| Summary: | George William Bemister Forward (1845-1880), eldest child of Capt. Mark William Forward and Mary (Bemister) Forward, was born on 19 February 1845. He was the oldest brother of Ernest Edward Forward, Anne Charlotte (Forward) Boone and John ''Jack Bemister Forward. He died at St. John's on 21 July 1880. The Rorke Family Photograph Collection contains 301 black and white and 28 colour photographs of the Rorke Family of Carbonear, Newfoundland, as well as the Forward and Bemister families from that area who are linked to it by marriage. Although spanning from the 1840s-1970s, most photos are from 1900-45, showing family events, homes and Newfoundland and Labrador locations. There is also an album of photos taken while James Rorke attended the Leys School in Cambridge, England.
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