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 Lavinia's birth record:
Superintendent Registrar's District of Halifax; Sub-district of Ovenden in the County of York.
Twenty-fifth December 1881; Gibsons Buildings, Halifax
Lavinia, girl,
Father: Henry Crowther, labourer at a dyehouse; Mother: Phoebe Crowther, formerly Taylor
Registered 3rd February 1882
- the mistake in the transcription of her name shows why it couldn't be found before:
Births Mar 1882 Crowther Lavina (sic) Halifax 9a 487
 1904 Marriages Jun - Farrar (sic) Henry : Crowther Lavinia : Leeds 9b 775
1904. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Burley in the County of Leeds (the same church where Henry's parents married in 1875, see uplink for photos and details)
April 4th, 1904
Henry Farrar (sic), 23, Bachelor, Clerk, 21 Banker St., father: Joseph Farrar, engineer
Lavinia Crowther, 23, spinster, - , 4 Bankfield Terrace (Burley), father: Henry Crowther, Dyer
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, after Banns by me Alfred Armstrong.
In the presence of Willie Simon, Florrie Crowther.
from Brian:
Henry and Lavinia Farrer had three children: Jessie, Henry,
and Donald. Henry was one of the most
polite, proper, gentle, and kind human beings I have ever met. He was a
very successful insurance executive and was a founding fellow of the
Casualty Actuarial Society.
 1906 Births Jun - Farrer Jessie Leeds 9b 490
1906 Birth in the sub-district of Kirkstall in the County of Leeds
Twenty Sixth April, 1906. 50 ?? Street, Burley.
Jessie, girl, father Henry Farrer, insurance agent, mother Lavinia Farrer formerly Crowther
Informant: Henry Farrer, father, 50 ?? Street, Burley, Leeds. Ninth May 1906.
 1907 - New York Passenger Lists
Lavinia Farrer ; Birth: abt 1881 ;
Age:26 ;
Female
Jessie Farrer ; Birth: abt 1906 ;
Age:10 Months ; Female; with mother (she was actually 13 months old according to the birth cert.)
Arrival Date: 23 May 1907
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: British (English)
Ship Name: Teutonic (photo right)
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York
- later records say that Henry arrived the same year, and must have been on the same ship, but the above two records were on different pages and his seems to be missing.
1910 United States Federal Census
Manhattan Ward 22, New York, New York
Henry Farrer, 29, head, b. England; occupation: bookkeeper / insurance?? office
 Lavinia Farrer 29
Jessie Farrer 3
Year of Immigration: 1907
right from Brian: Henry and Lavinia at the beach ca. 1910 (age 30 & 29)
1912 - Henry Farrer jnr born on May 4 in New York (according to records below).
Henry's younger half-brother, Ernest, also migrated to New York in 1912, arriving September 28, and presumably initially staying with Henry. By 1917 Ernest had moved on to Hawaii then Vancouver where he was registered for the Canadian Army. His whereabouts after that are unknown.
From Wikipedia article on The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. : "In 1913, the company formed The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company."
 1917-1918 -World War I Draft Registration Cards,
Name: Henry Farrer
Age: 35; Birth Date: 5 Aug 1880 ;
Race: White
Address: 80 Campfield ??
City: Hartford ;
County: Hartford ;
State: Connecticut
Alien declarant, British Citizen
Occupation: Statistician; employer: Hfd. Accident Indemnity
Place of Employment: 125 ??? Street, Hartford.
Nearest relative: Lavinia Farrer; 80 Campfield, Hartford
Height: tall; Build: medium; Eyes: brown; Hair: black
1917 Hartford City Directory
Farrer, Henry; Chief Statistician at Hfd. Accident, 125 Tru. h.
82 Campfield
1919 Hartford City Directory
- as above but 80 Campfield.
1919 - Henry, Lavinia and Jessie became naturalized as US Citizens: District Court, Harford, Conn., 27/6/1919. Application index cards from NY exist for Henry and Jessie, just names, no details.
1920 United States Federal Census
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Henry Farrer, head, 38, occupation : actuary, insurance
Lavinia Farrer 38
Jessie Farrer 13
Henry Farrer 7
Home owned: Own ;
Year of Immigration:1907
1920 - Donald Farrer born on November 26 in Hartford, Connecticut (according to records below)
1923 Henry Farrer still listed in the Hartford City Directory, but with no details
1926 North Carolina Birth Index
Name: Mary Elise Page
Date of Birth:1926 ;
Birth County:Polk
Parent1 Name:C Bostic Page
Parent2 Name:Annabel Adams
Roll Number:B_C080_66001,
Volume:4 ,
Page:31
1929 - the family, except Henry jnr., returned to England to visit Lavinia's family in Leeds:
Outbound: Ship: Adriatic; Line: White Star; Date of arrival: June 23rd 1929
Arrival: Liverpool; From: New York & Queenstown
Farrer Henry, Asst: Secretary; 48
Farrer Lavinia; housewife; 48
Farrer Donald; child; 8
Farrer Jessie; student; 22
- all going to 38 Thornton St., Leeds, England. They had a cabin on the boat.
- all citizens of USA and last resident in USA
 Return: List of United States Citizens - for the immigration authorities
S.S. Albertic; sailing from Liverpool; 20th July 1929; arriving at the port of New York, 30th July 1929
Farrer Henry 48
Farrer Lavinia 47
Farrer Jessie 23
Farrer Donald 8; b. Hartford, Connecticut, 26.11.1920
- first three naturalized US citizens at District Court, Harford, Conn., 27/6/1919
- Address in US: 112 Yale Rd., West Brookline (not far from Haverford, below)
right, from Brian: My favorite picture of my Aunt Jessie about 1930 (not great aunt Jessie!) - signed: your loving cousin, Jessie Farrer
1930 United States Federal Census
Haverford, Delaware (county), Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)
Henry Farrer, head, 47, Occupation: secretary, insurance
 Lavinia Farrer, 47
Jessie Farrer 24 stenographer? insurance
Henry Farrer 18 b.NY clerk insurance
Donald F Farrer 9 b.CT
From Brian:
right - Henry and Lavinia with new 1939 Packard
 right: Henry and Lavinia with sons Donald (standing), Henry (in chair), and son-in-law Tom Ogburn 1939. In two years all three young men would be in service for WWII.
Jessie Farrer married Thomas Ogburn about 1938. They remained married until my
Aunt Jessie died in 1990 in Clearwater, FL. My Uncle Tom passed away in
2004. Uncle Tom was a stockbroker and a Marine in WWII. He stormed a
lot of beaches and used to take me fishing. They had no children but
were avid collectors of antiques.
Henry Farrer (jnr) married Florence -?- around 1940. He died in
Clearwater, FL around 1985; she followed in 2005. They had two children. Uncle Henry was in
insurance and was also in
the army in WWII.
Donald Frank Farrer married Elise Page in 1944 while he was in
the Army during WWII. They had four children. He was a successful insurance
executive but had way too many kids to collect antiques. He passed in
1990 and Elise in 2006.
 1942 - U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards,
Henry Farrer
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1880; age 61
Birth Place: Thackley, England
Residence: 100 Nelson Pl., Westfield, Union, New Jersey
Telephone: Wc 2-4374
Race: White
Kin: Lavinia Farrer, address as above
 Employer: Insurance Co. of North America, 99, John St. New York
right, from Brian: My favorite picture of my dad Donald F. Farrer 1943
1969 - from Brian: My grandmother Lavinia died in Reading, Pennsylvania around
1969.
1972 US Social Security Death Index
FARRER, HENRY;
Social Security#: 090-03-6808;
Issue State: NY
Birth: 5 Aug 1880
Death: Aug 1972 ;
Death State FL
Last known residence: Ruskin, Florida 33572
Social Security Death Index
Henry Farrer 5 Aug 1880 Aug 1972 Ruskin, Hillsborough, Florida
Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
Henry Farrer 1 Aug 1972 Pinellas 91 White 5 Aug 1880
SSDI: last residence: 33572 (Apollo Beach, Hillsborough, FL)
1981 US Social Security Death Index
FARRER, HENRY
Social Security #: 160-09-0674;
Issue State: PA
Birth: 4 May 1912
Death: Feb 1981 ;
Death State FL
Last known residence: Clearwater, Florida 33515
Social Security Death Index
Henry Farrer 4 May 1912 - Feb 1981; Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida
Florida Death Index
Henry Farrer 28 Feb 1981; Pinellas, 68, White, 4 May 1912
1990 Georgia Deaths
Donald F Farrer
Death:
29 Dec 1990; age 70 years; Dekalb Fulton (suburb of Atlanta)
1990 Social Security Death Index
Name: Donald F. Farrer;
SSN:117-10-8450
Last Residence: 30345 Atlanta, Dekalb, Georgia, United States of America
Born: 26 Nov 1920 ;
Died: 30 Dec 1990
State (Year) SSN issued:New York (Before 1951)
2004 US Social Security Death Index
Name: Thomas B. Ogburn
SSN:162-01-5290
Last Residence:33763 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States of America
Born:6 May 1907
Died:26 Dec 2004
State (Year) SSN issued:Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
2006 Georgia Deaths
Name:Mary E. Farrer
SSN:242-34-5453
Last Residence:30345 Atlanta, Dekalb, Georgia
Born:5 Dec 1926
Died:5 Nov 2006
State (Year) SSN issued:North Carolina (Before 1951)
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