Samuel Henry Farwell Roe
Samuel Henry Farwell Roe was born in 1856 (BMD record). He was the son of the Reverend Henry Farwell Roe, Rector of Lesnewth, Cornwall, and Isabella Messenger (source).
Roe married Alice Jane Braginton in 1890.
Farwell was vicar at Zennor, Cornwall from 1888 to 1900. From this blog on an historical diary about Saint Senara’s church at Zennor:
However, by the late 19th Century the Church had become neglected and when the Reverend Samuel Henry Farwell Roe became Vicar in 1888 he realised it was in need of restoration.
Farwell Roe was still at Zennor in 1893.
He became vicar of St Michael Penkevil, in 1900. Kelly’s Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1902. [Part 2: Cornwall, p 239 - 240] - (copy in docs).
The living is a rectory, net yearly value £102, with 50 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Viscount Falmouth, and held since 1900 by the Rev. Samuel Henry Farwell Roe, who is also rector (by dispensation) of Lamorran with Merther.
The 1911 census has him at the rectory in St Pinnock Liskeard, along with Emmeline’s half-brother, Edmond Allen Johns.
| First name | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Sex | Age | Birth year | Occupation | Birth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Henry Farwell | Roe | Head | Married | Male | 54 | 1857 | Clerk In Holy Orders | Cornwall Lesnewth |
| Edmund Allen | Johns | Wife’s Nephew | Single | Male | 46 | 1865 | Private Means | Devon Great Torrington |
| Honor | Stevens | Servant | Single | Female | 33 | 1878 | Housemaid Domestic | Cornwall Lennor |
| Kate | Stevens | Servant | Single | Female | 31 | 1880 | Cook Domestic | Cornwall Lennor |
Alice, meanwhile, was visiting her sister, Georgina, in Budleigh Salterton, Devon:
| First name | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Sex | Age | Birth year | Occupation | Birth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | McKay | Head | Married | Male | 79 | 1832 | Bank Of England Pensioner | London Islington |
| Georgina M | McKay | Wife | Married | Female | 66 | 1845 | - | Devonshire St Giles in the Wood |
| Alice Jane | Roe | Visitor | Married | Female | 64 | 1847 | - | Devonshire St Giles in the Wood |
| Mabel | Pengilly | Servant | Single | Female | 24 | 1887 | General Servant | Devonshire East Budleigh |
Alice Jane died in 1923.
Farwell seems to have remarried to another Jane at some point - see below. There’s a suggestion he was also married to a Winifred Mabel Grieve - see below.
A puzzling factoid, possibly wrong, on Ancestry.com for Mabel Grieve:
Winifred Mabel Grieve from tree Lowe Family Tree
No publicly available LifeStory events
Record information.
Spouse Samuel Henry Farwell Roe (1856-year)
Farwell does leave money to “Winifred Mabel Grieve, widow” in his probate - see below, and does not leave money, apparently, to his wife Jane, who was still alive (see grave below).
He died on 19 March 1943 (BMD record).
A grave from Marlborough Road Cemetery, Ilfracombe, Devon:
Sacred to the memory of Revd Farwell Roe died 19th March 1943
Also of Jane Roe, his wife, died 23rd February 1948.
The probate for a reverend Samuel Henry Farwell Roe:
ROE the reverend Samuel Henry Farwell of 5 Hillsborough-terrace Ilfracombe Devonshire died 19 March 1943 Probate Llandudno 5 August to Isabel Henriette Bertha Roe spinster and Winifred Mabel Grieve widow. Effects £11650 7s. 10d.
Jane Roe, Farwell’s wife, died in 1948 (BMD record).
Her probate has:
ROE, Jane of Northcote Torrs Park Ilfracombe Devonshire widow died 23rd February 1948 Probate London 10 June to Barclays Bank Limited. Effects £10145 14s. 11d.
Bill Cooke’s Braginton history has Farwell’s obituary, from the Western Times, Friday, March 26, 1943
Death of Rev. H.S.F. Roe
Rev. Samuel Henry Farwell Roe, who died at his residence, 5, Hillsborough Terrace, Ilfracombe, on Friday, was prior to his retirement in 1930 for 24 years Rector of St Pinnock parish near Liskcard, Cornwall. During his Rectorship at St. Pinnock he was for a time Rural Dean. He was Rector of Zennor from 1888 to 1900, and then for six years Rector of St. Michael Penkevil. All his clerical career was spent in Cornwall. Since he had been residing in Ilfracombe Mr. Roe had carried out the duties of treasurer of the local auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society.