Elizabeth Van Cortland "Eliza" Forgie

1846 - 1934  (88 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Van Cortland "Eliza" Forgie  [1]
  Nickname	Eliza
  Birth	28 Jul 1846	Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Eliza Forgie
  Death	8 Oct 1934	Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   [1]
  	?b?MRS. ELIZA WORKMAN?/b? A resident of Winnipeg - since 1910. Mrs. Eliza Van Courtland Workman, widow of Prof. W. G. Workman, who died Monday, aged 88 years, at the residence ol ner daughter. Mrs. W. T. Craig, 899 Jessie ave., was burled today. The funeral took place at 2 p.m. from the Clark Leatherdalo funeral chapel to Elmwood cemetery. Mrs. Workman was born In 1848 In Ottawa, Ont. when that city was still known as "tfyetown. - She wss the daughter of John Forgie, a pioneer wholesale mer chant of the town. In 1872 she married the late Professor Workman, a musical Instructor In the Ottawa Normal school. Some 24 years ago, she came to Winnipeg to make her home with Mrs. Craig, and since then had been a faithful attendant at Augustine church. Mrs. Work - mans faculties remained - unimpaired until the end, and she often spoke of the, to her, familiar per sons and events of pre - Con federation days In eastern Canada. She la survived by three sons: H. C. Workman, of Ottawa; W. E. C. Workman, of London, Ont, and H. A. Workman, of Chesney, Ont.; and by one daughter, Mrs. Craig. There are 13 grandchildren and two great - grandchildren living.
  Burial	10 Oct 1934	Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   [1]
  	Address: 88 Hespeler Avenue Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba R2L 0L3 Canada historicelmwoodcemetery.ca
  Person ID	I33550	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	John Forgie,   b. 1799, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1 Apr 1884, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Craig,   b. 1800   d. 1846, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1839	Bytown, Carleton County, Canada West
  	Married in Methodist Episcopal Church, Bytown, Carleton county
  Family ID	F8984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Professor W. G. Workman
  Marriage	1872
  Family ID	F11852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 28 Jul 1846 - Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Death - 8 Oct 1934 - Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S266] The Winnipeg Tribune, Newspapers: The Winnipeg Tribune, ((https://www.newspapers.com/)), accessed 12 Sep 2021), Mrs. Eliza Forgie Workman; the Winnipeg Tribune. (Reliability: 3).