Hector Farley

1897 - 1990  (92 years)

• Name	Hector Farley
  Birth	11 May 1897	Blyth - Northumberland - UK
  Gender	Male
  Address	1921 : 19, Wensleydale Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland, England
  Address	1939 : 19 Bondicar Terrace, Blyth, Blyth M.B., Northumberland, England
  Death	1990  [1]
  Siblings	10 brothers and 1 sister
  	1. Edward Victor Farley,   b. 1896   d. 1898  (Age 2 years) + 2. Hector Farley,   b. 11 May 1897, Blyth - Northumberland - UK d. 1990  (Age 92 years) ▻ Evelyn Bell   3. William Farley,   b. 23 Oct 1898   d. 1989  (Age 90 years)   4. Albert Farley,   b. 1 Oct 1899, Blyth - Northumberland - UK d. 30 Dec 1915  (Age 16 years) + 5. George Farley,   b. 6 Nov 1900   d. 1975  (Age 74 years) ▻ Mary Jane Leithead,  m. 1927   6. John Farley,   b. 1901   d. 1902  (Age 1 year) + 7. Edward Farley,   b. 18 Jan 1904   d. 1983  (Age 78 years) ▻ Margaret Mary Annie Wellington   8. Oswald Farley,   b. 1905   d. 1906  (Age 1 year)   9. Vera Louisa Jane Farley,   b. 1906   d. 1909  (Age 3 years)   10. James Alfred Farley,   b. 11 Jun 1908   d. 1975  (Age 66 years) ▻ Elizabeth Hunter   11. John Farley,   b. 1910   d. 1910  (Age 0 years)   12. Ernest Farley,   b. 1910   d. 1910  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I279	Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John Joseph Farley,   b. Abt 1868   d. 1912 (Age ~ 44 years)
  Mother	Clara Jameson,   b. 10 Dec 1871, Philadelphia - Newbottle - Durham - England d. 1954 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	21 Oct 1894
  Notes	As listed in the 1911 Census, this family had 12 children from which only 6 survived into adulthood.
  Documents		Source: Free BMD
  Family ID	F81	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Bell
  Children	1. Edward Farley,   b. 1920 + 2. Vera Farley,   b. 1921
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 May 1897 - Blyth - Northumberland - UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		1901 Census
  		1911 Census
  		1921 census
  		Hector Farley - Death Index

  
  

• Notes

  Well you asked me before about what my family did in Blyth. Well my granddad who, the name is Farley. Now they were in the pits and they were working in the shipyards. Now my Uncle Billy, well my Granddad who was Hector, Hector Farley, he had 6 brothers and every one of them had something to do with the harbour. They all had worked on Bates pit and then transferred to the shipyards, or vice a versa, from the shipyard to Bates pit. And as you know Bates pit backed onto the harbour. In a pace called factory point or monkeys island as it is known. Oh that's right But my Uncle Billy who is my granddads brother was the gateman. The gatehouse keeper. Well in them days if you did not turn up for work at 8 o'clock you were locked out. And the foremen used to come and if they were short of one or twp people they used to point at people in the crowd and get them in. Well the story has it that my Uncle Billy, who was the gateman. And they all lived in the one house. And my grandmother, her mother and father had died and my grandmother was married to my granddad, just. And she was taking care of the whole family and of course they had no money. And the story has it that my Uncle Billy did his job at 9 o clock. But my Uncle George locked him out and my Uncle came at 1 minute past nine and my Uncle Billy, everyone was standing watching him to see what he was going to do. And he shut the gate and he locked my Uncle George out. And um, which meant that my Uncle George did not take any money in for the family which was Billy's fault. Um but there was my Uncle George, Uncle Eddie, um Uncle Billy. Hector my Grandfather, um there was Jimmy, Jack. And they all worked at Blyth shipyard. Excerpt from an interview with Colin White of Blyth. https://calmview.northumberland.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=T%2F440

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Free BMD.