|1. Jane Bradley
| Bateson /|\
| b.1845 Leeds
| Yorks

Ernest|
Pitt|
b.1874|
Gosport|

Percy|
Farrer|
b.1898|
Urmston|
Lancs|

|Marjorie
|Farrer
|b.1928
|Oldham

Marriages Mar 1875 Farrer Joseph: BATESON Jane Bradley; Leeds 9b 491
Marriage certificate (click image):
1875 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Burley in Leeds in the County of York.
March 24th 1875
Joseph Farrer 25 Bachelor Bank Clerk Bradford, father: Timothy Farrer Land Steward
Jane Bradley Bateson 29 Spinster Burley, father: Samuel Bateson Dyer
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns by me, F. L. Harrison Vicar.
The marriage was solemnized between us, Joseph Farrer, Jane Bradley Bateson
in the presence of us, Henry Morton Farrer, Emily Bateson [brother & sister]

photo right: St Matthias Church, Burley. Undated (but thought to be about 1913), This church was built in 1854 designed by Perkinsand Backhouse of Leeds. The 166 foot spire was paid for by William Beckett, then MP for Leeds
from Leeds Photographic Archives (Leeds City Council) click link for more/larger pictures and comments. Interior view)

1876 birth - Name: FARRER, Alice; Record Type: Births; Quarter: March; Year: 1876; District: Dewsbury; County: West Riding of Yorkshire; Volume: 9b; Page: 727
Birth certificate
1876 Birth in the Sub-district of Liversedge in the County of York
Twenty fifth January 1876, Powell Street, Heckmonwike
Alice, girl, Joseph Farrer, Jane Bradley Farrer, formerly Bateson, Bank Manager.
informant: Joseph Farrer, father, Powel Street, Heckmondwike, Twenty fifth february, John Robinson registrar.

1878 birth Name: FARRER, Jessie ; Record Type: Births ; Quarter: March ; Year: 1878 ; District: Bradford ; County: West Riding of Yorkshire ; Volume: 9b Page: [2_]51
Births Sep 1880 FARRER Henry Bradford, Y. 9b 252
- Jessie and Henry both born in Idle, north of Bradford.

1881 Census
Civil parish: Horsforth ; Ecclesiastical Parish: St. James; County/Island: Yorkshire
Address: Oaks Farm
Joseph Farrer abt 1850 Wragby Wintersett, Yorkshire, Head, Horsforth, Retired(!) farmer
Jane Bradley Farrer abt 1847 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Wife Horsforth no occupation
Alice Farrer abt 1876 Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, Daughter Horsforth scholar
Jessie Farrer abt 1878 Idle, Yorkshire, Daughter Horsforth
Henry Farrer abt 1880 Idle, Yorkshire, Son Horsforth
- the census indicates the Marshall family and the Farrers all at Oaks Farm but separate households.

No clear sign of Louisa Eley in the 1881 Census. Though the one b.1870 in Derby was living with an uncle in Derbyshire. No trace of her father Samuel, though most likely he was born and married in Derbyshire.

1884 Death - Name: Farrer, Jane Bradley; Record Type: Deaths; Age at death: 39; Quarter: December; Year: 1884; District: Leeds (1837-1929); County: West Riding of Yorkshire; Volume: 9b; Page: 381
Death certificate (right):
1884 Death in the Sub-district of Kirkstall in the County of York
Twenty seventh November 1884,52 Chapel Lane, U.S.D.
Jane Bradley Farrer, female, 39 years, Wife of Joseph Farrer, Commision agent
Cystitis ?? certified by Chas. Wright ??
Joseph Farrer, widower of deceased present at death, 52 Chapel Lane, Headingley Twenty eighth november, 1884. ? Smith registrar.
- Jane's death, at the age of 39, left Joseph, aged 35, with three children - Alice 8, Jessie, 6 and Henry 4.

1891 Census - Area: Sheffield Park, Sheffield County: Yorkshire
Joseph Farrer ; 40; Born in: 1851 ; Lodger ; Electrician
Alice Farrer ; 15 ; Born in: 1876 ; Lodger's Daughter
Jesse Farrer ; 13 ; Born in: 1878; Lodger's Daughter
Henry Farrer ; Age: 10 ; Born in: 1881 ; Lodger's Son

1891 Census - Area: Derby, Derby County: Derbyshire
Louisa Ely : 21; Born in: 1870 : Servant ; Bar Attendant; Birth County: Derbyshire

1892 Jun marriage - Farrer, Joseph Pollock : ELEY, Louisa Sheffield
Marriage certificate (right):
1892 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St. Mary Sheffield in the County of Sheffield
April 9 1892
Joseph Pollock Farrer, 38. widower, Manager, 76 Suffolk Rd., Timothy Farrer, Land Agent
Louisa Eley, 22, Spinster, - , 112 At. Mary's Rd., Samuel Eley, Builder
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by Licence by me Henry F Greenwood
This marriage solemnized between us Joseph Pollock Farrer, Louisa Eley in the presence of us, Joseph Bell, Lucey Bell.
(this is the only reference to Joseph having a middle name 'Pollock' - he curiously gives his age as 38 when he was actually 42. )

1894 Dec birth - Farrer, Ernest; Brighton 2b 269
Birth Certificate (right):
1894 Birth in the sub-district of The Palace Brighton in the County of Brighton
Eleventh October 1894, 5 Clifton Place U.S.D.
Ernest, boy, Joseph Farrer, Louisa Farrer formerly Eley, Electrical Engineer.
Joseph Farrer, father, 5 Clifton Place, Brighton, Twenty first November 1894, G. P. Cooper, deputy registrar.
- Joseph re-married, living in Brighton, Sussex when Ernest was born. No indication of how long they had been there but Brighton had a reputation for innovations in the electrical industry at that time.

1896 Sep birth - Farrer, Arthur; South Stoneham 2c 89
- family now in Southampton, Hants, where Arthur was born. Alice, now aged 21, met Thomas William King there. He was married with two children.
1898 Sep birth - Farrer, Percy; Barton upon Irwell; 8c 719
- Joseph returned north to Lancashire.

1898 birth - Name: KING, Henry; Record Type: Births; Quarter: September; Year: 1898; District: South Stoneham; County: Hampshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 59
Birth Certificate (right):
1898 Birth in the Sub-district of St. Mary Extra in the County of Southampton
Tenth July 1898, 9 Valkyrie Road, Pear Tree Green, Saint Mary Extra, U.D.
Henry, boy, William King, Alice King formerly Farrer, Clerk Corn Merchant
William King, father, 9 Valkyrie Road, Pear Tree Green, Saint Mary Extra, Twenty second August 1898, William Henry Goodridge, registrar
- Alice stayed in Southampton with Mr. King where her son, Henry (later known as Frank) was born .

- Bertha probably one of these two:
[Births Dec 1899 Green Bertha Blackburn 8e 387 ]
Births Jun 1900 Green Bertha Oldham 8d 721 - most likely as they seem to have gone back to Oldham

1901 death - Name: Farrer, Louisa; Record Type: Deaths; Age at death: 29; Quarter: March; Year: 1901; District: Barton upon Irwell; County: Lancashire; Volume: 8c; Page: 415
Death Certificate (right)
1901 Death in the Sub-district of Stretford in the County of Lancaster
Thirteenth february 1901, 24 Moss Road, Urmston U.D.
Louisa Farrer, female, 29 years, wife of Joseph Farrer, secretary to limited company
Haematuria Parturition 4 days, convulsions & coma 4 days, certified by John L. Faulkner M.D.
Henry Farrer, step son, 24 Moss Road, Urmston, thirteenth february 1901, Christopher Yates registrar.

1901 death: Name: Farrer, Emily ; Record Type: Deaths ; Age at death: 0 ; Quarter: March ; Year: 1901 ; District: Barton upon Irwell (1850-1934) ; County: Lancashire ; Volume: 8c Page: 417
- Louisa Farrer's baby - they both died in chidlbirth

1901 Census
Civil parish: Saddleworth ; Ecclesiatical parish: St Paul ; Town: Thurston ; County/Island: Yorkshire ; Country: England
Address: Greaves Farm
Joseph Farrer 51 Wragby, Yorkshire, England Head Saddleworth Yorkshire; Electrician & Secretary of Rippon Mines Com. Lt., own account
Jessie Farrer 23 Idle, Yorkshire, England Daughter Saddleworth Yorkshire
Henry Farrer 20 Idle, Yorkshire, England Son Saddleworth Yorkshire ; newspaper clerk, worker
Ernest Farrer 6 Brighton, Sussex, England Son Saddleworth Yorkshire
Arthur Farrer 4 Southampton, Hampshire, England Son Saddleworth Yorkshire
Percy Farrer 2 Urmston, Lancashire, England Son Saddleworth Yorkshire
Alice King 25 Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, England Daur & vis, Saddleworth Yorkshire
Henry King 2 Woolston, Hampshire, England Grandson Saddleworth Yorkshire

- We don't know why the Farrer family moved around so much but, if Joseph was an electrical contractor then he may have been involved with installing electric lights to replace the old gas lamps in these towns. Some later records mention a telephone company - or possibly something similar which could explain the constant moving every two years.

We know that Jessie, age 23 in 1901, became substitute mother to her three young half-brothers, aged 6, 4 and 2, and no doubt looked after her father as well.

In 1901 Alice was visiting her family on the night of the census, March 31, now at Greaves Farm, Thurston Clough, W. Yorks, Saddleworth Moor, NE of Manchester. Alice visited with her son, Henry, now 2, but not Mr. King. Louisa had very recently died and the family moved, again, so Alice may have gone back for the funeral and to give support.

Henry was born in Woolston which is very close to Southampton docks, the world's biggest merchant navy port in 1901, his father Thomas King was a clerk for a corn merchant, probably importing corn from North America.

During or soon after 1901 Alice returned to Mr. King in Southampton where Joseph (1905), Dolly (1907) and Mary (1911) were born.

see John Gower for more about Alice

1907 - Henry Farrer (b.1880) emigrated to New York with his wife Lavinia and 10 month old daughter Jessie.

1911 Census
57 Clarendon Rd., Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire
Dist. Prestwich, Sub.Dist. Cheetham
Joseph Farrer; Head; Widower; M; 62; Telephone Contract Officer; b. Wragby Yorks
Jessie Farrer; ; Daughter; Single; F 33; b. Idle Yorks
Ernest Farrer; ; Son; Single; M; 16; Stationers Assistant; b. Brighton Sussex
Percy Farrer; ; Son; M; 12; School; Urmston Lancashire

The 1911 Census appears to have no trace of Arthur Farrer (would have been 14) - and no apparent death records between the censuses.

1912 New York passenger list:
Name: Ernest Farrer; Arrival Date: 28 Sep 1912
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895; Age: 17 
Birth Location: England; Birth Location Other: Brighton 
Gender: Male; Port of Departure: Liverpool, England 
Nationality: English; Ship Name: Cedric  (right)
Port of Arrival: New York, New York 

Death 1914 Joseph Farrer b.abt 1850 ; 1914 : Jan-Feb-Mar : 64 : Prestwich : Volume: 8d Page: 369
(would have been 65 on June 17 1914)
1914 Death in the Sub-district of Cheetham in the County of Manchester C.B
Twentieth January 1914, 57 Clarendon Road, Crumpsall North, Manchester
Joseph Farrer, male 64 years, telephone employee, 1) morbus cardis 2) Hepatic Cirrhosis Dropsy, certified by Wm. McBain M.D.
J. Farrer daughter, present at the death, 57 Clarendon Road, Crumpsall Twenty first January, 1914, J. Holbrook, deputy registrar.

• The Nomadic Life of Joseph Farrer

1917/8 - US Army Draft Registration Card
name in full: Ernest Farrer, age: 23
address: Papaaloa, Hawaii
date of birth: October 11, 1894
declared intention to become US citizen
Where were you born? - Brighton, Sussex, England
Country of which citizen: Britton (sic)
Occupation: Plantation Overseer, Laupahoehoe Sugar Company, Papaaloa, Hawaii
No dependents, single, caucasian
No draft exemption claimed, signed Ernest Farrer.
page 2: Tall, slender, brown eyesm black hair, not bald, not disabled
signed by the registrar, East Hawaii, ?? 31, 1917.

1917 Passenger list
Name: Ernest Farrer; Gender: Male 
Age: 25; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892; Birth Country: England 
Date of Arrival: 28 Aug 1917; Vessel: Makura 
Port of Arrival: Vancouver, British Columbia; Port of Departure: Sydney, Australia 
- this appears to be the same Ernest as the original image adds that his occupation as 'accountant' (see below). Possibly he boarded when it called into Hawaii en route to Vancouver.

August 1917 - 1st Depot Battalion, Vancouver B.C. Attestation Paper (right)
Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force - questions to be put before attestation.
Surname: Farrer; Christian name: Ernest d.o.b.: October 11th 1894
Address: Papaaloa, Hawaii, T.H.; birthplace: Brighton, England
Trade: Accountant, married: no.
Next of Kin: Henry Farrer; brother; Hartford, Connecticut, USA. (c/o Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.)

Marriage 1923 Percy Farrer, Prestwich, Dec 1923, 8d 602 (age 25)
1923 Marriage solemnized at Register Office in the District of Prestwich in the County of Lancaster and Manchester.
Tenth November 1923
Percy Farrer, 25 years, Bachelor, Farm Labourer, 17 Crossley Street , Crumpsall. Joseph Farrer (deceased) Director of National Telephone Company).
Bertha Green, 23 years, Spinster, 32 Chapel Street, Rhodes(?); John Edward Green, Contractor's Labourer.
Married in the Register Office by Certificate before me A. J. F. Warwick, Registrar, H. Woodhouse, Supt. Registrar.
In the presence of us R. Cooper, A. Cooper.

Deaths Mar 1924 Farrer Arthur 27 Prestwich 8d 376
1924 Death in the Sub-district of Cheetham in the County of Manchester
Eleventh March 1924, 17 Crossley Street, Crumpsall
Arthur Farrer, male, 27 years, Telephone canvassers clerk.
1 ? malaria, 2 - cardiac failure certified by W. Macbain M.D.. J. Farrer sister, present at the death. 17 Crossley Street, Crumpsall. Eleventh March 1924. A B Holbrook, registrar.

It was probably following the marriage of Percy and the death of Arthur, that their sister Jessie Farrer (b.1878), who had not married, moved from Yorkshire to stay with older sister Alice and her daughters for some time in Gosport, Hampshire. She had no money and Alice was unable to support her so she went to live with Alice's son Henry and his family in Portsmouth. From there she became a housekeeper for Ernest Pitt, and then married him in 1931, at the age of 53, eventually inheriting his house.

Birth Mar 1925, Bertha Farrer, mother Green, Manchester N. (ex Prestwich) 8d 647
Birth Mar 1926, Joseph E. Farrer, mother Green, Manchester N. (ex Prestwich) 8d 689
Births Mar 1928 Farrer Marjorie Green Oldham 8d 1155
Births Jun 1929 Farrer Arthur Green Oldham 8d 1296

Births Jun 1930 Farrer Norman Green Oldham 8d 1282
Births Sep 1934 Farrer Ernest Green Middleton 8d 814

Marriage 1931, Jessie Farrer m. Ernest G. Pitt, Fareham Mar. 2b 977
- Jessie was 53 and Ernest 57. More about Jessie & Ernest:

• Birth: Name: Pitt, Ernest George ; Record Type: Births ; Quarter: June ; Year: 1874 ; District: Alverstoke ; County: Hampshire ; Volume: 2b Page: 500
  - the only one anywhere near matching. If he came from Gosport it explains how Jessie came to be working for him as he was probably known to Henry. Ernest was previously married, presumably now widowed.
• 1881 Census: Name: Ernest Pitt; Age: 7 b.1874 ; Son ; Mother's Name: Eliza ; Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, Street Address: 14 Middlecroft Lane Occupation: Scholar
  Household Members: Eliza Pitt 33 ; Benjamin Pitt 9 ; Ernest Pitt 7 ; Arthur Pitt 5 ; Daisy Pitt 3 ; George Pitt 2 ; William Eaton 38
• Marriage: Pitt, Ernest George ; December ; 1898 ; Portsea Island ; Hampshire ; Volume: 2b Page: 1106 - married either Francis Fallon or Grace Adaline Grove.
• Death: Ernest G Pitt ; 1936; Age 62 ; Gosport ; Hampshire Volume:2b Page:773
• Death: Jessie Pitt ; 1964 ; Age 86 ; Gosport ; Hampshire ; Volume:6b Page:279

1949 Jun Marriage : Eric Hamer - Marjorie Farrer Middleton 10e 1141
possibly 2 children born in Middlesborough: Raymond 1950 and Michelle 1958

1959 British Columbia Death
Name: Ernest Farrer ; Gender: Male 
Age: 64; Death Date:1 Nov 1959; Place of Death:Vancouver
- possibly our Ernest...?

Births Dec 1870 Eley Louisa Derby 7b 409

1871 Census
Louise Eley ; Age: 6 months ; Estimated Birth Year:abt 1870 
Relation:Daughter  ; Father's Name:Samuel ; Mother's Name:Selina
Gender:Female
Where born:Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish:St Werburgh  ; Town:Derby 
County/Island:Derbyshire  ; Country:England 
Household Members:
Samuel Eley 34 
Selina Eley 29 
Emily Eley 1 
Louise Eley 6 months 
Thomas Vernon 33

Death Dec 1873: Selina Eley; Age 30 ; Derby ; Derbyshire 7b 286
Death Mar 1879: Samuel Eley ; Age 42 ; Derby ; Derbyshire; 7b 365

1881 Census
Louisa Eley ; Age:11  ; Estimated Birth Year:abt 1870 
Relation:Niece  ; Gender:Female ; Where born:Derbyshire, England 
Civil Parish:Derby St Alkmund  ; County/Island:Derbyshire   
Street address:Public House 48 Bridge Gate
Occupation:Scholar 
Registration district:Derby  ; Sub registration district:Derby 
Household Members:
Benjamin Brindley 54 
Eliza Brindley 50 
Louisa Eley 11 
Sarah Holmes 15 
Ned Oldbury 48 

1891 Census
Louisa Ely ; Age:21  ; Estimated Birth Year:abt 1870 
Relation:Servant  ; Gender:Female ; Where born:Derbyshire, England 
Civil Parish:Litchurch  ; Ecclesiastical parish:St Andrews 
Town:Derby  ; County/Island:Derbyshire 
- followed by long list of names - apparently the Midland Hotel, Midland Road - Louisa listed as Bar Attendant, Inn

In April 1892 Louisa, age 22, married Joseph Farrer, 42 - in Sheffield where she gave a different address to his, and had no occupation. Up to that point she never seems to have left Derby and it is not known why she was in Sheffield.