Lavina Forbush

25 December 1836–3 May 1922 (Age 85)
Stark, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

The Life Summary of Lavina

When Lavina Forbush was born on 25 December 1836, in Stark, Coos, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Chebar Forbush, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Grapes, was 31. She married Jeremiah Marston Sanborn about 1855, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 12 daughters. She lived in Butler, Day, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Day, South Dakota, United States in 1920. She died on 3 May 1922, in Webster, Day, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Prairie Mound Cemetery, Butler, Day, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Marston Sanborn
1827–1899
Lavina Forbush
1836–1922
Marriage: about 1855
Lois Ida Sanborn
1856–1941
George Mason Sanborn
1868–1905
Lillian E Sanborn
1880–1931
Ellen Henrietta Sanborn
1880–1935
Ellen Henrietta Sanborn
1860–1930
Lillian A Sanborn
1861–1931
Rose Sanborn
1862–1935
Grace Sanborn
1863–
Josephine L. Sanborn
1865–1952
Clyde Sanborn
1870–
Grace M. Sanborn
1871–1894
Allen Sanborn
1872–1879
Imogene Sanborn
1874–1932
Anna Bell Sanborn
1876–1954
Mattie Lavina Sanborn
1878–1935
Clyde Grant Sanborn
1881–1947

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1855Wisconsin, United States
    • Children

    (16)

    +11 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 10
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party
    Age 18
    A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
    1863
    Age 27
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: altered form of Forbes , which was traditionally pronounced as two syllables. This surname is now rare in Britain.Altered form of German Vorbusch, a topographic name for someone living on the edge of a wood, from vor ‘in front of’ + North German Busch ‘wood, bush’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Forbes

    Sources (9)

    • Lavina Forbush in entry for Clyde Grant Sanborn, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
    • Lorina Sanborn, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Louinier Sanborn, "United States Census, 1900"

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