Emma 'Forsyth' Stevenson

Emma 'Forsyth' Stevenson was the daughter of Alex Stevenson and Charlotte Forsyth.  Charlotte and Alex had three children before Charlotte's death.  Emma was the eldest and born before the young couple was married.  Perhaps because she had spent some time with her Forsyth grandparents before the marriage of Charlotte and Alex, or because he was from a large family of boys, Emma was raised by her Forsyth grandparents as a sister to Jessie (born 1885).  The two women married Peacock brothers.

                                                                                                                                                                             The photo shows Jessie, George and Emma Forsyth as teenagers.

Emma Clara 'Forsyth' Stevenson, Mrs. Thomas Peacock

1. This photo was taken from ancestry.com from the tree of a Mr. Smith 

Death of Charles BOVIS - 1886

BOVIS.—April 24, at his residence, 47, Waverley-road,


Woollahra, Charles Bovis (late of Market-Street), in his 70th year. Friends please accept this intimation

Sydney Morning Herald, April 24, 1886

Janet Scott Forsyth, Mrs. Charles Bovis 1822 - 1901

Today, I found a marriage for Janet Forsyth on ancestry.com on the McCawley-Larkin family tree. She married CHARLES THORPE BOVIS on March 22, 1865. They were married in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. His first wife's name was Mary Weaver and she died in 1863. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England and Charles and Mary were married in England. A Bovis family tree on ancestry.com has a record of their arrival in Australia (1830's) and shows Janet as a second wife with no children. Her death is reported as 1901 in Woollahra (Sydney).

It appears that Janet may have gone to Australia as a housekeeper or nanny (large family) as she went to Australia as a spinster.
The notice in the Sydney Morning Herald, 28 March 1865 reads:
BOVIS - FORSYTH On the 22nd instant. by special license, by Rev. B. Chapman, Charles Bovis, 80 Kings Street, to Janet Forsyth, spinster, a native of Scotland


Death of Janet Forsyth, Mrs. Charles BOVIS 1901

BOVIS, December 28, 1901 at her residence, 102 Waverley Rd, Woollhara, Janet, relict of the late Charles Bovis, age 80. At rest. The Sydney Morning Herald, December 30, 1901

Sarah Forsyth Montgomery 1866-1934

Source:  Montgomery Family Tree on Ancestry.com click on photo to enlarge

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