Birth alternately listed as Nova Scotia, Canada.
Death at Parks Bar, Yuba County [*Date estimated, per Bevan and Company invoice for casket and burial services dated October 28, 1897-source Yuba Co Probate files].
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" ... The father of Colonel Forbes was Alexander R. Forbes, who was born in Scotland and grew to manhood in Canada, coming from that country to the Pacific coast at an early age. For some time he followed the blacksmith's trade in addition to trying his luck at various mining camps. For a time he worked in Sierra county, Cal., but in 1867 settled upon a farm, the Oregon House Valley, Yuba county, where he added stock-raising to the growing of grain. From the time of his arrival in California in 1851 until his death in 1897 he was warmly interested in the growth and progress of the state, in which he bore his part as a public-spirited citizen and progressive farmer.
"After coming west he married Catharine Kraker, who was born in Germany and came to America at twelve years of age. Source: Biography of Colonel Edwin Alexander Forbes, via "History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California," J. M. Guinn, The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1906, Pages 344-346, via YubaRoots website.
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A R Forbes Probate Date: 14 Mar 1898 Probate Place: Yuba, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1898 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Item Description: Bonds and Letters, Vol 4-5 1895-1904. Source Citation: Probate Records, 1850-1920; Author: California. Superior Court (Yuba County); Probate Place: Yuba, California.
Death at Parks Bar, Yuba County [*Date estimated, per Bevan and Company invoice for casket and burial services dated October 28, 1897-source Yuba Co Probate files].
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" ... The father of Colonel Forbes was Alexander R. Forbes, who was born in Scotland and grew to manhood in Canada, coming from that country to the Pacific coast at an early age. For some time he followed the blacksmith's trade in addition to trying his luck at various mining camps. For a time he worked in Sierra county, Cal., but in 1867 settled upon a farm, the Oregon House Valley, Yuba county, where he added stock-raising to the growing of grain. From the time of his arrival in California in 1851 until his death in 1897 he was warmly interested in the growth and progress of the state, in which he bore his part as a public-spirited citizen and progressive farmer.
"After coming west he married Catharine Kraker, who was born in Germany and came to America at twelve years of age. Source: Biography of Colonel Edwin Alexander Forbes, via "History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California," J. M. Guinn, The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1906, Pages 344-346, via YubaRoots website.
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A R Forbes Probate Date: 14 Mar 1898 Probate Place: Yuba, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1898 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Item Description: Bonds and Letters, Vol 4-5 1895-1904. Source Citation: Probate Records, 1850-1920; Author: California. Superior Court (Yuba County); Probate Place: Yuba, California.
Birth alternately listed as Nova Scotia, Canada.
Death at Parks Bar, Yuba County [*Date estimated, per Bevan and Company invoice for casket and burial services dated October 28, 1897-source Yuba Co Probate files].
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" ... The father of Colonel Forbes was Alexander R. Forbes, who was born in Scotland and grew to manhood in Canada, coming from that country to the Pacific coast at an early age. For some time he followed the blacksmith's trade in addition to trying his luck at various mining camps. For a time he worked in Sierra county, Cal., but in 1867 settled upon a farm, the Oregon House Valley, Yuba county, where he added stock-raising to the growing of grain. From the time of his arrival in California in 1851 until his death in 1897 he was warmly interested in the growth and progress of the state, in which he bore his part as a public-spirited citizen and progressive farmer.
"After coming west he married Catharine Kraker, who was born in Germany and came to America at twelve years of age. Source: Biography of Colonel Edwin Alexander Forbes, via "History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California," J. M. Guinn, The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1906, Pages 344-346, via YubaRoots website.
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A R Forbes Probate Date: 14 Mar 1898 Probate Place: Yuba, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1898 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Item Description: Bonds and Letters, Vol 4-5 1895-1904. Source Citation: Probate Records, 1850-1920; Author: California. Superior Court (Yuba County); Probate Place: Yuba, California.
Death at Parks Bar, Yuba County [*Date estimated, per Bevan and Company invoice for casket and burial services dated October 28, 1897-source Yuba Co Probate files].
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" ... The father of Colonel Forbes was Alexander R. Forbes, who was born in Scotland and grew to manhood in Canada, coming from that country to the Pacific coast at an early age. For some time he followed the blacksmith's trade in addition to trying his luck at various mining camps. For a time he worked in Sierra county, Cal., but in 1867 settled upon a farm, the Oregon House Valley, Yuba county, where he added stock-raising to the growing of grain. From the time of his arrival in California in 1851 until his death in 1897 he was warmly interested in the growth and progress of the state, in which he bore his part as a public-spirited citizen and progressive farmer.
"After coming west he married Catharine Kraker, who was born in Germany and came to America at twelve years of age. Source: Biography of Colonel Edwin Alexander Forbes, via "History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California," J. M. Guinn, The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1906, Pages 344-346, via YubaRoots website.
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A R Forbes Probate Date: 14 Mar 1898 Probate Place: Yuba, California, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1898 Inferred Death Place: California, USA Item Description: Bonds and Letters, Vol 4-5 1895-1904. Source Citation: Probate Records, 1850-1920; Author: California. Superior Court (Yuba County); Probate Place: Yuba, California.
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