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James Forbes 1787–1851 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 03 Apr 1787

Birth Location: Limehouse, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 26 Aug 1851

Death Location: 4 Diamond Row, Stepney

Father: James Forbes

Mother: Isabel Kilgour

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sayer

Children(s): Thomas Forbes, Benjamin Forbes, James Forbes, Robert Forbes, Alexander Forbes, Isabella Forbes, Sarah Forbes, Sarah Forbes, James Forbes

In 1787, James Forbes entered the world in Limehouse, Middlesex, England, born to James Forbes And Isabel Kilgour. James Forbes married Elizabeth Ann Sayer, and had children including Alexander Forbes, Benjamin Sayer Forbes, Isabella Mary Forbes, James Alexander Forbes, James Forbes, Robert Forbes, Sarah Ann Forbes, Sarah Isabella Forbes, Thomas Kilgover Forbes. James Forbes passed away in 1851 in 4 Diamond Row, Stepney.

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Biography

  • In 1787, James Forbes entered the world in Limehouse, Middlesex, England, born to James Forbes And Isabel Kilgour.
  • James Forbes married Elizabeth Ann Sayer, and had children including Alexander Forbes, Benjamin Sayer Forbes, Isabella Mary Forbes, James Alexander Forbes, James Forbes, Robert Forbes, Sarah Ann Forbes, Sarah Isabella Forbes, Thomas Kilgover Forbes.
  • James Forbes passed away in 1851 in 4 Diamond Row, Stepney.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Forbes
1747–1820
Birth Location: Petershead, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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Isabel Kilgour
1752–1810
Birth Location: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Sayer
1787–1865
Birth Location: Rumsgate, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Forbes
1827–1903
Birth Location: Mile End Town, , , England
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Benjamin Forbes
1818–1892
Birth Location: St Matthew, Bethnal Green
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James Forbes
1815–1863
Birth Location: Dover, Kent
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Robert Forbes
1836–
Birth Location: King Edward, Aberdeenshire
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Alexander Forbes
1845–
Birth Location: Turriff, Aberdeenshire
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Isabella Forbes
1820–1895
Birth Location: Bow, London, England
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Sarah Forbes
1822–1895
Birth Location: Stepney, London, England
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Sarah Forbes
1816–1818
Birth Location: Dover, Kent, , England
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James Forbes
1822–
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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James Forbes's Ancestors

Self
James Forbes
1787–1851
Birth Place: Limehouse, Middlesex, England
Parents
James Forbes
1747–1820
Petershead, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Isabel Kilgour
1752–1810
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John Forbes
1720–
Scotland, United Kingdom
Rev (Robert) Kilgour
1714–1790
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret Arbuthnot
1720–1805
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Isobel Barron
1690–1762
Thomas Arbuthnot
1681–1762
Christian Young
1685–1740
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Aberdeenshire
1655–1721
Elspet Duncan
1657–1748
William Rev
1659–1720
Mary Scott
1665–

James Forbes's Descendants

1.
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James Forbes (03 Apr 1787–26 Aug 1851) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Sayer (1787–January 1865)
  1. 1. Thomas (Kilgover) Forbes 1827–1903 m. Ann (E) Forbes 1831–1892
    1. 1. Rosetta (Elizabeth) Holmes 1859–1929 m. Edward Mead 1857–1918
      1. 1. Rosetta Talbot 1877–1957 m. Aaron Talbot 1875–1919
        1. 1. Leonard (Robert) Talbot 1903–1930 m. Dorothy (May) Quinlan 1907–1970
        2. 2. Rosetta (Maud) Talbot 1901–1993 m. Percival (Thomas) Fairbrass 1898–1991
        3. 3. Albert (Edward) Talbot 1909–1969
        4. 4. Frank Talbot 1899–1981
      2. 2. Winifred Redburn 1894–
      3. 3. Elsie Redburn 1897–
      4. 4. Maud Mead 1880–1969
      5. 5. William Redburn 1885–1942 m. Grace Mead 1888–1970
        1. 1. Grace (Louisa) Mead 1911–2009 m. Charles (Thomas) Bushnell 1909–1986
        2. 2. William (Edward) Mead 1921–2000 m. Mary (Jane) Mead 1925–2007
        3. 3. Alfred Mead 1910–
      6. 6. Albert (Mead) (Redburn) 1893–1918
      7. 7. Winifred (May Mead) (Redburn) 1895–1967
      8. 8. Elsie Redburn 1897–1980
      9. 9. Frances (Alice) Mead 1891–1950
      10. 10. Henry Mead 1881–1951 m. Mary (Emmeline) Mead 1880– m. Mary (E) Mead 1879–
        1. 1. John (Henry) Mead 1909–
        2. 2. Laura (Mary Alice) Mead 1910–
        3. 3. Laura (Mary Alice) Mead 1909–
        4. 4. John (H) Mead 1908–
        5. 5. Laura (Mary Alice) Mead 1909–1926
      11. 11. Eva (L) Redburn 1899–1907
      12. 12. Edward (J) Mead 1879–1950
      13. 13. Winifred Redburn 1894–
      14. 14. Elsie Redburn 1897–
      15. 15. George (Mead) (Redburn) 1901–1928
    2. 2. Lucilla Forbes 1876–1940
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Jane) Forbes 1881–1974
    4. 4. Amelia (Melia Forbes Olson Millins) Millings 1886–1971
    5. 5. Louise (Lucilla Luddie) Forbes 1875–1940 m. James (William) Palmer 1875–
      1. 1. Lucilla (Jane) Palmer 1899–
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Francis) Palmer 1903–
      3. 3. James (William) Palmer 1898–
    6. 6. Thomas (John) Forbes 1878–1965
    7. 7. Frederick Forbes 1878–1881
    8. 8. JOSEPH (BENJAMIN) Forbes 1861–1927 m. Frances Forbes 1864–1916
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Edith) Forbes 1893–1927
      2. 2. ROSE (FLORENCE) Forbes 1890–1971
      3. 3. Joseph (Benjamin) Forbes 1884–1961 m. Helen (L) Forbes 1888–
        1. 1. George (A) Forbes 1914–
        2. 2. Isabel (A) Forbes 1916–
      4. 4. George (Thomas) Forbes 1885–1845
        1. 1. Joseph (M) Forbes 1911–
      5. 5. Harry Forbes 1895–1971
        1. 1. Edgar (George) Forbes 1924–2001
      6. 6. Frances Forbes 1889– m. George Wells 1886–
      7. 7. Lizzie Forbes 1896–
    9. 9. John Forbes 1851–1910
    10. 10. JOSEPH (BENJAMIN) Forbes 1861–1927
    11. 11. Charles Forbes 1863–1930
    12. 12. Margaret Forbes 1871–1948
      1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Pay 1894–1991
        1. 1. Ann (Elizabeth) Boyton 1916–2007
      2. 2. George (M) Pay 1904–1991
    13. 13. Charles Forbes 1863–
    14. 14. Charles Forbes 1865–1930
    15. 15. JOSEPH (BENJAMIN) Forbes 1861–1927 m. Frances (Maria) Hunt 1864–
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Edith) Forbes 1893–
    16. 16. Charles Forbes 1863–
    17. 17. Margaret Pay 1870–1948 m. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1868–
      1. 1. George (Mark) Pay 1905–
      2. 2. Margaret Pay 1895–
      3. 3. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1902–
      4. 4. Ann (Elizabeth) Pay 1893–
      5. 5. Ivy (Lilian) Pay 1908–
      6. 6. Amy Pay 1900–
      7. 7. Maud Pay 1892–
    18. 18. Margaret Pay 1871–1948
    19. 19. Lily Forbes 1891–1968 m. James Wright 1893–1978 m. James Wright 1893–1978
      1. 1. Lillian ((Lily)) Wright 1917–1997
      2. 2. Hariett Wright 1924–2016
      3. 3. Joseph Wright 1931–2019
      4. 4. Margaret (Eliza) Wright 1918–1999
      5. 5. Rose Wright 1928–2014
      6. 6. Elizabeth Wright 1925–2017
      7. 7. George (Thomas) Wright 1919–2013
      8. 8. Louisa Wright 1924–1950
      9. 9. Eliza Wright 1922–1927
      10. 10. John Wright 1927–1927
      11. 11. Winifred Wright 1933–2007
      12. 12. Edward Wright 1921–2000
      13. 13. James Wright 1915–2004
      14. 14. Lillian ((Lily)) Wright 1917–1997
      15. 15. Lillian ((Lily)) Wright 1917–1997
    20. 20. Thomas Forbes 1854–1918 m. Rosetta (Rosa Elizabeth Holmes) Forbes 1856–1920 m. Rosetta (Elizabeth) Holmes 1856–1918
      1. 1. Rosa (E) Pope 1873–1955
      2. 2. Lucilla Forbes 1875–1940
      3. 3. Louisa Forbes 1875–
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Jane) Forbes 1881–1974
      5. 5. Amelia (Melia Forbes Olson Millins) Millings 1886–1971
      6. 6. Louise (Lucilla Luddie) Forbes 1875–1940
      7. 7. Thomas (John) Forbes 1878–1965
      8. 8. Frederick Forbes 1880–1881
      9. 9. Louise (Lucilla) Forbes 1876–1940
      10. 10. Elizabeth Forbes 1882–1974
        1. 1. Lilian (Rose) Pickett 1912–
      11. 11. Amelia Forbes 1886–1971 m. Samuel (Thomas) Olson 1886–1918 m. Thomas Millins 1894–1955
        1. 1. Samuel (Thomas H) Olson 1909–1982
        2. 2. Joseph (Thomas) Olsen 1912–1995
        3. 3. Thomas (N) Olsen 1915–2008
        4. 4. Amelia (Elizabeth) Olsen 1906–1907
        5. 5. Hannah (Rose) Olson 1908–1908
        6. 6. Stanley (George) Millins 1929–2014
        7. 7. John (Thomas) Millins 1925–1997
      12. 12. Thomas Forbes 1878–1965
      13. 13. Frederick Forbes 1878–1881
      14. 14. Lily Forbes 1891–1968 m. James Wright 1893–1978
        1. 1. Lilian Wright 1917–1997 m. Arthur (James) Doman 1920–
      15. 15. Lily Forbes 1891–1968
        1. 1. Lilian Wright 1917–1997
      16. 16. Elizabeth Forbes 1882–
      17. 17. Melia Forbes 1886–
      18. 18. Joseph Forbes 1890–
      19. 19. Lily Forbes 1891–1968
        1. 1. Lilian Wright 1917–1997
    21. 21. Margaret Pay 1870–1948 m. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1868–
      1. 1. Maud Pay 1892–
        1. 1. Maud (Florence) Barrett 1913–1989
      2. 2. George (Mark) Pay 1905–
        1. 1. Rose (Ethel) Pay 1928–2005
      3. 3. Ann (Elizabeth) Pay 1893–
      4. 4. Margaret Pay 1895–
      5. 5. Ivy (Lilian) Pay 1908–
      6. 6. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1902–
    22. 22. Joseph Forbes 1887–1943 m. Edith (Annie) Samsom 1893–
    23. 23. William Forbes 1857–1920 m. Maria Forbes 1861–
      1. 1. Alexander Forbes 1881–
      2. 2. Maudy Forbes 1891–
    24. 24. Joseph Forbes 1861–
    25. 25. Charles Forbes 1865–
    26. 26. Margaret Forbes 1871–1948
      1. 1. George (Mark) Pay 1905–
        1. 1. Rose (Ethel) Pay 1928–2005
      2. 2. Margaret (Jane) Pay 1894–1991
        1. 1. Annie (Elizabeth) Boyton 1916–2007
      3. 3. Maud Pay 1892–
    27. 27. Margaret Forbes 1871–1948 m. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1868–1935
      1. 1. Maud (Elizabeth) Pay 1891–1976 m. Leonard (Frederick) Young 1894–1976 m. Percy (Frederick) Barrett 1889–1912
      2. 2. Margaret (Jane) Pay 1894–1991 m. Alfred (G) Boyton 1892–
        1. 1. Annie (Elizabeth) Boyton 1916–2007
        2. 2. Ivy (L) Boyton 1914–
      3. 3. George (M) Pay 1904–1991
        1. 1. Rose (Ethel) Pay 1928–2005
      4. 4. Ivy (Lilian) Pay 1907–1911
      5. 5. Amy (Caroline) Pay 1899–1903
      6. 6. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1901–1979
      7. 7. Ann (Elizabeth) Pay 1892–1975
      8. 8. Rosetta (Beatrice) Pay 1896–1898
    28. 28. Joseph Forbes 1861–1927
    29. 29. Charles Forbes 1863– m. Jane (Elizabeth) Forbes 1858–
      1. 1. Ada (Alice) Forbes 1888–
      2. 2. Charles (Fredrick William) Forbes 1890–
      3. 3. Albert (James) Forbes 1892–
      4. 4. Lousie (Florence) Forbes 1896–
      5. 5. Laura (Maud) Forbes 1900–
    30. 30. Margaret Forbes 1870–1948 m. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1867–1935
      1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Pay 1894–1991 m. Alfred (G) Boyton 1892–
        1. 1. Annie (Elizabeth) Boyton 1916–2007 m. Leonard Merritt 1914–1986
        2. 2. Ivy (L) Boyton 1914–
      2. 2. Maud (Elizabeth) Pay 1891–
      3. 3. George (Mark) Pay 1904–1991
        1. 1. Rose (Ethel) Keeley 1928–2005
      4. 4. Elizabeth Pay 1893–1970
      5. 5. Amy (Caroline) Pay 1900–
      6. 6. Beatrice (Frances) Pay 1898–1898
      7. 7. Ivy (Lilian) Pay 1907–1911
      8. 8. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1901–1979
      9. 9. Rosetta (Beatrice) Pay 1896–1898
    31. 31. Margaret Forbes 1871–1948 m. Charles (Ernest) Pay 1867–1935
      1. 1. George (M) Pay 1904–1991
    32. 32. Margaret Forbes 1871–1948
      1. 1. Maud (Elizabeth) Pay 1891–1970
  2. 2. Benjamin (Sayer) Forbes 1818–1892
  3. 3. James (Alexander) Forbes 1815–1863
  4. 4. Robert Forbes 1836–
  5. 5. Alexander Forbes 1845–
  6. 6. Isabella (Mary) Forbes 1820–1895
  7. 7. Sarah (Isabella) Forbes 1822–1895
  8. 8. Sarah (Ann) Forbes 1816–1818
  9. 9. James Forbes 1822–

James Forbes's Timeline

4 Records

1787
03 Apr 1787
Birth of James Forbes in Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scotland
Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scotland
1790
24 Feb 1790
Age 3
James Forbes was baptized in Saint Nicholas,Aberdeen,Aberdeen,Scotland
Saint Nicholas,Aberdeen,Aberdeen,Scotland
1814
1 Feb 1814
Age 27
James Forbes was married in Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury, Kent, England
1851
26 Aug 1851
Age 64
Death of James Forbes in 4 Diamond Row, Stepney
4 Diamond Row, Stepney

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 Apr 1787
    Event Place: Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Limehouse, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 465; Folio: 85; Page: 40; GSU roll: 1341102

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1790
    Event Place: Saint Nicholas,Aberdeen,Aberdeen,Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 Feb 1814
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dover, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Aug 1851
    Event Place: 4 Diamond Row, Stepney
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