| Birth | May Elnora Arnold was born 24 November 1882 in Illinois. |
| Note | BIRTH DATE 1900 Census says May was born Nov 1879 and is age 21 -- but the one was changed to a zero to make her age 20. She was probably born Nov 1880 since she is not listed in the 1880 census. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE LICENSE. State of California, County of San Joaquin #3307. "These Presents are to authorize and license any Justice ..., Judge... Priest or Minister ... to solemnize within said County the Marriage of " George Broadley Farmer [sic], native of California, age 21, resident of Lodi, San Joaquin County, and May White Arnold, native of Illinois, age 18, resident of Lodi. Signed 2 Jan 1906. Eugene D. Graham, County Clerk, by J. H. Plummer, Deputy Clerk. Below on same page is certification of marriage: on 3 Jan 1906 witnesses Fred C. Farmer [sic] of San Francisco and Julius Arnold of Lodi. by W.P. Grant, Pastor M.E. Church. Recorded 3 Feb 1906. (SJMarrLicAp LDS1841859 2 Jan1906.) |
| Marriage | She married George Broadley Farmar, son of Richard Broadley Farmar and Mary Ann Mitchell, 3 January 1906 in Lodi, California. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, #51. Groom: George Broadley Farmar, residence Lodi, age 21, white, single, b. San Francisco, CA. Occup: Orchardist. Father: -- b. Dover England. Mother: Mitchell, b. Sidney, Australia. Bride: May White Arnold, residence: Lodi, white, single, b. Illinois. Occup: Housewife. Father Julius Arnold, b. Vermont. Mother: Barto, b. Ohio. Married in Lodi, 3 Jan 1906. Witness: Fred C. Farmer [sic], San Francisco. Pastor: W. P. Grant, M.E. Church. Registration filed 6 Feb 1906. (CAMarrCertSJ LDS1411586 3Jan06.) |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1940 (1 Apr 1940) California, Lodi, 604 East Pine. Owns home, value $3000, not a farm. May E. Farmar, head, f, w, 50, married, finished 2nd year college, b. Illinois, same residence in 1935, not employed for pay, no income. Son George A. Farmar, m, w, 29, single, completed 4th year high school, b. California, in same house in 1935, employed for pay as mechanic in garage, worked 54 house preceding week, 52 weeks last year, income $1000, has other income source. (USCen1940Anc T627-323 ED39-16 sh.12A.) |
| Death | May Elnora Arnold died 19 February 1957 in French Camp, California, at age 74. |
| INFO | OBITUARY. Lodi News-Sentinel. Wed., 20 Feb 1957 Mrs. May E. Farmer [sic] passes in Stockton. Mrs. May E. Farmer, 74, of 604 E. Pine St., died last night in a Stockton hospital following an extended illness. A native of Chicago, Mrs. Farmer had lived in Lodi for the past 65 years. She was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Farmer was the wife of the late George B. Farmar of Lodi, who died in 1955. She was the mother of George A. Farmer of Lodi and the cousin of the Rev. Ray Wisner of Mt. Shasta. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the chapel of the Wells Funeral Home, with the Rev. J.L. Butler of the First Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Lodi Cemetery. (LodiNewsSent 20Feb57 p.6.) |
| INFO | DEATH CERTIFICATE. May Elnora Farmar, d. 19 Feb 1957 1:10 P. female, white, widow, b. 24 Nov 1882, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. citizen, d. age 74. Occup: housewife, own home. Father: Julius D. Arnold, b. Vermont. Mother Harriett Bartou, b. Ohio. ss# --- -- ----. Informant: hospital records. Place of death- French Camp, San Joaquin County, San Joaquin General Hospital. There for two months and two days. Usual Residence: 604 E. Pine Street, Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California. Burial: 21 Feb 1957 Lodi Cemetery. from Wells Funeral Home. Note: Cause of death blacked out. (CADeaCertSJ LDS1851158 19Feb1957.) |
| INFO | CA DEATH INDEX. May Elnora Farmar b.11/24/1882 in Illinois. Mother Bartou; Father Arnold. d. San Joaquin Co. 02/19/1957 age 74. ss --- -- -----. (CADeaRecInd.) |
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