George Edward Farmer was born on September 10, 1879, in Conway, Mass., to Dennis Samuel Farmer, a laborer, and Rosella (Perry) "Rosalie" Farmer.
George met his future wife Margaret A. Wells at a Grange dance in Conway. On November 18th, 1899, in Conway, Mass., George Edward Farmer age 20, married Margaret Amelia Wells, age 20. Both were butter makers at home. The Rev. Charles Stanley Pease of Conway, Mass., officiated the ceremony. The newlyweds spent a few days of their honeymoon with Margaret Farmer's sister, Mrs. F. M. Munson of Beech street, Greenfield.
In 1900, George Farmer was a butter-maker, by 1910, George was an electrician for the Electric Light Co., and by 1930 George was an Outside Superintendent for Electric Power Co., later known as WMEC.
George loved to go fishing. Many nights after supper he and his brother Charles would drive to Vermont to go fishing. Sometimes his wife Margie and granddaughter Margaret would join them. They would catch "a mess of perch", which when cooked up by Margie, would feed them all. My grandmother Margaret (Sowell) Bourbeau remembered how good those perch tasted!
Each summer George Farmer would take a months vacation to go to Lake Champlain, Canada, often with his granddaughter, Margaret Sowell.
George E. Farmer was a 22 year member of the Mechanics lodge.
The Farmer siblings:
Franklin A. "Frank"
Dennis D.
William H. "Willie"
Mary Jane "Jennie"
Emma
Rose "Rosie"
Charles W. "Charlie"
George E. Farmer bought the Sowell/Farmer family plot with room for ten at Springdale Cemetery for 50 dollars in 1925.
[information provided by the Bourbeau family, and US Federal Census Digital Archives at ancestry.com]
George Farmer
George Farmer, 64, passed away at his home at 42 Prospect street, at 5:30 this morning from a heart attack. He was born in Conway, Sept. 10, 1879, the son of Dennis and Rosella (Perry) "Rosalie" Farmer. He married Margaret Wells, Nov. 18, 1899, in Conway, Rev. Charles Stanley Pease performed the ceremony. Mr. Farmer came to Turners Falls in 1920, and was employed by the Western Massachusetts Electric company as a foreman of the maintenance crew.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Thomas J. Sowell of Chestnut street; three brothers, Dennis, of Brattleboro, Vt., Charles of Greenfield, and Alfred of Conway; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Young of Turners Falls and Mrs. Emma Williams of Dalton; two grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nephews and nieces. Funeral arrangements are in charge of C. Eugene McCarthy and are incomplete.
[published in the Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Wed. June 7, 1944]
George Farmer Funeral
The funeral of George farmer will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Rev. John C. Cook will officiate. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery. (article unreadable here)... be at his home this afternoon.
[published in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Thursday, June 8, 1944]
George met his future wife Margaret A. Wells at a Grange dance in Conway. On November 18th, 1899, in Conway, Mass., George Edward Farmer age 20, married Margaret Amelia Wells, age 20. Both were butter makers at home. The Rev. Charles Stanley Pease of Conway, Mass., officiated the ceremony. The newlyweds spent a few days of their honeymoon with Margaret Farmer's sister, Mrs. F. M. Munson of Beech street, Greenfield.
In 1900, George Farmer was a butter-maker, by 1910, George was an electrician for the Electric Light Co., and by 1930 George was an Outside Superintendent for Electric Power Co., later known as WMEC.
George loved to go fishing. Many nights after supper he and his brother Charles would drive to Vermont to go fishing. Sometimes his wife Margie and granddaughter Margaret would join them. They would catch "a mess of perch", which when cooked up by Margie, would feed them all. My grandmother Margaret (Sowell) Bourbeau remembered how good those perch tasted!
Each summer George Farmer would take a months vacation to go to Lake Champlain, Canada, often with his granddaughter, Margaret Sowell.
George E. Farmer was a 22 year member of the Mechanics lodge.
The Farmer siblings:
Franklin A. "Frank"
Dennis D.
William H. "Willie"
Mary Jane "Jennie"
Emma
Rose "Rosie"
Charles W. "Charlie"
George E. Farmer bought the Sowell/Farmer family plot with room for ten at Springdale Cemetery for 50 dollars in 1925.
[information provided by the Bourbeau family, and US Federal Census Digital Archives at ancestry.com]
George Farmer
George Farmer, 64, passed away at his home at 42 Prospect street, at 5:30 this morning from a heart attack. He was born in Conway, Sept. 10, 1879, the son of Dennis and Rosella (Perry) "Rosalie" Farmer. He married Margaret Wells, Nov. 18, 1899, in Conway, Rev. Charles Stanley Pease performed the ceremony. Mr. Farmer came to Turners Falls in 1920, and was employed by the Western Massachusetts Electric company as a foreman of the maintenance crew.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Thomas J. Sowell of Chestnut street; three brothers, Dennis, of Brattleboro, Vt., Charles of Greenfield, and Alfred of Conway; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Young of Turners Falls and Mrs. Emma Williams of Dalton; two grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nephews and nieces. Funeral arrangements are in charge of C. Eugene McCarthy and are incomplete.
[published in the Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Wed. June 7, 1944]
George Farmer Funeral
The funeral of George farmer will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Rev. John C. Cook will officiate. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery. (article unreadable here)... be at his home this afternoon.
[published in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Thursday, June 8, 1944]
George Edward Farmer was born on September 10, 1879, in Conway, Mass., to Dennis Samuel Farmer, a laborer, and Rosella (Perry) "Rosalie" Farmer.
George met his future wife Margaret A. Wells at a Grange dance in Conway. On November 18th, 1899, in Conway, Mass., George Edward Farmer age 20, married Margaret Amelia Wells, age 20. Both were butter makers at home. The Rev. Charles Stanley Pease of Conway, Mass., officiated the ceremony. The newlyweds spent a few days of their honeymoon with Margaret Farmer's sister, Mrs. F. M. Munson of Beech street, Greenfield.
In 1900, George Farmer was a butter-maker, by 1910, George was an electrician for the Electric Light Co., and by 1930 George was an Outside Superintendent for Electric Power Co., later known as WMEC.
George loved to go fishing. Many nights after supper he and his brother Charles would drive to Vermont to go fishing. Sometimes his wife Margie and granddaughter Margaret would join them. They would catch "a mess of perch", which when cooked up by Margie, would feed them all. My grandmother Margaret (Sowell) Bourbeau remembered how good those perch tasted!
Each summer George Farmer would take a months vacation to go to Lake Champlain, Canada, often with his granddaughter, Margaret Sowell.
George E. Farmer was a 22 year member of the Mechanics lodge.
The Farmer siblings:
Franklin A. "Frank"
Dennis D.
William H. "Willie"
Mary Jane "Jennie"
Emma
Rose "Rosie"
Charles W. "Charlie"
George E. Farmer bought the Sowell/Farmer family plot with room for ten at Springdale Cemetery for 50 dollars in 1925.
[information provided by the Bourbeau family, and US Federal Census Digital Archives at ancestry.com]
George Farmer
George Farmer, 64, passed away at his home at 42 Prospect street, at 5:30 this morning from a heart attack. He was born in Conway, Sept. 10, 1879, the son of Dennis and Rosella (Perry) "Rosalie" Farmer. He married Margaret Wells, Nov. 18, 1899, in Conway, Rev. Charles Stanley Pease performed the ceremony. Mr. Farmer came to Turners Falls in 1920, and was employed by the Western Massachusetts Electric company as a foreman of the maintenance crew.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Thomas J. Sowell of Chestnut street; three brothers, Dennis, of Brattleboro, Vt., Charles of Greenfield, and Alfred of Conway; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Young of Turners Falls and Mrs. Emma Williams of Dalton; two grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nephews and nieces. Funeral arrangements are in charge of C. Eugene McCarthy and are incomplete.
[published in the Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Wed. June 7, 1944]
George Farmer Funeral
The funeral of George farmer will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Rev. John C. Cook will officiate. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery. (article unreadable here)... be at his home this afternoon.
[published in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Thursday, June 8, 1944]
George met his future wife Margaret A. Wells at a Grange dance in Conway. On November 18th, 1899, in Conway, Mass., George Edward Farmer age 20, married Margaret Amelia Wells, age 20. Both were butter makers at home. The Rev. Charles Stanley Pease of Conway, Mass., officiated the ceremony. The newlyweds spent a few days of their honeymoon with Margaret Farmer's sister, Mrs. F. M. Munson of Beech street, Greenfield.
In 1900, George Farmer was a butter-maker, by 1910, George was an electrician for the Electric Light Co., and by 1930 George was an Outside Superintendent for Electric Power Co., later known as WMEC.
George loved to go fishing. Many nights after supper he and his brother Charles would drive to Vermont to go fishing. Sometimes his wife Margie and granddaughter Margaret would join them. They would catch "a mess of perch", which when cooked up by Margie, would feed them all. My grandmother Margaret (Sowell) Bourbeau remembered how good those perch tasted!
Each summer George Farmer would take a months vacation to go to Lake Champlain, Canada, often with his granddaughter, Margaret Sowell.
George E. Farmer was a 22 year member of the Mechanics lodge.
The Farmer siblings:
Franklin A. "Frank"
Dennis D.
William H. "Willie"
Mary Jane "Jennie"
Emma
Rose "Rosie"
Charles W. "Charlie"
George E. Farmer bought the Sowell/Farmer family plot with room for ten at Springdale Cemetery for 50 dollars in 1925.
[information provided by the Bourbeau family, and US Federal Census Digital Archives at ancestry.com]
George Farmer
George Farmer, 64, passed away at his home at 42 Prospect street, at 5:30 this morning from a heart attack. He was born in Conway, Sept. 10, 1879, the son of Dennis and Rosella (Perry) "Rosalie" Farmer. He married Margaret Wells, Nov. 18, 1899, in Conway, Rev. Charles Stanley Pease performed the ceremony. Mr. Farmer came to Turners Falls in 1920, and was employed by the Western Massachusetts Electric company as a foreman of the maintenance crew.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Thomas J. Sowell of Chestnut street; three brothers, Dennis, of Brattleboro, Vt., Charles of Greenfield, and Alfred of Conway; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Young of Turners Falls and Mrs. Emma Williams of Dalton; two grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nephews and nieces. Funeral arrangements are in charge of C. Eugene McCarthy and are incomplete.
[published in the Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Wed. June 7, 1944]
George Farmer Funeral
The funeral of George farmer will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Rev. John C. Cook will officiate. Burial will be in Springdale Cemetery. (article unreadable here)... be at his home this afternoon.
[published in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, Thursday, June 8, 1944]
