This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forbes, Foot Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I can't tell you much more about Charles Forbes but I'll try - his wife and daughter you now know. In 1853, Charles was a barrister, living at 12 Jane Street, Southwark (now Joan Street). In 1876, when Grace A-F F got married in Hammersmith, his occupation was gentleman. Grace married Alfred Foot born 1852 in Finsbury. Witnesses at the wedding were Charles Francis Forbes and Katharine Forbes. Grace and Alfred had at least two children - Alfred Forbes Foot and Grace Forbes Foot. Alfred Forbes was born in 1877 in Croydon and Grace Forbes was born in 1879. They had moved to Penge Road, Croydon, by 1881 and Alfred's sister, Mary E, was living with them too. In 1899, Alfred Forbes married Harriet Emma Rose Mason, born 1877 in Horsham. They had five children - Frederick Forbes born 1900, Beda Forbes born 1902, Alfred Forbes born 1904, Grace Forbes born ? and Albert/Herbert Forbes born ? In 1900, they were living in Tamworth Road, Croydon. At some point before 1902, they moved to West Ham. Frederick Forbes (my grandfather) married Lilian Rose Elliott in 1924 in Brighton, and they had five children - Joan Beda, Alfred Forbes, Frederick Leonard (my father), Gordon Jeffery and Maureen Lilian. Beda Forbes had five children - Jeffery, Barbara, Pauline, Clifford and ??. Alfred Forbes, Grace Forbes and Albert/Herbert Forbes are a mystery at the moment. Joan Beda went to Canada in 1945 ish and has three sons. Alfred Forbes went to Australia in 1940 ish and has a son by his first marriage. Frederick Leonard has two daughters. Gordon Jeffery has a son by his first marriage and two sons and a daughter by the second and, finally, Maureen has two daughters. Phew - if you want more details, just ask Julie