Frank Farningham (Uren) Euren (1867 - 1922)

Born 6 Nov 1867 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Son of Henry Francis (Uren) Euren and Sarah Ann Hopkins (Gordge) Euren

Husband of Agnes Margaret (McGowan) Euren — married 31 Jul 1895 in Wymondham, Norfolk

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 1922 at age 54 in Mundon, Essex, England

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Biography

Birth

1867 Norwich, Norfolk^[1]

Education

King Edward VI School, Norwich, Norfolk

Census

1871 Alexandra Road, Norwich, Norfolk age 3 with parents

1881 Clifton House Park Lane, Norwich, Norfolk age 13 with parents

1891 St John's Hill, Battersea, London, Secretary of Society age 23, lodger, with brother Albert as a visitor, secretary, born Norwich

1901 Ivy House, Mundon Rd, Purleigh, Essex, secretary of Society age 32 with his wife and a servant

1911 Ivy House, Mundon, Purleigh, Essex, secretary of Public Company with wife and 3 children age 44^[2]

Marriage

1895 Norwich Frank Farningham Euren to Agnes Margaret McGowan^[3]

Occupation

Journalist

in 1881 came to London to work for the Hackney Horse Society as assistant secretary

Secretary Hackney Horse Society from 1889, taking over from his father.

Secretary of International Horse Show at Olympia 1907-1922

Note

FFE went to school at King Edward VI school at Norwich and on leaving school was apprenticed in journalism to his father, the editor of the Norwich Mercury. He worked with his father who was the secretary of the Hackney Horse Society. In 1888 the society moved to London and FFE went there as its assistant secretary. IN 1899 he took over as Secretary.

He was one of the instigators of the International Horse Show and was its secretary from 1907 until his death in 1922. He travelled extensively looking for suitable acts for the show.

In 1891 FFE undertook the duties of secretary to the London Cart Horse Parade on its foundation.

During WW1 when the International Horse Show had to be suspended FFE worked for the Organisation of the Agricultural Relief of Allies Fund for the assistance of farming communities in regions devastated by the war.

After the war he was associated with the Disposal Board liquidating the vast Governmental stores.

"Mr Euren was characterised by a remarkable reserve in spite of his many activities. He was always willing to do any amount of work and to let others take the credit. No-one ever found him unprepared down to the last detail. To his staff he was more a friend than a chief."

Notes made 7 Oct 1986

Birdie (Phyllis Euren) and I (Sarah Euren) visited Purleigh, Latchingdon and Hales Farm. Hales Farm is in the parish of Purleigh. The children were christened at Purleigh but not when young. The family attended church in Latchingdon - they walked there. Their house was equidistant from the 2 churches. When Reg became ill with rheumatic fever, when he was about 20, in 1920 he had to rest a lot and the vicar of Purleigh visited every week. The family were impressed and started going to Purleigh church.

Birdie remembered the day her father died. He'd gone back to work in London after being at home for a year with angina. He used to be driven by the coachman to the station at Purleigh. He came home early that day. Birdie had washed her hair and rushed out to meet him. He was grey, was carried upstairs and died that night. In the war (1914?) he'd gone for a medical check. He was very surprised and shocked to be told he'd got a bad heart and was classified C3.

Ivy House was rented from the Sloughgroves originally. When Mr Sloughgrove died in 1917 they had to decide whether to buy the farmland or to move. They had made a garden and enlarged the house. SHE, mother of FFE, was still alive and FFE had expectations that when she died the family would get money from Digory's property at Fforestfach, so they bought the land with a mortgage. It was called Hales Farm and was 122 acres. It came with 25 men and 22 horses. Two maids lived in when the children were young. One got them up and they didn't come downstairs until their father had left for work in London at 8 am. They went to school at Miss Heap's (down the road) (I have photo- may be Tenelba).

Gordon Lance lived with his parents and 2 sisters in Maldon. His parents and sisters moved to London and Gordon went to live with the Eurens to finish his schooling at Maldon Grammar School.

From Obituary

FFE held the following Foreign Orders

Dutch: Order of Prince Orange of Nassau (returned by AME as it was due back on his death.)

Serbian: Order of the Serbian Red Cross and Order of St Sava, 5th Class

Belgian: Chevalier of the Order of Leopold.

Death

Aug 1922^[4]

Burial

All Saints Churchyard, Purleigh, Essex

Probate

Died 14 Aug 1922. Frank Farningham Euren of Hales Farm, Purleigh near Maldon, Essex. Probate to Widow Agnes Margaret Euren and Samuel Fortescue, secretary^[5][6]

Cause of Death

Fatty degeneration of the heart^[7]

Sources

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Sarah (Euren) Jordan and Timothy Cleland, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Henry Uren and Sarah Gordge, the great grandparents of both Sarah (Euren) Jordan and Timothy Cleland. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 119 cM across 6 segments.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sarah (Euren) Jordan and Marilyn Gherashe, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Henry Uren and Honor Hosking, the great great grandparents of both Sarah (Euren) Jordan and Marilyn Gherashe. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 93 cM across 3 segments.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sarah (Euren) Jordan and SR, her 2C1R. Their most-recent common ancestors are Henry Uren and Sarah Gordge, the great grandparents of Sarah (Euren) Jordan and great great grandparents of SR. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2C1R, based on sharing 102 cM across 6 segments.

1. ↑ GRO Births; Dec 1867; Uren Frank Farningham; Norwich, vol 4b, page 157,https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=42883374:8800&d=bmd_1641815574
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWNW-361 : 24 June 2019), Frank F Euren, Purleigh, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ GRO Marriages; Sep 1895; Euren Farningham; Forehoe,vol 4b, page 365, https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=94524784:2845&d=bmd_1641815574
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHW-LTX6 : 3 November 2021), Frank F Euren, 1922.
5. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLZ-DQWF : 17 September 2018), Frank Farningham Euren, 8 Dec 1922; citing Probate, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ National Probate on Ancestry
7. ↑ His son Henry