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Week 20/52 John FORFAR – 1764 - ? (by 1842) Ahnentafel Number  112 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 Social and this week is textile. Amy says: Week 20's theme is "Textile." Clothing, quilts, weaving -- there are so many ways to talk about textiles in our family history! Be creative with this week's theme! In Week 15 I wrote a biography of my 3 rd great-grandfather Robert Forfar .  He was baptised on 6 November 1817 and his parents identified as John Forfar and Isabella Rae.  His father was deceased by the time Robert married in 1842. John, Robert’s father, was my 4 th great-grandfather.  He has been variously described as a manufacturer and woollen manufacturer on his children’s marriage certificates. Timeline dates written in red on the right hand side of the test are sourced from Rosemary Big...

If you've just tuned in to the McKenzie story, you may want to read the introductory post  here. Worker's dwelling at Banyo, Brisbane. Banyo is the name of an eastern suburb of Brisbane and a railway station on the Sandgate line. The name is an aboriginal word meaning 'a small hill' and was probably so called from the hill on which now stands Pope Pius XII Seminary. The railway station was originally called Clapton Junction, however the name was changed to Banyo in 1897 when it was intended to make it the junction for the North Coast line - this junction was subsequently made at Northgate. Image from John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Negative number: 147209  Out of copyright c/-Gillies  28 Comely Bank Place,  Edinburgh 15th August 1920 My Dear Colin, We received a letter from you written on 27th June and addressed to Alex on Wednesday last and see that you are getting on all right. I have now got a job as a clerk at £2-1...