Charles Willard Forsythe

Brief Life History of Charles Willard

When Charles Willard Forsythe was born on 28 March 1870, in Nescopeck, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Forsythe, was 32 and his mother, Hannah Dreisbach, was 35. He married Eldora V Slusser on 18 February 1896, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Black Creek Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 22 January 1961, in Mahoning Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90.

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Charles Willard Forsythe
1870–1961
Eldora V Slusser
1869–1943
Marriage: 18 February 1896
Carrie Helen Forsythe
1897–1972
Anna G Forsythe
1899–1900
Warren Russell Forsythe
1903–1981

Sources (16)

  • Charles Forsythe in household of Hannah Forsythe, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Chas. Forsythe, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Charles W Forsythe, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Fearsithe, composed of the elements fear ‘man’ + sith ‘peace’. Some early forms with the prepositions, as for example William de Fersith (Edinburgh 1365), seem to point to an alternative origin as a habitational name, but no placename of suitable form is known. The spelling Forsythe is associated chiefly with northern Ireland.

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

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