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William George Forbes 1905–1998 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jan 1905

Birth Location: aberdeen scotland

Death Date: 13 Aug 1998

Death Location: Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Father: William Forbes

Mother: Margaret Masson

Spouse(s): Jessie Macleod, Georgina Sim, Lauretta Mackay, Marjorie Bruce

Children(s): George Yeoman

William George Forbes was born in 1905 in aberdeen scotland, the child of William George Forbes And Margaret Jane Masson. William George Forbes married Georgina Sim, Jessie C Macleod, Lauretta Eugene Mackay, Margaret, Marjorie Vivian Bruce, and had children including George Yeoman, Gordon Forbes, Patricia Adele Gibbard Forbes. William George Forbes passed away in 1998 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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Biography

  • William George Forbes was born in 1905 in aberdeen scotland, the child of William George Forbes And Margaret Jane Masson.
  • William George Forbes married Georgina Sim, Jessie C Macleod, Lauretta Eugene Mackay, Margaret, Marjorie Vivian Bruce, and had children including George Yeoman, Gordon Forbes, Patricia Adele Gibbard Forbes.
  • William George Forbes passed away in 1998 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Forbes's Ancestors

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William Forbes
1905–1998
Birth Place: aberdeen scotland
Parents
William George Forbes
1881–1962
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret (Jane) Masson
1880–1982
Banchory-Ternan District, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Forbes (Ship) Master)
1847–1889
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Isabella (Sievewright) Hooly
1851–1914
St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland
Robert Masson
1843–1893
Banchory, Kincardineshire
Isabella Thomson
1848–1929
Banchory Devk, Kincardineshire
Great-Grandparents
Dickson Taylor
1819–1900
Isabella Sievewright
1810–
John Masson
1800–1886
Margaret Abernethy
1807–1905
William Miller)
1818–1905
Isabella Anderson
1825–1908
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Masson
1766–1837
Jane Henderson
1767–1859
William Abernethy
1784–1847
Isobel Rust
1782–1859
James Thomson
1780–1855
Jane\Jean Smith
1781–1855
Alexander Anderson
1795–1873
Agnes Troup
1787–1877

William Forbes's Descendants

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William (George) Forbes (17 Jan 1905–13 Aug 1998) m. Jessie (C) Macleod (abt 1906–Jul 1969) m. Georgina Sim (abt 1910–) m. Lauretta (Eugene) Mackay (1914–2002) m. Marjorie (Vivian) Bruce (17 Aug 1921–15 Feb 2002)
  1. 1. George Yeoman 1927–2015

William Forbes's Timeline

3 Records

1905
17 Jan 1905
Birth of William George Forbes in aberdeen scotland
aberdeen scotland
1964
15 Jan 1964
Age 59
William George Forbes - Naturalization in Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
1998
13 Aug 1998
Age 93
Death of William George Forbes in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA
Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jan 1905
    Event Place: aberdeen scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] California Marriage Index
    [2] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 176-30-9266; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1954-1955
    [3] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 797
    [4] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
    [5] U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, National Archives at Kansas City; Kansas City, Mo; Index to Alien Case Files At the National Archives At Kansas City, Mo. 1975-2020; NAID: 5821836; Record Group Title: Records of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2003-2004; Record Group: 566

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Naturalization
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1964
    Event Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Index to Alien Case Files, National Archives at Kansas City; Kansas City, Mo; Index to Alien Case Files At the National Archives At Kansas City, Mo. 1975-2020; NAID: 5821836; Record Group Title: Records of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2003-2004; Record Group: 566

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1998
    Event Place: Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 176-30-9266; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1954-1955
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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