FURLONG FORLONG & William FORLONGE
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You are welcome to use the facts on this page, so long as you get them CORRECT! And a small acknowledgement of the volunteer Euroa Historical Society would be nice please. After TWO YEARS & ONGOING RESEARCH into the Forlong family, the conclusion is that before 1800 in the Scottish parish records they are mostly FUrlongs, but after 1800 for some reason, they are mostly FOrlongs. It was ONLY William, son of John and the famous Eliza and William's descendents who used ForlongE. When one of William's daughters, married a second Forlong cousin, she became Florence Forlong. At this stage, the story about the Comte, Count, French vineyards, huguenots, etc., etc., with the blessing of a current family member, are myth, to cover up the bastard (as it is written in the Scottish Parish Records) James, born to James Furlong and Isobell Campbell in 1722. The Scottish naming pattern is strongly adhered to, excepting Isobell...there is not one Isobell in the family. Used as a guide in the first instance was Nancy Adams's, Saxon Sheep and Frank Clune's, In Search of the Golden Fleece. Both a credit to the authors. There is no known photo of Eliza Forlong, but there is one of Janet Templeton taken c1826. The whole of the family were successful business people back in Scotland and married into well connected families. We have uncovered houses of a grand scale, some still standing, churches that are 900 years old, burial grounds that hold the family - some having been built over, lone graves and graves in India and South Africa. We have unravelled many myths handed down over the centuries and found to be not quite true. more will be added to this page... |
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