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Adam Forsyth 1806–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 JUN 1806

Birth Location: Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 SEP 1882

Death Location: Mckeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Father: George Forsyth

Mother: Margaret Borrowman

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Adam Forsyth was born in 1806 in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of George Waugh Forsyth And Margaret Borrowman. Adam Forsyth passed away in 1882 in Mckeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • Adam Forsyth was born in 1806 in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of George Waugh Forsyth And Margaret Borrowman.
  • Adam Forsyth passed away in 1882 in Mckeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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Adam Forsyth's Ancestors

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Adam Forsyth
1806–1882
Birth Place: Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
George Waugh Forsyth
1787–1851
Polmont, Stirling, Scotland
Margaret Borrowman
1789–1838
Hillhead, Clachan of Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Grandparents
Thomas Forsyth
1745–1806
Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Waugh or) Wauch
1745–1812
Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
John Forsyth
1754–
Woodhead, Clachan of Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Margaret Watson
1757–1828
Campsie Stirling, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Wauch
1721–1792
Isobel Thomson
1723–1776
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Thomson
1695–1779
Janet Shearer
1697–1740

Adam Forsyth's Timeline

2 Records

1806
25 JUN 1806
Birth of Adam Forsyth in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1882
20 SEP 1882
Age 76
Death of Adam Forsyth in Mckeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Mckeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 JUN 1806
    Event Place: Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 SEP 1882
    Event Place: Mckeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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