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Robert FORSYTH
1792 - 1857

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• Birth	08MAR1792	Keith, Banff. Scotland   [1]
  Christened	11MAR1792	Keith, Banff. Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19NOV1857	Old Keith, Banff. Scotland   [2]
  Buried	Keith Old Churchyard Cemetery, Keith, Banff. Scotland   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I537	Jean Mailer Forsyth
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	James FORSYTH,   c. 04MAY1740, Keith, Banff. Scotland
  Mother	Elspet LOGGIE,   b. 1754C
  Married	18MAY1782	Bellie, Moray. Scotland
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Catherine FORSYTH,   b. 1792C, Huntly, Aberdeen. Scotland ,   d. 7JAN1851, Keith, Banff. Scotland
  Married	30JUN1817	Huntly, Aberdeen. Scotland   [1]
  Children	1. William FORSYTH,   b. 1818C,   d. 6DEC1850, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies   2. James Alexander FORSYTH,   b. 1820C,   d. 20JAN1896, 68 Spittal, Aberdeen. Scotland   3. John FORSYTH,   b. 1822C   4. Jane FORSYTH,   b. 1825C   5. Robert FORSYTH,   b. 1829C,   d. Bef ORE 1913   6. Michael Bruce FORSYTH,   b. 1832C,   d. 22JUL1885, 2 Crown Place, Aberdeen. Scotland
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Notes

  Robert Forsyth was christened 11Mar1792 in Keith, Banff, Scotland according to the IGI Index. His parents were James Forsyth and Elspet Loggie (spelt Logie on his death certificate 1857). According to the IGI Index, Robert and Cathrine (sic) Forsyth married at Huntly, Aberdeen on 30Jun1817. Between 1818 and 1832 Robert and Catherine produced six children - William b1818, James Alexander b 1820, John b 1822, Jane b 1825, Robert b 1829 and Michael Bruce b 1832. In the 1841 Census Robert and Catherine Forsyth are living at East Park Street in Huntly with their four children - John 13, an Apprentice Shoemaker, Jane 10, Robert 7 and Michael 4. Robert is a Currier and both he and his wife are aged 45 years. From the 1851 Census for Keith, Scotland - Book 1 p11 - Cross St - Robert Forsyth, Head Wid aged 56, *Journeyman/Carrier, Born Keith James Alexander Forsyth, son aged 30, Journeyman/Shoemaker, Born Huntly Robert Forsyth, son aged 21, Solicitor/Writing Clerk, Born Huntly Michael Bruce Forsyth, son aged 18, Solicitor/Writing Clerk, Born Huntly. A Mary Thomson aged 19 was a House Servant for the family - she had been born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. * A Journeyman is a tradesman who has competed his apprenticeship and is regarded as fully qualified. A Currier was a specialist in the leather processing industry. After the tanning process, the currier applies techniques of dressing, finishing and colouring to the tanned hide to make it strong, flexible and waterproof. The leather was stretched and burnished to produce a uniform thickness and suppleness, and dyeing and other chemical finishes gave the leather its desired colour. After currying, the leather was then ready to pass to the fashioning trades such as saddlery, bridlery, shoemaking and glovemaking. From the Elgin Library (transcribed by Anne Burgess - friend from the Internet) - "Sacred to the memory of Robert Forsyth, Currier, died at Keith 19Nov1857, aged 62, and Catherine his wife, died here 7Jan1851 aged 55. Also William, eldest son of the above, died at Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, 6Dec1850 aged 32." Robert died from mortification of leg. The Surgeon James T George of Keith saw Robert on the 18Nov1857. Robert is buried in the Churchyard of Keith as certified by James Laing, Farmer. Informant was his son John Forsyth of Huntly.




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  [S1053] IGI - International Genealogical Index on Internet. [S1050] Certificate obtained, Scotland BMD Reg 1857 page 30 No 88 at Keith. [S1051] Headstone Inscription sighted by researcher Vicki Smith. "Sacred to the memory of Robert Forsyth, currier, died at Keith 19 November 1857, aged 62" [S1070] Death Date from descendant, From Anne Burgess - transcription from Keith Old Churchyard.