14 Aug 2026                   
             Husband: Eric Bruce Farmer  1  
                Born:  8 May 1917          in West Ham, London  2,3
                Died: Aug 1984             in Southend, Essex  2,4
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Ida Elsie B Defoe  1   
        Married name: Ida Elsie B Farmer 
             Married: 1939                 in Essex  5
                Born: 24 Oct 1914          in Walthamstow, London  6,2
                Died: Feb 2002             in Southend, Essex  7
              Father: Herbert William Defoe   (1882 - 1954) 
              Mother: Ida Lillian Pountney   (1885 - 1956) 
 1  M  Geoffrey Eric Farmer                                     |   Born: 31 Dec 1946 Hertfordshire 8,3
                                                                |   Died: 1971 Essex 1,7
 2  M  Alistair J Farmer                                        |   Born: (details excluded)  
   sp. Patricia M Nightingale                                   |Married:   2,5
       Born: (details excluded) Died: 

Sources:
(1) Elizabeth Orme pers. com. 
(2) Peter Defoe via GenesReunited website. 
(3) Death record. 
(4) GRO index. 
(5) Ancestry Marriage Index. 
(6) Kim Brackenbury pers. com. 
(7) Ancestry Death Index. 
(8) Ancestry Birth Index. 

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Updated 14 Aug 2026

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