"Ernie" Ernest FARRELL
Born 1881 [519]
Son of Edward FARRELL and Elizabeth INGHIEL [519]
He is believed to have arrived at the Bendictine Monastery's Mission in New Norcia with his parents on 21 May 1895 [519]
Baptised at the Benedictine Monastery in New Norcia on 11 August 1895 [519]
In both 1898 and 1899 he was recorded as living at the Benedictine Monastery's New Norcia Mission [519]
Married Mary EGAN on 19 February 1900 at Holy Trinity Church in New Norcia [519]
His wife was also known as Mary WILLIGAN and Mary HIGGINS [15]
Their daughter Rose passed away at the age of two years in Mogumber in 1905 [15]
He was a member of a New Norcia cricket team of Aboriginal men who visited Perth in 1906 to play three matches [81: 18-Mar-1906]
Member of the New Norcia Mission Cricket Club in 1908-09, 1913-14 and 1917-18 [9: 25-Dec-1908, 3-Apr-1914] [390: 11-May-1918]
He could be the "E. Farrell" who was a member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in May 1914 [9: 1-May-1914]
Member of the Marbro Cricket Club in 1914-15 and 1915-16 [9: 20-Nov-1914] [10: 26-Nov-1915]
Member of the Victoria Plains Cricket Club in 1915-16 and 1916-17 [10: 18-Feb-1916, 13-Apr-1917]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club 1920-1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928] [9: 23-Jan-1920, 9-Mar-1923, 19-Nov-1926]
He had the Club's best batting average by a long margin and was also the Club's second best bowler in 1927 [4: 19-Mar-1927]
His wife gave birth to their daughter Mary Mercy in Mingenew in 1921 [15]
In 1923 he was recognised as the best umpire for the season in the North Midlands Football Association [9: 17-Aug-1923]
He was one of two Central Umpires appointed for the North Midlands Football Association in 1924 [9: 4-Jul-1924]
He umpired the football match between Arrino and Three Springs in Three Springs on Sunday 22 June 1924 [9: 27-Jun-1924]
It was reported that he had a very hard task umpiring the match and that "all players were well satisfied with his exhibition" [9]
His wife Mary passed away in Geraldton in 1950 [15]
Father of "Patrick" Placido, Rose, Maud, Arthur, Edward, Rosey, Maitland Joseph, James Paul, Mary Mercy, and May Frances [15]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Ernest Farrell' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 1 May 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/ernest-farrell [reference list] |
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