George Hope Farrow

Role: Son of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch)
Born: 1 November 1872 — Finniss, Alexandrina Council, South Australia
Died: 3 May 1919 (aged 46) — Yorketown Isolation Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Cause of death: Pneumonic (Spanish) influenza
Buried: Pink Lake Cemetery, Yorketown, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Spouse: Caroline Stanton (1872–1941) — m. 1895

Family

Relation	Name
Father	Charles Farrow (~1836–1884)
Mother	Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916)
Wife	Caroline Stanton (1872–1941)

Children (all Farrow, b. South Australia)

Child	Lifespan
Merle Hope Farrow	1896–1979 (m. Durward)
Bruce Hope Farrow	1898–1954
Frank Alister Hope Farrow	1904–1960
Geoffrey Stanton Farrow	1907–1953
Kathleen Mary Farrow	1909–1988 (m. Riddle)

Siblings: Jane Murray Farrow (1857–1934, m. Stribling), Charles Farrow (1865–1936), Amy Farrow Stribling (1868–1945), Mary Bayes Farrow (1875–1938, m. Lillecrapp), plus others.

Life Summary

George Hope Farrow was the son of Charles Farrow (d. 1884) and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (d. 1916). He was born at Finniss, in the Alexandrina Council district of South Australia, on 1 November 1872. At the time of his death he was living at Grosvenor-street, Glandore (a suburb of Adelaide).

He married Caroline Stanton in 1895; the couple had five children, born between 1896 and 1909.

George Hope Farrow died on 3 May 1919 at the Yorketown Isolation Hospital, on the Yorke Peninsula, during the 1918–19 influenza pandemic. His death notices recorded that he died "of pneumonic influenza" aged 47, and that he was interred at Yorketown. He was buried at Pink Lake Cemetery, Yorketown.

Newspaper References

Death notice — 5 May 1919

"FARROW.—On the 3rd May, at Yorketown, of pneumonic influenza, George Hope Farrow, of Grosvenor-street, Glandore, beloved husband of C. Farrow, aged 47 years. (Interred at Yorketown)."

Source: Trove — Family Notices, 5 May 1919 (article 210592130) and Trove — article 62199516 — accessed 1 August 2026

Sources

Find a Grave: George Hope Farrow (1872–1919) — Memorial 196572529 — birth 1 Nov 1872 Finniss SA, death 3 May 1919 Yorketown, buried Pink Lake Cemetery; family links (parents, spouse, children, siblings); cause of death — accessed 1 August 2026

Trove newspaper: Family Notice, 5 May 1919 (article 210592130) and article 62199516 — death notice, "of pneumonic influenza … aged 47 years" — accessed 1 August 2026

Ozburials.com — Yorketown Cemetery transcription: "FARROW, George Hope. 3 May 1919. Aged 40 years." Independently confirms the death date and Yorketown burial, though it records age 40 (in conflict with the 46/47 recorded elsewhere — see