Hi Stewert...there is a small problem to be resolved with trying to see where this link could be,in as much as in your original posting you said that your john was born in 1800's.In the 1891 census of Islington there are at least 4 john forbes living as lodgers or boarders all single ,ranging in age from 18 to 34, and at least 3 or more married john forbes all married to english women ages ranging from 31 to 64 all these have children....any thing sound familiar? All these men only have Scotland as their places of birth,but one has Ross,one Mayfield and one Money Murk but i would not know which districts these come into for Registrations. regards cheryle.f