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Deborah Perry Forbes (Delano)

Also Known As: "Aunt Doe", "Doe", "Dora"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 1940 (92-93)
Newburgh, Orange County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Warren Delano Jr. and Catherine Robbins Delano
Wife of William Howell Forbes
Ex-wife of Paul Revere Forbes
Sister of Susan Maria Delano; Louise Church Delano; Anne Lyman Hitch; Warren Delano; Warren Delano, III and 5 others

Managed by: Scott Christopher Swingle
Last Updated:

About Dora Forbes

(VI) Warren (2) Delano, eldest child of Captain Warren (1) and Deborah (Church) Delano, was born July 13, 1809, in Fairhaven, and died January 17, 1898, at Newburgh, New York, at his residence called the "Algonac." He married, November 1, 1843, at Northampton, Massachusetts, Catherine Robbins, born January 10, 1825, died February 10, 1896, at Newburgh, daughter of Judge Joseph Lyman and Anne Jean (Robbins) Robbins, the last named a daughter of Hon. Edward Hutchinson Robbins, who was a member of congress from Massachusetts, and speaker of the house in 1793.

Children:

Susan Maria, born October 13, 1844, in Macao, China;

Louise Church, June 4, 1846, in the same place;

Deborah Perry, August 29, 1847, in Northampton, became the wife of William Howell Forbes, of Hong Kong, China;

Annie Lyman, January 8, 1849, in New York City, married Frederic Delano Hitch, of Shanghai, China;

Warren, died in infancy, at Newburgh;

Warren, born July 11, 1852;

Sara, mentioned below;

Philippe de Lannoy, February 3, 1857;

Catherine Robbins, May 24, 1860; Frederic Adrian, September 10, 1863, in Hong Kong;

Laura Franklin, December 23, 1864, in Hong Kong.

(VII) Sara, fifth daughter of Warren (2) and Catherine (Robbins) Delano, was born September 21, 1854, and was educated in this country and in Europe. She married, October 7, 1880, James Roosevelt, of New York (see Roosevelt VII).

Bibliographic information:

  • Title Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, Volume 3
  • Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation
  • Author Cuyler Reynolds
  • Publisher Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914
  • Original from Harvard University
  • Digitized Feb 1, 2008
  • Page 1060
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=iNIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1061&lpg=PA1061...

Travels in China:

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1999/fall/roosevelt-f...

https://books.google.com/books?id=kQBlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA397&lpg=PA397&d...

Other links:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:394J-DJG

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/resources/genealogy.html

http://www.mocavo.com/The-Genealogy-History-and-Alliances-of-the-Am...

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9802E6D71639E433A...

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Dora Forbes's Timeline

1847
August 29, 1847
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
1896
July 10, 1896
Age 58
Newburgh, Orange County, New York, United States