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


Alfred CHAMBERLAIN 1 was born 2 on 14 Oct 1806 in of Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died 3 on 5 Nov 1879 in Newark, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. Alfred married 4, 5 Emily H. FARR on 20 Mar 1834 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Alfred resided 6 in 1860 in Westmore, Orleans, Vermont, United States.

Emily H. FARR [Parents] was born 1, 2, 3 on 25 Apr 1815 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died 4 on 20 Dec 1900 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She was buried 5 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. Emily married 6, 7 Alfred CHAMBERLAIN on 20 Mar 1834 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Emily resided 8 in 1860 in Westmore, Orleans, Vermont, United States. She resided 9 in 1880 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She resided 10 in 1900 in Alstead Town, Marlow Town, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.


Marshall H FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1, 2 on 16 Jan 1817 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died 3, 4 on 12 Mar 1857 in Des Jardins Canal, Niagara, Ontario, Canada from in a train accident. He was buried 5 in Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Marshall married 6 Diana (Parker) RANDALL on 8 May 1839 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

MARSHALL H. FARR, son of Ora Farr, born in Chesterfield January 16, 1817, was a car­penter by trade, and resided in Chesterfield till 1854, when he removed to Canada West (Ontario), where he engaged extensively in the construction of railway and other buildings. March 12, 1857, the train on which he was riding was precipitated into the Des Jardins Canal by the breaking of' a bridge, near Hamilton, P. O., and he received injuries that caused his death in a few hours.


Scenes at the Place of Disaster

The railway train from Toronto (Canada West) was due at Hamilton at a quarter past six o'clock P.M., Thursday, March the 12th. It came on from Toronto as usual, and was proceeding at a moderate speed to cross the tressle or swinging bridge of the Des Jardines canal. The chasm, sixty feet deep, over which this bridge was erected, was made by cutting an outlet for the canal through Burlington heights. At the time of the accident the water was covered with ice about two feet thick. The moment the train reached the bridge the immense weight crushed through the timbers, and the whole structure gave way, and, with one frightful crash, the engine, tender, baggage car and two first-class passenger cars broke through the severed frame-work, and leaped headlong into the yawning abyss below. The engine and tender crushed at once through the ice. The baggage car, striking the corner of the tender in the act of falling, was thrown to one side and fell some ten yards from the engine. The first passenger car rushed after, and turning as it descended, fell on its roof, breaking partly through the ice, and being crushed to atoms, while the last car fell endways on the ice, and, strange to say, remained in that position. The loss of life was of course frightful. There were ninety passengers on the train, and the list of those who have escaped only numbers about twenty. As far as we can yet learn, every one in the first car was killed; those who were not crushed being drowned by the water which nearly filled the car. About thirty were in the last car, of whom ten were taken out dead, and most of the others were fearfully mutilated.

The excitement in the city of Hamilton directly the news spread was intense. Hundreds swarmed toward the Great Western Depot and streamed along the line to the fatal spot. There the scene presented was such as to baffle description. Large locomotive lamps were speedily brought. Fires were kindled and a lurid glare was thrown over the shattered remains. Special trains were dispatched to the bridge to bring home the wounded. It was no easy task to descend the steep slope to the canal. Ropes were lowered and ladders attached to them, on which the dead and wounded from the car which stood endways were first drawn up. Then the bottom of the car, which had partly sunk through the ice was hewn away with axes, and the unfortunate passengers, some sadly mutilated and even cut in pieces, and all saturated with water, were taken out. Many worked with energy and vigor; but who was that noble fellow that every one must have seen, stripped to his shirt-sleeves, standing up to his middle in the freezing water, who, himself a host, did more than all the rest? We watched him long from the height above as he hewed away the fragments and extricated the bodies. If ever man deserved a reward, it is he. As soon as the dead were drawn up the slope they were either put in the cars for conveyance to Hamilton, or were laid in a small house near the bridge. It is said that one family were in the cars consisting of a father, mother and four children. Only one of the children escaped. One of these little ones, a girl, about four years of age, was brought into the house the house alluded to when we were there. The poor little creature was smiling prettily as if she had been sleeping and dreaming of sweet things when the accident occurred, and had been launched into the long sleep of death before the dream had vanished from her mind.
At the railway depot, when the sufferers were brought in, crowds assembled anxious to hear who was dead, and to know if any of their friends were there. The corpses were taken into one of the large baggage-rooms, where Coroners Bull and Roseburgh proceeded to have them examines, and, when possible, identified. In an out building, adjoining the Station House, at Hamilton, were sixty corpses laid out on the floor, including men, women and children.

As soon as the intelligence of the catastrophe reached the city, Major Boker and Captain Macdonald's Companies of Volunteers marched to the scene, and every credit is due to them for their conduct. The pressure of the crowd had all but forced in the strong doors of the depot when the Artillery Company arrived. They formed a cordon around the room, which was respected. The rifles marched on to the bridge.

Last update July 2006
Hamilton Public Library
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Diana (Parker) RANDALL was born 1 on 7 Jun 1816 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died 2, 3 on 17 Apr 1901 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. She was buried 4 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Diana married 5 Marshall H FARR on 8 May 1839 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

They had the following children.

  M i Herbert Marshall FARR was born on 28 May 1841. He died on 25 Nov 1900.
  F ii Clara Wheeler FARR was born on 3 Aug 1845. She died on 21 Sep 1921.
  M iii
Frank Howard FARR 1 was born 2, 3 on 30 Dec 1851 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died 4 on 7 May 1858 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
  M iv
Charles Norman FARR 1 was born 2 on 2 Jan 1852 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died 3 on 7 Jun 1852 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

William FARR [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 7 Jul 1787 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died on 20 Jun 1863 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. William married 3 Lydia CARLTON on 29 Jun 1809 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

William was counted in a census 4 in 1850 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Other marriages:
HOUGHTON, Sarah

Lydia CARLTON was born on 9 Jul 1794 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died on 11 Aug 1837. Lydia married 1 William FARR on 29 Jun 1809 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

DEATH: Age 43.

They had the following children.

  F i Diantha FARR was born on 3 Feb 1810. She died on 24 Nov 1884.
  F ii Caroline FARR was born on 11 Dec 1812. She died in 1878.
  F iii
Prusha FARR was born 1 on 31 Mar 1814 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died on 28 Nov 1827.
  M iv Alonzo FARR was born on 30 May 1816.
  F v Edee FARR was born on 26 Oct 1818.
  M vi I. Carlton FARR was born on 10 Jun 1822. He died on 3 Mar 1852.
  F vii Harriet FARR was born on 12 Mar 1824. She died on 3 May 1850.
  M viii Asa F. FARR was born on 17 Apr 1826. He died on 15 Apr 1906.
  M ix Warren W. FARR was born on 17 Jan 1829. He died on 14 Mar 1901.
  M x Bradford C. FARR was born on 12 Mar 1834.

William FARR [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 7 Jul 1787 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died on 20 Jun 1863 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. William married Sarah HOUGHTON on 30 Oct 1839 in of Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

William was counted in a census 3 in 1850 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Other marriages:
CARLTON, Lydia

Sarah HOUGHTON was born about 1790 in of Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died on 21 Dec 1882. Sarah married William FARR on 30 Oct 1839 in of Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Sarah was counted in a census 1 in 1870 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

CENSUS: In the household of her stepson Asa F. Farr.


Rollin Lafayette FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1, 2 on 4 May 1844 in Crown Point, Essex, New York, United States. He died 3 on 14 May 1923 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States. Rollin married 4 Charlotte M. BARNUM "Lottie" on 22 Feb 1868 in Haney, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States.

BIRTH: Age 16.

Charlotte M. "Lottie" BARNUM was born 1 on 11 Nov 1849 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States. She died 2 on 2 Apr 1932 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States. She was buried on 3 Apr 1932. Lottie married 3 Rollin Lafayette FARR on 22 Feb 1868 in Haney, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States.

They had the following children.

  F i Ada May FARR was born on 22 Jan 1869. She died on 6 Oct 1919.
  F ii Minnie Grace FARR was born on 15 Aug 1872. She died on 1 Sep 1954.

Irvin Harris FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born 2 on 12 Aug 1882 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. He died 3 on 23 Apr 1926 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. He was buried 4 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Irvin married 5 Ruby Medora BEECHING 6 on 6 Oct 1914 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

Irvin resided 7 in 1900 in Precinct A Holyoke city Ward 7, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. He resided 8 in 1910 in Holyoke Ward 7, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. He resided 9 in 1920 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

RESIDENCE: Age 37 Physician, wife Ruby B. 33.

Ruby Medora BEECHING 1 was born 2, 3 on 22 Mar 1886 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. She died 4, 5 on 9 Apr 1958 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Ruby married 6 Irvin Harris FARR 7 on 6 Oct 1914 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

Ruby resided 8 in 1900 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. She resided 9 in 1920 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. She resided 10 in 1930 in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.


Raymond Wallace FARR [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 7 Aug 1887 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States. He died 3 on 1 Dec 1946 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. Raymond married 4 Hannah Beatrice SHOULTS on 15 Dec 1915 in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States.

Other marriages:
WILCOX, Lena May

Hannah Beatrice SHOULTS 1 was born 2 about 1893 in New Hampshire, United States. She died in Oct 1982 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. Hannah married 3 Raymond Wallace FARR on 15 Dec 1915 in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States.

They had the following children.

  M i Edward R FARR was born on 10 Aug 1923. He died on 6 Nov 1981.

Raymond Wallace FARR [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 7 Aug 1887 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States. He died 3 on 1 Dec 1946 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. Raymond married 4 Lena May WILCOX on 17 May 1909 in Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:
SHOULTS, Hannah Beatrice

Lena May WILCOX was born on 30 Jun 1886 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. She died in 1957 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Lena married 1 Raymond Wallace FARR on 17 May 1909 in Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

They had the following children.

  F i
Pauline May FARR was born on 7 Dec 1909 in Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

Seymour Mckinley FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1, 2 on 18 Apr 1896 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States. He died 3, 4 on 21 Jun 1964 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States. Seymour married 5 Leah May BUTTERFIELD on 12 Sep 1917 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States.

Seymour was counted in a census 6 in 1920 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States.

CENSUS: Head 23, wife Leah M. 21, brother Harvey 20.

Leah May BUTTERFIELD [scrapbook] was born on 9 Mar 1898 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States. She died 1 on 21 Jun 1998 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States. Leah married 2 Seymour Mckinley FARR on 12 Sep 1917 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States.

Other marriages:
GOVE, Merle B.

They had the following children.

  M i Rolan Seymour FARR was born on 10 Dec 1920. He died on 16 Oct 1999.
  F ii Murial Alta FARR.
  M iii Maynard Ralph FARR was born on 23 May 1924. He died on 10 Aug 2008.
  F iv Norma Beatrice FARR.

Harvey Hobart FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1, 2 on 8 Oct 1899 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States. He died 3 on 21 May 1953 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States from of a coronary occlusion. Harvey married 4 Pauline Pealie FARR on 8 May 1930 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States.

Harvey was counted in a census 5 in 1920 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States. He was counted in a census 6 in 1930 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States.

CENSUS: Age 20 living in household of his brother Seymour Farr.

CENSUS: Age 30 and living in the household of his sister Marietta Morgan.

Pauline Pealie FARR [Parents] was born 1 on 28 Oct 1909 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States. She died 2, 3 on 19 Mar 1999 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States. Pauline married 4 Harvey Hobart FARR on 8 May 1930 in Lincoln, Addison, Vermont, United States.

Other marriages:
ORVIS, Sherman Earl

They had the following children.

  M i Harvey Charles FARR Sr. was born on 27 Jul 1930. He died on 22 Mar 2012.
  M ii Paul FARR.
  M iii Lawrence Irvin "Tot" FARR was born on 8 Nov 1933. He died on 31 Aug 2013.

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