Author talk:Arthur Charles Forbes
Sources
[edit]Name: Arthur C Forbes
Birth Year: 1866
Death Year: 1950
Source:
- Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 2: August, 1949-August, 1952. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1953. (BioIn 2)
Marriage
[edit]Name: Arthur Charles Forbes, forester, Derry Hill, Wiltshire
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marriage or Bann Date: 6 Jun 1894
Marriage or Bann Place: Derry Hill, Christ Church, Wiltshire, England
Father: Malcolm Forbes, forester
Spouse: Jessie Minnie Macdiarmid, 26,, spinster, of Derry Hill, daughter of Archibald MacDiarmid, Farmer
Census
[edit]- 1901 England
Name: Arthur C Forbes
Age: 34
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Jessie M Forbes
Birth Place: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Calne
Ecclesiastical parish: Derryhill Christchurch
Occupation: forester and farm bailiff
Condition as to marriage: M
Registration district: Calne
Sub-registration district: Calne
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors:
Piece: 1922
Folio: 52
Page Number: 4
Household schedule number: 35
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur C Forbes 34
Jessie M Forbes 33
John A Forbes 6
Arthur C Forbes 4
Margaret M Forbes 3
Elsie M Smith 17
- 1871 England
Name: Arthur C Forbes
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1867
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Where born: Burnham Buckinghamshire England
Civil Parish: Burnham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Anne
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Registration district: Eton
Sub-registration district: Burnham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 65
Piece: 1402
Folio: 48
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
John M Forbes 38, Bailiff
Susan Forbes 35
Arthur C Forbes 4
Evalun L Forbes 3
Agnes J Forbes 1
Annie Bushell 36
Emily Marshall 16
Residents of a house 2 in Avondale (Rathdrum, Wicklow)
Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
Forbes Arther Charles 44 Male Head of Family Church of Ireland England Forestry Inspector D.A.T.I Read and write - Married - 16 4 4
Forbes Jane Minnie 43 Female Wife Church of Ireland Scotland - Read and write - Married - 16 4 4
Forbes Allen Steward 4 Male Son Church of Ireland England - - - Single - - - -
Forbes Edith ? 37 Female Sister Church of Ireland England - Read and write - Single - - - -
baptism
[edit]- England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: Arthur Charles Forbes
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 24 Aug 1866
Baptism Place: Burnham, Buckingham, England
Father: John Malchon Forbes
Mother: Susan Forbes
FHL Film Number: 1967039
Reference ID: item 5 p 36
death
[edit]- “Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Deaths in Ireland with Index to Deaths.".
Name: Arthur C Forbes
Date of Registration: 1950 Dec. Q.
Death Age: 84
Registration district: Rathdown
Volume: 2
Page: 510
FHL Film Number: 257853
- Irish Independent 1905-current, Wednesday, November 08, 1950; Page: 7
FORBES (Killiney)—Nov. 7, 1950, at Longleat, Killiney, Arthur Charles Forbes, O.B.E., late Director of Forestry, House and funeral private.
Probate
[edit]- Calendar of the Grants ... https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=forbes&yearOfDeath=1951&page=1#calendar
Name: Arthur Charles Forbes
Death Date: 7 Nov 1950
Death Place: Dublin, Ireland
Probate Date: 14 Apr 1951
Probate Registry: London, Englandof Longleat Killiney-road Killiney Dublin died 7 November 1950 Proate London 14 April to Allan Stewart Forbes engineer. Effects £4480 11s. 2d.
passenger
[edit]- Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. > London, England > 1936 > Oct
Name: Arthur C Forbes
Arrival Age: 70
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Arrival Date: 22 Oct 1936
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Yokohama; Kobe; Shanghai; Hong Kong; Singapore; Penang; Colombo; Port Said; Malta; Marseilles; Gibraltar and Tangier
Ship Name: Chitral
Shipping Line: P and O Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 148861of Newtown Vevey, Bray, Co. Wicklow, I.F.S. Ret. Civil Servant, 70, I.F.S.
membership
[edit]- Freemasons of Ireland Membership Registers. The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Name: Arthur C Forbes
Gender: Male
Event Date: 8 Jun 1910
Event Place: Wicklow
Death Date: 1950
Occupation: Lecturer in Agriculture
Lodge: The Wicklow
Lodge Number: 748
Fellow Craft: 14/9/1910
Master Mason: 9/11/1911
G. L. Cert.: 17/12/1910
Newspapers
[edit]- Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Saturday, November 26, 1927; Page: 8
Witness in court case for compensation for looting and destruction of Glenfarne hall+++ in 1922
- Leitrim Observer 1904-current, Saturday, October 12, 1918; Page: 4
Withdrawing claim in court for compensation Dromod Saw Mills Burning
- Leitrim Observer 1904-current, Saturday, September 07, 1918; Page: 3
Lodging claim in court, noting named as Col. Arthur Charles Forbers, Timber Controller
- Irish Press 1931-1995, Thursday, November 09, 1950; Page: 4
MR. ARTHUR C. FORBES
Mr. Arthur C. Forbes, Killiney Co. Dublin, who has died, aged 84 years, came to Ireland from England to enter the Forestry Department in 1905. He became Director of Forestry and retired in 1931.
- Irish Independent 1905-current, Wednesday, November 08, 1950; Page: 7
MR. ARTHUR C. FORBES
Mr. Arthur C. Forbes (84), Longleat, Killiney, whose death has occurred, was Directory of Forestry until his retirment in 1931. He came from England in 1905 to enter the Forestry Department, During the First World War he was Timber Controller, and for his work was awarded the O.B.E. in 1920. He wrote a number of books on forestry.