Birth: 20 MAR 1862 at his parents’ house, Thornapple Twp, Barry Co, Michigan

1870 Census:  20 AUG 1870
Place: Cascade, Kent Co, Michigan
Note:  Living with his mother, Caroline Farnham.

1880 Census:  19 JUN 1880
Place:  Ada, Kent Co, Michigan
Note:  A Farm laborer living with the Henry Nairacon family.

Marriage: 26 SEP 1889 Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Justice of the Peace = Henry A. Hydons. Henry listed as a laborer.  Lists Henry’s birthplace as something like Bamfoa, Michigan.

Birth of Daughter:  25 MAY 1891
Name:  Audra M. Farnham

Birth of Son:  AUG 1893
Name:  Leon Lewis Farnham

1900 Census: 15 JUN 1900
Place: Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Note: Wife, Lucy, and two children also in household.  Was a farm hand. Parents were born in New York.

1910 Census: 27 APR 1910
Place: Caledonia Twp, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Lucy, and two children also in household.Farmer. Henry’s father listed as born in New York, mother as born in Ohio. Ellen’s parents listed as born in New York.

Directory:  1917
Detail:  Rural Directory of Kent County Michigan
Note:  Henry Farnham (Ellen), farmer, tenant, 7 horses, 1 cow, RR 7, Byron Center, 96.

1920 Census: 27 JAN 1920
Place: Gaines Twp, Kent Co, Michigan
Note: Wife, Lucy, and one child also in household.  Farmer. Henry’s father listed as born in New York, mother born in Michigan. Ellen’s parents listed as born in New York.

1930 Census:  30 APR 1930
Place:  Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Note:  Wife, Lucy, and son, Leon, are also in household.

1940 Census:  05 APR 1940
Place:  Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Note:  Sister, Ella, and son, Leon, are also in household.

Death: 04 MAR 1955 at the home of his daughter, Audra Bergy, Caledonia, Kent Co, MI

Burial:  07 MAR 1955  Lakeview Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan

Obituary:  04 MAR 1955  Grand Rapids Press, Kent Co, Michigan

Click here to see parents:  Millard L. Farnham and Caroline E. Rockwood

Lucy Ellen Farnham   

Birth: 08 SEP 1865 Michigan
Note:  Tombstone says she was born in 1856.

Nickname: Ellen

1870 Census: 01 JUL 1870
Place: Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan
Note:  Living with her parents.

1880 Census:  11 JUN 1880
Place:  Wayland, Allegan Co, Michigan
Note:  Living with her parents.

Death: 25 APR 1935  Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan

Obituary:  26 APR 1935  Grand Rapids Herald, Kent Co, Michigan

Burial:  Lakeview Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent Co, Michigan

Click here to see parents:  Benjamin Farnham and Mary Torme

    
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