Joseph FARNHAM

1807 - 1853  (45 years)

• Name	Joseph FARNHAM  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Apr 1807	Sawston, Cambridgeshire
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	17 May 1807	Sawston, Cambridgeshire
  Emigration	1853	To Victoria Australia
  Death	1853	Victoria, Australia   [4]
  Person ID	I23692	Tree001D
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	John FARNHAM,   b. Abt 1766, Cambridgeshire d. Aug 1842, Sawston, Cambridgeshire (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Hannah FLACK,   b. 1767, Brockley, Suffolk d. Apr 1838, Sawston, Cambridgeshire (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1786	Babraham, Cambridgeshire   [5]
  Family ID	F8039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane ANDREWS,   b. 13 Apr 1808, Sawston, Cambridgeshire d. 1876, Heywood, Victoria, Australia (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1825	Sawston, Cambridgeshire   [6]
  Children	1. Thomas FARNHAM,   b. 1827, Sawston, Cambridgeshire   2. Rebecca FARNHAM,   b. 1830, Sawston, Cambridgeshire   3. Eliza FARNHAM,   b. 1832, Sawston, Cambridgeshire   4. Mary Ann FARNHAM,   b. 1833, Sawston, Cambridgeshire   5. Hannah FARNHAM,   b. 1836, Sawston, Cambridgeshire   6. Maria FARNHAM,   b. 1838, Sawston, Cambridgeshire   7. George Thomas FARNHAM,   b. 1847, Sawston, Cambridgeshire d. 1924, Harrow, Victoria, Australia (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F8180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Notes from Melanie Place July 2007: Joseph Farnham b 1807 immigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1853 with his wife and three youngest children. Joseph died 13 days after their arrival and is buried in the Old Portland Cemetery. Their youngest child george farnham settled at Harrow, Victoria after he married and had 12 children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1923] Sawston, Cambridgeshire: Parish Registers, (Cambs and Hunts Family History Society), Baptisms. 17 May 1807 FARNHAM Joseph son of John & Hannah born 15 Apr [S2881] 1841 Census England and Wales 6 June, Sawston, Cambridgeshire HO107/76/4/7/8. Joseph Farnham 35 Ag Lab Yes Jane Farnham 30 Yes Rebecca Farnham 11 Yes Eliza Farnham 8 Yes Mary Ann Farnham 5 Yes Hannah Farnham 4 Yes Maria Farnham 2 Yes [S1652] 1851 Census England and Wales 3 March, Portobello Lane, Sawston, Cambridgeshire HO107/1761/49/36. Joseph Farnham, Head, M to Jane, 43, Ag Lab, Cambs Sawston [S3127] Information from Melanie Place. [S1889] Babraham, Cambridgeshire: Parish Registers, (Cambs and Hunts Family History Society), Marriages. 12 November 1786 John FARNHAM bachelor and Hannah FLACK spinster botp [S1923] Sawston, Cambridgeshire: Parish Registers, (Cambs and Hunts Family History Society), Marriages. 15 Mat 1825 Joseph FARNHAM singleman and Jane ANDREWS singlewoman. Wits: James Nunn and Charlotte Freestone