| 15. |  Grace Agnes TODD was born on 8 Jul 1876 in Balmaghie High Lodge, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK (daughter of John TODD and Margaret SPIERS); died on 10 Apr 1963 in Dumfries Infirmary, Dumfries, Scotland, UK; was buried on 13 Apr 1963 in Balmaghie Burial Ground, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1881, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland, UK
- Census: 1891, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland, UK
- Census: 1901, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland, UK
- Census: 1911, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK
- Census: 1921, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK
Notes:
Letter from Grace Todd (married name Forsyth) written in 1946 from Broughton, Ernespie Road, Castle Douglas, Scotland to her niece Margaret Isabella Silver in Queensland, Australia My Dear Bella, I am afraid I am very bad with the pen. Well, I had yours some time ago and went about answering right away but here I am. I went to see Aunty Dan on way here. (I am at ?? for a few days with my younger daughter). Auntie is really looking very well but her memory and sight have gone since I seen her last. I try and see her every few weeks. She forgot you sending her the beef tea.
I tried to talk of people she knew well, but at times she went right away. It is all very sad and I feel terrible sorry she is so far away but there is a great comfort in knowing she is so well cared for. She has every thing that she needs. The sister was so nice and told us she was their best patient, so that is nice to know. How is your Dad? I really ought to write him, he really is a marvellous man. I am always interested to hear of you all and often feel how nice it would be to pop in and have a real heart-to-heart talk. That is how I am enjoying the few day's here. I really ought not to have come down at present, so much to be seen to in the garden, but it was just a chance (they were all thrilled to see me) The girls knew nothing about me coming and what a surprise they had. This is a lovely place and the sea is almost on their doorstep and I love the sea. At home, I am miles away. Jessie my other daughter is still waiting on a house in Inverness. Her hubbie went to a place last Christmas and has not been able to get a house yet. They are in Dalbeattie, seven miles from Castle Douglas, so I see her and the children fairly often. Dennis the eldest will have to join up in October, he will be eighteen. I know his mother is not looking forward to him going. She has a little girl, eleven years old, which will help to keep her company. So you see house are not to be had; prices are also scandalous when there is one on the market. Everything really is tighter then during the war. The bread is being rationed which I think is ridiculous. Of course, this government is to blame; at least I feel it is. However, we have to grin and bear it. If I was a younger woman, I would be going overseas. I had a lovely letter from Lizzie in South Africa as I came away. We have got two new cousins, both boys. They are very proud of them naturally, I don't hear very often from America. Of course, it was poor Aunty Lizzie who wrote but she has gone and the younger members have not the same inclination to write - not like you, you are really good. Please remember me to Dad when you write to him and when you have time, tell me about all the different members of the family. Love and best wishes from Aunty Gracie.
Birth registered Balmaghie 18 July 1876 by William Sproat
Wedding Minister HMB Reid Witness John Robertson. Elizabeth Forsyth (sister)
Birth certificate gives the spelling of the parents as John and Margaret TOD with one D but banns for their marriage as TODD.
Christened in the family gown
. Great knitter. Knitted and re-footed all husband's socks
Birth:
1876 births in the Parish of Balmaghie in the Stewardry of Kirkcudbright No 17
Grace Agnes Tod (one D on birth cert, later two Ds)
1876 July eighth 5am at Balmaghie High Lodge
Father: John Tod gamekeeper
Mother: Margaret Tod M.S. Spiers who married 1857 September 14th at Edinburgh
Witness: John Tod father>
Census:
1881 census for Gamekeepers house, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland:
John TODD, head, mar, aged 45, born Skirling, Peebles
Margaret TODD, wife, aged 45, born Haddington
Janet TODD, dau, unm, aged 16, housemaid, born Cockpen, Edinburgh
Robert TODD, son, unm, aged 11, scholar, born Forgandenny, Perth
Joanna TODD, dau, aged 9, scholar, born Forgandenny
Gracie TODD, dau, aged 7, scholar, born Forgandenny
Mary TODD, dau, aged 4, born Balmaghie, Kirkcudbright
Census:
1891 census for No 38, Balmaghie Cottage, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire:
John TODD head married 56 gamekeeper born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD wife married 56 born Haddington
Robert TODD son unmarried 21 grocer (foreman) Born Perthshire Forgandenny
Joanna TODD dau unmarried 19 Born Perthshire Forgandenny
Grace A TODD dau unmarried 14 Kircudbrightshire Balmaghie
Richard T. HUTCHINSON grandson 4 Kinrosshire, Milnathort
1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. Genera).
Birth date: abt 1887 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891scotland&h=3475467&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
Census:
1901 census Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland:
No 30 Balmaghie North Cottage
John TODD, head, married, aged 62, gamekeeper (domestic), born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD, wife, married, aged 62, born Haddington
Joanna TODD, dau, single, aged 27, born Perthshire Forgandenny
Richard HUTCHINSON, grandson, aged 15, born Perthshire Milnathort
Elizabeth KEEGAN, visitor (John and Margaret's daughter) married, aged 36 (should be 38 as born 1863), born Midlothian Dalhousie
William KEEGAN, visitor, aged 4, born Edinburgh
Margaret KEEGAN, visitor, aged 2, born Edinburgh
Norah KEEGAN, visitor, aged 9 months, born Edinburgh
1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Genera).
Birth date: abt 1886 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901scotland&h=2712159&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt
Census:
1911 census for 6 Broughton Road, Seacombe, Cheshire, England:
RG number: RG14 Piece: 22104 Reference: RG14PN22104 RG78PN1310B RD452 SD3 ED52 SN50
Edward Johnstone FORSYTH, head, married aged 35, printer compositor, born 1876 Kircudbrightshire, Balmaghie
Grace FORSYTH, wife, married 9 years (2 children, both living), aged 34, born 1877 Kircudbrightshire, Balmaghie
Jessie FORSYTH, daughter, aged 8, born 1903, Lancashire Liverpool
Marguerite FORSYTH, daughter, aged 6, born 1905 Lancashire Liverpool
Census:
1921 Census for 6 Broughton Rd, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
First Last name Rel. to head Sex Birth Age in years Birth place Occ. Employer
Edward Johnson Forsyth Head Male 1876 45 years 6 months Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Linotype Operator "liverpool Daily Post & Mercury" & "Echo" Coy Ltd, Newspaper
Grace Agnes Forsyth Wife Female 1876 44 years 11 months Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland - -
Jessie Forsyth Daughter Female 1902 18 years 9 months Liverpool, Lancashire, England Book Keeper Wallasey Grocers Assocn
Marguerite Johnson Forsyth Daughter Female 1905 16 years 5 months Liverpool, Lancashire, England Chemists Assistant John Wood, Chemist
Died:
Source scotlandspeople.gov.uk: 1963 FORSYTH GRACE AGNES other surname TOD F 86 DUMFRIES /DUMFRIES 821/00 0230
1963 deaths in the district of Dumfries in the County of Dumfries. No 230, Grace Agnes Forsyth (widow of Edward Johnston Forsyth linotype operator), 1963 10 April at 6.35pm at Dumfries Infirmary (Us. Res. 17 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas), female, 86 years, dau of John Tod gamekeeper (deceased) and Margaret Tod M.S.Spiers (deceased). Various causes. Informant Jessie Surgenor, daughter, of 17 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas.
Buried:
No 18 Stewartry of Kirkcudbright County Council
Balmaghie Burial Ground
Date pf purchase of Lairs 20th June 1945, Amound paid 3 pounds. No of Lairs 2 makred on section new and number 180, 181 on plan of burial ground.
Record of burials in above Lairs
180 Edward Johnstone Forsyth June 22 1945.
181 Grace Agnes Forsyth 13.4.63
Notes:
Married:
Statutory Register Index Marriage (1855-1927) 869/00 0011
1901 marriage in the parish of Kelton in the Stewardry of Kirkcudbright. No 11 1901 on the Twenty Sixth day of June at Castle Douglas after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland. Edward Johnson Forsyth compositor bachelor aged 26 of Liverpool, son of Edward Foysuth gamekeeper and Jessie Forsyth M.S.Robertson (deceased) and Grace Agnes Todd cook spinster aged 26 of Balmaghie Lodge, daughter of John Todd gamekeeper and Margaret Todd M.S. Spiers. Witnesses John Robertson Forsyth and Elizabeth Forsyth
Children:
- Jessie FORSYTH was born on 14 Sep 1902 in 61 Langton Rd, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK; died on 27 Feb 1971 in 17 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas, Dumfries, Scotland, UK; was buried in Feb 1971 in Balmaghie, Dumfries, Scotland, UK.
- 7. Marguerite Johnstone FORSYTH was born on 24 Jan 1905 in 61 Langton Rd, West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK; died on 7 Apr 1993 in Silver Birch Nursing Home, Bold Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, UK.
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Marguerite Johnstone FORSYTH was born on 24 Jan 1905 in 61 Langton Rd, West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK (daughter of Edward Johnstone FORSYTH and Grace Agnes TODD); died on 7 Apr 1993 in Silver Birch Nursing Home, Bold Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, UK. 
Edward Johnstone FORSYTH was born on 2 Nov 1875 in Hensol Laundry, Balmaghie, Scotland, UK; died on 18 Jun 1945 in 17 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas, Scotland, UK; was buried on 22 Jun 1945 in Balmaghie Burial Ground, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK.