John Farmer (abt. 1829 - 1866)

Born about 1829 in Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Beck) Farmer — married 1851 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1866 at about age 37 in Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

John Farmer was born in Yorkshire, England.

John Farmer was killed in the Oaks Colliery Explosion on 12-Dec-1866

John Farmer lost his brother Thomas, in the Lundhill Colliery Explosion on 19-Feb-1857

John was born in 1829. He is the son of Robert Farmer and Hannah Battison. He was christened on 6 September 1829 at Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire.^[1]

In the 1841 Census, taken on the night of 6 June 1841, John was one of seven children of Thomas and Hannah, ranging in age from 13 years to one month old. By 12 January 1842, just over six months later, both parents had died and the children had become orphans. Of the six boys, four stayed local, two of whom (John and Thomas) later died in large mining accidents, and two emigrated to the USA. The one girl, Jane, was a servant in the 1851 Census and then her trail runs cold.

John married Harriet Beck in 1851 at Rotherham, Yorkshire.^[2]

John was killed 12 December 1866 in the Oaks Colliery disaster, Barnsley Yorkshire ^{[3] [4]} This was a series of explosions that killed more than 380 miners and rescuers, making it the worst colliery or mining disaster in England and second in the UK, after the Welsh Senghenydd Colliery Disaster.He was buried on 16 December 1866 at St Paul Churchyard, Monk Bretton, Yorkshire. ^[5]

Census

1841 - Elsecar Reform Row, Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire^[6]

Robert Farmer Male 40 1801 Yorkshire, England

Hannah Farmer Female 30 1811 Yorkshire, England

Henry Farmer Male 13 1828 Yorkshire, England

John Farmer Male 11 1830 Yorkshire, England

Thomas Farmer Male 9 1832 Yorkshire, England

Jane Farmer Female 6 1835 Yorkshire, England

William Farmer Male 4 1837 Yorkshire, England

Moses Farmer Male 2 1839 Yorkshire, England

Ann Cook Female 15 1826 Yorkshire, England

Aron Farmer Male 0 1841 Yorkshire, England

1851 - Allots Row, Wombwell, Yorkshire^[7]

Thomas Farmer 26 1825 Head Brampton Birley, Yorkshire Coal Miner

Emma Farmer 23 1828 Wife Rotherham, Yorkshire

John Farmer 22 1829 Brother Burton, Yorkshire Coal Miner

Harriet Farmer 19 1832 Sister In Law Burton, Yorkshire

Lucy Beck 15 1836 Visitor Burton, Yorkshire

1861 - Cliffe Bridge, Monk Bretton, Yorkshire^[8]

John Fanner 31 1830 Head Worth, Yorkshire Coal Miner

Harriett Fanner 30 1831 Wife Cliffe Bridge, Yorkshire

Ann Fanner 9 1852 Daughter Helther, Hoyland, Yorkshire Scholar

Amos Fanner 3 1858 Son Cliffe Bridge, Yorkshire Scholar

Lucy Fanner 1 1860 Daughter Cliffe Bridge, Yorkshire

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5VS-Q96 : 23 March 2020), John Farmer, 1829.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D36-PQ5 : 13 December 2014), John Farmery, 1851; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1851, quarter 1, vol. 22, p. 399, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office Online index : accessed March 2020, database entry for FARMERY, JOHN (age at death 38) GRO Reference: 1867 M Quarter in BARNSLEY UNION Volume 09C Page 105
4. ↑ Web: UK, Coal Mining Accidents and Deaths Index, 1878-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Coalmining Accidents and Deaths; Archive: The Coalmining History Resource Centre Ancestry Record 9735 #25713 : accessed 16 April 2020)
5. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; New Reference Number: WDP60/1/21 Ancestry Record 2254 #5090923 : accessed 16 April 2020)
6. ↑ 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Elsecar Reform Row, Wath upon Dearne, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England (www.findmypast.co.uk L accessed 14 April 2020)
7. ↑ England and Wales Census 1851 HO107/2333/F? - Alliot Row, Wombwell, Yorkshire (https://ukcensusonline.com : accessed 14 April 2020)
8. ↑ England and Wales Census 1861 RG9/3449/F? - Cliffe Bridge Hope Jam, Monk Bretton, Yorkshire (https://ukcensusonline.com : accessed 16 April 2020)