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Surnames in this Bible: FORBES, KIRBY, WALKER.

Small handwritten piece of paper attached inside the front cover:

Margaret WALKER

Rangemore

Burton on Trent

1883

FAMILY REGISTER

Parents Names

Husband: Hugh FORBES

Born: 9th May 1858,

Wife: Maggie WALKER

Born: 21st October 1858.

Married: 30th September 1885.

13 Caledonia Crescent

Edinburgh.

CHILDRENS NAMES

Isabella FORBES

born 18 September 1886.

Alexander FORBES

Born 22 August

Burton on Trent 1888.

Margaret FORBES

Born 15 October 1891,

Burton on Trent

Hugh John FORBES

born 16 February 19??

Burton on Trent.

SORROW IN THE MEMORY OF

John FORBES 9 Jan 1883.

Isabella FORBES 16 Jan 1899.

Margaret FORBES 4 Nov 1899.

Alexander FORBES 14 May 1916.

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A quick search of the 1891 census records at Ancestry.co.uk turns up the following census data on this family.

1891 England Census Records show:

Staffordshire County, Burton on Trent, Christ Church, Page 30

39 Wood

Hugh FORBES, head, married, age 32, Port Queens Watchman, born Scotland.

Margaret FORBES, wife, married, age 33, born Scotland.

Isabella FORBES, daughter, age 4, born Staffordshire, Burton on Trent.

Alexander FORBES, son, age 2, born Staffordshire, Burton on Trent.

John B. KIRBY, boarder, single, age 34, taylors assistant, Yorkshire (town not known).

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