The Australia 1 (Birregurra) Line

Hawthorne, Birregurra

The genealogy of the line of Farndales, descended from Matthew Farndale and Hannah Thompson, who emigrated to Australia in 1852

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The Farndale Story The story of one family’s journey through two thousand years of British History

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Related Family Stories The story of the Bakers of Highfields, the Chapmans, and other related families

This webpage comprises the genealogical family tree of the Australia 1 Line and then summarises the deeper ancestry of this line of the Farndales.

Introduction

Matthew Farndale was the first Farndale to emigrate to Australia on 8 October 1852. We know very little about Matthew's life at Kilton . He would be brought up on the farm, go to school in the village or possibly at Brotton and go to church regularly. His parents were churchgoers and about the turn of the century became Methodists. Matthew Farndale, aged 59, his wife Hannah Farndale, formerly Thompson, aged 45, his daughter Elizabeth Farndale aged 19 (FAR00323) and his daughter Mary Ann Martin (nee Farndale) (FAR00313) aged 23 left Southampton on ‘The Argo’ (967 tons) on 8 Oct 1852. They arrived in Melbourne Australia on 19 January 1853, a journey of 103 days or some three months.

Although there are no Farndale descendants of Matthew’s two daughters, there are many descended from this line including the Martin family, the Asplands, the Sitlingtons, the Parkinsons and the Smiths.

The Family Tree

The family tree is colour coded to show the flow of relationships between individuals. You can also follow the hyperlinks in brown text to link directly to other related family lines and the hyperlink in blue text to reach the webpage of each individual, where you can read about their lives in more detail.

					The Kilton 1 Line	William Thompson Married Ann Garbutt (1778 to 1837)
		John Martin 1788 to 1864 Married Susanna Robinson (1796 to 1852) Sowerby, Great Ayton			Matthew Farndale 3 November 1793 to 8 August 1884 Married Hannah Thompson Farmer at Kilton and Kildale who emigrated to Australia Kilton, Brotton, Birregurra, Australia FAR00225	Hannah Thompson 1808 to 1892
	Robinson Martin 1825	Wilson Martin 1834	William John Martin 5 May 1829 to 26 May 1888	Mary Ann Farndale 6 April 1831 to 20 January 1923 Kilton and Kildale and then Birregurra, Colac, Campertown (Victoria, Australia) Married William John Martin FAR00313		Elizabeth Farndale 5 April 1832 to 24 October 1918 Married William Danby in 1859 Kilton and Kildale, then Birregurra, Colac, Victoria, Australia FAR00323
						Elizabeth Darby 1869
Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa Martin 19 December 1853 to 26 July 1946 Born 11 months after the family arrived in Melbourne Married William Aspland (1852 to 1908) on 30 August 1876 Camperdown	Marion Amelia Susanna Martin 15 September 1856 to 1951 Married Alex James Sitlington who worked in a shop	Anna Maria Martin 1855 Married Thomas Parkinson, dentist of Portland No family	William John Matthew Martin 16 May 1860 to 7 November 1942 Married Irene Erlandson Wilby	Alfred Miro Vitiricus Martin 13 July 1863 to 28 June 1953 Married Annie Fraser (1862 to 1930) Wilby, Birregurra	Ada Melinda Martin 2 September 1864 to 5 November 1947 Married Horatio Smith, a jeweller of Camperdown		Mary Matilda Martin (“Tilly”) 20 April 1867 to 11 March 1944		Martin Edgar (“Edgar”) Martin 18 September 1869 to 1952 House decorator Married Eleanor (“Elly”) Pigdon Yarrawonga
	Go under		Go under	Go under	Go under				Go under
Percy Poole Aspland 1877 to 1968 Cabinet maker, keen gardener Married Mary Love in 1925 Camperdown	Ethel Marion Aspland 5 July 1878 to 5 July 1955 Married Maurice McMahon (1877 to 1968)	Nellie Eliza Aspland 18 January 1880 to 5 May 1974 Married Walter (“Walt”) Oakley on 26 April 1905	Hilda Mary Aspland 30 August 1881 to 4 March 1970 Married F Lloyd Holmes	Alice Amy Aspland 27 April 1853 to 5 September 1883	Alfred Herbert Aspland 30 January 1885 Married Mary A Knight	Ada Rebecca Aspland 30 September 1886 to 14 May 1955 Married William T Fisher	Lesley James Aspland 9 April 1890 to 15 July 1967 Married Phyllis N Mutch	Clarice Middleton Aspland 10 September 1893 to 27 June 1976 Married David W Brooke	Doris Jean Aspland 15 August 1896 to 2 September 1981 Married Arthur W Woodmason
	From Marion Sitlington		From William Martin	From Alfred Martin	From Ada Smith				Go under
					Go under				From Edgar Martin
		Go under		Eva Martin	Edgar Martin	Alfred Alexander Glenne Martin 1892 to 29 November 1952 Married Mayflower Pearce	Finlay Fraser Martin D 25 August 1971 Married Nellie Anora Gaulway	Ellinor Ivy Marion Martin 1898 to 1898 Alfred Milton Martin	Wilson Martin
	Irene Sitlington	Alex Sitlington Killed in World War 1	John Erland Martin 1898 to 21 December 1965 Married Doris Linda Burrows	Allan Eugene Farndale Martin 1907 to 9 November 1995	From Ada Smith
		From Nellie Oakley		Harold Farndale Smith 1890 to 10 April 1910	Horatio Randal Smith 17 August 1891 to 11 September 1983 Married Winifred E Edwards	Nellie or Nelly Smith 1894 to 1919	Elizabeth Eileen Smith 1895 to 1988	Allan Lawrence Smith 1896 to 6 April 1897	Victor Martin Smith 1902
	Reginald Oakley	Lynda Oakley	Lorraine Oakley	Evelyn Oakley	Allen Oakley	Clarissa Oakley			From Doris Woodmason
								Joan Albut Woodmason 27 January 1927 Married John P Dunstan, a dairy farmer
						John Dunstan	Stuart Dunstan	Rowena Dunstan	Elwynne Dunstan

If you are subscribed to Ancestry you can also visit the Farndale Family Tree on Ancestry, which links the whole family together.

The Deeper Ancestry of the Australia 1 Line

The matrix below will transport descendants of the Australia 1 Line into a personal journey into their deep ancestry. It is an extract of the Farndale Story which is bespoke for the Australia 1 Line descendants. It will take you back to the earliest history of our ancestors and each box will transport you to a more detailed narrative to unlock your history.

			Kirkdale Cave A Time Machine to a different era of geological time in the heart of our ancestral home
			The Primeval Swamp The Iron Age, Bronze Age, Neolithic, and Mesolithic evidence of the people of the immediate vicinity to Farndale
Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough) The Roman Regional Capital of the lands around Kirkdale	Hovingham A Roman Villa on palatial scale just south of Kirkdale	Beadlam A Roman Villa only 2km from Kirkdale in the heart of our ancestral lands	Roman Kirkdale 71 CE to 580 CE The lands which would become the lands of Kirkdale and Chirchebi in Roman and Pagan times	The Roman Arm Purse A Roman arm purse which can be seen in the British Museum in London today, found in about the second century CE by a cairn overlooking Farndale, which will transport you back 2,000 years	Eboracum (York) The Roman Capital of northern England where Constantine was proclaimed Emperor
			Anglo Saxon Kirkdale 560 CE to 793 CE Kirkdale and the Chirchebi Estate in the Anglo Saxon Period	Anglo Saxon Kirkdale Kirkdale from its founding in about 685 CE to the beginning of the Scandinavian period in about 800 CE	Eoforwic (York) Deirian and Northumbrian York, a political, cultural and educational Hub on the European stage The Deira The people who dominated our ancestral lands	Alcuin and the birth of modern education The world of Ecgbert and Aethelbert, successors to Bede, and their pupil Alcuin, who took York’s powerhouse of knowledge to the court of Charlemagne to pioneer the European educational system
		Orm Gamalson The powerful figure at the heart of the aristocracy, who rebuilt Kirkdale and put our ancestral lands firmly onto the national political stage	Scandinavian Kirkdale 793 CE to 1066 Kirkdale and the Chirchebi Estate in the Scandinavian Period	Anglo-Saxon-Scandinavian Kirkdale Kirkdale in the Anglo-Saxon-Scandinavian period from about 800 CE to 1066, with a brief summary of its history through to 1500	Jorvik (York) The Scandinavian centre of northern England	The Kirkdale Sundial A unique treasure whose secrets transport us into the world of the eleventh century upon which you can stare today, imagining direct ancestors who did the same a thousand years ago
		Norman Domination Regime Change	Game of Thrones 1066 to 1200 The People of the Kirkbymoorside (“Chirchebi”) Estate after the Norman Conquest	Rievaulx Abbey This history of the Cistercian monastery of Rievaulx, in whose Chartulary the name Farndale was first recorded in 1154
The Pathfinders Our Pioneer ancestors who left Farndale but took its name to settle in new places	Poachers of Pickering Forest Tales of a surprisingly large number of our forebears who were poachers in Pickering Forest. Their archery skills would foretell the legends of Robin Hood and the English army at Agincourt	Medieval Farming Rural lifestyles from the Norman Conquest	The First Family Tree A model which relies on extensive medieval evidence, to suggest the most probable family tree of the earliest ancestors of the Farndales	The Cradle Thirteenth Century Farndale Clearing the dale to build our new home	The Story of Farndale to 1500 The story of the dale of Farndale to 1500, to accompany the family story	Medieval Warfare Tales of archers and men at arms who fought with Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V and an observation post in the home of the Nevilles and Richard III from which to view the Wars of the Roses
Campsall and Barnsdale Forest The history of the village of Campsall north of Doncaster, where we find our ancestors in the sixteenth century	The History of Doncaster to 1500 The History of pre industrial Doncaster from its Roman inception as Danum to the end of the sixteenth century	The Vicar of Doncaster The Family of William Farndale, the Fourteenth Century Vicar of Doncaster	The Kirkleatham Skelton Line	Arrival in the old Bruce lands around Skelton Castle The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Families of Kirkleatham, Skelton, Moorsholm and Liverton in Cleveland	Kirkleatham A history of Kirkleatham and Wilton, the place where our family first settled in Cleveland
			The Liverton 2 Line
The Miners The family story of mining, mainly for ironstone, the primary resource behind the industrial development of Cleveland	Transition to the Industrial Revolution John Farndale, my great x2 uncle, was a prolific writer who captured the essence of the late eighteenth century and its transition into the Industrial Revolution. The family’s history provides a direct pathway to experience these years of momentous change	Brotton Old Graveyard Three generations of Kilton Farndales in one place. A side trip to nearby Boosbeck and Skelton take you to the gravestones two later generations. Take in Wensley and you’ll find two more recent generations. Seven generations of the family in one short drive	The Kilton 1 Line	The Farmers of Kilton The First Hub The story of the Kilton Farndales, a family who dominated a village, since lost to time, over two centuries	Kilton, the Lost Village The story of the lost village of Kilton and its sylvan landscape Kilton A journey around modern Kilton, of farms, a ruined castle and a small village of Kilton Thorpe to capture the essence of the two century home of Farndales	The Smugglers of Old Saltburn Stories of smugglers, led by my great x3 grandfather known as the King of the Smugglers, and the undoubted involvement of our forebears
		Pioneers The pioneering spirit that dominated the family’s story from the mid nineteenth century	The Australia 1 (Birregurra) Line	The Australians The story of Matthew Farndale and his two daughters who emigrated to Melbourne during the Australian Gold Rush and settled at Birregurra, who have left a wealth of descendants, though none still bearing the Farndale name. The story of another Australian family of the 1960s	Matthew Farndale 1793 to 1884 Matthew and Hannah Farndale and their daughters Mary and Elizabeth embarked on a 14 week voyage to Melbourne to establish a new lineage in Australia

Some notes on the Martin Family

The Third generation

Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa Aspland (nee Martin)

Elizabeth Aspland William Middleton Aspland, born 27 March 19850 (or 1852?) and died 11 July 1908. Married 1876. Photo from http://www.ozigen.com/

Elizabeth was born at Birregurra on 19 December 1853 exactly eleven months since the family landed at Melbourne after their voyage from England. She lived most of her life in Camperdown and for a while worked in the drapery department of her uncle’s *Mr Dandy) general store. She grew up a devout and devoted Methodist and on 30 August 1876 she married William Aspland. He had come from England to visit the Darbys and was a cabinet maker by trade.

Birth	19 December 1853	Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa Martin was born on Monday, 19 December 1853 at Colac, VIC, Australia^G.
		She was the daughter of William John Martin and Mary Ann Farndale.
Marriage	30 August 1876	Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa was married to William Middleton Aspland, son of James Aspland and Eliza Poole, on Wednesday, 30 August 1876 at Birregurra, VIC, Australia^G.
Marriage	30 September 1897	Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa Martin witnessed the marriage of William John Matthew Martin and Irene Erlandson on 30 September 1897 at Colac, VIC^G; by Rev. Robert Brown.^1
Death	26 June 1946	Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa Martin died on Wednesday, 26 June 1946 at Cobden, VIC, Australia^G, at age 92; (I am uncertain of this date of death. It may be 25 or 26.)^2

Source: http://www.ozigen.com/

The Asplands had ten children (7 girls and 3 boys):

· Percy Poole, born 1877 and died 1968 (scroll down to find more information about Percy)

· Ethel Marion, born 1878 and died 1955

· Nellie Eliza born 1880 and died 1974 (scroll down to find more information about Nellie)

· Hilda Mary, born 1881

· Alice Amy born 1853 and died 1883 (she was blind)

· Alfred Herbert born 1885

· Ada Rebecca born 1886 and died 1955

· Lesley James born 1890

· Clarica Middleton born 1893 and died 1976

· Doris Jean born 1896 (scroll down to find more information about Doris and her family)

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the Camperdown Chronicle, Camperdown, VIC, Australia^G

17 November 1883

Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa Martin was mentioned in an article in the Camperdown Chronicle, Camperdown, VIC, Australia^G, on Saturday, 17 November 1883 as follows: We learn that Mr. Wm. Aspland has taken the Temperance Hotel, and intends to open it for the accommodation of the public from this date. Mr. Aspland is well and favourably known in the district; tho building has been thoroughly renovated and is now roomy and convenient; and Mrs. Aspland's management will be a sufficient guarantee as to the efficient and correct conducting of the establishment. A house of this kind was wanted in the town - witness the late show time.

Source: http://www.ozigen.com/

William died on 1 July 1908 but Elizabeth lived until 14 August 1946, aged 93. They are buried at Cobden, Victoria and she represented the third generation of the Farndale descendants in Australia.

Marion Amelia Susannah Sitlington (nee Martin)

Marion was the second daughter of William and Mary Ann (nee Farndale) Martin and was born at Birregurra on 15 September 1856. We know very little about her except that she married James Sitlngton who worked in a shop. Her family were Irene and Alex. Alex was killed in action with the Australian army in World War 1.

Marion Martin

She died at Colac in 1951 aged 95.

Anna Maria Parkinson (nee Martin)

Marion was the third daughter to Mary Ann (nee Farndale) and William Martin, born on 4 August 1858 at Birregurra. She married Thomas Parkinson, a dentist of Portland, Australia. They had no family.

Anna Parkinson (nee Martin)

She died at Beechworth in May 1954 aged 95.

William John Matthew Martin whose second son was given the Christian name, Farndale

William was the first sone and fourth child of Mary Ann (nee Farndale) and William Martin and born on 16 May 1860 at Colac, Australia. He lived initially at Wilby and later took over his father’s farm in partnership with his brother, Alfred at Birregurra. See indenture in is mother’s record.

He married Irene Erlandson and they had two children, Erland Martin and Farndale Martin.

He died at Colac on 7 November 1942 aged 82.

Alfred Miro Vitericus Martin

Alfred was the second son and fifth child to Mary Ann (nee Farndale) and William Martin and born on 13 July 1863 at Birregurra, Australia. He first lived at Wilby and later, according to the indenture with the record of his mother, Mary, he jointly farmed at Birregurra.

We are not sure who he married. His family was (1) Eva; (2) Edgar; (3) Alex; and (4) Finlay.

He died at Birregurra on 30 June 1953 aged 90.

The following pictures are of Wilby where he and is brother lived for some time. He lived at Iburn Ridge and his brother at Wattle Grove. They were opposite each other. Both properties were sold many years ago, though Wattle Grove has been kept much as it was.

Ada Melinda Smith (nee Martin)

Ada was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Mary Ann (nee Farndale) and William Martin and born on 2 April 1864 at Colac. She married Horatio Smith, a jeweller of Camperdown, Victoria.

They had five children (1) Harold; (2) Nellie; (3) Ray;’ (4) Eilleen; and (5) Victor.

She died at Melbourne in 1947 aged 83.

Mary Matilda Martin (Tilly)

Tilly was born the fifrth daughter and seventh child to Mary Ann (nee Farndale) and William Martin on 20 April 1867 at Birregurra. She never married. She was always known as Tilly in the family.

She died at Ballarat on 11 March 1944 aged 77.

Martin Edgar Martin (Edgar)

Martin was born the third son and eight child to Mary Ann (nee Farndale) and William Martin on 18 September 1869 at Colac, Victoria. He married Elly. He was a house decorator at Yarrawonga. They had two children (1) Alfred Milton and (2) Wilson.

e died at Yarrawonga on 14 March 1955 aged 82.

His whole family are together in the photograph below:

The Fourth generation

Percy Poole Aspland (son of Elizabeth)

Percy was born the eldest son and first child to Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa and William Aspland in 1877 at Camperdown, Victoria.

He married Mary Ann Love in 1925 at the Methodist church in Camperdown. He was a cabinet maker, opening a business in 1903 and he retired aged 99 in 1960.

He died aged 91 at Campertown where he had spent all his life, in 1968.

Nellie Eliza Aspland

Nellie was the second daughter and third child to Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa and William Aspland and born on 18 January 1880 at Camperdown.

On 26 April 1905 she married Walter Oakley in the Camperdown Methodist church.

(photo from http://www.ozigen.com/)

They had six children (1) Reginald; (2) Lynda; (3) Lorraine; (4) Evelyn; (5) Allen; (6) Clarissa.

Both Neville and her husband Walter died in 1974, aged 94.

Doris Jean Woodmason

Photo from http://www.ozigen.com/

Joan Allbut Woodmason was the eldest daughter to Arthur and Doris Jean Woodmason, of Colac, Victoria and was born on 27 January 1927. Her mother was the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa and William Aspland (see above) who in turn was the eldest daughter of Mary Ann Martin, daughter of Matthew Farndale.

She married John P Dunstand, a dairy farmer and they had 4 children (1) John Richard born 1956; (2) Stuart Farndale, born 1958; (3) Elwynne Elizabeth born 1960 and (4) Rowena Doris born 1962.

The fifth generation

Joan Dunstan

Joan Dunstan took a great interest in the family history and has provided most of the information on this page, to my father, Martin Farndale. She is the fifth generation from Matthew Farndale.

The Dunstan family on 1 June 1979 at Stuart’s 21^st birthday party.

John (22) Stuart (21)

Jack Rowena (17)

Joan Elwynne (19)

The Dunstan Family June 1983

Elwynne, Jack, Joan, Stuart (on their return to Australia after three years in England)

Postscript