James Grant Forbes 
James Grant was born on October 22nd, 1879 in Shanghai, China. James Grant's father was Francis "Frank" Blackwell Forbes and his mother was Isabel Clarke. His paternal grandfather was John Murray Forbes and his paternal grandmother is Anna Howell; his maternal grandfather was William Mather Clarke and his maternal grandmother is Isabella Staples. He was an only child. He died at the age of 75 on April 24th, 1955.General Notes
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James was born in Shanghai, China, where the Forbes family of Boston amassed a fortune from the opium trade and merchant banking after the Opium Wars.
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- b. in Bordeaux, France
- b.22 Nov 1769 in Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida, USA d.25 Sep 1826
- b.23 Feb 1813 d.12 Oct 1898
- b.1766 in Newtown, Newtown, Suffolk, New York, USA
- b.11 Aug 1839 in New York, New York, NY d.1908
- b.30 Jun 1750 in Pennsylvania d.08 Aug 1798 in Pennsylvania
- b.1762 d.1818
- b.1769 d.1855
- b.22 Oct 1879 in Shanghai, China d.24 Apr 1955
- b.26 May 1805 in , Litchfield, Ct d.21 Nov 1878 in New York, New York, NY
- b. in New York, New York, NY d.01 Sep 1931
- b.~ 1810 in ,, Ct
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They had a daughter named Rosemarry Isabel.
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Children
Rosemarry Isabel Forbes
Rosemarry Isabel was born on October 27th, 1913 in Paris, France. She died at the age of 89 on November 14th, 2002 in Manchester-by the-Sea, MA.