Brief Life History of Duncan
When Duncan Forbes was christened on 31 December 1825, in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Duncan Forbes, was 42 and his mother, Isabella Johnston, was 33. He died on 18 October 1858, in his hometown, at the age of 32, and was buried in Saint Stephen Old Church, Inverness, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Duncan Forbus, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Duncan Forbes, "BillionGraves Index"
- Duncan Forbes, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1783–1839 Male
1792–1874 Female
Siblings (9)
1813– Male
1816–1858 Male
1818– Female
1820– Female
1823– Male
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World Events (7)
1830
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
1838 · Jenners Department Store Opens its doors
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Forbes in Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire, so named from Gaelic forba ‘field, district’ + the locative suffix -ais. The placename is pronounced in two syllables, with the stress on the second, and the surname until recently reflected this. Today, however, it is generally a monosyllable.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Firbhisigh ‘son of Fearbhisigh’, a personal name composed of elements meaning ‘man’ + ‘prosperity’.
History: A family of this name (see 2 above) in Connacht was famous for its traditional historians, compilers of the Book of Lecan.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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