Isabel Forfar

Isabel Forfar 

Born: 11 February 1851, St. George in the East 

Baptised: 26 February 1857, London

Father: William Henry Forfar (b. 1815) – in 1881 listed as ‘Pensioner Inspector of Police’

Mother: Eliza Forfar (b. 1817)

Sister: Edith Forfar (b. 1857)

Brother: Richard Thomas Forfar (b. 1860)

In 1871 – 

She is at LDTC as a ‘student’.

In 1881 – 

She is at 3 Eldon Place, Exeter. The head of the house is Elizabeth Moass (b. 1817), listed as ‘Lodging Housekeeper’. Isabel and Hannah Eliza Flavell (b. 1842 are listed as lodgers and ‘Government Certificated Teacher (School)’. Florence Beal (b. 1871) and Mabel Beal (b. 1873) are unlisted. There is a servant, Hester Mills (b. 1865). 

In 1891 – 

She is visiting Prospect Park, Exeter. head of the house is Robert Harper (b. 1839), a ‘Commission Agent’. His wife, Sibella Haper (b. 1837) and daughter Sibella Harper (b. 1879), are unlisted. His daughters, Bell Maud Harper (b. 1864) and Alice Harper (b. 1871), are listed as ‘School Teachers’. Isabel is listed as ‘School Teacher’. There is a servant, Lucy Daun (b. 1871). 

In 1901 – 

She is at 27 Este Road, Battersea. Isabel is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Edith (b. 1857), is unlisted. Her brother, Richard Thomas (b. 1860), is listed as ‘Commercial Clerk’. Her niece, Elise Eliza Crisp (b. 1877), is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. 

In 04/05 – 

Death recorded as 16.10.1904 in Battersea.

d.         16 October 1904, Wandsworth 

FORFAR Isabel of 27 Este Road, Battersea, Surrey, spinster died 16 October 1904 at the Tooting Fever Hospital, Surrey. 10 January to Richard Thomas Forfar, commercial clerk. Effects £601, 17s, 11d.