Robert Forbes

1814 - 1895  (80 years)

• Name	Robert Forbes
  Born	2 Jul 1814	Alloa, , Clackmannan, Scotland   [1]
  Christened	8 Jul 1814	Alloa, , Clackmannan, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	life story, business, mill
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-56307
  Died	6 May 1895	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I56307	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	James Forbes,   b. 1779,   d. 13 May 1860  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hyde,   b. 1781, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 7 Aug 1856, Georgetown, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	29 May 1806	Stoneham, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F35727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Duthie,   b. 1826, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 25 Nov 1911, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. James Hyde Forbes,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mayor George Duthie Forbes,   b. 30 Oct 1860, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1934  (Age 73 years)   3. Margaret Forbes,   b. 1869,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F35729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jul 1814 - Alloa, , Clackmannan, Scotland Christened - 8 Jul 1814 - Alloa, , Clackmannan, Scotland Died - 6 May 1895 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Robert Forbes 1814-1900 Ancestry Public member family tree

  
  

• Notes

  Robert was born in Kinrosshire, Scotland 2 Jul 1814 one of six children of James Forbes, a saddler. He left Scotland in 1836 coming to Hamilton where he was employed by John Young as a wholesale merchant. He moved to Galt in the 1840's to partner with his brother David H. Forbes, where he and his brother owned a paper mill which failed. His brother moved to Georgetown later Chicago where he was successful, dying in Brighton, England. Robert remained and operated a tannery and stave operation with John Forwell by 1844 and moved to Hespeler in 1854 to help operate it after his marriage to Ann Duthie. Later in 1856 he moved to a 600 acre farm in Puslinch Twp. at Badenoch which had a prosperous stave mill. Later in 1871 moved Guelph. He demolished his old mill in Hespeler which had operated his tannery and stave business and replaced it with a new stone factory used to manufacture woollen products with Jonathan Schofield as a partner. Was known as J. Schofield & Co. and as Star Woollens. They later moved to a larger factory of Randall, Farr and Co. when they moved to Holyoake, Massachusetts in 1874. The partnership lasted until 1880 when Robert Forbes bought out his partner and renamed the business R. Forbes & Co. It operated until 1928 and sold to Dominion Woollens and Worsted Co. Ltd. Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1609] Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Robert Forbes Gender:Male Christening Date:08 Jul 1814 Christening Place:ALLOA,CLACKMANNAN,SCOTLAND Birth Date:02 Jul 1814 Father's Name:James Forbes Mother's Name:Elizabeth Hyde