Hubert Forbes

Male–2012

Brief Life History of Hubert

Hubert Forbes was born in Jamaica. He died in 2012, in his hometown.

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    World Events (3)

    1907

    City of Kingston destroyed by earthquake.

    1944

    Universal adult suffrage introduced. new constitution providing for a popularly-elected House of Representatives promulgated.

    1958

    Jamaica becomes a member of the British-sponsored Federation of the West Indies.

    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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