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William Isaac Forrester 1854–1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Nov 1854

Birth Location: Alabama, USA

Death Date: 9 Jun 1931

Death Location: Bradford, Anderson County, Texas, United States of America

Father: Lewis Forrester

Mother: Margaret Brown

Spouse(s): Mary Warren

Children(s): Lewis Forrester, Jefferson Forrester, Margaret Forrester, William Forrester, Annie Forrester, Clara Forrester, Eula Forrester

In 1854, William Isaac Forrester entered the world in Alabama, USA, born to Lewis Forrester And Margaret Jerusha Brown. In 1860, William Isaac Forrester resided in Freelands, Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA. In 1870, William Isaac Forrester resided in Red River, Rondo, Lafayette, Arkansas, USA. William Isaac Forrester married Mary Jane Warren, and had children including Annie Jerusha Forrester, Bertha Ola Forrester, Clara Josephine Forrester, Eula Mae Forrester, Jefferson Alonzo Forrester, Lewis Augustus Forrester, Margaret Idella Forrester, William Virgil Forrester. William Isaac Forrester passed away in 1931 in Bradford, Anderson County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1854, William Isaac Forrester entered the world in Alabama, USA, born to Lewis Forrester And Margaret Jerusha Brown.
  • In 1860, William Isaac Forrester resided in Freelands, Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.
  • In 1870, William Isaac Forrester resided in Red River, Rondo, Lafayette, Arkansas, USA.
  • William Isaac Forrester married Mary Jane Warren, and had children including Annie Jerusha Forrester, Bertha Ola Forrester, Clara Josephine Forrester, Eula Mae Forrester, Jefferson Alonzo Forrester, Lewis Augustus Forrester, Margaret Idella Forrester, William Virgil Forrester.
  • William Isaac Forrester passed away in 1931 in Bradford, Anderson County, Texas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lewis Forrester
1827–
Birth Location: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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Margaret Brown
1835–1879
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
MB

Spouses(s)

Mary Warren
1854–1938
Birth Location: Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
MW

Children(s)

Lewis Forrester
1882–1962
Birth Location: Red River County, Texas, USA
LF
Jefferson Forrester
1878–1954
Birth Location: Red River, Texas
JF
Margaret Forrester
1880–1959
Birth Location: Red River County, Texas, USA
MF
William Forrester
1885–1972
Birth Location: Clarksville, Red River County, Texas, United States of America
WF
Annie Forrester
1887–1973
Birth Location: Red River County, Texas, USA
AF
Clara Forrester
1890–1929
Birth Location: Red Rever Co. Texas
CF
Eula Forrester
1894–1980
Birth Location: Red River County, Texas, USA
EF

William Forrester's Ancestors

Self
William Forrester
1854–1931
Birth Place: Alabama, USA
Parents
Lewis Forrester
1827–
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Margaret (Jerusha) Brown
1835–1879
Alabama, United States
Grandparents
Isaac Brown
1807–1879
Franklin, Heard County, Georgia, United States of America
Elizabeth (Durbin) Snow
1814–1879
Georgia
Great-Grandparents
William Jr
1782–1865
Sarah McCracken
1789–1844
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1760–1853
Sarah Barton
1760–1803
David McCracken
1747–1812
Elizabeth WILSON
1756–1821

William Forrester's Descendants

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William (Isaac) Forrester (22 Nov 1854–9 Jun 1931) m. Mary (Jane) Warren (19 Jul 1854–15 Jan 1938)
  1. 1. Lewis (Augustus) Forrester 1882–1962 m. Nannie (Mary Ella) Nix 1902–1974
    1. 1. Augusta (Cleo Darnella) Forrester 1937–2010 m. Henry (Allen) Burkart 1932–2016 m. Harlan (Stanley) Commer 1934–1977
    2. 2. Mary (Lee Mevaline) Forrester 1923–2013 m. Ivan (Amiel) Wagner 1923–2000
      1. 1. Cecilia (Fay) Wagner 1946–2015 m. Paul (Murphy) Pruitt 1936–2015 m. Odom (Bryan) Goins 1943–2018
    3. 3. Milton (Lewis) Forrester 1927–1988
    4. 4. Georgia (Faye) Forrester 1929–2003 m. Layton (Hilmer) Williams 1927–1978
      1. 1. David (Lee Williams) Sr 1947–2019
    5. 5. Hershell (Wendell) Forrester 1933–2003 m. Marion (Theresa) Clement 1941–2003
    6. 6. Estelle (Oveta) Forrester 1930–2020 m. Edgar (Buford) Connel 1924–2015
      1. 1. Eddie (Wayne) Connel 1947–1948
  2. 2. Jefferson (Alonzo) Forrester 1878–1954 m. Nealie Jones 1890–1982 m. Fanny (L) Kinabrew 1862–1956
    1. 1. Herbert (Lewis) Forrester 1904–2001 m. Dee (Gaye) Richardson 1907–2000 m. Eva Forrester 1905–1985
      1. 1. Judy (Joan) Forrester 1938–1980 m. James (Eldredge) Bingham 1935–2018
      2. 2. Esther (Joyce) Forrester 1933–2019 m. Joe (Bevil) Randall 1934–2018
  3. 3. Margaret (Idella) Forrester 1880–1959 m. Daniel (Washington) Whitfield 1859–1929
    1. 1. Vernon (Prentice) Whitfield 1916–1972 m. Mildred (Ann) Shew 1919–2017
      1. 1. Walter (Daniel) Whitfield 1938–1990
      2. 2. Elvin (Gerald) Whitfield 1942–1968
    2. 2. Juanita (Versa) Whitfield 1914–2006 m. Sam (James) Jones 1911–1997
      1. 1. Bobby (Calvin) Jones 1948–1996 m. Brenda (Kay) Johnson 1950–2015
    3. 3. Thomas (Jefferson) Whitfield 1907–1969 m. Thursia (Roberta) Lauderdale 1910–1989
      1. 1. Forrest (Dale) Whitfield 1937–2001
      2. 2. Gailier (Ellena) Whitfield 1935–2002 m. Jacob (Springer) Hall 1933–2013
      3. 3. Jo (Ann) Whitfield 1939–2011
    4. 4. Isaac (Louis) Whitfield 1909–1992 m. Bertha (Mary) Hill 1911–2000
      1. 1. Margaret (Melrose) Whitfield 1936–2012
      2. 2. Shelby (Aldwin) Whitfield 1935–2013
      3. 3. Rebecka (Marlene) Whitfield 1941–2001
    5. 5. Mary (Opal) Whitfield 1911–1987 m. Lee (Roy) Holcomb 1910–1957 m. James (E) McCool 1902– m. Felman (P.) Mahurin 1911–
      1. 1. Luther (Max) Holcomb 1945–2015
      2. 2. Roy (Colbert) Holcomb 1936–2020
    6. 6. Weldon (Virgil) Whitfield 1913–1991 m. Birdie (Lea) Wiley 1919–1992
      1. 1. John (William) Whitfield 1940–2014
      2. 2. Barbara (Jean) Whitfield 1945–1997 m. Laird (Gordon) Nauncheff 1916–2003 m. Eugene (Dale) Everhart 1926–1998
    7. 7. Clara (Ruth) Whitfield 1918–2001 m. Gilbert (Edward) Cummings 1914–1996
      1. 1. Gilbert (Duane) Cummings 1939–2017
      2. 2. Calvin (E.) Cummings 1937–1937
    8. 8. Luther (Ray) Whitfield 1924–2002 m. Juanita (June) Hollowell 1926–2016
      1. 1. Michael (Ray) Whitfield 1950–2003
  4. 4. William (Virgil) Forrester 1885–1972 m. Sarah (Ellen) Lauderdale 1900–1981
    1. 1. James (Robert) Forrester 1931–2020 m. Edna (Ruth) Wallace 1931–1992 m. Mary (Lea) Lovelady 1936–2010 m. Nancy (Rose) Credille 1937–2002
    2. 2. Constance (Lorene) Forrester 1919–1999 m. Robert (H) Combs 1916–1974
      1. 1. David (Earl) Combs 1942–2015
      2. 2. Dorothy (Louise Whittenberg) Combs 1940–2016 m. Floyd (Arnold) Whittenberg 1941–2019
      3. 3. Robert (Carl) Combs 1946–1997
    3. 3. Gladys (Maurice) Forrester 1936–1993 m. Benjamin Valek 1934–2000
    4. 4. Lewis (Alonzo) Forrester 1920–2004 m. Florence (Christine) Combs 1923–2006
      1. 1. Virginia (Nell) Forrester 1943–2015 m. Jerry (Lane) Nipper 1942– m. Ronald (Karl) Tinglov 1935–1999
      2. 2. Joe (Edward) Forrester 1948–1997
    5. 5. Emma (Louise) Forrester 1921–2012 m. Travis Bearden 1920–
      1. 1. Travis (Carroll) Bearden 1944–2020
    6. 6. Mary (Jane) Forrester 1928–2013
    7. 7. William (Edward) Forrester 1934–2009 m. Hildegard Forrester 1928–2011
    8. 8. Infant Forrester 1926–2018 m. George (David) VanMark 1925–1998
  5. 5. Annie (Jerusha) Forrester 1887–1973 m. Ernest (Jackson) Bomer 1884–1959
    1. 1. Eva (Mae) Bomer 1926–2011 m. Walter (James) Harbin 1914–1996 m. Johnnie (James) Gregg 1925–2016
    2. 2. Audrey Bomer 1921–1988 m. Paul (Frederick) Cooksey 1915–1985
    3. 3. Ernest (Jackson Bomer) Jr. 1917–1958
    4. 4. Ruby (Vivian) Bomer 1913–2003 m. Andrew (Ransom) Foxworth 1899–1983
    5. 5. Baby (Boy) Bomer 1915–1915
  6. 6. Clara (Josephine) Forrester 1890–1929 m. Giles (William) Gray 1898–1978
    1. 1. Lowell (Arthur) Gray 1925–2001 m. Ida (Clastine) Beavers 1927–2017
  7. 7. Eula (Mae) Forrester 1894–1980 m. Fitzhugh (Lee) Nix 1898–1981
    1. 1. Mildred (Fay) Nix 1924–2000 m. Emil (Frank) Baumgartner 1923– m. Otis (Ray) Fitzgerald 1925–1989
    2. 2. Marvin (Fitzhugh) Nix 1927–2008 m. Patricia (Mona Jean) Quayle 1927–2017 m. Frances (Marie) Carroll 1929–2014
    3. 3. Vera (Mae) Nix 1930–2004 m. Clifton Dansby 1917–1993
    4. 4. Mary (Nobbie) Nix 1922–2001 m. Ray (Gordon) Evans 1922–2002
      1. 1. Gordon (Dexter) Evans 1947–1972
    5. 5. Bernice (Lorene) Nix 1933–2018 m. Otis (Ray) Alverson 1933–2002 m. Gerald (Foster) Gray 1931–1994

William Forrester's Timeline

7 Records

1854
22 Nov 1854
Birth of William Isaac Forrester in Alabama, USA
Alabama, USA
1860
1860
Age 6
William Isaac Forrester resided here in Freelands, Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Freelands, Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
1870
1870
Age 16
William Isaac Forrester resided here in Red River, Rondo, Lafayette, Arkansas, USA
Red River, Rondo, Lafayette, Arkansas, USA
1880
1880
Age 26
William Isaac Forrester resided here in Precinct 3, Red River, Texas, USA
Precinct 3, Red River, Texas, USA
1900
1900
Age 46
William Isaac Forrester resided here in Justice Precinct 5, Anderson, Texas, USA
Justice Precinct 5, Anderson, Texas, USA
1910
1910
Age 56
William Isaac Forrester resided here in Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas, USA
Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas, USA
1931
9 Jun 1931
Age 77
Death of William Isaac Forrester in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA
Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Nov 1854
    Event Place: Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Freelands, Elyton, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Freelands, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: M653_12; Page: 719; Family History Library Film: 803012

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Red River, Rondo, Lafayette, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Red River, Lafayette, Arkansas; Roll: M593_57; Page: 172A

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Precinct 3, Red River, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 3, Red River, Texas; Roll: 1323; Page: 227B; Enumeration District: 101

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Justice Precinct 5, Anderson, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Anderson, Texas; Roll: 1607; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1241607

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas; Roll: T624_1540; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1375553

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Jun 1931
    Event Place: Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bradford, Anderson County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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