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
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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