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Robert Forbes

Robert Forbes

Male 1784 - 1837  (52 years)  

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  • Name Robert Forbes  [1
    Birth 30 Mar 1784  Latheron, Caithness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1837  Western Cemetery, Quincy, Gadsden, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 17 Jan 1837  Quincy, Gadsden, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
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    Person ID I36341  The Williams Family Tree
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2013 

    Father Donald Forbes
              b. Abt 1747, Braehungie, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 1807 (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Margaret Gunn
              b. Abt 1755, Caithness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Oct 1807, Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 12 Feb 1774  Latheron, Caithness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F9646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Mar 1784 - Latheron, Caithness, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1837 - Western Cemetery, Quincy, Gadsden, Florida, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Jan 1837 - Quincy, Gadsden, Florida, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Notes for ROBERT FORBES [and brother William]:
      Unclear just when they left Scotland, maybe 1807 on Rambler, could have been earlier. If they were on Rambler they survived where their mother and sister did not.

      They arrived, probably via Georgia, in Florida about 1822. Robert and William developed large estates around Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida. They left their estates to their sisters, Christina and Margaret. Neither Robert nor William married. Other relatives [Bruces, Sutherlands, Gunns] also went to the Florida estates. After the deaths of Christina and Margaret, William Bruce and Alexander Bruce [cousins], grandsons of Christina, went from NZ to Florida in 1881 to assist in winding up the estates. The final proceeds were finally distributed in 1915.

      My grandfather, a nephew of Alexander Bruce above, helped distribute the funds in NZ. He received sufficient to pay for farm labour assistance, and to support his wife and family on his farm in NZ, while he joined the Army as a Captain [Engineering] and went off to build railways behind the front in France in WW1.


      Robert was a judge in Quincy.




      In 1972, the "Bruce House" was purchased from the Quincy Garden Club and
      restored for use as the Quincy Area Office. The house stands today as a
      classic example of adaptive restoration for the purpose of service to the
      future. The house itself was owned by Robert and William Forbes, the two
      Scottish immigrants who came to the county in the early 1800's. After the
      death of these two brothers the house passed to their grandnephews, Hector
      and William Bruce. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S3155] Dave Collins.