Matthew Forbes mystery daughter & step-daughter

[Jomot]

The MI's from the Borders fhs will be the next purchase, once I've chased down & written up all of the Glasgow/Greenock connections.

I had hoped that finding William b1793 might also lead to James b1795 - and possibly some further clues - but he seems to be another one who vanishes. 

Still, I've made more progress in the last couple of weeks than I ever thought I would, so I can't grumble 

Many thanks for your help. 

[Trinkabell4503]

Well hello everyone!! 

How pleased am I to have come across this forum after all this time and to find you guys talking about my line and with even reading through your entries filling in some blanks for me.

If I follow the trail William Forbes married to Elizabeth Walkingshaw would be my 5th Great-Grandfather...just WOW!!!

So here goes....My lineage...

William Forbes + Elizabeth Walkingshaw = 5th Great-Grandparents
Matthew Forbes (So William Forbes) + Janet Steel = 4th Great-Grandparents
William Forbes (So Matthew Forbes) + Janet Gray Gilmour = 3rd Great-Grandparents
Henry Steel Forbes (So William Forbes) + Helen Morton = 2nd Great-Grandparents
Henry Steel Forbes (So Henry Steel Forbes) + Daisy Leah Sedgwick = Great-Grandparents
Annie Louisa Forbes (Do Henry Steel Forbes) + William Thomas Thomas = Grandparents
Barbara Ann Thomas (Do Annie Louisa Forbes) + Douglas John Eldridge = Parents
And then there's me. 

Following the Forbes line down from Henry Steel Forbes (So William Forbes) they all passed away in Australia which is where I am from. The only exceptions are Helen Morton wife of Henry Steel Forbes who died in Helensburgh in Scotland and my mother who is still alive but lives in Australia.

I would be keen to share information if anyone were interested...cheers

PS...My first time on RootsChat so I hope I've done this right...lol

[brigidmac]

Welcome to rootschat Trinkabell
The lineage is well set out .

I wonder if any descendants of William FORBES  have done DNA tests
Which confirms links to 5x ggparents

[Jomot]

Hi Trinkabell

After this flurry of research last year I had to park the Forbes again for various reasons, so my tree still isn't as tidy as it should be, but I felt that William (husband to Elizabeth W) was probably brother to my 4xG Grandmother, Wilhelmina.

I did find James b 1795 though (son of William Forbes & Elizabeth W) - he's named on the same headstone as William's second wife, Janet/Jennet Anderson.

I also tried to get hold of a document about their son Matthew (your 4xG Grandfather) held at National Records of Scotland, but at the time they couldn't help due to covid, so that's still on my 'to do' list: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01rir/

The line comes through my father's side, and he's just done a DNA test for me.  I sent it back a week ago but it's still not showing as received, so I hope it hasn't got lost! 

[brigidmac]

Jomot DNA tests are often slow

I have some distant Forbes Steel Anderson connections maybe your dad will match DNA with my aunt !

You've done excellent work .

Btw although ancestry has awful transcriptions occasionally it has a record which is hard to find on SP and before you spend lots of money looking paying for records might be worth looking there .I have worldwide subs if you want me to look for any you haven't found .

[Jomot]

Thanks for this.  I've just checked and its finally showing as received, so now its just a case of sit & wait.  Who knows, maybe we are (very) distantly related 

Thanks for the offer of looking for records, but I have subs to both Ancestry & FindMyPast so I've done lots of searches on both of those as well as on Scotlands People, so unless there's something tucked away in the kirk records that I haven't found, then I think I've pretty much got everything there is to be had.

[Rosinish]

"Forbes Tailoring on the Square"

Skoosh.

Good name that is Skoosh! 

Annie