Alexander Forbes (1750) and Jane Williams (1760), their baptism and marriage certificates or registry and their parents. I have married 30/09/1780, Templemichael, Longford
Child 1: Alexander Forbes - Just the date of death and a picture of his death notice
He married Jane Thomas (1805) first married Alexander Forbes - Then married Simes
Alexander and Jane had Maria Forbes (My Forbes) (apparently he was married before he left to Elizabeth Clarke and they had a Son John - Some say they died before he left Ireland and others say there is no record of them?)
That is what I am trying to determine what is on record that we can retrieve. As a lot of what I was finding is repetitive and finding baptismal records, birth records etc has proven to be a challenge or may not even exist.
1. Baptisms of Alexander Forbes the elder born c1750 and Jane Williams born c1760 were too early for surviving baptism registers of Templemichael, assuming that they were born there. You said you already have a copy of their marriage.
2. Death of their son, Alexander. The one who died in South Africa, killed during an attack by natives?
3. Alexander's wife, Jane Thomas. Did this marriage happen in S. Africa? Do you know where Jane was from? Was the Simes you mention Jane's 2nd husband, whom she married in S. Africa after Alexander's death?
4. Alexander's wife/wives and children. Is there evidence that Alexander Forbes who had a son, John, baptised in Longford, mother Elizabeth Clarke, was the same Alexander who went to S. Africa? I saw no mention of wife or child in letters re assisted emigration scheme or passenger list. He travelled without a wife or child. However that doesn't mean they didn't exist. (See my reply #14.)
Alexander's daughter Maria, born to wife, Jane, was born in South Africa; is that correct?
