My great grandfathers brothers Tom Archer Umpleby (standing far left) and John (sitting far left) were Salavation Army members during the war. Unfortunately Tom died of tuberculosis when he was 25. The Umpleby Family had three farms in the area, California Farm and Primrose Hill, I can’t remember the other farm name.
Photograph and details courtesy of Jacqueline Lewis.
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Oh I got that wrong sorry Tom Archer lived to be 96. His brother Herbert Henry son Tom Archer died at 16 of Tuberculosis.
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First World War presumably?
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I worked on the Umpleby farm near Thorpe in about 1965.
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Can you tell me the name of that Farm Frank Corking I know they owned three Farms primrose Hill Farm and California Farm but I’m not sure of the name of the third Farm have been trying to find out
Thank you
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My Aunt Jennie was married to a Umpleby. Sandra Dover Rotherham
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Hi Frank could you remember the name of the farm at all
Regards Jacqui
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Mr & Mrs Umpleby were long-standing SA members, and when I was a Junior Soldier in the mid-late 1950s and into the 60s, they faithfully sat in the congregation every Sunday. Their daughter Joan became an SA officer, and married Colonel Lewis, and then soldiered at one of the Middlesbrough Corps. Connection here to the writer of this post, no doubt. Stuart Leed
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I’m not sure where Joan fits into this family as I haven’t come across Joan Umpleby yet.
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