Fargher-Schroeder Connection.
I am looking for any info and possible living descendants of Catherine Fargher(1872-1947) and William Lawrence Schroeder(1872-1950). The couple were married at Hope Street Church, Liverpool in 1901. William was a Unitarian Minister, and after spending their early years in the south Manchester area they brought up their family in the Headingley area of Leeds. They had four children:-Mary b.1903. Eric.(1904-1971) an archaeologist,who became an American citizen; Kathleen b.1906 who was a dancer who made frequent trips to America and may also have become a U.S.A citizen; Bernard b.1908 who was stated as being a Medical Officer of Health of Health in his father’s probate record in 1950. Both Catherine and William must have retired to the Isle of Man sometime in the 1940’s? For they are both buried in Rushen Cemetery burial records indicate that they lived in Colby. Details of a MI would be useful. Does anyone know if their was a Unitarian Church in the area?
My link with Catherine Fargher is on my maternal side, her farther was the well respected William Fargher, headmaster of the Clothworker’s School in Peel. I am in close contact with a descendant of Catherine’s brother Arthur Edward Fargher who found work and stayed in Chile after helping to build a ship for the their Navy at Cammel Laird shipyard in Birkenhead around 1897. Any info or contact much appreciated. E-mail:-jcfarrell@blueyonder.co.uk
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