John Villiers Farrow (1904 - 1963)

Born 10 Feb 1904 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1963 at age 58 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Jack Farrow is Notable.

Jack Farrow has English ancestors.

• Noted Australian-born American film director, producer and screenwriter
• Married noted actress Maureen O'Sullivan
• Father of noted actor Mia Farrow^[1]
• Born in Marrickville, New South Wales

Royal Canadian Navy, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight Grand Cross (of the Equestrian Order of the) Holy Sepulchre (of Jerusalem)

Husband of 1. Felice Sidonia Lewin 1907–1993 (m. 1924) and 2. Maureen O'Sullivan 1911–1998 (m. 1936)

Children:

Felice Patricia Farrow 1925–1997

Michael Damien Villiers Farrow 1939–1958

Patrick Joseph Villiers Farrow 1942–2009

BURIAL: Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California; Inscription on Memorial Stone: R.C.N., C.B.E., , K.G.C.H.S.

Census

• 1940 census occupation director, absent from home in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maps of Stars." Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Season 3, Episode 10). PBS. 8 March 2016.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27791-13976-15?cc=2000219 : 11 July 2014), California > Los Angeles > Beverly Hills Judicial Township, Beverly Hills, Tract 381 > 19-39 Beverly Hills Judicial Township, Beverly Hills City (Tract 381 - part) bounded by (N) Sunset Blvd; (E) Maple Dr; (S) Santa Monica Blvd; (W) Crescent Dr > image 19 of 46; citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012).

• Birth: NSW BDM Index 4698/1904 FARROW JACK (parents) JOSEPH & LUCY (MARRICKVILLE)
• California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NH-ZC6 : 9 March 2021), John Villiers Farrow and Felice Lewin, 18 Aug 1924; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,509.
• California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JR-MWL : 9 March 2021), John Villiers Farrow and Maureen Paula O'Sullivan, 12 Sep 1936; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,113,995.
• California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ9-BLF : 11 March 2018), John Villiers Farrow, 1947; citing Naturalization, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1525 (United States: National Archives and Records Service, Los Angeles Branch, 2016).
• California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGW2-8PZM : 4 February 2020), John Villiers Farrow, 1963.
• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-BGHP : 6 March 2021), John Villiers Farrow, ; Burial, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Holy Cross Cemetery; citing record ID 5171, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5171/john-villiers-farrow
• John Farrow article on Wikipedia

• Family Tree
• Finding Your Roots, Season 6, Episode 1
• Cameron Hazlehurst, Farrow, John Villiers (1904–1963), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/farrow-john-villiers-10158/text17941, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 12 January 2024.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.