Edward Farmer

Brief Life History of Edward

When Edward Farmer was born on 7 May 1848, in Donisthorpe, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Farmer, was 30 and his mother, Ann Goacher, was 28. He married Elizabeth Percival on 23 November 1868, in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Linton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. In 1911, at the age of 63, his occupation is listed as retired coal miner in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 7 September 1912, in Linton Heath, Derbyshire, England, at the age of 64, and was buried in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Edward Farmer
1848–1912
Elizabeth Percival
1848–1916
Marriage: 23 November 1868
Mary Ann Farmer
1869–1937
John Henry Farmer
1871–1919
Rose Ellen Farmer
1873–1936
Sarah Farmer
1875–1877
Lois Farmer
1876–1945
Charles Farmer
1880–1948
George Farmer
1883–1951
William Farmer
1887–
Elizabeth Farmer
1891–1919

Sources (21)

  • Edward Farmer, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • 1848 - Edward Farmer, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • 1868 - Edward Farmer, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

World Events (5)

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English fermo(u)r, fermer and Anglo-Norman French fermer (Old French fermier, medieval Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.

Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige ‘son of the husbandman’, a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.

Americanized form (translation into English) of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered form Therrien . Compare Pharmer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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