Ancestors of Tim Farr and Descendants of Stephen Farr Sr. of Concord, Massachusetts and Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England


Samuel PETERS was born 1 in Aug 1874 in Canada. He died 2 in 1930 in New York, United States. Samuel married Alice Elizabeth FARR 3 about 1892 in New York, United States.

Alice Elizabeth FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born in Jan 1873 in New York, United States. She died 2 on 1 Feb 1961 in Baldwinsville, Onondaga, New York, United States. Alice married Samuel PETERS about 1892 in New York, United States.

Alice resided 3 in 1880 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

Syracuse Post Standard February 3, 1961
PETERS
Alice Elizabeth Peters, at her home in Baldwinsville, February 1, 1961.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Martha McCoy and Mrs., Pearl Gammack; eight sons, Raymond, Earl, Victor, Willard. Wilfred, Gordon, Howard and Arthur Peters; two brothers. Frank and Harry Farr; 29 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday 2:30 in Falardeau Funeral Home, Baldwinsville. Burial Spring Lake Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 5 p.m.


William N. LIVINGSTON was born in Aug 1864 in New York, United States. He died in 1937. William married 1 Jessie M. FARR in 1896 in New York, United States.

Jessie M. FARR [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1878 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. She died 3 in 1941. Jessie married 4 William N. LIVINGSTON in 1896 in New York, United States.


William August MARVIN was born 1 on 8 Jun 1880 in Worth, Jefferson, New York, United States. William married Rose FARR in 1902 in Jefferson, New York, United States.

Rose FARR [Parents] 1 was born 2 in Apr 1882 in New York, United States. Rose married William August MARVIN in 1902 in Jefferson, New York, United States.


Harry Merwin FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 8 May 1887 in Hounsfield Township, Jefferson, New York, United States. He died 2 on 12 Dec 1969 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. Harry married 3 Nellie Helen NELLIS on 26 Jun 1912 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

FARR—In the House of the Good Samaritan, Dec. 12, 1969, Harry M. Farr, 319 Brainard St. aged 82 years. Funeral Monday morning at 8:30 from the Simpson Funeral Home and at 9 In Holy Family Church. Burial In Glenwood Cemetery. www.fultonhistory.com

Harry M. Farr, 82, of 319 Brainard St., retired employe of the New York Air Brake Co. plant and a resident of Watertown most of his life, died at 3:20 this morning of a heart attack in the coronary care unit of the House of the Good Samaritan where he had been a patient since  Thursday night at 6:30. Mr. Farr was stricken ill about 5:45 Thursday after noon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frederick A. (Pauline T.) Beecher, 656 Boyd St., where he had gone for dinner.

His wife, Mrs. Nellie M. Farr, died in the Mercy Hospital at the age of 80 on Sept. 8, only three months ago. The funeral will be Monday morning at 8:30 from the Simpson Funeral Home and at 9 in the Holy Family Church. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Surviving Mr Farr, besides his daughter, are a son, Edward W. Farr, Rochester, and four grandchildren. Two brothers,Frank J. and William L. Farr, and two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Livingston and Mrs. Alice E. Peters, predeceased him.

Mr. Farr was born near Brownville in the Town of Hounsfield May 8, 1887, a son of Lyman and Ida Mc- Comber Farr. He came to this city from Brownville in  early life and was employed 37 years until his retirement at the Air Brake company for (sic) in 1952.

Before entering the em ployment of the Air Brake Company in 1915, he had been a punch press operator at the J. B. Wise, Inc., plant. For a few years after his retirement from the Air Brake company, Mr. Farr was employed as a school crossing guard at the John C. Thompson School until 1959.

He married Miss Nellie M. Nellis of Watertown on her 23d birthday—June 26, 1912 —in this city.

He was a member of the Holy Family Church.

Nellie Helen NELLIS was born in 1890 in Illinois, United States. She died 1 on 8 Sep 1969 in Jefferson, New York, United States. Nellie married 2 Harry Merwin FARR on 26 Jun 1912 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

They had the following children.

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Edward William FARR was born 1 on 13 Apr 1921 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. He died 2 on 29 Oct 1978.

Edward resided 3 in 1940 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.
  F ii Pauline Theresa FARR was born on 11 Jun 1925. She died on 6 Mar 1992.

Frank James FARR [Parents] was born 1 on 2 May 1885 in New York, United States. He died 2 on 1 Oct 1962 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. Frank married 3 Edith COE on 11 Oct 1911 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

Edith COE was born in 1883 in Canada. She died 1 on 10 Nov 1961 in Jefferson, New York, United States. Edith married 2 Frank James FARR on 11 Oct 1911 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

They had the following children.

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Gordon P. FARR was born in 1914 in New York, United States. He died 1 in Feb 1967 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

Gordon resided 2 in 1920 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.



Gordon P. Farr, 656 Boyd street, long actively identified with bowling circles as an officer and organizer as well as a bowler, died at 2 p.m. Saturday — his 54th birthday — in the House of the Good Samaritan. Burial will be in North Watertown cemetery. Only cousins, uncles and aunts survive him. He was unmarried. Mr. Farr, a machine operator at the New York Air Brake company plant, and a WWII veteran, had not been well since he underwent a lung operation in a Rochester hospital two years ago. Mr. Farr was born Feb. 18, 1913. in Watertown, a son of Frank J. and Edith Coe Farr was educated in the local public schools and lived here all of his life. His father died here Oct. 1, 1962, and his mother, on Nov. 10. 1961. Mr. Farr, an only child, lived with them until they died. Mr. Farr was a substitute clerk at the post office 

Watertown Daily Times Feb 20 1967

Earl Alden WHEELER was born on 25 May 1886 in New York, United States. He died on 18 Jul 1949. Earl married 1 Ruth Mae FARR on 8 Mar 1924 in Jefferson, New York, United States.

Ruth Mae FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born 2 on 19 Nov 1902 in Jefferson, New York, United States. She died 3 in May 1973 in Jefferson, New York, United States. Ruth married 4 Earl Alden WHEELER on 8 Mar 1924 in Jefferson, New York, United States.

Other marriages:
CREVER, Barney


Barney CREVER was born 1 on 28 Feb 1894. He died 2 on 3 Jul 1969 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. Barney married Ruth Mae FARR on 19 Nov 1951.

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Ruth Mae FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born 2 on 19 Nov 1902 in Jefferson, New York, United States. She died 3 in May 1973 in Jefferson, New York, United States. Ruth married Barney CREVER on 19 Nov 1951.

Other marriages:
WHEELER, Earl Alden


Arthur Francis PORTER was born on 10 Sep 1888 in New York, United States. He died on 24 Dec 1960. Arthur married 1 Gace M. FARR on 17 Sep 1923 in Jefferson, New York, United States.

Gace M. FARR [Parents] was born 1 on 21 Jan 1904 in Jefferson, New York, United States. She died on 14 Feb 1943. Gace married 2 Arthur Francis PORTER on 17 Sep 1923 in Jefferson, New York, United States.


Kenneth Stewart FARR [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3, 4 on 21 Aug 1905 in Camden, Oneida, New York, United States. He died 5 on 27 Apr 1984 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. Kenneth married Marion Rosalee DONOHUE "Minnow" on 20 May 1935 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.

Kenneth resided 6 in 1910 in Camden, Oneida, New York, United States.

Marion Rosalee "Minnow" DONOHUE was born in Apr 1909 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. She died on 15 Nov 1958 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. Minnow married Kenneth Stewart FARR on 20 May 1935 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.


Loyal Robert MANCHESTER was born on 14 Jun 1911 in Pitcairn, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. He died on 3 Dec 1996 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. Loyal married 1 Rena R. FARR on 10 Sep 1931 in St Lawrence, New York, United States.

Rena R. FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born 2, 3 on 12 Nov 1915 in Black River, Jefferson, New York, United States. She died 4 on 14 Mar 1992 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. Rena married 5 Loyal Robert MANCHESTER on 10 Sep 1931 in St Lawrence, New York, United States.

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