Brief Life History of Janet Elizabeth
When Janet Elizabeth Forbes was born on 28 December 1877, in Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, Francis Augustine Forbes, was 33 and her mother, Jessie Mary Carrick, was 35. She married Charles Robert Ashbee on 8 September 1898, in Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1939. She died on 8 May 1961, in Hest Bank, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Janet E Forbes in household of Jessie M Forbes, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Janet Elizabeth Forbes, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- The Knitting Circle and IHI Charles Robert Ashbee
Spouse and Children
1863–1942 Male
1877–1961 Female
Children (4)
1911–2004 Female
1913–2008 Female
1915–1998 Female
1917–1979 Female
Parents and Siblings
1844–1911 Male
1842–1924 Female
Siblings (2)
1877–1961 Female
1883–1929 Male
World Events (8)
1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
Age 1
1884
Age 7
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
Age 24
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Forbes in Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire, so named from Gaelic forba ‘field, district’ + the locative suffix -ais. The placename is pronounced in two syllables, with the stress on the second, and the surname until recently reflected this. Today, however, it is generally a monosyllable.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Firbhisigh ‘son of Fearbhisigh’, a personal name composed of elements meaning ‘man’ + ‘prosperity’.
History: A family of this name (see 2 above) in Connacht was famous for its traditional historians, compilers of the Book of Lecan.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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