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Sarah Ann Forsyth

Female Abt 1856 - 1870  (13 years)


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  • Name Sarah Ann Forsyth 
    Born Abt Aug 1856  Everton Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Mar 1870  Drowned in canal lock, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried 29 Mar 1870  Christ Church, Newburgh Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I03965  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Father Samuel Forsyth,   b. 1830, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Nov 1860, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Mother Ann Rosbottom,   b. 1 Mar 1835, Newburgh Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 22 Jul 1855  St Peter, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F00025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DC gives 'accidentally drowned' as cause of death, on the canal at Great Howard Street, Liverpool.
      A summary of press and inquest reports is in our Media/Documents section headed 'Two Girls Drowned in the Canal'.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010065] England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index.

    2. [S010060] DC.

    3. [S240146] Lancashire Deaths and Burials (Ancestry).

    4. [S010051] LDS parish records.



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