Forsyth, David, Sr.
Ann (Bruce) Forsyth (1843-1919)
Daughters: Catherine (Forsyth) Gourlay, Eliza (Forsyth) Cunningham, Mrs. Gillespie, Annie Forsyth
Sons: David Forsyth, Jr., John Forsyth, William (Billy) Forsyth, James Forsyth
David Forsyth was born at Milton of Balgonie, Fifeshire, Scotland in 1843. He was a resident of Merritt until about 1909 and then worked in mine in Princeton. He was a coal miner his whole life. He married Ann Bruce in Scotland. They had ten children and, at the time of his death, seven were living in Princeton, a daughter in Clayburn and two in Scotland. He died on November 2, 1915 in Princeton after a lengthy illness.
They had a home on Halliford Avenue.
Death Registration (BC Archives); Similkameen Star, July 12, 1915, page 1; October 15, 1915, page 1; November 5, 1915, page 1 (obituary)