''Dr. R.E. Forbes, wife and family''

Forbes family photograph with Dr. R.E. Forbes and Elizabeth (Cowan) Forbes standing in the background. Dr. and Mrs. Forbes' daughters are in the photograph with their children. Grace (Forbes) Bartlett is in the front row, far right. The photo was taken in the front yard of the Forbes house at Bonavista. The house and gazebo are in the background. Dr. R.E. Forbes died on June 18, 1918.Dr. Robert E. Forbes (1849-1918) and Elizabeth (Cowan) Forbes (1854-?) were married in 1876. They had two sons, Dr. Chesley Alexander Forbes (1890-1956) and Ed Forbes and two daughters named Grace (Forbes) Bartlett and Mary (Forbes) Sellars.The Forbes Family Photograph Collection contains 449 family photos of Dr. Robert E. Forbes and his son, Dr. C.A. Forbes, both physicians who collectively served Bonavista and nearby communities for over 80 years from ca. 1874 to 1955. Most of the photos are in albums, although they have been digitized as separate items, and are predominantly from the 20th Century. Many of the photos from the 1940s-50s are of two of Dr. C.A. Forbes' daughters, Vivian (Forbes) Osterhaut and Kathleen (Forbes) Deir, as well as Kathleen's husband Jack Deir who served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II. A small number of images appear to date from the late 19th Century and include coverage of the family of Irene Matthews, wife of Dr. C.A. Forbes