[2] After marriage, the couple moved to Tacoma, Washington, where her husband became owner of Pacific Soda Works.

They later relocated to London, where they lived for four years, traveling in France and Spain and collecting art and artifacts.

[4] Forbes was a writer on topics such as the history of California, and Native Americans, and the Boxer Rebellion in China.

[5] Around 1900 Forbes started promoting the idea of a "National Naval Memorial" for dead navy sailors, consisting of a ceremony of casting flowers into the sea.

[6] In the early 1900s Forbes was living in Pasadena, California and, along with Tessa Kelso and Anna Pitcher, became involved with saving the deteriorating Spanish missions.