David Farrell emigrated to Canada from Dublin during the 1840’s
or 1850’s with a brother, John, and sister, Ellen. David’s religious
affiliation changed from Catholic to Baptist when he met and married
Sarah Dow. This caused a rift in the family as John remained Catholic.
Apparently Farrell’s owned a chain of men’s clothing stores in
Ireland, Wales, and England. Another snippet of the Farrell family
history has the father of David, John, and Ellen involved in some
misdeed in Ireland which led to the three children emigrating.
Like so many stories, this has not been confirmed. No one knows
the father’s name although Glenna Myles, granddaughter of George
Farrell and Ada (Cropley) Farrell found the death record for a
George Farrell in Dublin who had several sons, including one named
David. [Source: Lawrence Farrell
DAVID FARRELL was born in Ireland in 1827 and died in New Brunswick
in 1895. He married SARAH DOW April 27, 1857 at Howard Settlement
(Canterbury). They had nine children, the oldest being STEPHEN.
STEPHEN DAVID FARRELL was born in Fosterville, New Brunswick May 25, 1858 and died
there on July 18, 1933. He had eleven children with his wife,
IDA VERONA CROPLEY. My grandfather, CECIL RHODES FARRELL (born
February 15, 1900 in Fosterville) was one of the eleven. He married
EVA ANNIE McQUEEN on August 14, 1921 in British Columbia. He died
of cancer in Armstrong, B.C. April 1, 1977.
RICHARD CROPLEY was born at North Shields, England, about seven
miles from Newcastle. As it was a seaport, he probably went to
sea early where he became a ship’s carpenter. Richard came to
Canada about 1811 where he met MARY FOSTER. The Fosters, of Scottish
descent, lived at Albert County in the Moncton area. Richard and
Mary were married about 1812 and moved to York County. [Source:
Lawrence Farrell]
One of Richard and Mary’s children was JAMES CROPLEY( born January
2, 1824; died December 28, 1900). His wife was MARY ELIZABETH
(born September 12, 1842 or 1844; died March 10, 1909). IDA VERONA
CROPLEY (1866 - 1939) was their daughter.
DAVID DOW [no birth or death dates] was born in Methuen, Massachusetts.
He married his second wife, MARY BROWN [parents: CALEB BROWN of
Bradford, Mass. and ELIZABETH] April 10, 1744 in Salem, Mass.
Mary was born January 9, 1725. They had four children.
ENOCH DOW was the oldest of David & Mary’s children. He was born
November 26, 1744 in Methuen, Mass. He had ten children with his
wife, RUTH NORTON, with the oldest being JESSE.
JESSE DOW (1772 - 1867) married MARY TIDLEY (died March 27, 1869)
on March 25, 1802. They had fourteen children, including SOLOMON
(the oldest).
SOLOMON DOW was born (1802) and died (1895) in Dow Settlement
(Canterbury), New Brunswick. His wife, MARTHA WRIGHT (1816 - 1882),
was also from Canterbury. SARAH was the second of their thirteen
children.
SARAH DOW (born September 29, 1835 in Howard Settlement, Canterbury,
N.B.; died 1917, Fosterville, N.B.) married DAVID FARRELL on April
27, 1857.