When Charlotte Isabella Forster was born about 1770, in Tullaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland, her father, John Forster, was 24 and her mother, Sophia Wynch, was 17. She married Alexander Montgomery on 12 June 1827, in Phillipstown Manor, County Carlow, Ireland. She died on 1 July 1840, at the age of 71.
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1782–1856 Male
1770–1840 Female
1747–1780 Male
1754–1793 Female
1770–1840 Female
1780–1848 Male
English: shortened form of Forrester , an occupational name for someone who worked in a forest.
English: possibly a Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors or shears, cutler’. Compare Force and Forse .
German (mainly Förster): agent derivative of Middle High German forst ‘forest’, denoting someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or who worked in one (see Forst ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Foerster .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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