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William Forsyth
1846 - 1923

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• Birth	23 Feb 1846	Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Dec 1923	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I006	Forsyths of Hamilton Victoria
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	William Forsyth,   b. 1 Jan 1818, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 11 Dec 1901, "Rowchester Park", Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Frances McDougall,   b. 23 May 1817, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 23 Apr 1902, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	7 Aug 1843	Secession Church, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F02	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Harriet Lloyd Douglass,   b. 1843,   d. 15 Jul 1889, Croxton West, Victoria
  Married	27 Jun 1871	Portland, Victoria
  Children	1. Jean Richards Forsyth,   b. 6 May 1872, Hamilton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 9375/1872 ,   d. 9 Aug 1958, Warrnambool, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 25863/1958   2. William James Forsyth,   b. 5 Nov 1873, Hamilton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 24386/1873 ,   d. 13 Jul 1952, Hampton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 21172/1952   3. James Douglass Forsyth,   b. 19 Apr 1875, Hamilton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 9636/1875 ,   d. 20 Jun 1959, South Australia Reg No 886/803   4. Frances McDougall Forsyth,   b. 23 May 1877, Hamilton, Victoria. Victoria Reg No 16685/1876 ,   d. 25 Apr 1914, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
  Family ID	F05	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Flora Blanche Hudson,   b. 4 Oct 1845,   d. 10 Sep 1929
  Married	17 Dec 1890
  Children	1. Robert Alexander Forsyth,   b. 29 Jun 1892,   d. 27 Nov 1927, Hamilton, VIC.
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Argus Saturday 27 December 1890 Page 1 FORSYTH - HUDSON - On the 17th inst, at St Andrew's church, Carlton by the Rev. R D McEachran, William Forsyth, junior, of Rowchester-park, Hamilton to Flora Blanche, youngest daughter of the late J Hudson, Rockwood, Auburn. Forsyth, William (1846–1923) William Forsyth, n.d. from Pastoral Review, 16 February 1924 Mr. William Forsyth, of Rowchester Park, Hamilton, Victoria, a well-known breeder of Lincoln sheep, died on 25th December last, aged 77 years. He was born at Kelso, Scotland, on 25th February, 1846, and in 1856 migrated to Adelaide with his parents. After spending two years on Glencoe Station, near Mt. Gambier, the late Mr. Forsyth's father purchased Rowchester Park, near Hamilton, in the Western District of Victoria. Until young William Forsyth reached the age of 31 he worked with his father, and then for three years managed the Bassett Estate for the late Thomas Skene. It was while he was managing this property that he received his first insight into the breeding of Lincoln sheep. When he relinquished the management at the dispersal sale of the Bassett Estate he secured some of the best rams and ewes, and so formed the foundation of the Rowchester Park Lincoln stud flock. In the early days this stud was conducted by the late William Forsyth and his brothers, but later it went under the name of Messrs. W. and R. Forsyth. In 1895 this partnership was dissolved, and the subject of this notice continued in sole control of the stud until his death. He was a member of the council of the Australian Sheepbreeders' Association, also a council member of the Hamilton Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Original publication Pastoral Review, 16 February 1924, pp 119-20