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Colonial Settlers : John & Susan Forsyth
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Originally from Napanee, Ontario, John Forsyth (c.1835-1882) arrived in British Columbia in 1862. He was a carpenter at Yale and Chilliwack in the 1860s and settled on a farm near Chilliwack Mountain.

Susan Dowling (c.1827-1915) was born in Napanee, Ontario and arrived in British Columbia in 1863 with Mrs. Sarah Wells and Jane Evans. That year she married John Forsyth in Victoria. She was engaged in farming for thirty years and was one of the early residents of the Valley.

P200- Formal portrait of Susan Forsyth Formal portrait of Mr. John Forsyth, 1868.  P196 P200- Formal portrait of Susan Forsyth
Formal portrait of Mr. John Forsyth, 1868.  P196

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