For Lyn Summer, This journal continues on from HYEM family tree research but discusses the FARRINGTON family.

I think this is the birth record for 'Marion Elizabeth Farrington'* that married into the HYEM family. I've often found on the indexes named transposed round the other way.

11254/1881 FARRINGTON, ELIZABETH MIRIAM* parents: WILLIAM & MARGARET at SOFALA

Source: Purchase Birth Certificate from NSW bdms online

A search of the marriages section of the nsw bdms online reveals maiden surname of 'Margaret' as being MOORE.

Purchase Marriage Certificate of William FARRINGTON and Margaret MOORE.

This couple married in 1860 at Sofala, New South Wales, Australia.

Then back to the births section, a search of births of all possible children with parents names William and Margaret FARRINGTON being born between 1860 and 1906 reveals 8 possible siblings of Elizabeth Miriam known as Marion. All children born at Sofala, except for one which was at Burrangong NSW.

FARRINGTON births

A search of the Deaths Index reveals the following:-

FARRINGTON deaths

The five deaths registered at Sofala looks like it could be the same family just going by the location.

Elizabeth Miriam FARRINGTON, known to family as Marion Elizabeth ... her father William FARRINGTON could have been born 1833 NSW according to the NSW bdms online. It's possible he was first generation Australian, son of immigrants.

OTHER FARRINGTON FAMILIES:-

RootsWeb World Connect Project - Allan Family

This website reveals a FARRINGTON family living in Queensland c1880s.

Queensland Historical Index Search - search the births deaths and marriages 1829 to 1914 for QLD to see if there are FARRINGTON connections.


AUSTRALIAN CEMETERIES INDEX

3 Memorial Inscriptions found for FARRINGTONs at Bowenfels and Stockton NSW

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA

200 search results for FARRINGTON

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION - DEBT OF HONOURS LIST

128 search results for FARRINGTON

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA, FIRST FAMILIES PROJECT

FARRINGDON families

FAMILYSEARCH.ORG - The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world.

43 search results for FARRINGTON

Australian Obituaries - FARRINGTON

VICTORIA -

Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park - 23 FARRINGTONs buried

Alison.