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Robert Forrest

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Picton, Western Australia
Death: November 26, 1924 (70)
Bunbury, Western Australia
Place of Burial: Bunbury, Western Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of William Forrest and Margaret Guthrie Forrest
Husband of Esther Forrest and Mabel Amelia Forrest
Brother of Mary Forrest; William Henry Forrest; James Hill Forrest; Lord John Forrest Baron of Bunbury; Alexander Forrest and 4 others

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About Robert Forrest

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/82865948?searchTerm=%22r...

BDM WA

Birth 1854 Leschenault Water Mill; Forrest, Robert, to William FORREST and Margaret HILL

Death 1924/6600134 Bunbury; Forrest, Robert, 70, son of William FORREST and Margaret HILL

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232727969?searchTerm=%22...

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1st Marriage 1875/3943 Pinjarrah; Forrest, Robert, to Cons, Esther

The Herald Fremantle WA Sat 10 Jul 1875; Marriage:

FORREST—CONS. At Pinjarrah church on the 15th inst., by the Rev. J. S. Price, ROBERT FORREST, son of William Forrest, Esq., Leschenault Mill, near Bunbury, to ESTHER, daughter of the late Frederick Cons, Esq., Torrington Square, and Harwood Place, Regents Park, London, England.

Death 1909/6600105 Bunbury; Forrest, Esther, daughter of Fredrick COUS and Esther GOODAIR

Bunbury Herald WA Thurs 29 Jul 1909; Death:

FORREST.— On July 28, at her residence, Grittleton Lodge, Bunbury, ESTHER, the beloved wife of Robert Forrest.

FUNERAL NOTICE.
FORREST.— The friends of Mr. R. Forrest are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his beloved WIFE, to the Church of England Cemetery Bunbury. The Funeral is appointed to leave his residence in Clifton-street, at 3.30 p.m. TO-DAY, (THURSDAY). No Flowers or Wreaths by request. J. and H. GIBBS, Undertakers.

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2nd Marriage 1917/6600055 Harvey; Forrest, Robert, to Mayne, Mabel Amelia

(Mabel Amelia Hewitson - Bettesworth - Mayne - Forrest)

South Western Times Bunbury WA Sat 24 Nov 1917; article:

Mr. Robert Forrest, the more than well known brother of Sir John, and the owner and manager of the Koombana Flour Mills in Bunbury, recently procured a most interesting document, to wit, a special licence for his marriage with Mrs. Mayne, of Harvey, who has recently been residing in South Buubury.
It is understood that the ceremony, the reported near approach of which has been one of the most popular subjects for conversation in local social circles during the past week, will be celebrated at Harvey this day.

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Mabel Forrest Death

1942/100127 Perth; Forrest, Mabel Amelia, 66, daughter of John HEWITSON and Maria WALKER

The West Australian Perth, Sat 17 Jan 1942; Death:

FORREST.--On January 16, 1942. at Perth, Mabel Amelia, widow of the late Robert Forrest, of Bunbury, 66 years, mother of

Doris Minnie Bettesworth (Mrs. J. C. Tyler) ; died 1958 Nedlands aged 57 (born c1901).
Mavis Edith Bettesworth (Mrs. H. V. Reilly.
Winifred Marian/Winsome Bettesworth (Mrs. E. F. Booth).
Mabel/Joyce Mayne (Mrs. R. Sims).

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Previous Marriage 1913/6600046 Bunbury; Mayne, Albert George Shelley, to Bettesworth, Mabel Amelia.

Death 1915/6600104 Bunbury; Mayne, Albert George Shelley, 48, son of Unknown.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37432873?searchTerm=%22a...

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Previous Marriage; Mabel Amelia Hewitson to Bettesworth had 3 daughters; Doris, Mavis and Winifred.

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Daughter (known as Joyce Mayne) Birth:

1914/6600320 Harvey; Mayne, Mabel Joyce, to Albert George Shelley MAYNE and Mabel Amelia HEWITSON

Her 1st Marriage 1933/101035 Perth; Mayne, Mabel Joyce to Smith, Alan Rupert. Divorced 1939.

Her 2nd Marriage 1948/1200005 Bruce Rock; Smith, Mabel Joyce, to Dayman, Jack Stanley

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211894926?searchTerm=%22...

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South West Times Bunbury Thurs 1 Apr 1926; article:

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tyler (Nedlands) and Miss Joyce Mayne are coming to Bunbury by car to spend Easter with their mother, Mrs. Forrest, at Forrest Lodge.

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Robert Forrest's Timeline

1854
September 5, 1854
Picton, Western Australia
1924
November 26, 1924
Age 70
Bunbury, Western Australia
1924
Age 69
Bunbury, Western Australia