Last Updated : 1 May 2011

John William Furby married Margaret Thompson on Christmas Day in 1903. Their son also named John William Furby (the older boy on the above photo) was born in 1907 and another son, named George Jellicoe Furby (younger boy in the above photo) was born around 1917. Sadly, Margaret died aged only 38 years while still expecting another child, a girl, in 1919. The above photo shows John William senior wearing his Royal Navy uniform and a hat labelled "HMS Alecto". He served on this ship for two periods between August 17th, 1917 and February 19th, 1919.