Rising to the Challenge

Back in early January 2020 I signed up to a Guild of One-Name Studies challenge to write 10 blog posts between then and the end of March – and despite all good intentions, numerous ideas and (some) planning I have failed miserably until today, on March 31^st, I’m sitting down to at least get one blog published before the midnight “deadline”!

As we in the UK are all at the end of the first week of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic lockdown someone who really is rising to the challenge is Andrew D FARMERY Professor of Anaesthetics in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Wadham College Oxford where he has been since 2004 following fellowship at another college after having combined both clinical and research training in London, Cambridge and Oxford.  He is the main tutor in Pre-clinical Medicine at Wadham.

Whilst the NHS has more than 8,000 ventilators the government said it needs at least 30,000 to help fight the Coronavirus pandemic; in addition to buying more ventilators and working with existing manufacturers to try to quickly upscale production the government also issued an open call for proposals for a quick-to-produce ventilator that could help fill the gap.  This resulted in more than 3,000 pitches from major manufacturers as well as smaller groups, including academics like Andrew Farmery.

Eight days earlier, thinking it couldn’t be done, Andrew was discussing with a colleague and some Ph.D. students the dire need to produce more ventilators in the U.K.  But he joined forces with a small team of academics, engineers and doctors to brainstorm a prototype of a ventilator made from off-the-shelf parts that could help to treat Coronavirus patients.  Essentially a small squeezable bag inside a Perspex box, through which compressed air is injected, and which costs about £1,000 to make, Andrew pitched OxVent to the Johnson cabinet and the MHRA on Monday March 23^rd.

Last Wednesday the OxVent team were informed that their ventilator was still in the running and would now be independently tested.

Source

[FARMERY of West Tanfield]
Guild Blog Challenge 1

2019 Farmery Gathering

[Canterbury Police dated (courtesy of the West Family) - though I am reliably informed this is the retirement of John William Farmery, seated in the middle of the front row, in 1907]

Saturday October 5th 2019 will see the nineteenth international Farmery gathering, once again in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

Anyone with a connection to the surname Farmery or an interest in the programme is welcome to attend.

•10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions [Alan Moorhouse]

•10.45am "Comedy of Errors" [Anne Cole]

•11.45am DNA update [Alan Moorhouse]

•12.00pm Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm "Choosing a Chief Constable - a county and a borough" [John Wilson]

•4.00pm Group photograph

•4.15pm Tea

•4.30pm Close

Anne Cole is a founder member of Lincolnshire Family History Society and was their President until this year when stood down in order to again directly help the society as their secretary.  She has her own one-name study for her maiden name of Duncalfe and was the person who first introduced me to the concept of a one-name study and encouraged to join the Guild.  Having spoken at our very first Farmery gathering back in 2000 she returns to tell us about the error in mistranscriptions, probable assumptions and downright lies told in official documents.

John Wilson was formerly archivist for North East Lincolnshire Archives in Grimsby and is now a freelance researcher and speaker.  In his talk he will look at three successive Chief Constables for Grimsby 1930-1936, based on the Town Clerk's recruitment papers and application forms, and Charles Bunn's memoirs - quite an insight into social attitudes and the police of the time, and crime of the time, and all the amusements that job interviews provide.

A number of Farmerys served as police constables, including a murder and a drunken brawl, and two rose to high rank, William Farmery (1772-1849) as Chief Constable of Leeds and John William Farmery (1861-1938), superintendent (1896) and Chief Constable of Canterbury (1903 to retirement in 1907).  The book Police Gallantry Medals was written by J Peter Farmery.

On the day amongst other documents that I have available will be print outs of every Farmery family in the 1939 Register, which was taken in order to issue identity cards and ration books, so you will be able to see where your Farmery relations were living at the outbreak of the 2nd World War!

For those wanting to make a weekend of it I and a number of other attendees will be staying at the Premier Inn Lincoln Canwick on Friday and Saturday night and there will be the options of an informal gathering for dinner at the adjacent Beefeater restaurant at 8.00pm on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a local visit on Sunday morning.

This is non-profit making event and for the day there is a nominal charge of £8.00 to cover hire of the hall, speakers and refreshments.  There are a number of pubs adjacent to the village hall or you are welcome to bring a packed lunch and eat it there.

For more information or to advise that you plan to attend the gathering please email me.


[The provisional date for next year is Saturday September 26th 2020]

2018 Farmery Gathering

[Richard ll presents the sword to the Mayor of Lincoln]

Saturday September 29th 2018 will see the eighteenth international Farmery gathering, once again in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

Anyone with a connection to the surname Farmery or an interest in the programme is welcome to attend.

•10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions [Alan Moorhouse]

•10.45am "The Lincoln Sword" [Richard Storey]

•11.45am DNA update [Graham Farmer/Alan Moorhouse]

•12.00pm Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm "What a Victorian Gentleman Wore" [Gareth King]

•4.00pm Group photograph

•4.15pm Tea

•4.30pm Close

Following a more than 21 year career in the Prison Service Richard Storey had an unexpected opportunity to "escape" and look for another path.  He started chauffeuring the Mayor of Lincoln in October 2013, thinking it was a stop gap until he found a "proper job", and five years later finds himself as Mayor's Officer, to one of the oldest Mayoralties in one of the oldest cities in Britain at Lincoln Guildhall, a role that includes carrying the Lincoln sword at civic occasions.  The Tudor Guildhall has been used since 1520, occupying the whole second floor of the Stonebow, and still plays host to Full Council meetings and City Council events. It houses numerous pieces of regalia, including the sword of Richard II, Mayor’s Chains of Office and Mayor’s posy ring.  Richard Farmery, cordwainer of Lincoln St Martin, was the Lincoln Sword Bearer in the 1680’s.

Gareth King from Ashby de la Zouch is a primary school teacher and has always had an interest in history and enjoys talking about it; he has a particular interest in Victorian era clothing styles. 

On the day amongst other documents that I have available will be print outs of every Farmery family in the 1939 Register, which was taken in order to issue identity cards and ration books, so you will be able to see where your Farmery relations were living at the outbreak of the 2nd World War!

For those wanting to make a weekend of it a number of us are staying at the Ibis Hotel Lincoln (free sign up gives a 10% discount on room rates) on Friday and Saturday night and there will be the options of an informal gathering at an adjacent eatery on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a local visit on Sunday morning.

This is non-profit making event and for the day there is a nominal charge of £8.00 to cover hire of the hall, speakers and refreshments.  There are a number of pubs adjacent to the village hall or you are welcome to bring a packed lunch and eat it there,

For more information or to advise that you plan to attend the gathering please email me.

[The provisional dates for next year are Saturday September 28th or October 5th 2019]

Unsolved Murder in 1875 of James Farmery

Google Alerts recently sent me a link to an article 

"The Horrific Hull Murders That Have Never Been Solved"

in Hull Live - Hull Daily Mail June 10^th 2018

The area of Hull where James Farmery was murdered

On the evening of Saturday 3^rd April 1875 the body of James Farmery was discovered lying in Church Street, Wincolmlee.  He had suffered a terrible head wound; he was bleeding badly from the nose, had a wound on the right temple and a bump on the back of the head.  He was taken home, before being taken to the hospital where he did not regain consciousness and pressure on the brain caused his death.

Mr Farmery, 56, had been seen arguing with another man earlier that night and as such a manhunt took place to find the individual, but all of the men who were rounded up and arrested had strong alibis.  He had been seen drinking in several pubs along Church Street and Wincolmlee, and smelt of alcohol when he was discovered.

Evidence at the inquest clearly heard that a young man was seen to quarrel with Mr Farmery in the street and struck him violently over the head with a stick and causing his death. The murderer escaped and all efforts to trace him failed.  During the inquest one woman said she saw Farmery and another man whom she did not know; she heard the other man say to Farmery “You’ll not accuse me for nothing, I am innocent.”  Farmery replied, “Well I can’t help it” to which the other man said “You will have to help it, and I will settle it tonight.”  A number of witnesses said they saw Mr Farmery and a man named Hill arguing before Hill struck Mr Farmery, but Hill later proved to have an alibi and had not been in the area at the time and Mr Farmery’s killer was never found.

Originally known as Church Street (as it led from Trippett via Wincolmlee to St Mary’s church in the hamlet of Sculcoates) the road is now called Wincolmlee, as the area of the old village of Sculcoates is now also known.

The age quoted in the article suggests a birth about 1819 but the death recorded in national registration in June quarter 1875 in Hull registration district and gives the age as 50, suggesting instead a birth in about 1825.

There is a death for another James Farmery Jun q 1871 Sculcoates RD age 46 – so again born about 1825 – so which James is this?

Given the age discrepancy there are three possible candidates – James son of George and Mary Farmery baptised 25.12.1817 Cottingham (which is in Sculcoates RD), James son of Joel and Elizabeth Farmery baptised 17.5.1823 Kirk Ella (Sculcoates RD) or James son of James and Elizabeth Farmery baptised 14.12.1823 North Cave (Howden RD).

James Farmery bap 14.12.1823 North Cave

James was the son of James Farmery born Howden 1796 and his wife Elizabeth Oliver who he married 19.10.1815 at North Cave.

James and Elizabeth had 5 children at North Cave (William 1816, George 1817, Elizabeth 1819, George 1821 and James 1823) before Elizabeth died in 1825.  James remarried Ann (nee FOX) widow of John Howden 19.11.1845 at North Cave.  Ann had a son James Howdin in 1837 but it is unclear if he was the son of John Howden, James Farmery – or someone else?  In 1851 he is James Farmery age 14, he marries in 1865 as James Farmery Howdin and in 1911 he is James Farmery.

Apart from William (1816) there is no trace in any census return (or national registration) of any of the other children of James and Elizabeth, suggesting that all, including James 1823, probably died before 1837?

James Farmery bap 17.5.1823 Kirk Ella

Joel and Elizabeth Farmery were living at Anlaby, Kirk Ella in 1841 with two of their eight children – but not James.  In 1851 James Farmery age 66 ag lab born Anlaby and his wife Elizabeth age 64 born West Ella are living in Anlaby along with two sons James age 27 farm labourer born Anlaby and Joel age 25.

Joel Farmery senior was baptised 15.8.1784 Kirk Ella and died Sep q 1860 Hull RD; wife Elizabeth died 13.2.1860 Hull.  I have not found a marriage for Joel and Elizabeth.

At the Beverley Quarter Sessions on 1^st July 1851 James and Joel Farmery were each sentenced to 3 months imprisonment for larceny – is this more likely to James’ brother (rather than father) Joel?

In 1841 James Farmery age 16 ag lab was at Burn Park Farm, Cottingham with William LUND farmer.

In 1861 James Farmery age 35 married ag lab born Anlaby was living in a barn in Canning Street, Hull Holy Trinity (there is no evidence that this James had married?)

In 1871 James Farmery age 47 unmarried pauper farm labourer born Anlaby was in Sculcoates District Union Workhouse which was built 1843-5 on the east side of Beverley Road.  Is he the James Farmery who died Jun q 1871 Sculcoates RD age 46?

James Farmery bap 25.12.1817 Cottingham

In 1841 James Farmery age 20 ag lab was at Cross Street, Sculcoates with Thomas and Mary Stephenson – with a 15 year old daughter Mary.

In 1851 James Farmery age 33 labourer born Cottingham was at 9 Vine Court, Sculcoates.  His wife Mary A Farmery age 27 born Sculcoates is visiting her parents Thomas and Mary Stephenson at 3 Carr Street, Kingston-upon-Hull.

In 1861 James Farmery age 43 “cupla tenter cotton” born Cottingham was at 37 Wincolmlee, Sculcoates with his wife Mary A.

In 1871 James appears to be Thomas Farmery age 53 asphalter, employing 2 men, born Cottingham at 2 Catherine Street, Sculcoates with wife Mary Ann age 48 born Hull.

James Farmery and Mary Ann Stephenson married 10.3.1844 at Sculcoates and had 13 children; their first son Charles died aged 9, their second son John was alive in 1851 age 5 but the next 11 children all died before they reached their first birthday.  In 1861 Jno Farmery age 15 born Sculcoates, Hull is a boy 1C on HMS Cornwallis moored off Hull.  This John seems to reappear in Hythe, Kent as John J(ames) Farmery where in 1891 he is age 41 waiter born Hull; in 1901 he is officers servant and in 1911 army pensioner caretaker (working mens club).  John James Farmery and Jemima Tutt married Sep q 1890 Elham RD.

James is likely the son of George Farmery who was at Broad Lane, Cottingham in 1841 age 50 ag lab.  George Farmery married Mary Harper 23.6.1808 at North Ferriby.  Is this the James who was murdered in 1875?

I have ordered the two James Farmery death certificates (1871 and 1875) in the hope that there will be additional information to determine which James is which?

2017 Farmery gathering

[Lincoln Cathedral - Book of Oaks]

Saturday September 30th 2017 will see the seventeenth international Farmery gathering, once again in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

 

Anyone with a connection to the surname Farmery or an interest in the programme is welcome to attend.

 

 •10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions [Alan Moorhouse]

•10.45am "Lincoln Cathedral Stone Mason" [Paul Ellis]

•11.45am DNA update [Graham Farmer/Alan Moorhouse]

•12.00pm Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm "Granny Rawle the Jailed Suffragette" [Mick Rawle]

•3.00pm WW1 Project [Alan Moorhouse]

•3.15pm Open/workshop session

•4.00pm Group photograph

•4.15pm Tea

•4.30pm Close

 

Paul Ellis from Branston near Lincoln trained at Weymouth College and during his 29 year career as a mason and stone carver has worked on a number of Britain's finest cathedrals, churches and ancient buildings, which involves the replacement of failed stone carvings or reproduction of an original feature or style. He offers fascinating insight into the practice of masons and carvers and what it is like to be a stone carver involved in restoration at Lincoln Cathedral.  We see the creative twist that carvers have, leaving their own personal mark on the stone they are restoring. Paul displays the passion he has for his work, a typical feeling evoked by masons, artisans and quarry workers.

Mick Rawle from Melton Mowbray was a sergeant major in the REME then a production controller for 12 years before being made redundant in 1999 at which time he became a professional genealogist.  He was projects coordinator for Leicestershire and Rutland FHS for 6 years and has done voluntary library duty for them for 20 years.  He has indexed over 120,00 probate documents for Leicester Record Office.

On the day amongst other documents that I have available will be print outs of every Farmery family in the 1939 Register, which was taken in order to issue identity cards and ration books, so you will be able to see where your Farmery relations were living at the outbreak of the 2nd World War!

 

For those wanting to make a weekend of it a number of us are staying at the Ibis Hotel (it is free to join their loyalty scheme which gives a 10% discount on the room rate) and there will be the options of an informal gathering at an adjacent eatery on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a local visit on Sunday morning.

 

This is non-profit making event and for the day there is a nominal charge of £7.50 to cover hire of the hall, speakers and refreshments.

 

For more information or to advise that you plan to attend the gathering please email me.

 

[The provisional dates for next year are Saturday September 29th or October 6th 2018].

2016 Farmery Gathering

[The Workhouse, Southwell]

Saturday October 1st 2016 will see the sixteenth international Farmery gathering, once again in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

Guests this year are already confirmed from as far away as Canada and, provisionally, Australia!

•10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions [Alan Moorhouse]

•10.45am "Life and Times at the Workhouse" [Colin Deeley]

•11.45am DNA update [Alan Moorhouse]

•12.00pm Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm "Lincolnshire Wolds" [Jean Howard]

•3.00pm WW1 Project [Alan Moorhouse]

•3.15pm Open/workshop session

•4.00pm Group photograph

•4.15pm Tea

•4.30pm Close

Colin Deeley retired from the Royal Air Force after 40 years as a pilot.  He has been a National Trust volunteer for nearly 22 years working at Belton House, Grantham, and Southwell Workhouse, and gives talks about the National Trust. 

Jean Howard came to Lincolnshire at the age of 5.  She worked for some years for the County Library Service where she dealt with local history enquiries and staffed the mobile library travelling around much of the north of the county and this developed her fascination with all aspects of Lincolnshire.  She is a qualified Blue Badge Guide and leads walking and bus tours in Lincolnshire and speaks on various aspects of the county's architecture, history and people.  Her Wolds talk inlcudes geology, topography, early roads, development of agriculture (including warrening which will be of interest to those in the Walesby family!)

On the day amongst other documents that I have available will be print outs of every Farmery family in the 1939 Register, which was taken in order to issue identity cards and ration books, so you will be able to see where your Farmery relations were living at the outbreak of the 2nd World War!

For those wanting to make a weekend of it there will be an informal gathering at the Premier Inn Canwick on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a visit on Sunday morning.

This is non-profit making event and for the day there is a nominal charge of £7.50 to cover hire of the hall, speakers and refreshments.

For more information or to advise that you plan to attend the gathering please email me.

[The provisional date for next year is Saturday September 30th 2017].

2015 Farmery Gathering

[Torksey Lock is the gateway to the ancient Foss Dyke from the tidal River Trent for boats heading towards Lincoln]

Saturday September 26th 2015 will see the fiftheenth international Farmery gathering, once again in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

Guests this year are already confirmed from as far away as Australia!

•10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions [Alan Moorhouse]

•10.45am "A Look at Lincolnshire Dialect" [Loretta Rivett]

•11.45am DNA update [Alan Moorhouse]

•12.00pm Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm "Along the Foss Canal" [Chris Hewis]

•3.00pm WW1 Project [Alan Moorhouse]

•3.15pm Open/workshop session

•4.00pm Group photograph

•4.15pm Tea

•4.30pm Close

Loretta Rivett was born and brought up at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds and is a Lincolnshire dialect speaker.  She has had a lifetime interest in the local dialect, recording words and sayings, reading dialect poetry and prose, as well as studying the history of the English language.  She has had numerous appearances on television and radio and consultations by authors, researchers and language coaches. 

Chris Hewis is Chair of Saxilby and District History Group and the Treasurer of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. He has written several books and articles on local history and appears regularly on BBC Radio Lincolnshire.  His talk is a pictorial journey along England’s oldest canal.

For those wanting to make a weekend of it there will be an informal gathering at the Premier Inn Canwick on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a visit on Sunday morning.

This is non-profit making event and for the day there is a nominal charge of £7.50 to cover hire of the hall, speakers and refreshments.

For more information or to advise that you plan to attend the gathering please email me.

[The provisional date for next year is Saturday September 17th or Saturday October 1st 2016].

2014 Farmery Gathering

Saturday September 27th 2014 will see the fourteenth international Farmery gathering, once again in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

Guests this year are already confirmed from as far away as Pennyslvania!

The first gathering was held on May 20th 2000, then every year from September 28th 2002.


•10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions (Alan Moorhouse)

•10.45am Epworth Old Rectory: The Physic Garden (Cath Fordham)

•11.45am DNA update (Graham Farmer)

•12.00pm Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm The Landships of Lincoln (Richard Pullen MA)

•3.00pm WW1 Project (Alan Moorhouse)

•3.15pm Open/workshop session

•4.00pm Group photograph

•4.15pm Raffle, Tea

•4.30pm Close


Cath Fordham is a volunteer at Epworth Old Rectory, the home in which Samuel Wesley, Rector of the parish of St. Andrew, Epworth, and his wife Susanna brought up their sons, John and Charles Wesley, who went on to develop the Methodist Movement.  The Physic Garden has plants growing that John Wesley used in his book of home-spun remedies 'Primitive Physic'.

Richard Pullen is a professional archaeologist and writer (with 4 books and numerous articles published in the past 10 years) and chairman of the Friends of the Lincoln Tank.

The raffle (donations of a prize are most welcome) will be in aid of the National StarCollege in Cheltenham.

For those wanting to make a weekend of it there will be an informal gathering at the Premier Inn Canwick on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a visit on Sunday morning. 

For more information or to advise that you plan to attend the gathering please email me.

[The date for next year is provisionally Saturday September 19th 2015].

2013 Farmery gathering

Saturday September 28th 2013 will see the thirteenth international Farmery gathering, once again in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

Guests this year are already confirmed from as far away as Australia!

The first gathering was held on May 20th 2000, then every year from September 28th 2002.


•10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions (Alan Moorhouse)

•10.45am Old Lincolnshire - Preserving Local History on Film (film show by Lincolnshire Film Archive)

•11.45am DNA update

•12.00pm Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm The Skivvy - Victorian Domestic Servants in Ordinary Families (Susan Deal)

•3.00pm Open/workshop session

•4.00pm Group photograph

•4.15pm Raffle, Tea

•4.30pm Close


Lincolnshire Film Archive was set up in 1986 to locate and preserve motion picture film showing life and work in all parts of the county.  They have some amazing footage of the local area and members restore and repair old film.

Dr Susan Deal is a historian with a particular interest in everyday life in the Victorian period and is a member of the Victorian Society and editor of their South Yorkshire Group regional newsletter.

The raffle (donations of a prize are most welcome) will be in aid of the National Star College in Cheltenham.

For those wanting to make a weekend of it there will be an informal gathering at the Premier Inn Canwick on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a visit on Sunday morning. 

For more information or too advise that you plan to attend the gathering please email me.

[The date for next year is provisionally Saturday September 27th 2014 when it is hoped we will have guests from both Canada and Pennsylvania].

A Lincolnshire Shepherd

Lincolnshire Life July 1969
(purchased on eBay April 2013)
photograph by H D Martineau

"George Farmery lives in Old Bolingbroke.  We nearly described him as a 'typical' Lincolnshire shepherd - and perhaps he is if his care and solicitude for his sheep are the yardstick for a good shepherd.  But Mr. Farmery, now 77 years of age, has been shepherding since he clipped his first sheep at the age of thirteen, sixty four years ago - and shepherds with sixty-four years service are few and far between.  A resident of Old Bolingbroke for 30 years, George Farmery was born in a family of 10, at nearby Asgarby [sic], a weakly baby who was not expected by the doctor to live more than a month.  Yet he is still working regularly and out and about in all weathers.

Where sheep are concerned he has done everything.  Who, for example, can imagine driving 1132 sheep through the middle of Boston with only his dog in support?  George did it in 1931.  He once caught and clipped 70 sheep in a day when the pay for clipping was only 3/- a score - and would the wool as well.  Only a year ago he clipped 18 sheep in 2 1/2 hours before 7.30am., and at sixty-five walked for 14 hours and 7 1/2 miles with 400 sheep on one bottle of lemonade for sustenance.

A salute, then for George Farmery, Lincolnshire Shepherd, survivor of a diminishing race.  He and his kind will not be seen again."

George James FARMERY was born 29.4.1892 in Asterby and baptised there 29.5.1892, son of Joseph FARMERY "Mr James Walton's foreman", and his wife Fanny.

Joseph FARMERY age 24 labourer of East Barkwith (son of James FARMERY deceased) married Fanny OVERTON age 19 of East Barkwith (daughter of John OVERTON carrier) at East Barkwith 12.6.1876.

The family were living at:
1876 - East Barkwith (marriage)
1877 - South Willingham - birth of daughter Mary Ann
1879 - Asterby - birth and baptism of daughter Fanny
1881 - Glebe, Asterby (census)
1883 - East Barkwith - birth of daughter Hannah
1889 - Hatton - birth of daughter Martha
1891 - Foreman's House, Asterby (census)
1893 - Asterby - birth and baptism of son George James
1894 - North Willingham - burial of daughter Fanny
1894 - North Willingham - birth of daughter Maud Miriam
1901 - village, Calcethorpe (census) - George was a scholar
1911 - Gayton le Wold (census) - George James was a farm labourer.

The 1911 census shows that Joseph and Fanny FARMERY had been married 34 years and that only 5 of their 10 children were still living; I have yet to identify the 4 children who died as infants.

Joseph FARMERY was born in 1851 at East Torrington and was the grandson of George FARMERY of Walesby who married Anne PUTTERGILL 12.6.1816 at Faldingworth.

George James FARMERY married Ellen BOSNELL in 1916 and they had three children Doris M, Basil R and Margaret Eve.  Ellen FARMERY of 35 Alma Place, Spilsby died 20.3.1974 and in 1977 George remarried Agnes Maud HUBBARD (nee SMITH) widow of George HUBBARD. 

George James FARMERY of 33 Old Market Avenue, Spilsby died 7.1.1979 and his widow Agnes Maud FARMERY was living in Bardney and died in Lincoln 3.11.1987.

2012 annual Farmery gathering

Saturday September 22nd 2012 will see the twelth international Farmery gathering in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).


Guests this year are already confirmed from Italy and Australia!
The first gathering was held on May 20th 2000, then every year from September 28th 2002.


•10.00am Registration and Coffee

•10.30am Welcome and Introductions (Alan Moorhouse)

•10.45am Castles in the Sky - Oral Evidence for Family History Research (Simon Powley)

•11.45am Open/workshop session

•12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)

•1.45pm Afternoon session commences

•2.00pm Interesting Characters of Lincolnshire (Lynda Hotchkiss)

•3.00pm Open/workshop session

•4.15pm Raffle, Tea

•4.30pm Close

Dr Simon Powley teaches Drama and English at a Lincolnshire secondary school; he is a former vice chair of Lincolnshire Family History Society and has been a historical consultant to North Kesteven District Council.

Lynda Hotchkiss used to be researcher in residence at Lincolnshire Archives and is now a freelance research consultant with G&LH Search and well known local speaker who returns once again to a Farmery gathering!

The raffle will be in aid of the Star Appeal at the National Star College in Cheltenham.

For those waniting to make a weekend of it there will be an informal gathering at The Premier Inn Canwick on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a visit on Sunday morning.

For more information please email me.

Where will you be on Sunday March 27th 2011?

Sunday March 27th is the date for the 2011 UK census. Where will you be that day?

There is talk of this being the last ever census and for the first time the return can be completed and submitted on line.

A census has been taken every 10 years since 1801 with the exception of 1941, which was in the middle of WW2, though there was a "min-census" on Friday September 29th 1939 so that everybody could be isued with a national identity card.

• 1841 Sunday June 6th
• 1851 Sunday March 30th
• 1861 Sunday April 7th
• 1871 Sunday April 2nd
• 1881 Sunday April 3rd
• 1891 Sunday April 5th
• 1901 Sunday March 31st
• 1911 Sunday April 2nd

The early census' (1801 to 1831) were simply a head count but from 1841 onwards the names and other details of individuals were recorded. In 1841 adult ages were rounded down to the nearest 5 years then from 1851 "age last birthday" was recorded. I have print outs of every person called FARMERY (or a variant) in each census from 1841 to 1911.

Census returns are closed to public access for 100 years so the 2011 census will not be searchable until 2112! The most recent census to be released was from 1911 - ordinarily this would not have been open until January 1st 2012 but under the Freedom of Information Act most informaton was released early, in 2010, due to an anomaly in the wording of the 1911 Census Act. In 1911, for the first time, there was the additional information of how long a couple had been married and how many children there were to the marriage, both living and dead.

If this is going to be the last ever census, and because of the 100 closure rule, why not keep a copy of your return for the benefit of your descendants who might be interested in their genealogy?

William GIBSON yeoman of Ripon will proved 1772

William GIBSON yeoman of Ripon, will dated 17th September 1772.

Since surrendering my Copyhold property I have sold my Copyhold estate at Killinghall to John Strother of Killinghall.

All my real estate at Beckwith with Rossett to Thomas Cundall of Ripon, yeoman and Alice Cundall his wife.

To John Anderson of Kirkby Hill, John Farmery of Sinderby, Robert Farmery of Kirtlington, Elizabeth Farmery the granddaughter of William Famery late of Middleton Quernhow, Breeches maker, deceased, Elizabeth Grimston (nee Elizabeth Scurrah and granddaughter of William Farmery), the wife of William Grimston, of Sutton Howgrave, £20 each.

£20 between the children of James Anderson, late of Kilgram.

All my personal estate to Thomas Cundall chargeable with my legacies, and appoint him Executor.

Witnesses: James Collins, junior, William Kirkby, J Atkinson.

Inrolled 7th Octopber 1772

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Kirtlington is presumably Kirklington. Kirklington, or the adjacent parish of Bedale, look to have included Sinderby and Sutton Howgrave. Early entries include William son of Leonard Farmery of Howgrave was baptised at Kirklington April 27th 1727 and John Farmery and Ann Hopkin married at Kirklington February 3rd 1672.

Grimsby Trawler Skippers

Grimsby Trawler Skippers and their Trawler Commands

Farmery, Alan R

• King Sol: February 1955. Stranded at Iceland


• Lord Hawk: December 1967. January-May 1968


• Nothern Sky: August 1968. July 1970


• Northern Chief: February-December 1972. January-November 1973. February 1974-March 1975


• Vianova: June-August 1975


• Royal Lincs: January, February 1976 (last trip)

Farmery, Sidney Philip

• Isernia: February, May 1950


• King Sol: December 1955

Jack Farmery, York City Goalkeeper 1929

York City played their first ever game in the Football League on August 31st 1929, winning 2-0 away to Wigan Borough - York's team on that illustrious occasion included Farmery.

The first home game was a goalless draw against Wrexham on September 4th 1929.

York progressed well in the FA Cup which brought them a third round visit to First Division giants Newcastle United, the match ending in a 1-1 draw. Goalkeeper Jack Farmery and centre-half Charlie Davis were especially magnificent.

In the replay Hughie Gallacher headed a trademark equaliser on 36 minutes before being handed an opportunity to give his team the lead after being fouled by Charlie Davis during the second-half. However the Scottish international saw his penalty blocked by the redoubtable Farmery and then struck the rebound wide.

Talking York 1929-1939

Does anyone know who Jack Farmery was or how long he played for York?

10th Anniversary Gathering

The 10th anniversary Farmery gathering held at Bracebridge Heath on September 25th 2010 was once again a truly international event when we welcomed, for the 3rd year running, Graham and Alison Farmer from Rome, Italy, and, for the first time, Henry and Kay Farmery from Toronto, Canada, and sisters Pam Woodward and Jenny Thompson from New Zealand!

Veronica Farmery from Leeds provided a surprise cake which was enjoyed at the afternoon tea break.

Lynda Hotkiss' talk in the morning on food from the past was supplemented with so many tasty samples that for many delegates there was no need to adjourn to the pub for lunch.

In the afternoon Peter Edwards handed out copies of many interesting cuttings to illustrate the importance of using newspapers in research; one example from June 1911 was entitled "Funeral Scenes at Welshpool" and included:

"... The coffin was a study in decoration, and reminded one forcibly of the coster's cluster of buttons. It was composed of unstained oak, but the brass fittings showed that no expense had been spared to make the deceased's last journey a memorable one. The lid of the coffin was covered all round with brass studs of about an inch square, a large plate almost the entire width of the coffin itself and about 15 inches in length, which contained the plain inscription ... "

One of my favourite newspaper cuttings is from the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury of January 29th 1790:

"A curious boxing match took place a few days ago at Waddington near Lincoln between two females of that village, Susanna Locker and Mary Farmery. They both laid claim to the affections of a young man; this produced a challenge from the latter to fight for the prize, which was accepted. Proper sidesmen were chosen and every matter conducted in form. After several count-down blows on each side, the battle ended in favour of Mary Farmery."

Once again a large number of those present at the gathering met up for dinner at the Wig and Mitre at the top of Steep Hill in Lincoln.

Next years gathering is scheduled for Saturday September 24th 2011 at Bracebridge Heath.

10th Anniversary Farmery Gathering

Saturday September 25th 2010 will see the tenth international Farmery gathering in the village hall at Bracebridge Heath, near Lincoln (LN4 2LB).

Guests this year are already confirmed from Italy, New Zealand and Canada!

The first gathering was held on May 20th 2000, then every year from September 28th 2002.

• 10.00am Registration and Coffee
• 10.30am Welcome and Introductions (Alan Moorhouse)
• 10.45am On The Menu Tonight - Food From The Past (Lynda Hotchkiss)
• 11.45am Open/workshop session
• 12.30pm Lunch (at leisure)
• 2.00pm Afternoon session commences
• 2.15pm Newspapers - The Importance of Using Them in Research (Peter Edwards)
• 3.15pm Open/workshop session
• 4.15pm Raffle, Tea
• 4.30pm Close

Lynda Hotchkiss is a Community Engagement Officer, well known local speaker and research consultant with G&LH search. Her talk will be supplemented with a range of cooked food samples!

Peter Edwards, a 6th generation Fens native, is owner and senior researcher with Hereward Researchers and a respected local expert and speaker.

The raffle will be in aid of the Star Appeal at the National Star College in Cheltenham.

For those waniting to make a weekend of it there will be an informal gathering at The Premier Inn Canwick on Friday evening, a more formal dinner in Lincoln on Saturday evening and a visit on Sunday morning.

For more information please email me.

Old Surname Spellings

From my database the first recorded instance of the surname Farmery is 1545-7 in London and 1551 in Lincolnshire. I have a number of earlier events but for spelling variants, the earliest being from 1186-1199. Listed below are the various different spellings found in these early times:

1186-1199: Jordan de Infirmaria witnessed a grant of maintenance from Reading Abbey [Reading Abbey Cartulary]

1205?: William Framery (Framerii) [manuscript relating to Earl of Leicester]

1200-1215: Roger de Infirmaria witnessed sale to the prior and convent of St Gregory, Canterbury [Ancient Canterbury Deeds]

1220-1230: gift of a messuage in Reading to Ralph de Infirmario for his homage and service [Reading Abbey Cartulary]

1216-1244: Robert de Fermeria witnessed sale of land at Croxton, Leicestershire [Charters and Muniments at Berkeley Castle]

1240-1250: Grant of land from Roger de Infirmitorio, of Croxton, Leicestershire [Charters and Muniments at Berkeley Castle]

1251/2?: Inquisition regarding Carlisle Forest - John de Furmerie [Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society]

1240-1256: Thomas de ffermeria witnessed grant of land [Cockersand Abbey Cartulary]

1274/5: arraignment against James de la Fermerie [Patent Rolls, Waltham, Essex]

1274/5: arraignment by John de Furmerys [Patent Rolls, Tallentire, Cumberland]

1275/6: arraignment against Roger de la Fermerie [Patent Rolls, Hill, Gloucestershire]

1278/9: arraignment by Simon de la Fermerye [Patent Rolls, Stanford, Bedfordshire]

1287: brother R[obert] de Furmerey, Canon of Giseburne, licensed to transfer to a stricter order [Gyseburne Priory Cartulary]

1293: Lettice de Firmaria [Chester Pleas Rolls]

1298: indebtedness of King to Alan de la Fermerye of Spalding: 12l 16s 8d for 2 sacks 24 stone [Patent Rolls]

1313: counsel of Richard del Fermorie of Werk [Inquisition Post Mortem, Morpeth, Northumberland]

1326: death of Simon de la Fermorie, skinner [Coroners Rolls, Walbrooke St Stephen, Middlesex]

1377: Robert Firmarie, pouchmaker [Calendar of Letter-books, London]

1535: William Furmarie of Egmanton [PCY will]

1545-7: William Farmery alais Baynton [Enrolments of Leases and Pensions, London]

1551: John Farmery of Northorpe [PCC will]

Today Farmery is the main surname spelling found, with a small number of families using Farmerey and Farmeary (pronounced "farmery"). Another variant I have recently come across is Farmere (pronounced "farm-year") on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

The Monastic or Religous Infirmary

The believed origin of the Farmery surname relates to someone "who lived by or worked in the infirmary".

I recently acquired a copy of "Portrait of Canterbury Cathedral" which includes the above plan:
8 - the farmery cloister
11 - farmery hall
13 - Chapel of the farmery
14 - chancel

"In common with other religious houses, Christ Church had a farmery or infirmary where the sick, the infirm, and the aged bretheren were tended. The chief appartment was the great hall, consisting of a central area with an aisle on either side, in this respect resembling a small church. The aisles were subdivided by screens into a number of small chambers for the sick monks and the nave was their common room. In alignment with the hall at the east end was the farmery chapel. Separating the farmery from the main cloister is the "little cloister"."