The South Shields 2 Line

The genealogy of a line of Farndales, descended from John Willie Farndale and Elizabeth Todd

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This webpage comprises the genealogical family tree of the South Shields 2 Line and then summarises the deeper ancestry of this line of the Farndales.

John Willie Farndale was born in Barrow in Furness and by 1901 he was a telephone assistant there. He married Elizabeth Todd in 1903 and by 1905 they had moved to Jarrow, where his first son was born. He became a labourer and fitter in Jarrow. He died in 1936. His family were in Jarrow at the time of the Jarrow marches in 1936.

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 Great Ayton 2 Line
					John Willie Farndale 1883 to 1931 Married Elizabeth Todd in 1903 Telephone assistant, labourer Barrow in Furness, Jarrow on Tyne, South Shields FAR00591
Thomas Farndale 1905 to 1914 Died aged 10 Jarrow, South Shields FAR00732	Joseph Farndale 16 March 1907 to 1987 Painter Married (Rose) Margaret Lakin in 1931 Jarrow, Hammersmith, Fulham, London FAR00739	Elizabeth Farndale 1909 to ? Jarrow, South Shields FAR00758	William Farndale 1911 to 1911 Died aged 0 South Shields FAR00770	James Farndale 26 April 1912 to 28 August 1998 Jarrow, Hammersmith, Thurrock FAR00778A	Emily Farndale 1914 to 1918 Died aged 4 FAR00802	Margaret Louisa Farndale 1917 to 17 November 1996 Jarrow on Tyne, South Shields FAR00838	John William Farndale (“Newcastle Johnny”) 5 March 1919 to April 1986 The youngest of the 185 Jarrow Marchers, October 1936 Married Catherine Slater in 1947 Jarrow on Tyne FAR00854	George Farndale 17 March 1921 to 2006 Married nee Gilligan in 1944 South Shields, Middlesbrough, Fulham, Lambeth, Croydon FAR00871	Barbara Farndale 1922 Married Harry Taylor in 1941 South Shields, Heywood, Lancashire FAR00877	William Farndale 1925 to 1949 Married Ada Armstrong in 1947 South Shields FAR00893	Janet C Farndale 1928 to 1954 Married Alfred George Barwick on 16 August 1947 South Shields FAR00906
	The London 4 Line			The London 2 Line				The London 3 Line
John William Farndale 1 October 1900 Born prior to John’s marriage to Elizabeth in 1903? Jarrow FAR00699B									Catherine Farndale (maiden name Ditchburn) 18 March 1919 to 1966 Must have married a Farndale in Newcastle. Most likely one of these brothers. Widowed by 1939 but probably married a Farndale after that FAR00864		Georgina Farndale 1897 to 1897 South Shields FAR00679
							Raymond Farndale 1951 Married Vivien Beckwith in 1976 and later Andrea Mason Newcastle FAR01050			Denise Farndale 1948 Married Michael Wood in 1968 Newcastle, Middleton, Lancashire FAR01020
	William Farndale 1947 to 1947 Died aged 0 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01013	James Farndale 1948 Quadruplet Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01022	John William Farndale 1948 Quadruplet Married Ann Corcoran in 1967 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01023	Janet Camelia Farndale 1948 to 1948 Died aged 0 Quadruplet Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01025	Joseph W Farndale 1948 Quadruplet Newcastle upon Tyne, Chester le Street FAR01026	Marion Farndale 1948 Married Vincent Brady in 1977 Newcastle, Middlesbrough FAR01028	Margaret E Farndale 1949 Married James Drummond in 1993 Newcastle, Northumberland FAR01039	George William Farndale 1950 Married Louise Rutherford in 1977 Newcastle, Gateshead FAR01040	Sydney Farndale 1952 Newcastle FAR01057	Roy Farndale 1954 Newcastle FAR01065 Possibly the William Line?
Raymond John Farndale 1975 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01210	Donna Marie Farndale 1977 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01215	Andrea Danielle Farndale 1982 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01241	James John Farndale 1969 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01164	Charlotte Irene Farndale 1970 Newcastle upon Then FAR01174	Catherine Rose Farndale 1969 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01162	John William Farndale 1970 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01179	Lorraine Catherine Farndale 1972 Married Stephen Todd in 1992 Newcastle upon Tyne, Cleveland FAR01193	Wendy Catherine Farndale 1975 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01208	George William Farndale 1975 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01209	Stephen William Farndale 1978 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01219A	Julie Anne Farndale 1969 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01168
Jonathan Farndale 1981 MMN Farndale Gateshead FAR01233	Dean James Farndale 1987 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01270	Gary Lee J Farndale 1988 MMN Farndale Newcastle Upon Tyne FAR01274	Danielle Ann Farndale 1990 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01288	Daniel Robert W Farndale 1991 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01294	Jade Angela Farndale 1994 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR001316	Jordan Anthony Farndale 1994 MMN Farndale FAR01319	Jenna Linda Farndale 1996 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01329	Jamie Edward Farndale 1997 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01338	Connor Dylan Farndale 1998 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne, Wallsend, London FAR01342	Carmel Farndale 2002 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01365
Dylan Raymond Farndale 2002 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01367	Hydie Maryrose Farndale 2002 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01369	Alan Farndale 2004 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01379	Ellie Farndale 2004 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01381	Katie Emma Farndale 2004 MMN Farndale Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01384		James Richard W Farndale 1981 Gateshead FAR01232	Abigail Sydney Farndale 1989 Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01279
Nicola Clare Farndale 1993 MMN Lee Gateshead FAR01312A	Matthew William Farndale 1995 MMN Lee Washington (British Armed Forces Overseas) Twin FAR01320A	Sarah Clarissa Farndale 1995 MMN Lee Washington (British Armed Forces Overseas) Twin FAR01320B	David Lee Farndale 1991 MMN Munday Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01295	Warren Lee Farndale 2002 MMN White Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01372	Charlene Lesley Farndale 1993 MMN Shaw Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01308	Georgia Lee M Farndale 1998 MMN Shaw Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01344		Jack Michael Farndale 2004 MMN Copeland Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01382	James Robert Farndale 2005 MMN Copeland Newcastle upon Tyne FAR01397

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 South Shields 2 Line

The matrix below will transport descendants of the South Shields 2 Line into a personal journey into their deep ancestry. It is an extract of the Farndale Story which is bespoke for the South Shields 2 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
George William Farndale A Comic Actor who joined the Yorkshire Mummers	The First World War The context of the First World War to the Farndale Story	The First World War Soldiers The story of the many soldiers from the family who took up arms in the First World War	The Great Ayton 2 Line	Great Ayton The story of the multiple generations of Farndales who made Great Ayton their home	Great Ayton A visit to Great Ayton where many members of the family lived, and a side trip to the James Cook Monument	Joseph Farndale 1795 to 1877 The father of a large Great Ayton family, who was a cartwright
John William Farndale (“Newcastle Johnny”) 1919 to 1986 The Youngest Jarrow Marcher in 1936	The Jarrow March 1936 The story of the Jarrow March of 1936, of which Johnny Farndale, was the youngest member	Newcastle and South Shields The many members of the family who settled in South Shields and Jarrow	The South Shields 2 Line