Grace Forgie (Nee Brady)
My Great Grandmother.
April 18,1860 to August 24, 1939
Grace was born in in Bathgate,
Linlithgow to
Peter and Grace Brady (Nee McGechie)
She married Henry Forgie
Marriage Ref.No. 1877 479/2 30
3rd May 1877 Falkirk East Manse Banns -
Church of Scotland
Henry Forgie, Miner, Bachelor, 21 years, Slammanan
Grace Brady, Domestic servant, Spinster, 19 years, Limerigg,
Slamman
Married by William Begg, Minister
Witnesses Henry C Begg & Kate Euans Begg
Both Henry & Grace made their marks rather than signing their
names.
Their
children
William Born in 1877
Grace 1879 to 1927.
Mary ????
Peter
1889 to 1952
Hope 1891 to 1972
Henry 1897 to 1956
Hugh 1898 to February 24, 1957
Helen ????
Ann Lived in Drumheller
Alec ???
Elizabeth Born in 1908 in
Scotland
Geanie Hardy Mcpherson
June 9, 1903 to May 5, 1933 (My
Grandmother)
According to the 1881 census Henry and Grace and 2 children (William and Grace) were living with a John Smith and his wife at Whitburn, Midlothian.
Grace (Brady) Forgie at age 55 left her husband Henry to come to Canada in 1914 with her 2 sons, Hugh and Henry, who came to join the army. Grace Forgie died Aug.24/1939 in Drumheller, Alberta