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#52Ancestorsin52Weeks - Week 15/52 Robert Forfar - How Do you Spell That?

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  Week 15/52 Robert FORFAR – 1817 - ? Ahnentafel Number 56 Context for discovery: This biography was written as part of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks exercise devised by Amy Johnson Crow.   You can join in too here . The theme for this month is Check It Out and this week is How Do You Spell That?   Robert was my 3 rd great-grandfather.  FORFAR is not an easy surname to search for, mostly because there is a place called Forfar in Scotland and the word can also be used to describe a type of fabric or linen.   This makes it quite difficult to search for in newspaper articles. Sigh. These are the variations of spelling FORFAR that have been suggested on this website : FORFAR, FARFAR, FORFER, FORFARE, FORFAYR, FORFAIR   Childhood   St Ninian's Old Parish Graveyard Copyright Colin Kinnear and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Birth Date/Place : Baptism Date/Place: Robert was baptised 6 November 1817 by Bis...