Forest was born in 1882, the son of Thomas Henry Brown and Rebecca (Williams)[1]
Blue Mountain (also known as Old Glue Pot) was near Trentham for Births 1876-1893
For all records apart from his birth and burial records, his name is spelled FORREST.
Forest married Alma Florence Rands in 1910 in Victoria[2]
Known children: Alma Elizabeth (1911), Ormond Forrest (1913), Forrest Leslie (1914). Mervy Kenneth (1918)
His wife, Alma, passed away in 1951 aged 59 years
He married Mable Stewart in 1953 in Victoria[3]
Forest passed away in 1956 aged 74 years[4]
He is buried in the Daylesford Cemetery with his first wife, Alma, as FOREST H. BROWN[5]
Info from DNA match, Keith Brown (son) T060541, 2nd cousin of Joyce Turner; T464303; and Cathy Turner; A836993 (3rd cousin once removed to Joyce Turner and 2nd cousin twice removed to Keith Brown)
Keith and Joyce also match T904877 (3rd cousins once removed and 4th cousins) on another branch; Eliza Benton marries George Christopher Brown, Joyce's gt-grandfather are the common ancestors.
Death: Digger Victorian death index cdrom (F= Thomas, M= Unknown)
No birth registration was found for a child named Keith Brown born in 1900 in Victoria. All other children were born after Forrest and Alma married in 1910.
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