Ernest Vale Farmer was
born on December 10, 1884 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was the son of Dallas Price Farmer and
Wealthy Andrella Longacre. He was raised
on the family farm in Woods, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Ernest
married Martha Charlotte “Lottie” Armstrong on November 22, 1904 in Jefferson
County, Kentucky. He was almost 20 years
old and she was 21 years. Martha was
born on April 9, 1883 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, the daughter of
Samuel Robert Armstrong and Charlotte Ann Morgan.
Ernest
and Martha had nine children:
Katherine
Armstrong Farmer born October 28,
1905
Charlotte
Elizabeth Farmer born
December 20, 1907
Mildred
Earnestine Farmer born
April 8, 1909
Robert
Lindsay Farmer born May
28, 1911
Mary
Aleen Farmer born
January 10, 1913
Anna
Farmer born
September 15, 1914
JamesFranklin Farmer born
November 21, 1915
Frances
Farmer born
September 26, 1918
Carolyn
Farmer born
April 30, 1922
After
their marriage, the couple settled in a home next to Ernest’s parents in Woods,
Jefferson County, Kentucky. Ernest was
working as a house carpenter in 1910.
By
1920, Ernest and Martha had moved their family into a home on Mount Holly Road
in Woods, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
The house was near the home of Martha’s parents, as well as the home of
her married brother, Walter, and his family.
Ernest
and Martha separated sometime between 1922 and 1930.
In
1930, Martha and her children were living in a home on Second Street in
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. That
census lists her as divorced. However,
in the Louisville, Kentucky City Directories for 1927, 1932, and 1951, she is
listed as the widow of Ernest V. Farmer.
Ernest
Vale Farmer died on July 15, 1958 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was buried in the Mount Holly Cemetery in Fairdale, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Ernest was 74 years old at his death.
Martha
Charlotte Armstrong Farmer died on August 17, 1965 in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Kentucky. She was buried in the
Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. Her
grave is near that of her son, Robert.
Martha was 82 years old at her death.
Notes
for Ernest Vale Farmer
Birth & Residence in 1900: Year: 1900; Census Place:
Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 533; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0155;
FHL microfilm: 1240533. Ancestry.com.
1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Marriage: Ancestry.com. Kentucky,
Marriage Records, 1852-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:
Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910).
Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives,
Frankfort, Kentucky.
Residence in 1910: Year: 1910; Census Place:
Magisterial District 3, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T624_483; Page: 3B;
Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1374496. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Residence in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place:
Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T625_578; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 28;
Image: 268. Ancestry.com. 1920 United
States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Death:
Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky,
Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky
Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of
Information Systems.
Notes
for Martha Charlotte Armstrong
Birth & Residence in 1900: Year: 1900; Census Place:
Woods, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 533; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0155;
FHL microfilm: 1240533. Ancestry.com.
1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Residence in 1930: Year: 1930; Census Place:
Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: 756; Page: 4A; Enumeration District:
0087; Image: 214.0; FHL microfilm: 2340491.
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
City Directories: Ancestry.com. U.S. City
Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2011.
Death & Burial: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A
Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:
Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi;
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