Percy Farrington (buried 1923)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Farrington
First name: 
Percy
Other Christian names: 
Hall
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1123
Born: 
0/10/1871
Died: 
23/05/1923
Buried: 
26/05/1923
Occupation: 
Ship Broker's Clerk; Ship Broker
Distinction: 
Speed Merchant
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
7
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of my dear husband Percy Hall Farrington fell asleep 23rd May 1923 aged 51

Life story

Life story

Percy Hall Farrington was born in Camberwell, in October 1871, he was baptised at St. John the Evangelist, Dulwich, on 25th June 1879, at 8yrs of age, along with his brother, Robert Morgan Joseph Farrington, born 1873. His father, Joseph, 27yrs, was a Shipbroker, and his mother, Mary Ann, 21yrs, nee Scott. He had 2 more brothers, Arthur Harold b.1874 and Stanley Vernon b.1876. As soon as they had left school Percy, Robert and Arthur were clerks in the shipbroking business; Percy becoming a shipbroker around the age of thirty.

When Percy was 19yrs old, his family lived at 78, Daleview Road, Tottenham, and his future wife lived at 66, Daleview Road, she was Rosina Mary Pratt, they married on 11th September 1897 at St. Johns Church, Stamford Hill, Percy was 26yrs, and Rosina was 23yrs.

By 1901 Rosina and Percy were living in Ilford, Essex, where they remained for over ten years, they had no children. Percy was an early motorist, driving himself, Rosina, and friends around Chelmsford, London and the south coast, finding himself in court on several occasions charged with speeding. In November 1911 he was involved in an accident when he collided with a four-wheel cab in Chelmsford, he was unhurt, but others were injured. (See below).

At some point, after 1911, they moved to Worthing, Sussex, living at Aubreydene, Heene Road, where Percy died on 23rd May 1923, aged 51yrs. The death certificate gives the cause of death as     1) Chronic Anterior Poliomyelitis - 4 years, 2) Asphyxia due to paralysis of respiratory muscles.

Probate was granted to Alfred Hall, Registrar, Arthur Percival Rowntree, Shipbroker, and Arthur Harold Farrington, Gentleman. Effects £12225 10s 9d. Value 2021 - £758K.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/10/1871
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Rosiana Mary
Spouse one last name: 
Pratt
Marriage one date: 
11/09/1897
Marriage one address: 
Stamford, London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
23/05/1923
Age (at time of death): 
51
Cause of death: 
1) Chronic Anterior Poliomyelitis - 4 years, 2) Asphyxia due to paralysis of respiratory muscles.
Address at time of death: 
Aubreydene, Heene Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Alfred Hall status: Registrar: Arthur Percival Rowntree status: Shipbroker: Arthur Harold Farrington status: Gentleman
Probate pounds: 
£12,225

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

Christs Hospital Hereford School. Percy Hall Farrington, 9yrs.

1891 census: 

Living at 78, Daleview Road, Tottenham. Joseph Farrington, 46yrs, Shipbroker, wife, Mary A. 40yrs, 4 sons, Percy Hall, 19yrs, Robert Morgan, 17yrs, Arthur Harold, 16yrs, all shipbrokers clerks, and Stanley Vernon, 14yrs.

1901 census: 

Living at 15, Mayfair Avenue, The Drive, Ilford, Essex. Percy Hall Farrington, 29yrs, Shipbrokers clerk, wife, Rosina, 26yrs.

1911 census: 

Living at 15, Mayfair Avenue, The Drive, Ilford, Essex. Percy Hall Farrington, 40yrs, Shipbroker, wife, Rosina, 35yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.

1921 census: 

Living at Valetta, Sylvan Avenue, Hornchurch, Essex. Percy Hall Farrington, Hd. 49yrs, Shipbroker, wife, Rosina Mary, 47yrs, Home Duties, nephew, Cyril Alfred Hall, 24yrs, 2nd Officer, Mechant Mariner, plus 1 domestic servant.

Miscellaneous information

Evening Star -  Suffolk -29th August 1908

At Chelmsford on Friday, Percy Hall Farrington, of 10, Mayfair Avenue, Ilford, was summoned (for driving a motorcar at Chelmsford and Widford, Sunday, August 16th, at speed exceeding 20 miles per hour. Defendant, shipowner’s clerk, said the car was 14-h.p. and was travelling from London through Chelmsford, and there were four persons in the car. Going towards Chelmsford there was considerable incline in this measured mile, and it was impossible for his car to travel more than 15miles at the most at this particular portion.—Cross-examined, witness said that at the most his average for this measured mile was 18 miles hour.—Evidence was also given by Mrs. Farrington and another occupant of the car,  to the effect that it was not travelling at any great pace.—The defendant was fined £3 and 15s. costs. (£3 in 1908 = £370 in 2021)

Chelmsford Chronicle -11th November 1910

'A serious collision occurred at Chelmsford between a motor car owned and driven by Mr. Percy Hall Farrington, of Ilford, and a four-wheel cab driven by Mr. William Holbrook, of Railway-street. Mrs. H. D. Sheldrake, of Fairfield, Springfield, who was in the cab, sustained a cut on the nose and over the eye from broken glass, and Holbrook was thrown from his seat and was cut badly on the head.’

Chichester Observer – 10th May 1911

Speeding charge against Percy H. Farrington in Bognor Regis, dismissed on technicality

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