Forest
Henry
(Forrest)
Brown
Born in Blue Mountain, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Brown
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Alma Florence (Rands) Brown
— married
1910 (to 1951) in Victoria, Australia
Father of
Keith Brown, Alma Elizabeth Brown, Ormond Forrest Stanley Brown, Forrest Leslie Brown and Mervyn Kenneth Brown
Died
at about age 74
in Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Sep 2016
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Biography
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)
Research note
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.
Sources
- ↑ Victoria birth index (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) transcript for Brown, Forest Henry (father: Thomas Henry, mother: Rebecca Williams, birthdate: 1882, birthplace BL UE) Reference: 7166/1882
- ↑ Victoria marriage index (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) transcript for Brown, Forrest Hy (spouse: Alma Flor Rands, marriage date: 1910) reference: 364/1910
- ↑ Victoria marriage index (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) transcript for Brown, Forest Hy (spouse: Mable Stewart, marriage date: 1953) reference: 5145/1953
- ↑ Victoria death index (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) transcript for Brown, Forrest Henry (father: Thomas Brown, mother: unknown, death date: 1956, age: 74, Place of death: Coburg) Reference: 6089/1956
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219514597/forest-brown : accessed 25 November 2021), memorial page for Forest Brown (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 219514597, citing Daylesford Cemetery, Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by Julie Watters (contributor 49975510)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Forrest by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Forrest:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Forrest by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Forrest:
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~3.12%
Joyce (Bolitho) Turner
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T464303 [compare], FTDNA kit #513302
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~1.56%
Graham Lucas :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Cathy (Marshall) Turner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cathyturner17
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A836993 [compare], FTDNA kit #B91672
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~1.56%
Sharryn (Bolitho) Nankervis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LK1922667 [compare], Ancestry member sharryn_nankervis
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~1.56%
Mark Bolitho :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Jt2382172 [compare], Ancestry member Robert_bolitho
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~1.56%
Greg Young :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Melvan Driscoll :
23andMe, GEDmatch MK9272590 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MK9272590 [compare], Ancestry member MDriscollNZ
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~0.78%
Joe Schuurmans-Young :
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal JOE5e9036e2
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~0.78%
Jessie Young :
MyHeritage DNA
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