William Ashburn Forbes

Brief Life History of William Ashburn

When William Ashburn Forbes was born on 27 November 1870, in Huxley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Ashburn Forbes, was 68 and his mother, Jane Douglass Tench, was 36. He married Nellie King on 7 March 1897, in Notting Hill, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and lived in Morden, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Peace River, Alberta, Canada in 1926. He died on 3 April 1957, in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

William Ashburn Forbes
1870–1957
Nellie King
1875–1949
Marriage: 7 March 1897
Doris Forbes
1898–1977
Harold Forbes
1900–1971
Gerald Douglas Forbes
1902–1981
Frank Forbes
1903–1967
John Arthur Forbes
1904–1984
Leslie Norman Forbes
1906–1908
Cecil Raymond Forbes
1907–2001
Donald Forbes
1908–1910
Lawrence Forbes
1910–1979
Enid Forbes
1912–2000
Winnifred Mona Forbes
1914–1998

Sources (14)

  • Wm A Forbes in household of Jane Forbes, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • William Ashburn Forbes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Ashburn Forbes, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993"

World Events (8)

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1905

Historical Timeline Settlement Patterns

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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