Couperthwaite-Forsyth Genealogy Page

My Couperthwaite family is descended from John Couperthwaite and Agnes Love; and my Forsyth family is descended from David Macllen* Forsyth and Sarah Elizabeth Dickson, all of whom emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland and settled their families in Snowshoe, Centre County, Pennsylvania 3 July 1870

COUPERTHWAITE FAMILY
Family tradition says that my ancestor, Benjamin Couperthwaite, was born and reared in Manchester, England; and as a young man, he traveled to Scotland. He married Matilda McDougall of the Isle of Skye; and they lived in Glasgow where he was employed in the Glasgow shipyards.

Three children were born to this union: John, Mariah (died young), and Benjamin.
John Couperthwaite married Agnes Love, the daughter of Francis Love and Charlotte Colquhoun (Calhoun) and they immigrated to Pennsylvania, USA in 1870. Benjamin Couperthwaite, Jr. and his family stayed in Glasgow. Mariah Couperthwaite (daughter of Benjamin, Jr.) later immigrated to Christ Church, South Island, New Zealand. Another member of the Couperthwaite family, William Calderwood Couperthwaite, immigrated to England in 1891; and his younger brother, John Grey Wilson Couperthwaite, immigrated to South Africa in 1913.

Return to top

Couperthwaite-Love Families:

1st generation:

• Benjamin Couperthwaite m. 1)Matilda MacDougall m. 2) Mariah MacDougall
  

2nd generation (children of Matilda):

• Mariah -- died young
  
• Benjamin m. ?
  
• John Couperthwaite m. Agnes Love, daughter of Francis "Frank" Love and Charlotte Colquhoun (Calhoun)

3rd generation:

Children of Benjamin Couperthwaite, Jr. of Glasgow, Scotland:

• Mary
  
• Mariah -- living in Christ Church, South Island, New Zealand in 1958
  
• Elizabeth
  
• Benjamin -- never married--living in Stepps (a suburb of Glasgow) in 1958
  
• James -- never married--living in Stepps (a suburb of Glasgow) in 1958
  
• Charles
  
• John
  
• Harry (Henry?)

Children of John Couperthwaite and Agnes Love of Scotland & Houtzdale, PA:

• Charlotte Love (1860-1917) b. Scotland m. Thomas Dickson Forsyth
  
• Elizabeth Love b. 1863 Scotland m. Benjamin Hill
  
• Benjamin b. 1865 Scotland m. Ella Caldwell
  
• Agness b. 1867 Scotland m. Jesse Lukens
  
• Mariah b. 1869 Scotland m. Harry Calhoun
  
• John b. 1870 Pennsylvania m. Mary Curry
  
• Matilda b. 1872 Pennsylvania m. Charles Chambers
  
• Francis b. 1875 Pennsylvania m. Annie Arandale
  
• Marian b. 1877 Pennsylvania never married
  
• Jean b. 1882 Pennsylvania m. Richard Hill

Forsyth Family:

1st Generation:

David Macllen* Forsyth m. Margret MacDonald Henderson

2nd Generation:

David Macllen Forsyth, Jr. m. Sarah "Elizabeth" Dickson.

3rd Generation:

• Thomas Dickson Forsyth (1860-1936) m. 1877 Charlotte Couperthwaite
  
• George Forsyth m. Elizabeth ______
  
• Alexander Dixson Forsyth (1864-1944) m. Alma Emma Russell
  
• Elizabeth Forsyth (1868-1939) m. James Gray
  
• Robert D. Forsyth (1872-1935) m. Emma Stuller
  
• Christina Forsyth (1874-1941) m.1) Charles Johnson, m. 2) Alfred Johnson
  
• David Forsyth III (1878-?) m. Maggie Tompkins
  
• Archibald Forsyth (1878-1915)
  
• Jean Forsyth (1880-1955) m. Charles Henderson

My Family:
Thomas Dickson Forsyth b. 28 Oct 1860 Glasgow, Scotland,
married 1877, Charlotte Love Couperthwaite b. 23 Dec 1860
Glasgow, Scotland, d. 11 Feb 1917 Cresson, PA.

4th generation:

• Agness Forsyth (1877-1921) m. Ned Brown
  
• Elizabeth Forsyth (1879-1957) m. Robert Monteith
  
• Annay Forsyth (1881-1961) m. William George Plummer
  
• David Forsyth (1883-1887)
  
• John C. Forsyth (1885-1954) m. Bertha McMurray
  
• Ella Amelia Forsyth (1887-1974) m. Edward Munson Howe
  
• Roberta Forsyth (1889-1959) m. James Moran
  
• Charlotte Forsyth (1891-1971) m. George Crum
  
• Thomas Forsyth (1892-1894)
  
• Frederick C. Forsyth (1894-1974) m. Jeanette MacDonald
  
• Christina Forsyth (1895-1895)
  
• Mildred Forsyth (1897-1897)
  
• Margret Forsyth (1898-1898)
  
• Thomas Raymond Forsyth and Mary Forsyth --twins(1900-1900)
  
• Alma Forsyth (1902-1933) m. Charles Hollingsworth

*This name was spelled "Macllen" in a letter written by my great-grandfather Thomas Forsyth (aka "T.D." or "Dad")--the correct spelling is under investigation, possibly MacCallum, MacLellan, MacClellan, or MacAllen
Return to top

Other Web Sites of Related Family Researchers:

Jackie Pelican's Page

Tom Bombaci's Page

Robert Kramp's Page

Email us!

Home|My Genealogy Page|John's Page
History Links|Reference, Resource & Research Links|Genealogy Links
This page updated April 18, 2004.

This page hosted by