FORSYTHE
JOHN FORSYTHE AND MARY FORSYTHE (GIBSON) came from Coleraine, Ireland with one son, Thomas .
Thomas was born in Coleraine, Ireland in 1854 and came to Nova Scotia at the age of 6.
"I was told that Mary Forsythe(Gibson) sang along with Jenny Lind on the ship to Canada."
Census year 1881 - Centreville, Kings Co NS
| NAME |
AGE |
BORN |
| John | 49 | Ireland |
| Mary | 44 | Ireland |
| *Thomas | 26 | Irleand |
| David | 17 | NS |
| Ellen M | 14 | NS |
| William | 12 | NS |
| Frederic | 10 | NS |
| Bertha J. | 7 | NS |
| James W. | 4 | NS |
*THOMAS FORSYTHE married to Margaret Elizabeth Borden, daughter of John Alexander and Maria Jane (Bentley) Borden (see photo) on the day of September 25, 1889.
Thomas was a great lover of horses and always drove one of the best. He had apple orchards and raised red foxes for furs. Margaret had been a school teacher in various parts of King's Co. She was an avid reader and possessed a keen mind. She loved to piece patchwork quilts.
Their
children were:
(click names to see more family's names)
| John Henry | born June 17, 1890 | |
| Thomas
Leroy |
born October 28, 1892 | |
| Margaret Eugenia | born September 3, 1895 | (see photo) of Margaret holding baby Dorothy May in 1920. |
| William Harding | born September 1, 1896 | |
| Donald | born October 30 , 1897 |
Thomas died on August 10, 1932 at Sheffield Mills, after residing there for 52 years. Margaret died December 25, 1952 at the home of her son Thomas in Sheffield Mills. They are buried at the United Church Cemetery at Canard.
DONALD
FORSYTHE married to Josephine Eliza Robinson, daughter of Charles
and Eliza (Shaffer) Robinson on the day of May 13, 1919.
Donald had
been a farmer and a merchant, operating a general store in Delhaven for
58 years.
He was a veteran of World War 1 and a Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Nova Scotia and of the Scotia League and had served on the King's
Co Council for two terms.
War Enlistment in 1916 - View Don's Enlistment - FRONT & BACK
Also run a business for summer tourists. "Sunnyside
Farm at Delhaven Nova Scotia."
Donald died
November 30, 1977 and Josephine died June 29, 1981 at the Blanchard Fraser
Memorial Hospital in Kentville. They were both buried at Habitant Cemetery.
Their children are:
| Dorothy May | born May 4, 1920 - died Mar 5, 2003 (In loving memory of Dorothy) |
| Muriel Gertrude | born Dec 6, 1921 |
| Josephine Pauline | born Dec 13, 1926 |
| Joyce Eileen | born Nov 15, 1928 - died Dec. 26, 2004 (In loving memory of Joyce) |
Click photo album to see pictures of Donald and Josesphine with family.
Thank you, Cousin John C. Brenan.. A wonderful person that had given me fruitful information of the family.