At Aunt Lib and Uncle Will's in New Liskeard. Aunt Emma Forsyth (Mrs. James Forsyth) is in it as well as her daughter Vesta and husband ---Hampson from Utterson. Aunt Lib is on the far right.
Sarah and "Lib" Forsyth - Mrs. Robert Montgomery and Mrs. William James(or is it "Lib" on the left and Sarah on the right?)
Elizabeth Ellen Forsyth was the fifth daughter of John and Mary Forsyth. 'Lib' was born in Macaulay Township in 1880. On June 9th, 1903, she married William Lawrence James, son of William Matthew James and Eunice Bradford. He was born in Lanark County, Ontario.1911 Census - Hilliard, Nipissing District, Ontario
James William, Head, Apr, 1875, 36
James, Elizibeth, Wife, Jan, 1880, 31
James, Lawerance, M, Apr, 1903, 7
James, Dorothy, F, Jun, 1906, 4
James, Edna, F, Jul, 1910, 10/12
Obituaries for Mr. & Mrs. William James (copied from newspaper clippings of Mrs. Gertrude Kennedy, August 16, 1980) Mrs William James, formerly Elizabeth Ellen Forsyth. Born Falkenburg near Bracebridge seventy six years ago. Daughter of late John and Mary Forsyth. Married to William James June 10, 1903. Celebrated Golden Anniversary in 1953. In 1909, Mr. & Mrs. James moved north to Thornloe where they lived for nine years before taking up residence in New Liskeard. When they moved to town, they moved to a house on Grill Street where they were still living at the time of Mrs. James' death. Mrs. James was an active worker and faithful member of the Presbyterian Church all her life and she will be missed not only by the church group, but also by the younger people in whome she was especially interested. Surviving, besides her husband, are two daughters, Dorothy James at home, Mrs. James McKenzie (Edna) and son, Lawrence, all of New Liskeard; two sisters, Mrs. Hary Mortimer of Mortimer's Point, Muskoka Lake, and Mrs. George Peacock of Bracebridge and a brother, Robert of Port Sydney.
Mr. William James Long time resident of Northern Ontario died sudenly at his Grill Street home Friday, May 30th. He was in his 83rd year. Born in Lanark County, Mr. ames spent all his working life in the lumber business. He worked for some years in Bracebridge before coming to the district in 1909 and was associated with the _______ Lumber Company for close to forty years.
