Donald FORBES (1819

Donald FORBES (1819 - 1906)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Isabella FORBES (1856 - 1929) John Griffith FORBES (1859 - 1887) Duncan Donald FORBES (1861 - 1942) Adeline Mary FORBES (1863 - 1937) George Edward Eyre FORBES (1866 - 1924) Annie Mary FORBES (1871 - 1947) Archibald FORBES (1872 - 1926)	Donald FORBES (1819 - 1906) + Mary Elizabeth GRIFFITH (1830 - 1884)	Donald FORBES



		Ann (FORBES)

Pic P1. In Memory of
our dear father and mother
DONALD and MARY FORBES

Pic S1. In Memory of
our dear father and mother
DONALD and MARY FORBES

Pic 1. In Memory of
our dear father and mother
DONALD and MARY FORBES

b. 1819

+. Mary Elizabeth GRIFFITH (1830 - 1884)

d. 1906 at Freeburg, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia aged 87

Near Relatives of Donald FORBES (1819 - 1906)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	John GRIFFITH
Mother in Law	Sarah MORRIS

Father	Donald FORBES
Mother	Ann (FORBES)

Self	Donald FORBES	1819		1906	Freeburg, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia	87

Spouse/Partner	Mary Elizabeth GRIFFITH	1830		1884	Wandiligong, Alpine AShire, Victoria, Australia	54

Daughter	Isabella FORBES	1856		1929	Western Australia, Australia	73
Son	John Griffith FORBES	1859	Buckland, Victoria, Australia	1887	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	28
Son	Duncan Donald FORBES	1861	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	1942	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	81
Daughter	Adeline Mary FORBES	1863		1937	Rochester, Victoria, Australia	74
Son	George Edward Eyre FORBES	1866		1924	Elwood, Port Phillip,, Victoria, Australia	58
Daughter	Annie Mary FORBES	1871	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	1947	Victoria	76
Son	Archibald FORBES	1872	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	1926	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	54

Son in Law	Peter Wilson MCKAY	1838		1881	Bright, Victoria, Australia	43
Daughter in Law	Mary Jane MURRAY	1862		1929	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	67
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth PEACOCK	1862	Wandiligong, Alpine AShire, Victoria, Australia	1939	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	77
Son in Law	Hugh Stenhouse SHARP	1865	Victoria, Australia	1912	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	47
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE	1865	Rush, Victoria, Australia	1946	Croxton East, Victoria	81
Son in Law	William HOOPER	1860	Victoria, Australia	1924	Victoria, Australia	64

Grandson	William John (Dinnie) MCKAY	1876	Victoria, Australia	1924	Western Australia, Australia	48
Granddaughter	Marjory Mary (May) MCKAY	1877	Victoria, Australia	1891	Victoria, Australia	14
Grandson	Donald MCKAY	1878	Freeburg, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia	1940	Perth, WA, Australia	62
Grandson	John Donald Murray FORBES	1887	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1937	Mitcham, Victoria, Australia	50
Grandson	Archibald John FORBES
Grandson	Duncan Claughtan FORBES
Granddaughter	Jean FORBES
Grandson	Roy Hugh Donald SHARP	1893	Kensington Hill, Victoria, Australia	1965	Victoria, Australia	72
Granddaughter	Margaret Mary May (May) SHARP	1895	Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Muriel Perth SHARP	abt 1900	Possibly at Perth	1949	Rochester, Victoria, Australia	49
Grandson	Archibald George SHARP	1902	Perth, WA, Australia	1970	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	68
Grandson	Ralph Eric (Eric) SHARP	1905	Perth, WA, Australia	1969	Victoria, Australia	64
Granddaughter	Gladys Mary FORBES	1896	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	bef 1964		68
Grandson	Donald Couche FORBES	1901	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Veronica FORBES	1902	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Francis George FORBES	1904	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	William Donald Norman HOOPER	1895	Hotham Heights, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia	1965	Heidelberg Heights, Victoria, Australia	70
Grandson	George Raymond HOOPER	1899	Hotham, Victoria, Australia	1938	Victoria, Australia	39
Granddaughter	Mary Isabel (Belle) HOOPER	1905	Flemington, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Archibald Edward HOOPER	1907	Flemington, Victoria, Australia	1972	Park, Victoria, Australia	65
Grandson	Allan Robert HOOPER	1910	Flemington, Victoria, Australia	1941	Flemington, Victoria, Australia	31

Events in Donald FORBES (1819 - 1906)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1819		Donald FORBES was born		Burial info
1856	37	Birth of daughter Isabella FORBES		Burial info
1859	40	Birth of son John Griffith FORBES	Buckland, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1861	42	Birth of son Duncan Donald FORBES	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1863	44	Birth of daughter Adeline Mary FORBES		Note 3
1866	47	Birth of son George Edward Eyre FORBES		Burial info
1871	52	Birth of daughter Annie Mary FORBES	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1872	53	Birth of son Archibald FORBES	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
1884	65	Death of wife Mary Elizabeth GRIFFITH (aged 54)	Wandiligong, Alpine AShire, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	22
1887	68	Death of son John Griffith FORBES (aged 28)	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52, 60
1906	87	Donald FORBES died	Freeburg, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	22, 60
1906	87	Burial	Bright Cemetery, Victoria	Note 9	90

Note 1: Jno Griffitns Forbes
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name Jno Griffitns Forbes
Birth Date Abt 1859
Birth Place Buckland, Victoria
Registration Year 1859
Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Father Donald Forbes
Mother Mary Elizth Griffiths
Registration Number 4966

Note 2: Duncan Donald Forbes
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name Duncan Donald Forbes
Birth Date Abt 1861
Birth Place Growlers Creek, Victoria
Registration Year 1861
Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Father Donald Forbes
Mother Mary Griffiths
Registration Number 10825

Note 3: Death reg - died 1937,aged 74 = c 1863

Note 4: Ann Forbes
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name Ann Forbes
Birth Date Abt 1871
Birth Place Growlers Creek, Victoria
Registration Year 1871
Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Father Donald Forbes
Mother Mary Elizabeth Griffiths
Registration Number 9392

Note 5: Archibald Forbes
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name Archibald Forbes
Birth Date Abt 1872
Birth Place Growlers Creek, Victoria
Registration Year 1872
Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Father Donald Forbes
Mother Mary Griffiths
Registration Number 23616

Note 6: Burial info

FORBES Mary Elzth
Death
Mother - Sarah MORRIS
Father - Griffiths Jno
WANDILIGON
Husband - FORBES, Donald
Age - 53
1884
7476/1884

Note 7: John Griffiths Forbes
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name John Griffiths Forbes
Death Age 28
Birth Date abt 1859
Death Date Abt 1887
Death Place Echuca, Victoria
Registration Date 1887
Registration Place Australia
Father Donald
Mother Mary Griffiths
Registration Number 1555

Riverine Herald) Echuca/Moama) 15 Jan 1887
DEATH.
FORBES - On the 14th inst., at his residence,
Hare street, Echuca, John G. Forbes, of
Locomotive Department, Victorian rail-
ways, of typhoid fever. Aged 28 years.

Note 8: Burial info

The Age - Friday 7th December, 1906.
FORBES - On the 5th December, at his residence Freeburgh, Donald Forbes, the dearly beloved father of Duncan, George and Archie Forbes, Mrs. McKay and Mrs Sharp, of Western Australia, and Mrs. W. Hooper, of Bryant street, Flemington, aged 88 years.

FORBES Donald
Death
Mother -Ann
Father - Forbes Donald
Bright
Age - 86
1906
12028/1906

Note 9: Donald Forbes

Birth
1819
Death
5 Dec 1906 (aged 86–87)
Freeburgh, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia
Burial
Bright Cemetery
Bright, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia
Plot
CoE Sect 2 Block C Lot 48

Personal Notes:

marriage of son

Source References:

22. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Victoria bdm index, Title: Victorian bdm

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: FORBES Donald
Death
Mother -Ann
Father - Forbes Donald
Bright
Age - 86
1906
12028/1906

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The Age - Friday 7th December, 1906.
FORBES - On the 5th December, at his residence Freeburgh, Donald Forbes, the dearly beloved father of Duncan, George and Archie Forbes, Mrs. McKay and Mrs Sharp, of Western Australia, and Mrs. W. Hooper, of Bryant street, Flemington, aged 88 years.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Donald Forbes

Birth
1819
Death
5 Dec 1906 (aged 86–87)
Freeburgh, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia
Burial
Bright Cemetery
Bright, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia
Plot
CoE Sect 2 Block C Lot 48

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