Fifth Generation

26. Capt. George Valentine Farnham was born on 14 February 1827 in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).^{5,35,134,135,136,137,138} He was educated Bowdoin College in 1842.⁸⁹ He did not graduate from Bowdoin College. He lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1842.⁸⁹ George lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1850.¹³⁹ On 5 September 1850 he was a teacher in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).¹³⁹ Living with mom and dad. In 1860 he was an expressman in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).¹³⁸ George lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.¹³⁸ He died on 18 November 1863 at the age of 36 in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).^{15,35,134,136,140} He was a Tailor.¹³⁶ Lucy Jane Duran and Capt. George Valentine Farnham were married on 2 October 1853 in Yarmouth, Maine (Cumberland).^{35,89,134,141}

27. Lucy Jane Duran^89,142 was born about 1833.^35,142,143 She lived in Gray, Maine (Cumberland) in July 1850.¹⁴² She lived with the William and Nancy Berry family in Gray, Maine (Cumberland) on 19 July 1850.¹⁴⁴ Lucy lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.¹⁴³ Jane's parents strictly supposition based on the following:

Jerusha Duran, age 50, living with George V. Farnham's family at 1860 census. Birth about 1810. Is Lucy Jane's mother Jerusha? Jerusha being a widowed woman? There was a Jerusha Berry who married a Matthew Duran born 25 Jun 1814 in Pownal.

Widow Jerusha (Berry) Duran was living with George and Jane Farnham in 1860.

Children were:

	i.	Sarah Ella Farnham was born on 19 January 1854 in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).^{5,35,88,89,90,143} The birth certificate lists the mother as Lucy although town records list Jane Duran as mother - really confusing - father, George, died just before birth of last child. The last 2 children born, Minnie and Lizzie, list Jane as mother on their birth certificates! Age 6 at 1860 census. She lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.¹⁴³ Name Sarah A. on 1860 census. Sarah Ella on her birth record.
	ii.	Carrie Annie Farnham was born on 15 January 1856 in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).^{5,35,88,89,90,143} The birth certificate lists the mother as Lucy although town records list Jane Duran as mother - really confusing - father, George, died just before birth of last child. The last 2 children born, Minnie and Lizzie, list Jane as mother on their birth certificates! Age 4 at 1860 census. She lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.¹⁴³
	iii.	Emily Jane Farnham was born on 2 December 1858 in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).^{5,35,88,89,90,143} 2 Dec 1858 birth per The New England Descendants of the immigrant Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England and Ipswich, Massachusetts. 2 Dec per birth record. Age 2 at 1860 census. She lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.¹⁴³
	iv.	Georgia M. Farnham was born on 19 December 1859 in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).^{35,88,89,90,143} Age 6 months at 1860 census. She lived in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1860.¹⁴³ She lived with the Charles E. Odlin family. in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland) in 1870.¹⁴⁵ Age 11 at 1870 census.
13	v.	Minnie E. Farnham-1918.
	vi.	Lizzie Maria Farnham was born on 25 April 1864 in Gorham, Maine (Cumberland).^{5,35,88,89,90} The birth certificate lists the mother as Jane, town records list Jane Duran as mother - father, George, died just before birth of last child. The first 4 children born list Lucy as mother on their birth certificates!