Friday 7 February 2014

Henry Francis Farrow (c1872 - 1956)


Henry was born in Elmswell, Suffolk about 1872. He was baptized in the village on 17th July 1872. He was the son of William Farrow (1842) and Eliza Cross.
Henry joined the army (336 Road Corps)  in 1917 aged 46. He was described as 5’9”, he gave his occupation as a “roadman”. He left the army in 1919, He gave his address as Tostock Green, Suffolk and his next of Kin as his Mother Eliza Ann Finch (widow) of the same address.
Henry died in 1956 in Suffolk aged 83.
1872 Born in Elmswell. 5th Child
1875 Death of brother William (aged 4)
1877 Birth of sister Rosa
1878 Death of father William in an accident
1879 Birth of sister Kate
1881 Census: Age 8. Address: Hawk End Elmswell. Occupation: Scholar
1891 Census: Age 18. Address: Kiln Lane, Woolpit. Occupation: General labourer
1901 Census: Age 28. Address: Kiln Lane, Woolpit. Occupation: Brickyard Labourer
1902 death of sister Kate in childbirth (aged 22)
1911 census: Age 37. Address: Tostock Green, Suffolk. Occupation: Brickyard Labourer.
1919 demob address: Tostock Green, Suffolk.
1930 death of sister Ellen
1956 died aged 83




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