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Jonas Mynderse Coe Forsayth
1872 - 1941

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• Birth	14 Jun 1872	Apia Samoa
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Mar 1941	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I1	JMC Forsayth
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	James Forsayth,   d. Abt 1873
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Emma Eliza Coe,   b. 26 Sep 1850, Apia Samoa ,   d. 21 Jul 1913, Monte Carlo
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	27 Oct 1869	Apia Samoa
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ida Schmuetz,   b. Abt 1877, Apia Samoa ,   d. 15 Apr 1947, Vaucluse Hall 19 Coolong Rd Vaucluse
  Married	16 Dec 1895	Samoa
  Children	1. Irene Ida Forsayth,   b. 10 Sep 1901,   d. 05 Sep 1947, Orange Reg No 21523/1947   2. John Robert Forsayth,   b. 08 Feb 1908, St Leonards Reg No 18629/1908 ,   d. 02 Dec 1947, Royal Melbourne Hospital   3. Edward Mynderse Paul Forsayth,   b. 11 Nov 1897, Papua New Guinea ,   d. 11 Apr 1943, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia   4. Emma Eliza Forsayth,   d. 31 Mar 1967, Late of Paddington   5. Hector Henry Forsayth,   b. 18 Dec 1899, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN ,   d. 07 Mar 1952, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia   6. Phyllis Muriel Forsayth,   b. 08 Feb 1908, St Leonards Reg No 18630/1908 ,   d. 27 Sep 1974, Ballarat, Victoria.   7. Lela Patricia Forsayth,   b. 07 Mar 1915,   d. 03 May 1995, late of Gold Coast, formerly of Tooma, NSW
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Emma Coe and Family 1900 1900 Ralum Standing in the Back row with Richard Parkinson (bearded) is Jonas Forsayth, Queen Emma's son from her first marriage. Paul Kolbe is seated, second from left.The woman seated in front (in between Parkinson and JMC "Coe" Forsayth) is Coe's wife Ida Schmidt.To the right of Queen Emma the bald guy is Ferdinand Stensloff and the woman far right is his new wife Emma Meredith Coe (Stensloff).

  
  

• Notes

  The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 15 March 1941 p 14 FORSAYTH.-March 14, 1941, at a private hospital, Paddington, Jonas Mynderse Coe, beloved husband of Ida Forsayth aged 69 years. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 18 March 1941 p 5 MR. J. M. C. FORSAYTH. Mr. E. T. Hudson, of Mosman, writes: The death of Mr. J. M. C. Forsayth has removed a notable character whose early life was actively associated with the South Sea Islands. Few men possessed such intimate knowledge of the Melanesian and Polynesian races and successfully studied the psychology of the former savage inhabitants of the Pacific Islands. For a number of years he owned ex- tensive plantations in New Britain, New Ireland, the Solomon Islands, and many of the outlying groups, extending as far eastward as Tahiti. He also controlled a number of trading stations. His fleet of schooners and smaller vessels was a source of much pride to him, but he relinquished most of his interests to settle in Sydney. After making his home at Vaucluse, he occupied his leisure with ocean fishing and racing, as well as being an enthusiastic supporter of cricket and football. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 31 March 1910 p 7 FROM THE SOUTH SEAS. VISIT OF MR. FORSAYTH. Mr. J. M. C. Forsayth, the British Consul in New Britain, and the proprietor of extensive plantations in the German Archipelago, who is at present on a visit to Sydney, states that trade generally is prosperous, and that native matters are quiet. Before leaving Simpsonhafen it was reported that a plot, planned by a number of discontented natives, to murder all the European missionaries at Alexinhafen [sic], on the mainland, had been frustrated just in time. The local police effected a number of arrests before any harm had been done, and two of the ring- leaders were subsequently shot. Mr. For- sayth says that at the time he left New Bri- tain no official reports had been received. The company recently formed in Germany to work the phosphate deposits on the island of Angauer, in the Pelaw or Low Archipelago, is, Mr. Forsayth reports, making rapid progress. The Phosphate Company a few weeks ago chartered the Norddeutscher-Lloyd steamer Langeoog for the purpose of recruiting native labour to work on the island. It is estimated that the deposit at Angauer consists of at least 2,500,000 tons, and about 10,000 tons have already been shipped to Hamburg. The German gunboat Planet, Mr. Forsayth says, is now on her way to Australia from the Bismarck Archipelago, and should reach Brisbane very shortly. After a stay there for a week, the Planet will come on to Sydney The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 28 December 1909 p 6 News of the appointment of Mr. J. M. C. Forsayth as the first British Consul for Ger- man New Guinea was brought to Sydney yes- terday by the steamer Prinz Waldemar. Mr. Forsayth, who is n member of the Legisla- tive Council of the German Colony, is connected with the well-known firm of E. E. Forsayth, of Rabaul, and the headquarters of the consulate will be at Herbertshohe. The territory was annexed by Germany in 1884, and the appointment of a British Consul has given much satisfaction to English settlers there. Mr. Forsayth's Australian residence is at Neutral Bay.