Edward John Farmer

[Ladybird1300]

He married Elizabeth Sherry:

Name Edward John Farmer
Record Type Marriage
Event Date 25 Dec 1872
Parish St John of Jerusalem, South Hackney
Borough Hackney
Father Name Edward William Farmer
Spouse Father Henry Sherry
Register Type Parish Register
Household Members
Name Age
Edward John Farmer
Elizabeth Sherry


And I can't find them in any census after this event, Edward was a cabinet Maker.


Amanda

 

[brentor boy]

Do you have date/place of birth for either Edward or Elizabeth?
Have you found them on earlier census records? Where were they living then?

 

[Ladybird1300]

Yes I have Edward in every census until he was married. I don't know much about Elizabeth which was why I was looking for a census to put her birth in.

1871 census:

Name Edward J Farmer
Age 18
Estimated Birth Year abt 1853
Relation Son
Father's Name Edward W Farmer
Mother's Name Caroline Farmer
Gender Male
Where born Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Civil parish Bethnal Green
Ecclesiastical parish St Jude
County/Island London
Country England
Registration district Bethnal Green
Sub-registration district Hackney Road
ED, institution, or vessel 20
Household schedule number 220
Piece 480
Folio 49
Page number 41
Household Members
Name Age
Edward W Farmer 42
Caroline Farmer 41
Edward J Farmer 18
Henry Farmer 17
Caroline Farmer 15
Walter Farmer 13
Alfred Farmer 11
Samuel Farmer 9
John Farmer 7
William Farmer 4
George Farmer 11 Months


Amanda

 

[stockpot]

There seems to be only one possible Elizabeth Sherry in the area pre 1872. In 1871 she is a servant and in 1861 she is at Orchard St in Hackney:-

Registration district Hackney
Enumeration district 17
Archive reference RG09
Piece number 159
Folio number 78
Page number 62

Elizabeth Sherry, age 6, born Hackney
d.o. Henry, 45, shoemaker born St Lukes and Mary Ann, 45, born Hoxton.

Elaine

 

[stockpot]

In 1851 Henry and Mary Ann are in Hackney with their children, eldest child Mary Ann aged 11.

12 Sept 1837 St John Bethnal Green, marriage of
Henry Sherry, cordwainer, s.o. Emmanuel Sherry , cordwainer
Mary Ann Dawkings, d.o. John Dawkings, labourer

Elaine

 

[Ladybird1300]

I did find the 1871 census, but wasn't sure if it was her, but you have found other information, thanks Elaine. But I still don't know what happened after they got married

Amanda

 

[stockpot]

A real mystery!
In 1881 I found the widowed father, Edward, with his 8 younger children but Edward J, Henry and Caroline have all left home. Caroline married George Pyle Bennett in 1878 and I found her with him in 1881 but no trace of Edward J and Henry in 1881 or subsequent censuses.
Also I haven't seen any nephews/nieces who could be their children. They don't seem to have died so I can only think they have emigrated together.

Elaine

 

[Ladybird1300]

No I thought that as well, but I found Henry which I put on my other thread about him in 1901 as a married boarder, but his wife Emma was not with him, and I don't know where she was.

Name Henry Farmer
Age 47
Estimated Birth Year abt 1854
Relation to Head Boarder
Gender Male
Birth Place Hackney, London, England
Civil parish Hackney
Ecclesiastical parish St John Hackney
County/Island London
Country England
Registration district Hackney
Sub-registration district South-East Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel 01
Piece 229
Folio 28
Page number 47
Household schedule number 288
Household Members
Name Age
Eliza Whitbread 50
Arthur Whitbread 14
Rose Whitbread 12
Henry Farmer 47

Thanks for looking

Amanda