Brief Life History of James Duncan
When James Duncan Forbes was born on 19 July 1887, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James D Forbes, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Hellena Davis, was 28. He married Clare Maude Dresser on 19 July 1912, in Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1920 and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 December 1957, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 70.
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Sources (8)
- James Forbes, "United States Census, 1920"
- James Duncan Forbes, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- James Duncan Forbes, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
Spouse and Children
1887–1957 Male
1893–1986 Female
Children (2)
1915– Male
1917– Female
Parents and Siblings
1855– Male
1859– Female
Siblings (6)
1884– Female
1887–1957 Male
1889–1966 Male
1891– Female
1896–1896 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 3
1905 · The Movie Theater
Age 18
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 19
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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