| FORSYTHE
JOHN
HENRY FORSYTHE, Son of Thomas and
Margaret Elizabeth (Borden) Forsythe, was born June 17, 1890 at Sheffield
Mills and married at Kentville Sept 29, 1920, to May Leontine Chase, daughter
of Joshua and Francis (Borden) Chase. May was born June 20, 1894 at Sheffield
Mills.
Their children
(surnamed Forsythe) are:
- Frances Margaret,
born July 16, 1921
- Ronald Wesley,
born June 5, 1923
- Edith Evelyn, born
May 23, 1925
- Jean Ysobel, born
August 13, 1926
John died November 6,
1957 at his home in Kentville and May died December 7, 1980, aged 86,
at the Grand View Manor in Berwick. Both were buried in Elm Grove Cemetery.
THOMAS
LEROY FORSYTHE,son
of Thomas and Margaret Elizabeth (Borden)Forsythe, was born at Sheffield
Mills October 28, 1892 and married in 1929 to Lena Isabel Millet, daughter
of Lenley and Charlotte (Patterson) Millet. Lena was born March 14, 1907
at Pembroke, Hants Co.
Thomas has been out West for in January 1921, he returned from Saskatchewan
to visit his parents. He was a farmer and was quiet short in stature.
Their children (surnamed Forsythe) are:
- Lenley Borden,
born 1930
- Victor Leroy, born
1931
- Janice Marie, born
Dec.23,1936
- Marshall Lee, born
1936
Thomas
Leroy died January 19, 1972 at Blanchard Fraser Memorial Hospital in Kentville.
Lena died March 12, 1998 at The Evergreen Home for Special Care in Kentville.
They are buried in the United Church Cemetery at Canard.
MARGARET
EUGENIA FORSYTHE,daughter
of Thomas and Margaret Eliza (Borden) Forsythe was born September 3, 1895
in Sheffield Mills.
In 1933 Margaret went to Boston,MA, where she was engaged in nursing,
but due to ill health she returned in 1941 to Sheffield Mills where she
remained until her death. She was a woman of fine personality and sterling
character.
Margaret died at Sheffield Mills in November 18, 1945. She was buried
in the United Church Cemetery at Canard.
WILLIAM
HARDING FORSYTHE, son of Thomas and MArgaret Elizabeth
(Borden) Forsythe, was born at Sheffield Mills September 1, 1896 and married
September 12, 1928 at Walton, to Mary Lorena Cochrane, daughter of James
and Sara Florence (Sandford) Cochrane. She was born at Walton on September
9, 1909.(He spelled his name Forsyth, but there is no real reason
for this, and his son does the same.)
Their children
(surnamed Forsythe) are:
- Florence Margaret,
born June 10, 1929
- James William,
born January 31, 1931
- Thomas Harding,
born January 5, 1931 at Sandy Cove (twin), lived 6 weeks and was buried
in Sandy Cove.
- Mary Elizabeth,
born October 26, 1949
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