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John Candlish FORSYTH
1822 - 1883

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• Birth	03 Nov 1822	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Nov 1883	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  Person ID	I10	John Candlish Forsyth
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	George FORSYTH,   d. 1826
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Violet CANDLISH,   b. 06 Apr 1800, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 21 Jun 1847, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	24 Apr 1820	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 28 Mar 1828, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 19 Jan 1908, Parkside, South Australia
  Married	28 Jul 1846	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Children	1. William Candish FORSYTH,   b. 22 Jan 1863, Hackam, South Australia ,   d. 17 Sep 1932, Busselton WA   2. Marianne Smith FORSYTH,   b. 1847, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland ,   d. 10 Jan 1924, Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia   3. George Candlish FORSYTH,   b. 12 Nov 1849, Nairne, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 31 Oct 1850, Nairne, South Australia, Australia   4. David Smith FORSYTH,   b. 19 Aug 1851, Nairne, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 30 Aug 1915, Craig Bank, Hackham, South Australia, Australia   5. Augustus FORSYTH,   b. 1853, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 07 Oct 1886, Between Halbury and Balaklava, South Australia   6. Francis Davison FORSYTH,   b. 15 Oct 1855, Nairne, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 06 Jul 1903, Kent Town, South Australia, Australia   7. Violet Candlish FORSYTH,   b. 06 May 1858, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 11 Apr 1926, South Australia, Australia   8. Rose Agnes Elizabeth FORSYTH,   b. 19 Sep 1860, Salisbury, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 11 Jun 1865, Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia   9. Lily Smith FORSYTH,   b. 07 Jul 1865, Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 08 Jul 1957, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia   10. Malcolm Smith Candlish FORSYTH,   b. 17 Jun 1869, Riverton, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 25 May 1932, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Name: John Forsyth Gender: Male Birth Date: 3 Nov 1822 Birth Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Baptism Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Father: George Forsyth Mother: Voilet Candlish FHL Film Number: 1066691 Reference ID: 2:17PW9GT Death Name: John Forsyth Birth Year: abt 1823 Age: 60 Death Date: 29 Nov 1883 Death Place: Adelaide Residence Place: Adelaide Father's name: William Candish Forsyth Registration Place: Adelaide, South Australia Page Number: 418 Volume Number: 132 1841 Scotland Census Name: John Foreyth Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Gender: Male Where born:Midlothian, Scotland Civil Parish: North Leith County: Midlothian Address: Maitland Place Occupation: Linen Draper Sp Sha Parish Number: 692/1 Household Members: Name Age Wm Candlish 70 Wilhelmina Candlish 60 John Foreyth 15 John Wilson 20 Grandparents Marriage ?? Candlish, William, spirit dealer, and Willamina Gray, daughter of John Gray, taylor in Liberton 22 Dec 1798 Book: Register of Marriages, 1564-1800. (Marriage) Collection: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Parish of Holyroodhouse or Canongate. Register of Marriages, 1564-1800 Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) Sat 8 Dec 1883 Page 32 CORONERS INQUESTS. SUDDEN DEATH. On Friday the City Coroner held an inquest at the Sir John Barleycorn Hotel on the body of a man named John Forsyth, who died suddenly in an office in Hindley-street on Thursday afternoon. Mr. E. H. Dart was foreman of the Jury. Dr. Dixon said he was called in to see the man about 2.20 on the previous afternoon, but found him dead. Made a post-mortem examination of the body on Friday morning. There were no external marks or braises on the body. Found the brain congested and the lungs in an unhealthy state, being slightly congested. On opening the pericardium found 2 lb. 10 oz. of clotted blood there. With the exception of the kidneys and stomach all the organs were diseased. The right auricle was ruptured, and blood had found its way into the pericardium, which would produce instant death. The cause of death was rupture of the right auricle. Charles Frederick Thomas, clerk at Hooker & Son's, said he had seen the body, which was that of a man named John Forsyth, employed as timekeeper by Messrs. Hooker & Son. He had not been at work for a few days on account of illness, but returned on the afternoon of bis death. He went into the office and caught hold of witness's arm, but was unable to speak. He was placed in a chair. Sent for Dr. Dixon, who was close by, and he said the man was dead. Deceased was a temperate and active man, but had said he had disease of the heart. James John Hooker corroborated this evidence. Mary Ann Doble, married woman, of Bowden, said the deceased was a lodger at her house, and otherwise corroborated Mr. Thomas's evidence. David Smith Forsyth, butcher, of Glenelg, identified the body as that of his father, who was sixty years of age. He had given the family a good deal of trouble of late years. About three years ago he sold his furniture and turned his family out. The family kept him and the mother. Lived with witness for twelve months, but did no work. He left because witness would give him no money to go to Melbourne. Had heard him complain of palpitation of the heart. His mother had been separated from deceased for four years. The Jury returned a verdict that death was caused by a rupture of the right auricle of the heart.