Captain Michael H Forhan

1827 - 1870  (43 years)

• Name	Michael H Forhan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1827	Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Nov 1840	USA   [5]
  	Border Crossing from Canada
  Census	1850	Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  	Living with Isaac and Susan Smith
  Naturalization	1856	Maine, USA   [5]
  	US Naturalization
  Census	1860	Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA   [6]
  	Spelled "Gerhan"; Married to Margaret
  Military Draft Registration	1863	Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA   [7]
  	Draft Registration - Civil War
  Residence	1866	Maine, USA   [2]
  	IRS Tax Assessment
  Death	Oct 1870  [4, 8]
  	Cause: Accidental Drowning
  		News-Forhan Ship Lost New York Herald Shipping News
  Burial	Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4]
  	Cenotaph for Michael Forhan ~ Captain Forhan "Lost at Sea"
  		CENOTAPH-FORHAN Michael and Margaret Margaret Allen and Michael Forhan, buried together - Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin ME ~ Captain Forhan "Lost at Sea" + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105761195/ michael https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105760952/ margaret
  Person ID	I23580	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Maurice Forhan,   b. 1791, Kilkenny County, Ireland d. 1867, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah forhan,   b. Abt 1795, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1830, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1826	Nova Scotia, Canada   [8, 9]
  	Speculation
  Marriage End	1830
  	Death of Hannah
  Family ID	F2697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret G Allen,   b. 7 Dec 1833, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 19 Feb 1902, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1851	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F9522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1827 - Nova Scotia, Canada Census - Living with Isaac and Susan Smith - 1850 - Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA Marriage - 29 Oct 1851 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Naturalization - US Naturalization - 1856 - Maine, USA Census - Spelled "Gerhan"; Married to Margaret - 1860 - Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - Civil War - 1863 - Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA Residence - IRS Tax Assessment - 1866 - Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Burials

  CENOTAPH-FORHAN Michael and Margaret Margaret Allen and Michael Forhan, buried together - Brooklin Cemetery, Brooklin ME ~ Captain Forhan "Lost at Sea" + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105761195/ michael https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105760952/ margaret

  
  

  News

  News-Forhan Ship Lost New York Herald Shipping News

  
  

• Sources

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