, on 14 March 1917.^1,2
He was listed as the grandson of Sarah Dobson in the 1921 Census at 36 Fairmead Ave in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend on Sea, Essex.³

Thomas's marriage to Daisy Frances Kathleen Prior was registered between October 1937 and December 1937 in Romford, Essex.^1,4

Thomas died on 8 October 1938 at Royal Herbert Military Hospital in Woolwich, London, Middlesex, at age 21.^1,5,6,7 He was buried on 14 October 1938 at the Surbiton Cemetery in Kingston on Thames.^8,7

His will was probated in London on 27 June 1939 with limited administration granted to Frederick James PRIOR (county council official) and Daisy PRIOR (his wife); the estate being valued at £1218/6/10.⁹

Thomas Spencer Forsaith was born in London, Middlesex, on 18 July 1814.^2,3,1,4 and was baptised on 16 September 1814 at St Lukes Independent Tabernacle in Finsbury.^3,4,5

He married Elizabeth Mary Clements, daughter of Robert Clements and Mary (---?---), at Congregational Church, Broad St in Hoxton, East London, Middlesex, on 17 May 1838.^3,1,6

He and his wife Elizabeth left Plymouth on the 14 June 1838 in the ship Coromandel and arrived in Sydney on the 2 October before continuing on to New Zealand.⁷

By 1847 he had moved to Auckland and established a successful drapery and manchester shop in the heart of the growing town.

He and his wife Elizabeth arrived in Melbourne on the Pioneer from New Zealand in March 1856 accompanied by their child Charlotte.⁸

Thomas was present at the wedding of Samuel Ludbrook Clarke and Mary Lee (Hannah) Christopher at 'Brick House', Queen St (home of the bride's mother) in Auckland on 30 June 1857.^{9,10,11,12,13}

He signed the register at Thomas Morell Macdonald and Charlotte Clements Forsaith's wedding at the Forsaith residence, Khyber Pass Rd in Auckland on 7 January 1862.^{14,15,16,17,18}

He and his wife Elizabeth arrived in Melbourne on the Otago from New Zealand in March 1867.¹⁹

Forsaith began to hold services in the old School of Arts in Parramatta, but land for the erection of a church was purchased in 1871 and the foundation stone laid in May. A year later the church was opened (19 May 1872).²⁰

He and his wife Elizabeth left Melbourne on the Claud Hamilton in November 1873, bound for New Zealand.²¹

He acquired 'Morton House' in Melville St, Parramatta in 1874 and it remained his principal residence until his death. Morton House was originally built by architect/builder James Harrison for John Morton Gould. The lot was auctioned in 1855, and probably bought by Gould at that time. The house was sold to Forsaith in 1874 (see auction notice in Sydney Morning Herald 7 April 1874), who added the chapel, but built it on inferior foundations. The house passed to Macarthur and then to Kings' School under the name Macarthur House. It was bought by Richard Pike in 1965 after lying vacant for some years. The site of the original cellar (supposedly extensive) is not known, as Harrison's original drawings were destroyed in a 'cleanup' according to Mr Pike, when interviewed in December1990.^22,20

Walter Forsaith Lawry and Marguerite Elizabeth Simpson were married by Thomas Spencer Forsaith at the residence of the bride's parents in Nth Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, on 24 February 1880.^23,24,25,26

He and his wife Elizabeth left Melbourne for New Zealand in March 1882 on the Rotomahana.²⁷

He and his wife Elizabeth returned to Melbourne in April 1884 on the Berengaria from the UK.²⁸

He was named executor and beneficiary in the will of Elizabeth Mary Clements dated 27 June 1895 in Parramatta, New South Wales.²⁹

He signed a will dated 13 June 1898 in Parramatta, New South Wales, a long and rambling document of some 17 foolscap pages (plus a 2-page codicil of 12 Nov 1898), in which he went to some length to request the publication of his 'memoirs'. All but the first 12 volumes of this hand-written biography are in the National Library, Canberra, but the whereabouts of the missing volumes is unclear, although they were all willed to his nephew Walter Forsaith LAWRY. It is possible they may have been sent to London for his printing relatives to supply a publication quote, but this is supposition. The will also requested busts of himself and his wife to be erected in the Congregational Church, Parramatta, but this also failed to occur (possibly due to the onerous conditions he imposed on the church for compliance). His bust later turned up in a house in Conon St, Invercargill, previously occupied by his grand-daughter, Mrs Quinn (reported in the Southland Times).³⁰

Thomas died on 29 November 1898 in Parramatta, New South Wales, at age 84.^2,1,31 He was buried on 1 December 1898 at the Rookwood Cemetery in Rookwood.^2,32,33

Thomas's will was probated in Sydney, New South Wales, on 22 December 1898 Walter LAWRY renounced probate (despite the codicil to the will specifically adding him as executor) and a fourth named executor (David Stuart WALKER) while not a family member, was probably the family accountant.³⁴

Thomas Stuart Forsaith was born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, on 13 October 1917.^1,2
He was listed in the 1921 census at House 83 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, in the household of his parents, Thomas Henry Forsaith and Gwendolen Isobel Turner.³
The siblings Thomas were listed in the 1931 census in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, with their parents, Thomas Henry Forsaith and Gwendolen Isobel Turner.⁴

He married Mabel Luella Wetherelt in Canada on 20 August 1940.¹

He joined the Royal Canadian Engineers in 1941 and took officers training at Gordon Head, BC before serving overseas in 1942 in England and Europe until his discharge in October 1945 with the rank of Captain.
In March 1947, he received a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of Minnesota.²

Thomas died on 7 December 2000 in Tompkins, Saskatchewan, at age 83.²

unnamed-female Forsaith was born in Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, on 2 July 1838.^1,2

Unnamed-female died on 3 July 1838 in Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, living only 21 hours.^1,3

unnamed-infant's birth was registered between October 1838 and December 1838 in St Lukes, London, Middlesex.¹

Valentine Forsaith was born in Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, on 25 July 1872.^3,1,2
The siblings Valentine, Alfred, William and Thomas were listed in the 1881 census at 35 Southborough Rd in Hackney, London, Middlesex, with their parents, William Valentine Forsaith and Sarah Dobson.³
The siblings Valentine, Alfred, William, Thomas, Reuben and Josiah were listed in the 1891 census at 35 Southborough Rd in Hackney, London, Middlesex, with their mother Sarah Dobson. Valentine was a printer compositer.⁴
He served in the Boer War (Trooper #24613) in the 27th (Devonshire) Company of the 7th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, and was listed in the Casualty Return of 11 July 1902 at Elandsfontein, although his affliction was rheumatic fever. His brother Alfred served in the same unit.^5,6,7
The siblings Valentine and Alfred were listed in the 1911 census at Clovelly Fairmead Avenue in Rochford, Essex, with their mother Sarah Dobson. Valentine was a costume manufacturer.⁸

The brothers William and Valentine ran Forsaith Bros clothing manufacturing business until the 1950s, when it passed to William Smyth Forsaith, Valentine Forsaith, Harold Saunders Forsaith and William Valentine Forsaith before its eventual closure in about 1964.⁹
The siblings Valentine, Alfred and Reuben were listed in the 1921 census at 36 Fairmead Ave in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend on Sea, Essex, with their mother Sarah Dobson. Valentine was a costume skirt manufacturer in his own business.¹⁰

He married Elizabeth Louisa Anderson in Rochford, Essex, on 19 May 1923.^1,11

Flora Gladwell and Valentine Forsaith were appointed administrators of Thomas Forsaith's estate in London on 10 October 1932, which was valued at £5690/11/10.¹²

Valentine Forsaith, Alfred Forsaith and Reuben Forsaith were appointed executors of Sarah Dobson's estate in London on 8 July 1936, which was valued at £11449/4/6.¹³

Valentine died on 15 July 1939 at The Grange, Hadleigh Rd in Southend, Essex, at age 66.^1,14,15

His will was probated in London on 25 October 1939 with administration granted to the Westminster Bank; the estate was valued at £11366/3/4.¹⁶

William Forsaith was born in St Leonards Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, circa 1842.^1,3 and was baptised on 23 October 1842 at St James in Shoreditch.²
The siblings William, Alfred, Ellen and Mary were listed in the 1851 census at 186 High St in St Leonards Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, with their parents, William Smyth Forsaith and Clara Lydia Bolton Twynam.³
He was listed in the 1861 census, lodging at 8 Cookson Terrace in Lydney, Gloucestershire, in the household of a coal company manager, Frederick VIVION, who he appears to be working for as book-keeper.⁴
He was listed in the 1871 census, lodging at 41 Gt Ormond St in Holborn, London, Middlesex, in the household of a Charles WETHERILL; he was working as a bank clerk.⁵

William died on 2 February 1900 in South Africa.¹

William Brown Forsaith was born in London, Middlesex, circa July 1814. (Birth year based on age at death).²

William died on 10 February 1816 in London, Middlesex.¹ He was buried on 12 February 1816 at the Bunhill Fields Dissenter's Cemetery.^1,3,4