Alice Bessie Forbes

ID #12, (1864-1902)
Alice Bessie Forbes|b. 7 Feb 1864\nd. 5 May 1902|p12.htm|Charles Forbes|b. 10 Apr 1827\nd. 18 Apr 1895|p619.htm|Mary Archer Alford|b. 1836\nd. 28 Jan 1866|p620.htm|William J. Forbes|b. 14 Dec 1794\nd. 20 Dec 1839|p626.htm|Charlotte A. Root|b. 9 Feb 1798\nd. 5 May 1888|p627.htm|Landy Alford|b. c 1803\nd. 4 Oct 1871|p628.htm|Sarah Duke|b. s 1814\nd. c 1896|p629.htm|
FatherCharles Forbes b. 10 Apr 1827, d. 18 Apr 1895
MotherMary Archer Alford b. 1836, d. 28 Jan 1866
RelationshipGreat-grandmother of Linda Sargent.
Alice Bessie Sargent
1890 photo
     Alice Bessie Forbes was born on 7 February 1864, in Suisun City, CA.1
***Research Conclusion There is much confusion in the records about Bessie's birth place. The IGI says New Haven, CT. 1860 census -CA, 1870 census-CT (wrong - that's where Susan Silliman's children were born), 1880 census-CA, 1900 census-CA, 1910 census children-CA, 1920 census children-MA (wrong - that is their step-mother) 1930 census children-NY. She was born in California - her sisters and brothers were born there. I have a copy of her sister's birth certificate. Her mother Mary died on 28 January 1866 in Brooklyn, NY, when Bessie was only two years old. She lived with her Aunt Susan (Susan Forbes Silliman - her father Charles' sister who was married to Benjamin Silliman). She was known as Bessie. "I recall my mother always speaking of Bessie Forbes in a most loving way - she said she had great charm."2 Her aunt, with whom she was living Susan died on 26 March 1878 in New Haven, CT, at age 59. Alice Bessie Forbes married George Lewis Sargent, son of Joseph Bradford Sargent and Elizabeth Collier Lewis, on Wednesday, 28 April 1886 in New York City, NY, . Lewis and Bessie were fifth cousins.3 Alice lived in New Haven, CT. She died on 5 May 1902 in New Haven, CT, at age 38. She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, CT.4

Census

1870New Haven, CTAlice Bessie Forbes appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of New Haven, CT, in the household of Benjamin Silliman and Susan Huldah Forbes, She was their neice.5
3 June 1880New York City, NYAlice Bessie Forbes appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of New York City, NY in the household of her father Charles Forbes, and step-mother.6
1 June 1900251 Church St, New Haven, CTBessie Sargent and George Lewis Sargent appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of New Haven, CT, at 251 Church St, enumerated 1 June 1900, listed with four servants.7

Family

George Lewis Sargent b. 26 Jul 1862, d. 5 Feb 1944
Children
ChartsCharles Ives and the Forbes
Nancy Regan and Alice Bessie Forbes
Sigourney Weaver and the Forbes
Increase Mather and Alice Bessie Forbes
FDR and the Forbes
Joseph Smith and Linda
President Cleveland and the Forbes

Sources of Information

  1. Assumption of Researcher.
  2. Interview with family member at George Grove's party held Oct 1998, Chamberlin Farm, West Newbury, Vermont with Linda Sargent Reinfeld, Interview with Anne Loring Grove Turner, speaking of her mother, Barbara Grove.
  3. International Genealogical Index (IGI) http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/Search/frameset_search.asp , Searched Alice Bessie Forbes, viewed June 2007.
  4. Evergreen Cemetery Office, New Haven, CT, plot listing.
  5. Year: 1870; Census Place: New Haven Ward 1, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: M593_109; Page: 19; Image: 39. household, 1870 US Census, New Haven, New Haven, CT, ancestry.com Jul 2007.
  6. Charles Forbes household, 1880 US Census, New York City, New York county, NY, enumeration district 504, page 494B, image 0313, roll T9_891, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  7. George L Sargent household, 1900 US Census, New Haven, New Haven County, CT, enumeration district 342, page 2A, roll T623_144, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc, viewed 1 Apr 2010.

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Dates using 'say' are educated guesses by me.
If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.

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