Eli Goerge Farley

[Yorkshire_Lad]

Eli was born was born in Wyke near Bradford West Yorkshire in the September Quarter of 1875 (9 6).
On the 6th of October 1900 he married after banns at Helme Parish Church at the age of 23 to Sarah Ellen Jacobs (Spinster) aged 22. However on the 27th of December 1910 Sarah Ellen marries again as Sarah Ellen Jacobs (Spinster) aged 33 to George Brown. Between the two marriages I have up to this point found no further mention of Eli. It wasn't until I found a Eli George Farley's death registered in Bury St Edmonds (4b 1071) in 1954 at the age of 78 which matched with his birth year bar 12 months or so.

If anyone can throw any light on Eli's life between his first marriage and his demise in 1954 I would be most grateful.

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[CaroleW]

Have you looked for him on the 1939 register?

[softly softly]

£3 digital death image could well shed some light.

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[CaroleW]

I don’t have a subscription to view this but it’s a newspaper item from 1907 about Eli.  Huddersfield Examiner & West Riding Reporter.  Header is Law & Justice

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/50095/records/5894986106

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I can only access the OCR text, but it appears to be a case of customer v contractor regarding a concrete floor that was put in a building that was being refurbished. Eli was a briefly quoted witness who had been a concrete labourer for over 30 years.

So at a guess your Eli's father

[Mabel Bagshawe]

It might be worth checking whether this really was his first marriage - which would mean the 1900 marriage might not be valid (and wuld explain the remarriage under her maiden name)

There's a marriage of an Eli Farley in Q4 1896, Ashton under Lyne which looks intriguing

[CaroleW]

The 1896 marriage was the second one for the bride.  Amelia Jane Hale/Sherman.  It was a civil marriage so can't be looked up

[CaroleW]

Strange tree on Ancestry - shows the mother of Eli George Farley as Emma Jane Hale Sherman Wade Frost Farley???

The 1896 marriage was Amelia Jane Hale/Sherman ??

1875 Birth reg for Eli George Farley has mmn Sherman

[ktk8]

The 1911 census entry for George Brown & Sarah Ellen shows two children, Edith Annie b. 1904 & John Edward b. 1906.

Both children were registered as Brown, with mother's maiden name as Jacobs.

Presumably Eli & Sarah Ellen had separated before 1904.