Hello! Would some kind peorson be able to see how many JOHN FORBES there were c.1880/1890??? Pleeeeaseeeeeee???? Thankyou!! Jenny Bostock p.s. if anyone know of a John Forbes who married a MARGARET (JANE) GRAY who came from Fife, i would also be grateful!! --- FORBES-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > FORBES-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 39 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Forbes/Forbush > [ctamblyn@prodigy.net (carolyn tamb] > #2 Re: [FORBES] Forbes/Forbush > [SLForbess@aol.com] > #3 Andrew FORBES-PA & MO ["Joanne > Mello" <jomello@innercite.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from FORBES-D, send a message to > > FORBES-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, > too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > FORBES-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:33:13 -0500 > From: ctamblyn@prodigy.net (carolyn tamblyn) > To: FORBES-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: Forbes/Forbush > > Is it true that the name 'Forbes' in Scotland is/was > pronounced as if it > had two sylables? And, if so, did this give rise to > the name 'Forbush' on > the American frontier? > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:46:28 EDT > From: SLForbess@aol.com > To: FORBES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FORBES] Forbes/Forbush > > << Is it true that the name 'Forbes' in Scotland > is/was pronounced as if it > had two sylables? And, if so, did this give rise > to the name 'Forbush' on > the American frontier? >> > > Yes, that's true - at least to some extent. My > family still pronounces it > "FOR-bess." > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:39:47 -0500 > From: "Joanne Mello" <jomello@innercite.com> > To: <FORBES-D@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Andrew FORBES-PA & MO > > Does any one on the list have information about one > Andrew Forbes, possibly b. in PA. Have no idea who > his parents are or date of birth. He was md. 17 Mar > 1831 to Nancy Ann Alexander AGER, who was b. in > Ireland 1811, parents' names unknown. I think the > marriage probably took place in PA since the first > child William Wallace FORBES was b. there 15 July > 1832. Another child Thomas Andrew Forbes was b. > 1834. > > Andrew & Nancy were in Monroe Co. MO in 1835 when > Andrew acquired property in that county. He died > there in September of 1835. He wasn't in this > county long enough to be counted in a census. > > I have not been able to connect this Andrew with any > other Forbes/Forbus families in PA and would > appreciate any information or clues that might lead > me to perhaps location of the marriage. Have little > or no information on wife Nancy either, except that > she was b. in Protestant Ireland and came to America > age age 4 and was possibly one of twins. > > Thanks, > > Joanne > > Joanne A. Smith Mello > jomello@innercite.com > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie