Forbflaith NicFergus
Forbflaith Ogilvie Broun- NicFergus
Her first child was born when she was 16; she was pregnant with second child the last time her little sister Ciara returns home.
In 1514, when she was 26, she married Robert Broun who adopted her oldest two children as his own. The two would have another daughter the following year.
Personality Characteristics
Representation & Legacy
When her mother moved to Kutzk, her grandmother made Ninsun a Straw Mothers. The doll was inherited by the daughter who shared the crafter's namesake.
The Mother watched over her own children when they were born, Forbflaith hoping that the vessel could show her late mother and grandmother the children they would never get to meet.
In 1518, the city of Kutzk would be turned on its head when a violent upheaval shook the under-city. Forbflaith would come to recognize her own baby sister as one of the four crime bosses responsible. Forbflaith would hear rumors that she was leaving the island, and would seek her out.
She would never get to speak to her sister, but she was able to find the ship that was commissioned by the man her sister was preparing to run away with. Forbflaith would pay the shipwrights to hide a recently repaired Straw Mother in the walls of the ship's galley to watch over her sister.
Once the workers were sure the Mother was really nothing more than a straw woven doll, they did so, but only once Forbflaith promised them that this would not cause Cailleach to sail away with the crew.
Forbflaith never knew if Ciara found the doll or not, but after the terrible way they parted, she couldn't bare the thought of her sister leaving for the sea alone. She hoped the Straw Mother would allow their mother to watch over her sister and her new family.
Social
Family Ties
Child of Fergus MacDouglas, son of Douglas William & Margaret of Mar, and Ninsun NicAlpin, daughter of Alpin MacEoganan & Forbflaith NicOgilvie
Siblings
1485 Douglas MacFergus
1487 - 1512 Alpin MacFergus
1491 - 1504 Margaret NicFergus
1493 - 1503? Fergus MacFergus
1495 - 1502? Ninsun NicFergus
1497 Ciara NicFergus
1499 - 1501? Áine NicFergus
d. 1500 unborn Fergus child
Children
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Father Undeclared
- 1505 - Fergus Broun
- 1507 - Ninsun Broun Fathered by Husband Robert Broun
- 1515 - Agnes Broun
Naming References:
- Naming Patterns in Fields Side
- MacFhearghuis which can also be translated as son of the angry
- Fergus - Gaelic root 'ver gustu', meaning 'man of force'.
- Gaelic Feminine name :: Other Forms Farbhlaidh (modern Gaelic form), Forbhlaith, Forlaith, Ferelith :: meant "overlordship" and "overlord, ruler, sovereign", derived from Old Irish fír "true" and flaith "ruler; sovereignty" (compare Gormlaith, Órfhlaith, Talulla). - Farbhlaidh
- Ogilvie (Pictish and Old Welsh origin) meaning "high place" - https://kidadl.com/name-inspiration/babies/pictish-names-and-last-names-with-meanings-and-history
Current Location
Ethnicity
Year of Birth
1489 Kaienreki
Birthplace
New Borough, Kutzk City, Kutsukku Island
Children
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