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Yesterday I received two emails from my very distant cousin Nancy (a very distant cousin through the line of Russell Forman of Ontario; we are both descended from the original John Forman). She passed along a wealth of additional information about John Forman's brother Joseph Forman who also came to settle in Ontario. In addition, after some hunting that very day, she was able to give me the lowdown on my grandmother Mabel Nunn's (married to my grandfather James Harris Foreman) lineage. It seems that Mabel Nunn was the daughter of Samuel Nunn and Marilla Misener (I actually did find out the name of Mabel's parents from the 1901, 1906 and 1911 Manitoba census). However, Nancy was able to dig deeper and provided me with an even bigger load of information. So here is how it goes:

My dad, George Foreman is the son of James Harris Foreman and Mabel Alberta Nunn. James Harris is the son of William Foreman and Melinda Harris. William Foreman was the son of John Forman and Margaret Long who came to Ontario from England.

Mabel Nunn was the daughter of Samuel Nunn (b. 1846) and Marilla Misener (b. 1852). Marilla Misener was the daughter of Leonard Misener (b. 1799) and his second wife Sarah Elizabeth Knockout. Unclear of what happened to his first wife. Leonard Misener was the son of John Misener (b. 1774) and Catherine Young. This John Misener's father was also Leonard Misener (b. 1744) and mother Eva B. Bender (not clear of the spelling). Anyway the Miseners were a New Jersey family line.

From the 1906 census it indicates that both Marilla and Samuel Nunn (Mabel's parents) were born in Ontario as well as Mabel. I suppose at some point they must have moved from Ontario and in Manitoba had Mabel's younger brother Benjamin Nunn. There are still Nunns living in and about Manitoba. I am tempted to start calling these people in the phone book just to see if they perhaps are descended somehow from Benjamin who apparently we have lost track of. From looking at the 1911 Manitoba census it appears that both the Nunns and the Foremans lived in the same area in Wheatlands, Manitoba. At this point James Harris Foreman and Mabel Nunn are already married and have the first 3 children. My dad was not born yet for another 2 years.

It seems that there is quite a bit of German heritage in this family background as the Nunns were German, the Miseners were German and the Stivers (from whom my mother is descended) is also of German ancestry. It is only the Formans who specifically can be identified as originating in England. The Wilson line also goes back to the USA, specifically Alexander County of the Chicago area. I am hoping to trace that lineage back as far as I can but I am pretty sure with a name like Wilson it will also go back to England. It is all just very, very interesting. Will keep you posted further.

As in previous posts, I am unable to upload a picture yet again. Not sure why, too big maybe. Anyway I had hoped to post a picture of my grandfather for whom this search started, Charles Henry Wilson. I will sort out the pictures I have and upload them to Flicker so that they are grouped and labelled appropriately. Keep watching.