Jane Farndale
23 January 1831 (baptised) to 13 December
1869 (buried)
FAR00310
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Jane married into
the Darwin family, and has many descendants, but died when she was 38.
I am very
grateful to Shelly Darwin for putting me right on some details about Jane
Farndale and for sharing the history of her Darwin ancestors.
Stainton, Middlesbrough
1831
Jane
Farndale, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (nee Appleton) Farndale, (FAR00229) labourer, was baptised
at Stainton on 23 January 1831 (Stainton PR).
When
Jane Farndale was born in 1831, her father, Henry, was 36 and their mother,
Elizabeth nee Appleton, was 33.
Great Ayton
1841
Census
1841 -
Great Ayton:
Henry Farndale (FAR00229), 45, ag lab, born in
York (ie 1796).
Elizabeth Farndale, 45, born in York (ie 1796)
Jane Farndale,10, born in York (ie 1831).
Robert Farndale (FAR00326), 7, born in York (ie 1834).
1852
Jane Farndale married Benjamin Darwin at Stokesley
District in 1852 (GRO Vol 9d page 841). Probably the marriage
was at Great Ayton, in the Stokesley District. It is believed the marriage was
on 4 December 1852.
Benjamin
Darwin, was the son of Benjamin Darwin and Elizabeth Blumer. Benjamin Junior
was the eldest of 6 siblings.
Benjamin
and Jane had seven children.
1853
Mary
Elizabeth Darwin was baptised at Great Ayton on 6 February 1853 (Great
Ayton PR).
1855
Margaret
Darwin was baptised at Great Ayton on 23 September 1855 (Great
Ayton PR).
1856
William
Darwin was baptised at Great Ayton on 29 November 1856 (Great
Ayton PR).
William
married Jane Joplin in 1882. William and Jane had a daughter Ethel Margaret
Darwin who married William Hutchinson.
1859
By 1859,
Benjamin Darwin was working as a miller.
Jane
Ann Darwin was baptised at Great Ayton on 9 January 1859 (Great
Ayton PR).
New Linthorpe, Middlesbrough
1860
Oliver Darwin later
wrote:
BEGINNINGS IN
LANDS OLD AND NEW.
August 3rd, 1860,
in the village of Great Ayton at the foot of Roseberry hill, said to be the
highest hill in Yorkshire, England, and famed as the place where Captain Cook
received his education. When I was five years of age my parents moved to New
Linthorpe, a suburb of the industrial town of
Middlesbrough, where my mother died when I was eight years of age, leaving
a family of five girls and three boys. My eldest sister at 16 years of age
assumed the duties of mother to her family. Although she performed the
household duties with marked efficiency, she was unable to control the energies
or discipline the rest of the family. Here, I attended the public school, the
only schooling I had, and left before reaching the end of Grade 1.
I was blessed
with a strong, healthy body which made me appear older than most boys of my
age. When nine years old, I went to work on a farm, making bands for binding
sheets. After this, I worked in a brickyard, when bricks were made by hand, and
laid on the ground in rows to dry. I worked at several other jobs, until at 17
years of age, I was employed in the steelworks at Wolsingham
in the county of Durham, as a blacksmith, and continued at this work for
several years.
At this time I had contracted bad habits of
life which took me a long way on the road leading to destruction. I was nearing
a dangerous precipice when a fellow worker named Langdale, one Sunday morning
met me and asked me to go with him to Sunday School. More for ridicule than
reform I consented. The lesson for the day was from the gospel according to
saint john, chapter 3, 1-16, the golden text being the last verse...
1861
Oliver
Darwin was baptised at Great Ayton on 1 January 1861 (Great
Ayton PR).
Oliver
was listed in the 1861 census at 8 months old. He lived to be over 100, moved to
Canada and was in contact with Shelly’s grandfather. They were both clergymen.
Shelly has copies of letters from him signed Uncle Oliver and had a copy of his
book, also signed Uncle Oliver. In the book he wrote that his mother died when
he was 8 years old.
1861
Census –
Nunthorpe (Middlesborough)
Benjamin
Darwin, married, 27, a miller
Jane
Darwin, wife, 28 years old (this would give her a birth date in 1833, but may
be an error). She is shown as born at Ingleby Barwick, which is near Stainton,
so this seems consistent.
Mary
Darwin, aged 8
William
Darwin, aged 5
Jane
A Darwin aged 2
Oliver
Darwin, aged 8 months
Elizabeth
Farndale, aged 32. In other words born in about 1829. But this seems consistent
with it being Jane’s sister, Elizabeth Farndale (FAR000291) born in 1826.
Elizabeth was a dress maker. But I need to do more work to reconcile with
Elizabeth Farndale, born 1829 (FAR000306)
who may be the same Elizabeth.
1862
Eliza
Darwin was baptised at Great Ayton on 2 November 1862 (Great
Ayton PR).
1863
Benjamin
Darwin was baptised at Great Ayton on 10 December 1863 (Great
Ayton PR).
1869
Jane Darwin (nee Farndale) died in the last quarter of 1869. She was buried at
Linthorpe, near Stockton on Tees on 13 December 1869 (Yorkshire
Burials). She was aged 38.
In the book
Oliver Darwin wrote that his mother died when he was 8 years old. You can
access the book for free here https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0380978.
1871
1871
Census, 110 South Street, Stokesley
Benjamn
Darwin, now a widower, miller, aged 38
Mary
Darwin, aged 18, servant out place
Jane
A Darwin aged 12
Oliver
Darwin, aged 10
Eliza,
8
Benjamin,
7
Sarah,
2
Emily,
1
