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Banffshire / Re: Forbes in Banffshire
« on: Friday 09 May 08 06:49 BST (UK) »
No worries Linda - hope your daughter is better soon! Richard
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Banffshire / Re: Forbes in Banffshire
« on: Friday 09 May 08 02:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Suzy - did you receive my email? Richard Forbes
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Banffshire / Re: Forbes in Banffshire
« on: Wednesday 07 May 08 00:38 BST (UK) »
Hi Linda - great to make contact!
We are lucky from this perspective -Robin Agnew has written two or three short books on the life of Sir John Forbes. Please Google 'Sir John Forbes' and go to the RAN Agnew site where you will find a complete history of Sir Johns life (1787-1861). In that there is some information o Alexander Forbes and Cecilia Wilkie.
They had 8 children - James,William, Alexander (Merchant who lived in Mexico), Elspet, Anne, Sir John, George and Cecilia. I wonder which one is your relative??
(I have all their birth dates back in Canberra where I live - am on holiday at my parents in Adelaide at present).
Sir John was the fourth son of Alexander Forbes (1750-1842) and Cecilia Wilkie (1755-1831)
Alexander was a local tenant farmer - Sir John was born at Cuttlebrae, near Cullen in 1787. Two years later the family moved to nearby Dytac in the parish of Fordyce. Here Alexander farmed land on the Findlater estate near Kilnhillock.
I have pictures of Alexander and Cecilias gravestones - pretty sure they are buried in the Fordyce cemetary - I recieved the photos from the Aberdeen and NE Scotland family history society - they helped me alot.
I think Alexanders father another Alexander (need to confirm this more fully) was also a tenant farmer.
Records do no not go back much further that the 1700's so it has been really difficult to trace ancestral linkages past this point. I do not think we are related to the Forbes clan - as they are in the highlands - our family was located in and around Rathven, Fordyce etc in NE Scotland.
Hope this helps - lets keep talking and see what we come up with!
Regards,
Richard Forbes.
We are lucky from this perspective -Robin Agnew has written two or three short books on the life of Sir John Forbes. Please Google 'Sir John Forbes' and go to the RAN Agnew site where you will find a complete history of Sir Johns life (1787-1861). In that there is some information o Alexander Forbes and Cecilia Wilkie.
They had 8 children - James,William, Alexander (Merchant who lived in Mexico), Elspet, Anne, Sir John, George and Cecilia. I wonder which one is your relative??
(I have all their birth dates back in Canberra where I live - am on holiday at my parents in Adelaide at present).
Sir John was the fourth son of Alexander Forbes (1750-1842) and Cecilia Wilkie (1755-1831)
Alexander was a local tenant farmer - Sir John was born at Cuttlebrae, near Cullen in 1787. Two years later the family moved to nearby Dytac in the parish of Fordyce. Here Alexander farmed land on the Findlater estate near Kilnhillock.
I have pictures of Alexander and Cecilias gravestones - pretty sure they are buried in the Fordyce cemetary - I recieved the photos from the Aberdeen and NE Scotland family history society - they helped me alot.
I think Alexanders father another Alexander (need to confirm this more fully) was also a tenant farmer.
Records do no not go back much further that the 1700's so it has been really difficult to trace ancestral linkages past this point. I do not think we are related to the Forbes clan - as they are in the highlands - our family was located in and around Rathven, Fordyce etc in NE Scotland.
Hope this helps - lets keep talking and see what we come up with!
Regards,
Richard Forbes.
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Banffshire / Re: Forbes in Banffshire
« on: Tuesday 06 May 08 07:50 BST (UK) »
Hi - my name is Richard Forbes and I am a direct descendant of Alexander Forbes and Cecilia Wilkie
Interested to know what your interest is in my Great Great Great Great Grandfather - are we related???
I live in Canberra Australia.
We hold alot of information about Sir John Forbes, my Great Great Great Grandfather.
Await your reply so we can swap information.
Kind regards,
Richard Forbes
Interested to know what your interest is in my Great Great Great Great Grandfather - are we related???
I live in Canberra Australia.
We hold alot of information about Sir John Forbes, my Great Great Great Grandfather.
Await your reply so we can swap information.
Kind regards,
Richard Forbes
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