Iron ship builder’s clerk and later a plasterer and cement maker of Stockton who later lived in Birmingham

 

Robert Edward Farndale
17 December 1844 to 1875

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1844

 

Robert Edward Farndale, son of Robert Farndale (FAR00254), warehouseman of Stockton and Sarah Ann Farndale formerly Taylor, was born in Stockton on 17 December 1844. He was baptised in the Wesleyan/Methodist chapel of the Stockton Circuit on 2 February 1845. (Stockton PR). Robert Edward Farndale’s birth was registered at Stockton District in the first quarter of 1845 (GRO Vol 24, page 237).

 

1851

 

Census 1851 - 1, East Street, Stockton:

Robert Farndale, head; marr; age 37; grocer; born Brotton (ie 1814).

Sarah Ann Farndale, wife; marr; age 32; born Plymouth; (ie 1819).

John Henry Farndale, son; u/m; age 8; born Brotton; (ie 1843) (FAR00358).

Robert Edward Farndale, son; u/m; age 6; scholar, born Brotton; (ie 1845) (FAR00363).

Thomas William Farndale, son; u/m; age 2; born Brotton; (ie 1849) (FAR00375).

 

Also Isabela Dedley, 16 a house servant and William Nesbit, a visitor and schoolmaster.

1861

 

Census 1861 - 3, Bishopton Terrace, Stockton:

Robert Farndale, head; marr; age 47; grocer’s assistant; born Brotton (ie 1814).

Sarah Farndale, wife; marr; age 41; born Plymouth (ie 1820).

Robert Edward Farndale, son; u/m; age 16; iron ship builder’s clerk, born Stockton (ie 1845) (FAR00363).

Thomas William Farndale, son; u/m; age 13; born Stockton (ie 1848) (FAR00375).

Sarah Ann Farndale, dau; u/m; age 9; born Stockton (ie 1852) (FAR00392).

Charles Herbert Farndale, son; u/m; age 3; born Stockton (ie 1858) (FAR00413).

Mary Emily Farndale, dau; u/m; age 8m; born Stockton (ie 1860) (FAR00440).

1869

Robert Edward Farndale, aged 25, a bachelor a plasterer and cement maker of No 1 Mandle Road South, Stockton, son of Robert Farndale, a grocer, deceased, married Elizabeth Margaret Parver aged 23, a spinster of Guisborough, daughter of William Parver, a surveyor at the Wesleyan Chapel, Guisborough, on 29 December 1869. (
MC)

 

1870

 

He was a plasterer and cement maker at the time of his marriage in 1869. Indeed he must have gone into a business in cement manufacturing and carpentry in Stockton with Benjamin Burlinson, which business was liquidated in 1870.

 

12 April 1870, London Gazette: The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the County Court of Durham, holden at Stockton on Tees and Middlesbrough. In the matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Benjamin Burlinson and Robert Edward Farndale, of South Stockton, in the county of York, cement manufacturers, Co partners in trade. Notice is hereby given, that a first general meeting of the creditors of the above named persons has been summoned to be held at Rastrick's hotel, in South Stockton aforesaid, on the 21st day of April, 1870, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon precisely. Dated this 5th day of April, 1870. T H Draper, attorney for the said Debtor.

 

6 May 1870, London Gazette: the Bankruptcy Act 1869. The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the county court of Durham, holden at Stockton on Tees and Middlesbrough. In the matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Benjamin Burlinson and Robert Edward Farndale, of South Stockton, in the county of York, cement manufacturers, Co partners in trade. Notice is hereby given that the first general meeting of the separate creditors of the above named Robert Edward Farndale have been summoned to be held at the offices of Mr J H Draper, in Stockton on Tees, on the 16th day of May, 1870, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon precisely. Dated this 29th day of April, 1870. J H Draper, Stockton on Tees, Attorneys for the said Debtor.

 

The Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser on 14 April 1870 reported: Benjamin Burlinson and Robert Edward Farndale, South Stockton, Yorkshire, cement manufacturers, co-partners in trade. Creditors meet at Ratrick’s Hotel, South Stockton, 21st April, at eleven forenoon. …

 

Entry from the Official Gazette, 8 July 1870: The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the county court of Durham, holden at Stockton on Tees and Middlesbrough. In the matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with creditors, instituted by Benjamin Burlinson and Robert Edward Farndale, of South Stockton, in the county of York, cement manufacturers, Co partners in trade. Notice is hereby given that the first general meeting of the separate creditors of the above named Robert Edward Farndale have been summoned to be held at the offices of Mr J H Draper, in Stockton on Tees, on the 16th day of May, 1870, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon precisely. Dated this 29th day of April, 1870. J H Draper, Stockton on Tees, Attorneys for the said debtor

 

1871

 

Emily Gertrude Farndale (FAR00506) was born in 1871.

 

He seems to have lived separately from his wife and child in 1871 as his wife. Elizabeth Margaret Farndale, and his daughter Emily Gertrude Farndale, went to live with Robert’s mother, Sarah who had remarried Benjamin Burlinson:

 

Census 1871, 14 Harewood Street, Thornaby, Stockton

 

Robert E Farndale, 26, a ship broker. He appears to have been living alone.

 

When his daughter Annie marred in 1902, the deceased Robert Farndale was referred to as a former clerk.

 

Census 1871 – Cleveland Terrace, Thornaby, Stockton

 

Benjamin Burlinson, 57, born Durham, engine fitter

Sarah A Burlinson, his wife, 50, born in Devon in 1821

Thomas W Farndale, step son, 22, brass polisher at the brass foundry

Sarah A Farndale, step daughter, 19

Mary E Farndale, step daughter, 10

Elizabeth M Farndale, step son’s wife, 24 born 1847, ship broker’s wife

Emily G Farndale, step son’s daughter, 1 month, born 1871

Thomas Muncaster, boarder

 

1873

 

Annie Paver Farndale (FAR00519) was born in Stockton in 1873.

 

Northern Echo, 24 June 1873: ROBERT E FARNDALE, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, HOUSE, LAND, AND GENERAL ESTATE AGENT. RENTS AND DEBTS COLLECTED. BICKERSTETH STREET, PARK FIELD, STOCKTON ON TEES. NB Plans, Specifications and Builders’ Quantities Prepared.

 

1875

 

Hannah Elizabeth Farndale (FAR00533) was born on 20 April 1875.

 

Lily Farndale (FAR00534) was born in Guisborough in 1875,

 

Robert Edward Farndale, age 30 died at Birmingham District in the first quarter of 1875 (DR).

1881

 

Census 1881 - 61 Redcar Road, Guisborough:

Elizabeth M Farndale, widow, 34, school mistress

Kate A Hardy, 25, a partner and schoolmistress

Lucy Hardy, 13

Annie Farndale, 8, born Stockton 1873

Lily Farndale, 6, born Guisborough 1875

 

1891

 

1891 Census – West Gate, Guisborough

 

Elizabeth M Farndale, widow, a school mistress, 44

Hannah E Farndale, 15, single, a pupil teacher

Eliza Hill, a boarder, 26, and assistant school mistress

 

1901

 

1901 Census – 82 West Gate, Guisborough

 

Elizabeth M Farndale, widow, private school teacher, 54

Hannah E Farndale, 25, single, a private teacher

Two elementary teachers and a post office clerk were boarding with them.

 

1911

 

1911 Census – 80B West Gate, Guisborough

 

Elizabeth M Farndale, widow, school mistress, 64

Hannah E Farndale, 35, single, a teacher

Three boarders.

 

1921

 

Census 1921 – Stokesley

 

Now available but not yet checked

 

1939

 

1939 register – Stokesley

 

Annie P Brown (nee Farndale), widowed, born 20 January 1873, unpaid domestic duties

Hannah E Farndale, born 20 April 1875, single

Catherine Paver, born 19 February 1899, married