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Thomas Eli Farrar

Thomas Eli Farrar[1, 2, 3]

Male 1820 - Aft 1889

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  • Born  1820  , Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Gender  Male 
    IMMI  3 Jul 1848  New York City, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • Notes from Immigration event:
      Name: Thomas Farran
      Arrival Date: Jul 3, 1848
      Age: 32
      Gender: U
      Port of Arrival: New York
      Port of Departure: London
      Place of Origin: Great Britain
      Ship: Columbine
      Family Identification: 1123139
      Microfilm Serial Number: M237
      Microfilm Roll Number: 73
      Note: The CD showing the images of the ship records shows the date as 3 Jul 1847.... LD.

      The Castle Garden Passenger Record show a little different information:
      Thomas Fanan, Unknown Sex, 26, M, Arrived 3 Jul 1848 from Great Britain on the ship Columbine.

      Thomas and John Farrar and John's family entered the United States through the Port of New York on 3 Jul 1847, both were citizens of England. They are all listed as 'Farran' on the passenger list of the ship "Columbine" out of London.
    Census  1850  , Lexington, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Thomas Farrar, 29, born in England. Edith Farrar, 26, born in New Hampshire.
    Census  2 Aug 1850  Lexington, Lexington, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Notes from Census event:
      Thomas Farrar, 29, born in England. Edith Farrar, 26, born in New Hampshire.
    Citizenship  26 Oct 1852  Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • Thomas filed his intention to become a U. S. Citizen at the same time his brother, John Farrar filed. Both of their families were in Walworth, Wisconsin at the time.
    Fact  1857  Brick Church Cemetery, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Thomas purchased cemetery plots for himself and his family 
    • Thomas purchased five adjacent cemetery plots for his family in the Brick Church Cemetery in Walworth County, Wisconsin in 1857. Buried in them are his mother, Elizabeth, his wife, Mary A., his youngest son, Thomas E. (Eli) and his oldest son, Thomas, Jr. One plot remains empty. The headstone inscription reads, "Thomas E. Farrar". Thomas took his two daughters to Copperopolis, Calaveras County, California and never used the burial plot.
    Census  1860  Ten Mile , Macon, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Notes from Census event:
      John Farrar, 45, farmer, real estate $2500, property $900, born in England. Julian Farrar, 44, born in England. William W. Farrar, 20, farmer, born in England. Alfred Farrar, 17, student, born in England. Sarah A. Farrar, 14, born in England. Samuel Farrar, 12, born in England. Emma Farrar, 9, born in South Carolina. Midez Farrar, 6, born in Wisconsin. Elzee Farrar, 4, born in Wisconsin. Caroline Farrar, 3, born in Wisconsin. Thomas Farren, 36, miner, born in England. Ellen Farren, 8, born in South Carolina. Julia Farren, 5, born in Wisconsin. Eli Fanar, 63, farmer, born in England.
    Census  1860  Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 

    • John Farrar, 45, farmer, real estate $2500, property $900, born in England. Julian Farrar, 44, born in England. William W. Farrar, 20, farmer, born in England. Alfred Farrar, 17, student, born in England. Sarah A. Farrar, 14, born in England. Samuel Farrar, 12, born in England. Emma Farrar, 9, born in South Carolina. Midez Farrar, 6, born in Wisconsin. Elzee Farrar, 4, born in Wisconsin. Caroline Farrar, 3, born in Wisconsin. Thomas Farren, 36, miner, born in England. Ellen Farren, 8, born in South Carolina. Julia Farren, 5, born in Wisconsin. Eli Fanar, 63, farmer, born in England.
    Voter Registration  1867  Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 

    • No. 1027, Thomas Farrar, 45, born in England, occupations: saloon owner, residence: Copperopolis. Naturalization: Under Sec. 6, Act of Naturalization. Registered 11 May 1867.
    Property  1867  Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    block 4, lot 4 
    • Thomas Farrar - saloon.
    Census  1870  Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    • Thomas Farrar, 48, Saloon Keeper $350 real estate, $100 personal property, born in England. Julia Farrar, 15, keeping house, born in Wisconsin. Dwelling #137. Family #138. Township 8.
    Move  to Stockton, San Joaquin, California in abt 1875  [18] 
    • Thomas apparently told his family he was moving to Stockton, California and communicated with his daughter Helen for some time by mail. Eventually the letters stopped and he was never heard from again.
    Property  1870  Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Block 4, lot 4 and Block 1, Lot 28 
    • Thomas Farrar - block 4, lot 4 and block 1, lot 28, $65.
    Voter Registration  1875  Stockton, San Joaquin, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 

    • #1890 - Thomas Farrar, 53, born in England, Hostler, Voting District: Stockton 2, registered on transfer from Calaveras Co. #1653, on Aug 30, 1875.
    Occupation  1862-1875  Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Saloon Keeper 
    Occupation  1860-1875  Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Saloon Keeper 
    Voter Registration  1876  Alta, Placer, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 

    • Thomas Farrar, 54, Nativity: England. Local residence: Alta, Placer Co., California. Naturalized: Wallworth Co., Wis., 1849. Registered 6 Nov 1876.
    Voter Registration  1879  Yolo, Yolo, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • #1031, Thomas Farrar, 57, born in England, laborer, local residence: East Grafton. Naturalized: Nov. 12, 1849 in Walworth County, Wisconsin Court. Registered 15 Aug 1879.
    Residence  1879  East Grafton Township, Yolo, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Thomas Farrar, 57, laborer, born in England, Naturalized 12 Nov 1849 in Walworth Co., Wisconsin.
    Voter Registration  1888  Knights Landing, Yolo, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 

    • Thomas Farrar, 64, born in England, laborer, residence in Knights Landing, Naturalized 12 Nov 1849 in Walworth Co., Wisconsin. Registered 29 May 1888
    Residence  1888  Knights Landing, Yolo, California Find all individuals with events at this location 

    • Thomas Farrar, 64, laborer born in England, naturalized 12 Nov 1849 in Walworth Co., Wisconsin.
    _UID  6CEB380FD3D94ED9AAE6492952B0E87BD8FC 
    Died  Aft 1888  , , California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Thomas Eli Farrar was born in 1820 in Yorkshire, England, the son of Eli and Elizabeth Farrar.

      He migrated to America at the age of twenty-eight, arriving in New York on 3 July 1848 with his brother John and John's family.

      John and Thomas were skilled in the crafts of woolen mills and quickly found work in the relatively newly constructed mills in Massachusetts and shortly thereafter in Lexington County, South Carolina.

      Thomas met his wife, Mary Adith Tirrill, a New Hampshire lass who lived on the Canadian border in Stewartstown, New Hampshire. Mary 'Edith' had taken the train south to visit family or friends in Massachusetts and ended up with a husband.

      By 1830, the couple had moved to Lexington County, South Carolina where they lived with John Farrar and his family for a short time. Two children were born to the couple during their stay in that state, Helen Marr in 1851 and Thomas Eli in 1853.

      The allure of working in the mills quickly dissipated and the brothers took their young families northwest to Walworth, Wisconsin to find their fortune in mining and lumber business. On 26 October 1852, John and Thomas obtained and received United States Citizenship from the court in Walworth, Wisconsin.

      The brothers enjoyed a measure of financial success and wrote home to England encouraging their parents to come to America and enjoy its bounty. Eli and Elizabeth Shaw Farrar arrived in New York City on 13 June 1855 aboard the ship "William Nelson" and then traveled to meet their sons in Walworth.

      In 1855, third and fourth children were was born to Thomas and Mary Adith Farrar. Their little son died shortly after his birth and was never given a name. He was buried in the Brick Church Cemetery in Walworth. Daughter Juila Elizabeth lived to the age of thirty eight and had children of her own.

      Just two years later, bad fortune struck the family, when first Thomas Eli Farrar Jr. died in May 1857, then Elizabeth Shaw Farrar in July 1857 and lastly by Thomas' wife, Mary Adith Tirrill Farrar in November 1857. All three family members were buried in the Brick Church Cemetery in Walworth.

      Leaving memories of their loss behind John and Thomas moved their families to Ten Mile, Macon County, Missouri. John obtained a job in government and Thomas was a miner. Their father Eli, worked on the farm.

      Mining wasn't the life Thomas wanted and by early 1862 he moved to Copperopolis, Calaveras County, California with his two young surviving daughters, Helen Marr and Julia Elizabeth. Thomas owned a home and a saloon in Copperopolis which provided for the girls as they grew to adulthood. Helen married David Lewis Drew and remained Copper. Julia married Henry Gardiner six years later and left Thomas alone. Shortly thereafter he sold his properties and went to Sacramento in search of a new career.

      After moving to Sacramento, California after the marriage of his youngest daughter, Julia, Thomas wrote to his daughter, Helen regularly. Within a few years, the letters stopped coming and Helen could not discover the fate of her father. Travel arrangements could not be secured to Sacramento, so the fate of Thomas is still unknown. It is assumed he died suddenly around 1880. The records of deaths were sporadically recorded at the time but I have traced his work and voter registration records through San Joaquin, Place, and Yolo Counties. His last known residence was in Knights Landing, Yolo County, California.

      Finding Thomas' immigration record was difficult because the ship's passenger register was misread by the transcribers. Fortunately, he traveled with his brother's family, thus Thomas can accurately be placed on the ship Columbine that arrived in New York from London. The Castle Garden records spell his surname as Fanan, while other transcriptions read as Farran.

      Castle Garden New York - Immigration Records

      First Name Last Name Occupation Age Sex Arrived Origin Ship PID
      ALFRED FANAN Child, Youngster 5 M 1848-07-03 Great Britain Columbine 4208916
      GELENA FANAN Unknown 29 F 1848-07-03 Great Britain Columbine 4208920
      JOHN FANAN Unknown 32 M 1848-07-03 Great Britain Columbine 4208927
      SARAH FANAN Child, Youngster 2 F 1848-07-03 Great Britain Columbine 4208939
      THOMAS FANAN Unknown 26 M 1848-07-03 Great Britain Columbine 4208945
      WILLIAM FANAN Child, Youngster 7 M 1848-07-03 Great Britain Columbine 4208946
    Person ID  I2129  7_families
    Last Modified  22 May 2013 

    Father  Eli Farrar,   b. 1795, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1860, , Macon, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Shaw,   b. 1794, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1857, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  29 Jan 1815  Elland, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F16812736  Group Sheet

    Family  Mary Adith Tirrill,   b. 6 Jun 1822, Stewartstown, Coos, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1857, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1850  Of, , Lexington, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23] 
    Children 
    >1. Helen Marr Farrar,   b. 6 May 1851, , Lexington, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1912, Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas Eli Farrar,   b. 10 May 1853, , Coos, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1857, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Julia Elizabeth Farrar,   b. 10 Apr 1855, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1893, San Francisco, San Francisco, California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  21 Feb 2005 
    Family ID  F689  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1820 - , Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsIMMI - 3 Jul 1848 - New York City, New York, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - , Lexington, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1850 - Of, , Lexington, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Aug 1850 - Lexington, Lexington, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCitizenship - 26 Oct 1852 - Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - Thomas purchased cemetery plots for himself and his family - 1857 - Brick Church Cemetery, Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Ten Mile , Macon, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsVoter Registration - 1867 - Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - block 4, lot 4 - 1867 - Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - Block 4, lot 4 and Block 1, Lot 28 - 1870 - Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsVoter Registration - 1875 - Stockton, San Joaquin, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Saloon Keeper - 1862-1875 - Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Saloon Keeper - 1860-1875 - Copperopolis, Calaveras, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsVoter Registration - 1876 - Alta, Placer, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsVoter Registration - 1879 - Yolo, Yolo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1879 - East Grafton Township, Yolo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsVoter Registration - 1888 - Knights Landing, Yolo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1888 - Knights Landing, Yolo, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Aft 1888 - , , California Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Thomas Farrar    		Thomas Farrar

    Documents

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    Map to Drew related homes and properties in Copperopolis, California.    		Map to Drew related homes and properties in Copperopolis, California.
    Thomas Farrar naturalization application    		Thomas Farrar naturalization application
    Thomas Farrar passenger record    		Thomas Farrar passenger record
    Thomas Farrar along with his brothers family emigrated to America on board the ship Columbine. Their surname was listed as "Fanan" or "Farran" depending on the interpretation of the handwritten records.
    Thomas and Edith Farrar - 1850 Census    		Thomas and Edith Farrar - 1850 Census
    Thomas and his wife Mary Ardith Farrar listed in the 1850 census in Lexington, South Carolina.
    1860 Federal Census - Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri    		1860 Federal Census - Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri
    Eli Farrar Family Migration Path in Yorkshire.    		Eli Farrar Family Migration Path in Yorkshire.
    Ten Mile Missouri Property Map    		Ten Mile Missouri Property Map

  • Sources 
    1. [S625757] South Carolina, Lexington County - 1850 - Federal Census, South Carolina, Lexington County, (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 1964), Thomas Farrar, 29, male, England (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S626287] California, Calaveras Co. - 1912 - Helen Mary Drew Death Certificate, State of California, Department of Health Services, (1912, certificate in possession of Lee R. Drew.), Thomas Farrar, born in England, father of Helen Mary Drew (Reliability: 4).

    3. [S625756] History of Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, Richard W. Musgrove, (Bristol, N.H. : R. W. Musgrove, c1904 FHL Book #974.23/B2 H2), 2: 91 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S978] Wisconsin Walworth Naturalization records, 1840-1943, Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Walworth County), (Salt Lake City [Utah] : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (Copy of records in the possession of Lee R. Drew)), Thomas Farrar born in 1820 in England. (Reliability: 3).
      Thomas stated in his application that he was born in 1820 in England.

    5. [S896] South Carolina, Lexington County - 1850 - Census, South Carolina, Lexington County, (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 1964), Thomas Farrar age 29 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S626325] Wisconsin Walworth Naturalization records, 1840-1943, Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Walworth County), (Salt Lake City [Utah] : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (Copy of records in the possession of Lee R. Drew)), FHL Film #1412225..
      "State of Wisconsin, Walworth County.

      Thomas Farrar personally appeared before the subscriber, the clerk of the circuit court, within and fo rthe county aforesaid, being a court of record, and made oath that he was born in England on or about the year eighteen hundred and twenty that he emitrated to the United States, and landed at the port of New York on or about the month of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred forty seven that it is bonafide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fielity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of Great Britain whereof he is a subject.

      Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 26th day of October A.D. 1852.

      HW Pettit Clerk. Signed Thos Farrar"
      26 Oct 1852.

    7. [S626326] Passenger lists: New York, 1820-1850, National Archives, ([S.l.] : Brøderbund, c1999. CD no.9, pt. 273. ISBN 1579442013. Copy of records in the possession of Lee Drew.), FHL US/CAN Lib Att Window - 3rd floor..
      Thomas Farran, arrival date: Jul 3, 1848, age 26. Port of arrival: New York. Port of Departure: London. Place of Origin: Great Britain. Shiip: Columbine. Family Identification: 1123139. Microfilm Serial Number: M237. Microfilm Roll Number: 73.

    8. [S896] South Carolina, Lexington County - 1850 - Census, South Carolina, Lexington County, (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 1964), 349: Thomas Farrar, 29, born in England, Image 19 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S625757] South Carolina, Lexington County - 1850 - Federal Census, South Carolina, Lexington County, (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 1964), 349: Thomas Farrar, 29, born in England, Image 19 (Reliability: 3).
      Dwelling #134, Family #136.

    10. [S978] Wisconsin Walworth Naturalization records, 1840-1943, Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Walworth County), (Salt Lake City [Utah] : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985. (Copy of records in the possession of Lee R. Drew)), Thomas Farrar applied for naturalization 26 Oct 1852, Walworth County, Wisconsin (Reliability: 4).

    11. [S964] Wisconsin, Walworth, Walworth - Index of naturalizations 1841 - 1889, Donna Long Kjendlie, (Delavan, Wis. : The Society, 2000, c2000).

    12. [S920] Wisconsin, Walworth, Walworth Township - Cemeteries, Walworth County Genealogical Society (Delavan, Wisconsin), (Delavan, Wis. : Walworth County Geneal. Society, 1998), 14: Headstone on unused grave next to his wife and baby son, reads: "Thomas E. Farrar". (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S629103] Missouri, Macon, Ten Mile - 1860 - Federal Census, Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, (www.ancestry.com).

    14. [S1132867] Missouri, Macon, Ten Mile - 1860 - Federal Census, Ten Mile, Macon, Missouri, (www.ancestry.com).

    15. [S1134451] California Voter Registrations, 1866-1898, Great Register of Voters, (Sacramento, State of California, California State Library, 2008,).

    16. [S894] California, Calaveras, Copperopolis 1867 Property Tax Roll, California, Calaveras County Tax Assessor, (1867, California, Calaveras County), Thomas Farrar - Saloon, Block 4, Lot 4. (Reliability: 3).

    17. [S319] California, Calaveras, Copperopolis - 1870 Federal Census, California, Calaveras County, Copperopolis, (Washington D.C.: The National Archives 1964), Thos. Farrar, 48, Saloon Keeper, New York, $300/$800 (Reliability: 3).

    18. [S340] Letter - from Hattie Morgue to Aleta Drew 1962 - 1975, Hattie Morgue, (1962 - 1975. All of the letters are in the posession of Lee Drew).

    19. [S895] California, Calaveras, Copperopolis - 1870 Property Tax Roll, California, Calaveras County, Tax Assessor, (1870, California, Calaveras, Copperopolis), Thomas Farrar - Block 4, Lot 4 and Block 1, Lot 28, $65 (Reliability: 3).

    20. [S626329] California, Calaveras, Copperopolis 1867 Property Tax Roll, California, Calaveras County Tax Assessor, (1867, California, Calaveras County), Thomas Farrar recorded as a saloon keeper on tax rolls. (Reliability: 3).

    21. [S894] California, Calaveras, Copperopolis 1867 Property Tax Roll, California, Calaveras County Tax Assessor, (1867, California, Calaveras County), Thomas Farrar recorded as a saloon keeper on tax rolls. (Reliability: 3).

    22. [S899] History of Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, Richard W. Musgrove, (Bristol, N.H. : R. W. Musgrove, c1904), 2: 91 (Reliability: 3).

    23. [S896] South Carolina, Lexington County - 1850 - Census, South Carolina, Lexington County, (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 1964).



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