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William Abner Forrester 1859 - 1941

William Abner Forrester of Collwood Australia was born in 1859 in Collingwood, City of Yarra County, VIC to Zephaniah Forrester and Caroline Wilson Forrester. He had siblings Walter Francis Forrester, Caroline Ada (Forrester) Stagg, Martha Sophia (Forrester) Pattison, Zephaniah Forrester, and Elizabeth Sabina (Forrester) Elderfield. He married Sarah Elizabeth (Hipwell) Forrester in 1888, and had a child Percival Roy Forrester. William Forrester died at age 81 years old on November 12, 1941 in Wonthaggi, Bass Coast Shire County.

William Abner Forrester
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Collwood Australia
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1859
Collingwood, City of Yarra County, VIC, 3066, Australia
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November 12, 1941
Wonthaggi, Bass Coast Shire County, VIC, 3995, Australia
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In 1859, in the year that William Abner Forrester was born, on October 16th, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start a slave rebellion. He wanted to "liberate" the guns in the armory and arm slaves. Brown was captured and hanged on December 2nd.
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In 1860, at the age of just 1 year old, William was alive when on February 26th, near Eureka California, white settlers attacked a tribe of Wiyot Indians on Indian Island. Over 60 women, children and older people died. Bret Harte - a writer and friend of Mark Twain - reported the news about the massacre to the papers in San Francisco.
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Forrester, Thornton (Apr 7, 1904 - Oct 1970) Forrester, Arthur (Nov 11, 1938 - Mar 19, 2011) Forrester, Margaret (Jun 4, 1912 - Oct 22, 2008) Forrester, Richard (Apr 3, 1931 - May 17, 1998) Forrester, Henry (Dec 9, 1943 - Feb 19, 1999) Forrester, Chipman (Mar 3, 1878 - Jan 1973) Forrester, Sarah (Mar 26, 1891 - Sep 1967) Forrester, Ernest (May 9, 1925 - Nov 29, 1997) Forrester, Ruth (Dec 3, 1922 - Oct 6, 1990) Forrester, Alec (Jan 16, 1938 - Aug 12, 2010)
Forrester, Victor J (Aug 29, 1924 - Dec 1, 2004) Forrester, Mary (Sep 8, 1915 - Nov 1990) Forrester, Leslie (Mar 29, 1884 - Sep 1967) Forrester, Roberta (Jul 8, 1930 - Aug 15, 2000) Forrester, Donald (Jul 10, 1931 - Aug 3, 2008) Forrester, Charles (Oct 15, 1904 - Jul 1957) Forrester, Otis (Oct 12, 1918 - Jul 5, 2003) Forrester, Patricia (Jun 3, 1932 - Mar 16, 1999) Forrester, Kathleen (Feb 2, 1912 - Jan 20, 2004) Forrester, Marilyn (Jun 12, 1939 - Dec 20, 2010)
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