Herbert was born in 1855 and was baptised on 14 March 1855 in Swinton, Lancaster, England.[1][2]
In the 1871 census Herbert F Farr (age 16), scholar, was the son of Charles John Farr in Swinton, Lancashire, England.[3]
He married Elizabeth Hoffmann in 1884 in Sydney, New South Wales[4] and they had 5 children.
He passed away in Glebe in 1896 and is buried at the Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, New south Wales.[5]
Sources
↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name Herbert Foulkes Farr Gender Male Baptism Date14 Mar 1855Baptism Place Swinton, Lancaster, England Father John Farr Mother Eliza Farr FHL Film Number 1545553 Reference ID item 5 p 125
↑ "England & Wales General Register Office", GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 2 March 2024), Farr, Herbert Foulkes (Mother's maiden name: Foulkes). GRO Reference: 1855 Jan-Feb-Mar in Barton Upon Irwell Volume 08C Page 421.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", citing The National Archives of the UK, FamilySearch Record: KD6Q-XCJ (accessed 2 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 939K-R37V-GM, Herbert F Farr (16) son, Scholar, in household of Charles John Farr (50) in Swinton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. Born in Swinton, Lancashire.
Charles John Farr Head Married M 50 Medical Doctor North Cove, Suffolk
Elisa Farr Wife Married F 42 Eccles, Lancashire
Charles B Farr Son M 19 Bankers Clerk Swinton, Lancashire
Edwin Lee Farr Son M 17 Warehouseman Swinton, Lancashire
Herbert F Farr Son M 16 Scholar Swinton, Lancashire
Henry P Farr Son M 14 Scholar Swinton, Lancashire
Thomas S Farr Son M 13 Scholar Swinton, Lancashire
Alfred T Farr Son M 8 Scholar Swinton, Lancashire
Caroline M Farr Daughter F 8 Scholar Swinton, Lancashire
Charlote E Farr Daughter F 3 Swinton, Lancashire
Hellen B Farr Daughter F 2 Swinton, Lancashire
Katarine Farr Daughter F 0 Swinton, Lancashire
Howard Hodgson Nephew M 20 Warehouseman Birkenhead, Cheshire
Mary Ellen Greenhalgh F 12 Servant Swinton, Lancashire
↑ Australia Marriage index, 1788-1950. Reg. year 1884. Reg. #1255
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/188825256/herbert-f.-farr : accessed 04 August 2021), memorial page for Herbert F. Farr (unknown–7 Jan 1896), Find A Grave: Memorial #188825256, citing Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by alisonc1109 ♣ (contributor 48349597)
UK GRO record
BIRTH - FARR, HERBERT FOULKES (FOULKES)
GRO Reference: 1855 M Quarter in BARTON UPON IRWELL Volume 08C Page 421
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