1.29.2007

Ron's "hunting" trip

Francis Marion Forshee married Catherine Blay
found 2 gravemarkers Hopewell Cemetery:
F.M. Forshee Born Dec. 10,1844 Died June 21,1900 Aged 56Y.6M.11D.
F.M. Forshee 31st Mo. Infantry Co. C
.John Alexander married Anne Parker
John A. gravemarker Hopewell Cemetery Oct 10, 1871 - Nov 20, 1920
Anne gravemarker Big River Cemetery May 27, 1877 - Feb 27, 1931
.. Ivan E. Forshee (uncle??) May 9, 1896 - Nov. 14, 1974 (Leadwood Cemetery)
.. Ada??
.. Beaulah Forshee?? 1901-1/9/1965 (Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA)
.. Marvin Franklin 10/31/04-8/29/79 married Lucille L. Newcomb (1/6/08-11/30/97)
retired from St. Joe Lead Company
buried Leadwood Cemetery
....Dolores Anita
.. Virgil Elmer 7/20/06-04/07/1980 (Iron Mountain, MO)
married Sarah Annia Griffin 12/23/07-1/4/76 (Grandia, MO)
Nazarene Church - Maplewood, MO 1/13/1932


Hopewell Cemetery picutures:
James 12/28/1810 - 6/28/1878
Sarah A. 1/27/1816 - 3/26/1896 (Wife of James)
... possible father/mother of F.M.?

Joseph McKinney 1849-1934
... possible brother of F.M.?

George 3/22/1825 - 10/31/1903
Elizabeth ??? - 5/12/1876 (Wife of George)
... possible father/mother of F.M.?
Lucy - infant daughter of George & Elizabeth Died 11/14/1867 (8 mos + 4 days)

J. H. Forshee --- Co. C 31st MO Infantry
Benjamin T. 4/5/1838 - 2/14/1865
... possible brother of F.M.?

Ron's Obituary

Ronald Lee Forshee, 65, of Cahokia, Ill., born Aug. 25, 1940, in Clayton, Mo., died Sunday, April 30, 2006, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Ill.
Mr. Forshee was retired.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Sarah, nee Griffith, Forshee Sr.
Surviving are his wife of 45 years, Diann Rose, nee Craig, Forshee; his three sons, Kenneth Michael Forshee of Cahokia, Ill., Kevin Lee (Deloris) Forshee of Belleville, Ill., and Kurt William (Tricia) Forshee of Dallas, Texas; a brother, Virgil E. (Vicky) Forshee Jr. of California; eight grandchildren, Stacey, Brittany, Amanda, Jennifer, Tiffany, Anna, Megan and Samuel. He was a dear brother-in-law, uncle, cousin and friend.

1.28.2007

from findagrave.com

Big River Cemetery Irondale Washington County, MO
.Anne Forshee 1877-1931
.Barbara A. Rice Forshee 1858-1934
.Bathsheba Ann Rice Forshee 1857-1934
.Delphia Forshee 1882-1954
.James W. Forshee 1878-1944
.John Forshee 1875-1949
.Lucille L. Newcomb Forshee 1908-1997
.Mabel Forshee 1917-1953
.Marvin Franklin Forshee 1904-1979
.Mary Emily Wallen Forshee 1861-1937
.Mary J. Forshee 1878-???
.Richard E. Forshee 1884-1964

John Benjamin 1918-1995 Jefferson Baracks National
Homer Forshee ???-1937 Jeff. Barracks

Laura Ann Sloan Forshee 1876-1962 New Masonic Cemetery, Potosi

Hopewell Cemetery, Potosi, Washington County, MO
.Allie Evans Forshee 1880-1966
.Alma B. Forshee 1882-1948
.Arthur M. Forshee 1887-1898
.Benjamin T. Forshee 1838-1865
.Desta E. Hall Romine Forshee 1906-1985
.Edith J. Labudde Forshee 1907-1994
.Eliza Forshee 1860-1881
.Elizabeth Forshee 1831-1876
.Francis Marion Forshee 1844-1900
.Francis J. Forshee 1853-1890
.George Forshee 1825-1903
.George Forshee 1914-1976
.Hester Ellen Forshee 1914-1976
.Ida M. Forshee 1879-1879
.J. F. Forshee 1847-1929
.J. H. Forshee
.James Forshee 1810-1878
.James R. Forshee ?? - 1866
.John A. Forshee 1871-1920
.John A. Forshee 1887-1964
.Joseph A. 'Boney' Forshee ????-1921
.Joseph McKensie Forshee 1849-1934
.L. Forshee 1907-1975
.Lee Forshee 1882-1956
.Lillie, Forshee 1880-1966
.Lucy L. Forshee 1867-1867
.Mary Jane Forshee ????-1922
.Moses D. 1907-1977
.Oscar Alexander 1879-1929
.Rev. William Belvia Forshee 1905-1991
.Roscoe Lee Forshee 1907-1975
.Sally Forshee ???-1896
.Sarah A. Forshee 1816-1896
.Thomas Forshee ???-1863
.Valentine Forshee ???-???

1.12.2007

Forshee family name origin

Interesting info from http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/forshee-family-crest.htm#products

I'd prefer to verify this via genealogy somehow before I run off and start searching the coastline of Brittany for Forshee grave markers.

The surname Forshee came originally from a place name. As such, the hereditary surname Forshee is classed as a habitational name. In this case, the name Forshee is derived from Fourgeres, a place-name found in Bretagne, France. It was brought to England by the Bretons who accompanied William the Conqueror in his conquest of England in 1066; while William was a Norman Duke, fully a third of his forces were from Brittany. This region of France, now called Bretagne, was settled by immigrants from England sometime between the second and fourth centuries AD. when the Romans, who were in control of both France and England at that time, ordered six thousand people to emigrate from England into Brittany.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Foreshaw, Foreshawe, Forshaw, Forshawe, Foreshoe, Forshoe, Forshew, Foreshew and many more.

First found in Buckinghamshire, where Ralph de Fougeres was tenant in chief and held many Lordships in Buckingham, Devon, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Surrey. The name Forshaw phonetically responds to this Breton name and has been linked to this notable Breton stock, which was descended from Alan, Baron of Fourgeres in Brittany living about 900 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Mary Forshaw who settled in Maryland in 1729; Hugh Forshew settled in Virginia in 1629; Margaret Foreshoe settled in Virginia in 1741.

Forshee Geneology

Working on this - probably have most of the kid's birth-years wrong:
Francis Marion Forshee + Catherine Blay
John A. (1871 - 1920) + Anne Parker (1881 - 1931)
- Virgil Elmer, Sr. (1906-80) Iron Mountain, MO+ Sarah Annia Griffin (1907-76) Grandia, MO

-- Ronald Lee (1940-2006) + Diann Rose Craig (12/19/1942-) in 1961
St. Louis County Hospital
--- Kenneth Michael (7/20/1961-) E St. Louis, IL
---- Amanda (1987-) Cahokia, IL
---- Jennifer (1989-) Cahokia, IL
--- Kevin Lee (11/9/1964-) + Deloris ( )East St. Louis, IL
---- Stacy (1984-)
---- Brittany (1986-)
---- Tiffany (1989-)
--- Kurt William (12/9/1966- ) + Tricia Jean Nations (1969-)
---- Anna Marie (1998-) Dallas, TX
---- Megan Nicole (2001-) Dallas, TX
---- Samuel James (2002-) Dallas, TX
-- Virgil Elmer, Jr. (1937-) + Vicki Sue Benson
--- David (9/18/1962-2000)
--- Susan (3/21/1966-)
--- Mark (12/24/1968-)

search results for Forshee

Here are a bunch of names/dates from web surfing for some family names who may be related somehow:

?Obediah Forshee Forshay
* dob 1720 Hampshire, VA dod 1797 in Somerset, PA
* Abel dod 1849
parents: John Grandshire Forshee, Catherine Anderson

?Solomon Forshee Forshay 1701 ...

Solomon Forshee Forshay, Racheal Beheler
1746 - Pennsylvania, USA (?? Potomoc River ??)


John F. ????
Born 1770 Kentucky, USA
Died 1850 Sweetwater or Monroe, TN?
Married Agnes Weston of Greene, TN?
Agnes: dob=1773 Huntingdon, PA dod=1850, Monroe, TN
.parents=John Weston, Anna Agness Armitage
Parents Forshee, Forshay
Sister: Patience dob: 1780 married: Greene, TN.


.John W. born and married in monroe, TN (same for each * below!!!)
* died Washington county, MO D.O.D. 1898 (Greene??)
* sister Jane??
* brother George died 1903 in Washington county, MO?
* brother Joseph James died 1894 St. Francois, MO?
* brother Valentine DOB 1829, DOD 07/27/1894 in Washington, MO
.married Jane Eleanor Hicks + Lydia Rice
* brother Robert Forshee DOD 1850
* brother John Fletcher died 1893 in Washington, MO?
* brother James B. 12/25/1810 - 6/28/1878 + Sarah A. Parker
* sister Martha Jane dod: 1823 in Monroe, TN
* sister Margaret dod 1880 in IL
* sister Ruthie Ann dod 1902
* daughter Mary
* daughter Dialtha dod 1927
* brother Jesse dod 1853
* brother Richard dod 1872
..F.M. Forshee -- hopewell cemetery, washington county, MO
* Francis Marion
* D.O.D. 1900
...John A Forshee -- hopewell cemetery
* married Anna Parker
....Virgil Elmer Forshee (Apr 10, 1907 - 3/31/1977)

John H. died 1863 in TN
George J. Died 1834



Forshee, Addie Mae 24 Apr 1917 - ____ masonic
Forshee, Edith E. 26 Feb 1877 - 18 Dec 1945 masonic
Forshee, Joseph C. 25 Nvo 1874 - 19 March 1964
Joseph C. Forshee -- Postmaster, Ironton, Mo 1928


Ellis M. Forshee -- Missouri School for the Blind in 1913


John W. Forshee -- son of Jesse & Mary Forshee
Monroe county, TN, 2/15/1840
1857 -- Geene County, MO
1861 - joined Light Gaurd co. of springfield
1866 - married to Margaret Woodrow of Fannin county, TX
Children: William A, Margaret J, Hattie I, Samuel N, Mattie, James, George T.

Sarah B. Forshee -- married in 1903 to Howard L. Richardson


Valentine Forshee(1829-1894)+Jane Eleanor Lucy Hicks (1834-1860)
John Thomas Forshee (1854-1927)+Margaret (Maggie) Doggett
Ran moonshine, lit dynamite
Gravemarker reads "Forchee" in Adam's cemetary in Bonne Terre
Mary Belle "Bee" Forshee (1883-1946) + Charles H. Easter
John Anthony Forshee (1886-xx) -- WW1; Fresno, CA
Albert Forshee (1889-xx) -- WW1
Stella Forshee (1891-1964) + John Jenkerson; Desloge
William Jennings Bryan Forshee (1897-1970)
Elizabeth "Betsey" Forshee (1849-xx)
Joseph Valentine Forchee (1849-1923) + Rebecca A
William Albert Forshee (1856)
Albert T. Forshee (1858)
James Forshee (1860)
Penelope Ellen Forshee (1866)
Reuben Henry Forshee (1872)
Basheby Bathsheba Forshee (1872)
Elmer Forshee (1876 - 1876)
Richard Monroe Forshee (1876)

John F. Forshee + Agnes Weston
Joseph James Forshee (1822-1894) + Louisa Teresa Allen
**JJF - born Monroe Co, TN, died BigRiver Mills, MO
buried Herod Cem, St. Francois co, MO
Jobe Allen Forshee (1848-1921) + Mary Jane Bequette
James Richard Winfield Forshee (1851-1894)+Mary Ann Harry & Lucinda Conway
Herod Cem, Big River Mills, St. Francois Co. MO
Margaret A. Forshee (1854-xx)
Emma Forshee (1855-xx)+Frank Politte
Joseph James Forshee, Jr. (1859-1956)+Etta Horton & Mary Emily Wallen
buried Big River Cem. Washington Co, MO
Mamie Ann Forshee (1888-xx) in Irondale, Wash Co. MO
Roy Hughes Forshee (1891-xx)
Walter Forshee
Louisa Forshee (1862-xx)
John Fletcher Forshee (1847-1929) in Hopewell, Wash Co. MO+ Frances Josephine Polk
Hopewell, Washington Co, MO Hopewell, Cemetary
Carl Richard Forshee (1873 - 1951) + Betty Ann Hill (1899-1937)
Stella Forshee (1900-xx) - Harry Bisgrove
???(F)
Karen Dee Curran (1944-xx)
???(F)
???(M)
???(F)
Orville Forshee (1904-xx)
???(M)
???(M)
???(M)
???(F)
Laura Ellen Forshee (1875-1912) + Charles Christopher Peace (1873-1913)
Luther Allen Forshee (1879- ) + Bridget O'Sullivan
Cecil Armon Forshee (1903-
??? (F)
Leaman John Forshee
Clara Forshee (1912-
??? (F)
??? (M)
??? (M)
Thomas Lee Forshee (1882-1956) + Alice Mae Evens (1880-1966)
Milton Forshee (1887-1898)
Ellis Marian Forshee (1889-1956) + Fleta Conroy (1890+1978)
Marion Forshee + Richard Deadrick
Married Betty Hulby
John Raymond Forshee (1899-xx)
Walter Forshee (1901-1974)


frank forshee
ellsworth forshee

etta forshee

M. Lloyd Theron Forshee -- married Laura Marie Cunningham (b1924) 1943
Donna Jean Forshee (b1944)
Gary Allen Forshee
Linda Marie Forshee
George Lee Forshee

Melvin Forshee - 1925 St. Louis Obituary

Ames V Forshee (b1893) 1900 = St. Francois, MO

1920 = St. Francois, MO



myers/johnson


Helen V Forshee (b1906)
Elmo V. Forshee (b1916-1974)
Clarence C. Forshee (1884)+ Kate & Rose B
Fred Forshee (1895)+ Edna
Marvin T. Forshee (1906)+ Bertha M
George W. Forshee (1861) + Nancy J (census 1910+20)
Lewis Forshee(1869)
Joe L. Forshee (1892)+Sadie
John Forshee (1867) + Mary Jane Wells (1869-1943)
Lee Forshee + (1892-1940) + Lucy Holmes
Goff F. Forshee (1901)+Lovia
Lester Forshee (1908) + Lucy Marie
Lee S. Forshee (1892) + Lucy
Lloyd B. Forshee (1897/98) + Bertha
Samuel F. Forshee (1891) Carrie M
Marvin F. Forshee (1905/07) Lucille
Rueben H. Forshee (1867) + Laura (1910+1920)
Arther Forshee (1894) + Suse C
Richard Forshee (1896) Delpha L
James W Forshee (1878) + Mary J
Edward Forshee (1880) + Stella
Mary Forshee (1902)
Martin G Forshee (1883/84) + Famie
John A. (1888) + Alma B
William B. (1906)
Roscoe L. (1909)
Herbert (1911)
Clyde A (1913)
EstherE (1915)
John B. (1919)
Marvin T. (1907)
Etta M. (1919)
Louie (1870)
Linn J (1892)
Elizabeth A (1913)
Anniebell (1914)
Sam H. (1891) + Corry E
Moris (1915)
Louise (1904)
Richard (1862) + Nancy A
Walter (1888)
Leman (1893) + Lucy
Mary (1911)
Stanly (1914)
Cloyd (1916)



Iron Co. Missouri
Joseph (1875) + Edith E
Claude W. (1900)
Emmett I. (1902)
Elmer G. (1904)
Dula C. (1907)
Ester E. (1911)
Addie Mary (1917)