Ancestry of Frances Farmer

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Frances Farmer should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

Michael Meggison contributed to this report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Frances Farmer
1 Frances Elena Farmer, b. Seattle, Wash., 19 Sept. 1913, d. ... 1 Aug. 1970
PARENTS
2 Ernest Melville Farmer, b. ... , Minn., 8 Nov. 1874 [WWI Draft Registration] d. ...
m. ... 10 Nov. 1906
3 Cora Lillian Van Ornum, b. ... , Ore., 7 Nov. 1874, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 26 Feb. 1955
GRANDPARENTS
4 John Quincy Farmer, b. Burke, Vt., 5 Aug. 1823, d. Spring Valley, Minn., ...
m. Spring Valley, Minn., 13 Jan. 1869
5 Susan C ... Sharp, b. ... , Ohio, ... Aug. 1844, d. Spring Valley, Minn., 5 Jan. 1926
6 Zachary Van Ornum, b. Ellery, N. Y., 16 April 1828, d. Chico, Cal., 14 Jan. 1910
m. ... 17 April 1864
7 Elizabeth Jane Rowe, b. ... , Cornwall, 10 Oct. 1846, d. Chico, Cal., 14 Oct. 1915
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Hiram D ... Farmer, b. ... , Vt., ... [ca. 1800], d. Spring Valley, Minn., ... ,
m. Caledonia Co., Vt., 2 Nov. 1825
9 Selina Snow, b. Chesterfield, N. H., ... [ca. 1802], d. Spring Valley, Minn., 17 April 1881
10 Jacob Van Alstine Sharp, b. ... , d. ...
m.
11 Mary Chatfield, b. ... , d. ...
12 Henry Van Ornum, b. ... 10 Jan. 1781, d. Portage, Wisc., 8 Feb. 1868
m.
13 Maria Marsh, b. ... 19 June 1789, d. ... 1875
14 John Pearce Rowe, b. ... , Cornwall, 11 July 1817, d. Waldwick, Wisc., 22 March 1872
m. Truro, Cornwall, 13 Feb. 1841
15 Jemima Skews, b. ... , England, 8 March 1819, d. Waldwick, Wisc., 16 Jan. 1901
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 Washington, King Co., Seattle, ED 184, sheet 22A, line 15

Farmer Ernest M     H    M W 55 M 32     MN VT OH      Lawyer               General Practice
       Lillian N    W    F W 56 M 33     OR NY E
       Harley E     S    M W 22 S        WA MN OR      Surveyor             King County
       Edith M      D    F W 17 F        WA MN OR      Assistant + Page     Public Library
       Frances      D    F W 16 S        WA MN OR

E = England

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1910 Washington, King Co., Seattle, ED 124, sheet 2A, line 45

Farmer Earnest M       H        M W 35 M1 3          MN US US      Lawyer    General Practice
       Lillian C       W        F W 35 M2 3  2  2    OR NY E
       Harley C        S        M W  2 S             WA MN OR
Mitchel Ruth           StepD    F W 11 S             CA IL OR
VanOrnum Elizabeth     MiL      F W 64 Wd   14 10    E  E  E

E = England

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1900 Minnesota, Bicker Co., Detroit, ED 7, sheet 16A, line 42
Hotel of Edward H McNeil

Farmer Earnest N     Boarder    W M Nov 1875 24 S     MN VT NY     Lawyer

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1880 Minnesota, Fillmore Co., Spring Valley, ED 86, page 21, line 45, continued on page 22

Farmer John Q       W M 56          Lawyer              VT MA NH
       Susan        W F 35    W     Keeping House       OH NY NY
       George R     W M 25    S     Student at law      OH VT PA
       Charles J    W M 15    S     At Home             OH VT PA
       Fred J       W M 10    S                         MN VT OH
       John C       W M  8    S                         MN VT OH
       Daniel       W M  7    S                         MN VT OH
       Ernest M     W M  5    S                         MN VT OH
       Frank        W M  3    S                         MN VT OH
   (one farm worker, one servant)

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