Brief Life History of John
When John Forman was born on 31 July 1819, in Shepshed, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Mattershaw Forman, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Start, was 36. He married Elizabeth Adey on 15 September 1840, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Bethlehem, Albany, New York, United States in 1860 and Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 7 May 1876, in Sand Lake, Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Old Mount Ida Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
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- John Forman, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Forman in entry for Thomas Henry Forman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- John Foreman, "New York, State Census, 1865"
Spouse and Children
1819–1876 Male
1829–1905 Female
Children (11)
1847–1928 Male
1850–1930 Male
1857–1957 Female
1860–1944 Male
1863–1863 Male
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Parents and Siblings
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1817–1836 Male
1819–1876 Male
1821–1874 Female
World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: status name for a leader or spokesman for a group, from Middle English fore-man ‘foreman, reeve’ (from the Old English prefix fore- ‘foremost’ + mann ‘man’). The word is attested in this sense from the 15th century, but is not used specifically for the leader of a gang of workers before the late 16th century.
English: variant of Fordman with loss of -d-, from Middle English ford ‘ford’ (Old English ford) + man, denoting either a dweller by or a keeper of a ford. Compare Forder .
Americanized form of German Fohrmann (see Fohrman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Forman John Forman ,was born 31 July 1819,in Sheffield, Lestershire, England. A son of William Montishaw Forman and Elizabeth Start,a daughter of …
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