Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Forbes, William Edgar
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- Forbes, William E.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1891-1968
History
William Edgar Forbes (1891-1968) grew up on a farm in Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island. He was the 4th of 6 children born to John W. Forbes (1852-1906) and Annie M. Sullivan (1860-1942). In 1910 he moved to Summerside, PEI and was hired as a clerk with the firm of Brace McKay & Co. Ltd., one of the major general merchants in the town. He moved up through the company and eventually became president, a position from which he retired in 1956. He was an elder in the Summerside Presbyterian Church and was active in community life. He married Miriam Irene Profitt (b.1907) of Kensington, PEI and they had two children, Gordon and Maureen.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD 22.3A1; 22.12
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
5 March 2002. Entered into AtoM 26 January 2015.
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MHCA0002