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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Forbes Family of Millers - Little Lochbroom
« on: Monday 01 May 23 09:14 BST (UK)  »
Thanks JazzaD
When I was looking into this family of Forbes I was just trying to follow them back to see where they had come from, the furthest back I went was the birth of Roberts children, as I'd found them on the OPR I didn't bother to look for the marriage, I noticed Forbes in the census at Ullapool and had been told by a family member they'd been over in the Ullapool direction but as some of the names were different I took it to be a relation of the forbes in this area and left it at that, my real interest is Letterewe and Gruinard Estate  :).

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Forbes Family of Millers - Little Lochbroom
« on: Sunday 30 April 23 16:40 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, I've not come across Scottish Indexes before.

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Forbes Family of Millers - Little Lochbroom
« on: Sunday 30 April 23 16:03 BST (UK)  »
Wow, that's great infomation, the family members locally are a bit "firey", perhaps it's a family thing !
When you say  "Scottish Indexes" would that be the N.R.S. in Edinburgh ?
I've heard of Dundonnel Cause but not Dundonnel Outrages.
I'm interested in Local History and was looking at the Forbes in the area ( 10+ years ago ), I made notes when staying in Inverness, just to sort out who was in this branch of the family.
I see I have
Christining, Forbes, Abigail  - Father Robert Forbes
 10 July 1822  R-C  Loch Broom, ( not sure what R-C means ).

I will be away working during the summer but hope to look up Birth, Deaths, Marriages in Inverness via Scotlands People, so can check the census and O.P.R. as well

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Forbes Family of Millers - Little Lochbroom
« on: Tuesday 14 March 23 16:49 GMT (UK)  »
I did a family tree some 20 years ago of the family and gave it to a family member, I couldn't have made a copy for myself at the time,
 have found a 1871 census
 Alex Forbes   head  mar   Mealmiller, b strathglass,     56yrs
 Flora  "  "      wife    mar                  b little gruinard   40
 Robert  "       son   un                     b 2nd coast        18
 Margaret  "     daut                           "         "             16
 Alex         "    son     scholar               "        "             14
 George     "    son     scholar               "        "             12
 Abbie       "    daut                             "         "              9
 William     "    son                               "         "             7
 Kenneth   "   son                                "         "             5
 Mary Ann  "   daut                              "         "              2 

in the same census George Forbes is at Lot 1 and 2 at Strath, Gairloch
 He is 60 yrs old, a miller, born Kilmorack with 6 of a family along with Sybilla, his wife born Loch Broom.
I note Georges eldest child was 27yrs old and born Poolewe, so that would be Boor.

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Forbes Family of Millers - Little Lochbroom
« on: Monday 13 March 23 10:37 GMT (UK)  »
Forfarian, Robert Forbes is in Kilmorack Parish near Erchless having children baptised in OPR
 
1808, feb 1, Robert Forbes, Carpenter, Cnoc Voit, a son George.

( I spent some time trying to find Cnoc Voit on maps, it's a mound in what is now a field near the road bridge to Struy going from Erchelss)

1810 may 1, Robert Forbes, Carpenter, Erchless, son Alex

1818 nov 24, Robert Forbes, Elder, daut Catherine.

There are a lot of Forbes in the Kilmorack area, just to confuse things !
I am/ was interested in the Loch Ewe area and although there appear to be numerous Forbes in the Ullapool area I didn't look into it to sort out who is who

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Ross & Cromarty / Re: Forbes Family of Millers - Little Lochbroom
« on: Sunday 12 March 23 17:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I'm new to this group.
eversg, I was following this family of Forbes as I live in the Loch Ewe area and follow Local History.
They were near Erchless Castle near Struy between Beauly and Cannich, they moved about as millers before settling at Second Coast they later moved to Aultbea , although the mill is no more.

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