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Farmer of Tidkinhow |
Martin Farndale FAR00364 |
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1845
Martin Farndale, was born at Fogga Farm
near Skelton on 19 September 1845m the son of Martin and
Elizabeth Farndale (FAR00264), a farmer of Fogga. He was baptised on 20 October 1845 (Skelton PR
& IGI). He was he was aged 5 and born at Skelton. Certainly
his birth is recorded in Skelton
Parish Register as "Born September
19th 1845 and baptised on October 20th 1845 as son of Martin Farndale."
Although all his brothers recorded at Somerset House, Martin's birth is not
recorded there. The family consisted of four boys, William (born 1842), Martin
(born 1845), John (born 1848) and Matthew (born 1850).
His father, Martin, was
working on the farm which belonged to James Taylor, his father-in-law. His
mother, Elizabeth (nee Taylor) seems to have been James' only child and
heiress. Martin was in fact the second son of Martin and Elizabeth.
1851
At the time of the 1851 census the young Martin Farndale
was listed is listed as grandson to the owner of the house he was living in (ie to James Taylor of Fogga). The 1851 Census shows the family at Skelton- Fogga Farm
comprising James Taylor, head, aged 74, widower, born Barnby, farmer of 70
acres; Elizabeth Farndale, 40, married, daughter of James Taylor, wife of
Martin Farndale, born at Fylingdales; Martin
Farndale, 33, married, born Easby, Son-in-law; William Farndale, son of Martin,
aged 8, born Skelton, grandson of James Taylor (FAR00356);
Martin Farndale, son of Martin Farndale the Elder, aged 5, born Skelton,
grandson of James Taylor (FAR00364);
John Farndale, son of Martin Farndale the Elder, aged 2, born Skelton, grandson
of James Taylor (FAR00376);
and Matthew Farndale, son of Martin Farndale the Elder, aged 9, born Skelton,
grandson of James Taylor (FAR00383).
1854
Martin's eldest brother died
at Skelton, aged 11, of inflammation of the
chest on 29 January 1854. Martin was aged 9 at this time. He was probably going to school at Skelton.
1861
The Census of 1861 for 61 Galey Hill, Hutton Lowcross listed Martin Farndale, head; married; aged 42; agricultural labourer; born Easby (Martin’s father); Elizabeth Farndale, his wife; aged 44; born Skelton; John Farndale, son; aged 12; scholar; born Skelton (FAR00376); and Matthew Farndale, son; aged 10; scholar; born Skelton (FAR00383). Martin Farndale Junior, who would then have been aged 16, was not listed in the census so must have been away for some reason.
1862
Martin’s father died at Guisborough on 12 July 1862 of empyma and at this time
Martin was 17. There is a family story that his father had been kicked by a
horse.
For the next 14 years it appears that Martin grew
up in the Skelton /Brotton area. He probably went on
working for his maternal grandfather for some time, taking on some
responsibility for looking after his two younger brothers and his mother.
1871
The Census of 1871 for Brough House, Brotton recorded John Rigg, head, 47; Martin Farndale, 25, born 1846,
agricultural labourer and four others.
1873
By 1873, Martin Farndale was an ‘in door farm servant’ but also
working in the mines. The Northern Echo 11 July 1873: THE CLEVELAND OWNERS AND MINERS.
MR RUPERT KETTLE’S AWARD. JUDGEMENT AGAINST ANY ADVANCE. We are at length in a
position to announce the nature of Mr Rupert Kettle's award in the dispute
between the mine owners and the miners of Cleveland, one which has been
looked forward to with eager interest by all classes of the community. As a
prelude to setting forth the text of this important award, all we need to do is
very briefly to recapitulate some of the leading features of the dispute referred
to. In March last an application was made by the miners of Cleveland for an
advance of 2d per ton upon their output of ironstone, being equal to about
12% upon the rates then current; a demand being, at the same time, also made by
other classes of work when employed at the mines, for an increase of 10% in
their wages. The masters replied to the men was that, looking at the
advances already given, and the wages earned, as well as the ability of the men
to earn more, they could not accede to the demand. At this, the
Cleveland owners formed themselves into an Association, upon similar a similar
basis to what had in 1872 being done by the collier owners of the county of
Durham...
After much negotiation
and I'm sorry to say, a stoppage of production for a considerable time in this
great mining district, it was agreed, at a meeting of representatives of miners
and mine owners, held on the 28th of may, as follows: “That it be left to an
Arbitrator to determine whether the wages of the Cleveland miners should be
advanced or reduced, and to what extent, measured by the standard of wages
now prevailing in such industries in the north of England as the Arbitrator may
deem it reasonable to consider in making his award.” The contending parties
requested me to undertake the duties of Arbitrator; And all preliminary
arrangements having been made, and the case on both sides prepared, an
Arbitration meeting was commenced at Saltburn on the 23rd of June. Witnesses
were examined by each party, and much valuable information was given on both
sides by means of extracts from account books, and by carefully prepared
statistical tables, upon every subject bearing upon the matter in dispute. At
the close of our settings, I was prepared to give my award; but as trade
arbitration law is new to the Cleveland...
There was also much
uncertainty of opinion as to the time which elapses before an ordinary labourer
becomes a thoroughly practical miner. Upon the main point, however, the
workmen's witnesses confirmed, so far as individual cases can be said to
confirm the results of statistics taken over a wide range, the case made out by
the employers. Martin Farndale, an indoor farm servant seven months ago, was
now earning 7s 10d a shift. Richard Vayro, a farm labourer, after nine
months working in the mines, was earning 8s 1d a shift. These were said to be
exceptional, because they worked a “Pick Place”....
The Northern Echo, 25 July 1873: THE LATE ARBITRATION IN CLEVELAND. To the
Editor of the Northern Echo. Sir, will you kindly allow me space in your paper
to say a few words in my defence, in connection with the late arbitration at
Saltburn, as I understand Mr Shepherd stated at a public meeting at Brotton
that if the miners did not get the 2d per tonne it would be on account of the
evidence given by Robert Campbell. It seems that the part objected to was that
I was paying my mate 6s per day, the average wage in Cleveland being 7s,
therefore leaving 8s for me. He contended that this injured our cause. Now, if
the Cleveland miners will read and think for themselves, they will see that
truth did not injure our cause. Mr Shepherd asserted that our average wage was
5s 11d per day; and the first two witnesses he called on our side, Mr
Farndale and Richard Nayro, those men but a few
months out of a farmyard, the one received 7s 10d per day, and the other 8s
1d, so that the owners could not have called two better witnesses on their
part. Some say I should not have gone there; neither I should, but Mr Shepherd
sent a messenger to Eston on the Monday evening for the witnesses, as he said
that Mr Lee had asserted that the ironstone miner could work with his vest
on, while the collier worked in a state of nudity, and the steam rising out
of his back was greater than the heaviest explosion of powder in the mine ...
1874
In December 1874, Martin Farndale took a tenancy on a small holding. On 1 December 1874 there
was an Assignment
of the Lease from
George Coates of Lackenby, yeoman and John Harrison the younger of Darlington
in Duham, to Martin Farndale of Kilton, of a parcel of land 135
square yards and the four stone houses built on it as marked on the map for
the remainder of the term of 99 years (Reference U/AA/1/38, Teeside Archives.
(being rehoused in the Dorman Museum))
1877
Martin was clearly
continuing to work as a miner as by 1877 Martin was described as a miner of Brotton on his marriage certificate.
Martin Farndale married Catherine Jane Lindsay, daughter of Andrew Lindsay, a shoemaker of Darlington, at St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington on 7 July 1877. He was aged 31 and she was aged 28. The ceremony was witnessed by James Mattison and Polly Thompson and the service was conducted by the Reverend T E Hodgson vicar. (BMD)
Catherine Lindsey was born
at Alnwick, Northumberland on 28 Jul 1854. Her father was a shoemaker living in
Queen's Head Yard, Alnwick. There is more information about her family at the Lindsey Line.
Catherine Lindsay on 29
October 1875, shortly before her marriage Catherine’s birth certificate
Martin and Catherine Farndale had a large family of twelve:
1. John Farndale, born Kilton Thorpe, 22 December 1878 (FAR00553).
2. Elizabeth Lindsay Farndale,
born Kilton Thorpe, 25 January 1880 (FAR00564).
3. Martin Farndale, born Kilton Thorpe, 8 June 1881 (FAR00571).
4. George Farndale, born
Tranmire, 9 January 1882 (FAR00588).
5. Catherine Jane Farndale,
born Tidkinhow Farm, 16 June 1884 (FAR00601).
6. James Farndale, born Tidkinhow Farm, 22 December 1885 (FAR00607).
7. William Farndale, born Tidkinhow Farm, September 1887 (FAR00625).
8. Mary Francis Farndale, born Tidkinhow Farm, 22 January 1889 (FAR00634).
9. William Farndale, born Tidkinhow Farm, 29 January 1892 (FAR00647).
10. Grace Alice Farndale, born Tidkinhow Farm, 21 April 1893 (FAR00659).
11. Dorothy Annie Farndale, born
Tidkinhow Farm, June 1895 (FAR00668).
12. Alfred Farndale, born Tidkinhow Farm. 5 July 1897 (FAR00683).
The story of the family is
also told in the Tidkinhow Line.
Martin,
aged 32, about the time of his marriage
It appears that the newly wedded couple moved to a cottage at
Kilton Thorpe.
According
to Brotton Parish Register, their eldest son John was baptised on 17 February
1878 having been born 24 December 1877. He was born "to Martin and
Catherine Jane Farndale of Kilton Thorpe, a miner."
1879
Their next
child, a daughter, Elizabeth Lindsay was born two years later on 11 December
1879 and baptised at Brotton on 25 January
1850. Martin and Catherine were still living at Kilton Thorpe, but Martin
Farndale was now
described as a farmer.
1881
Their third
child, Martin, was born on 8 June 1881 and was baptised at Brotton on 31 July 1881 and his parents were still at Kilton-Thorpe and described as farmers.
The 1881
Census for 2
Kilton Thorpe, Kilton listed Martin Farndale, head, married, 34, an
ironstone miner; John
Farndale, 3 born Kilton 1878; Elizabeth Farndale, 1, born Kilton 1880.
Sometime
in the next two years Martin moved to Tranmire Farm near Whitby since his next
two children were born there. There is a family story that Martin asked his
brother Matthew to go to make a bid for Craggs Hall Farm near Brotton. The story goes that Matthew returned saying that
he'd taken the farm - for himself! True or not that is where Matthew went and Martin
went to Tranmire, a farm some ten miles along the road to Whitby - a moor
farm near Ugthorpe situated on Roxby Moor. Martin’s other brother John
spent his life working on the railway at Loftus.
It was at Tranmire that their next son George was
born in January 1883 and also their next daughter, Catherine Jane, named after
her mother and always known as Kate; she was born on 16 June 1884.
Tranmire Farm, near Ugthorpe
- Martin and Catherine moved here in or about 1883 from Kilton Thorpe.
1884
The eldest son John recalled driving sheep from Tranmire to
Tidkinhow when seven years old; this would mean 1884.
The
Yorkshire Herald and York Herald, 28 November 1885:
AYSDALEGATE AND TIDKINHOW FARMS, Slapewath, near
Guisborough. The Trustees of the late Wm Barningham are prepared to receive
tenants for the letting of the whole of these valuable Old Grass Land Farms,
comprising together about 2300 acres, with all their buildings. A grand
opportunity either for sheep farmers or dairy keepers. Immediate possession can
be given. For particulars apply to JOHN WOODFIELD, Springfield, Darlington.
By the time James
was born on 22 December 1885, the family had moved to Tidkinhow farm on
Stranghow Moor near Guisborough, an improvement on Tranmire. The young family were brought up at Tidkinhow and the other six
children were born there.
1887
William was born on 22 June
1887, but died only two years later on 19 July 1889.
1889
Mary Frances was born on 22
January 1889.
1891
Another son also to be
called William, was born in January 1891.
The
1891 Census for Red Lion Howe, Stanghow listed Martin Farndale, 46, farmer and ironstone
miner; Catherine Farndale, 35;
John Farndale, 12, born 1879 at Kilton; Elizabeth Farndale, 11, born 1880 at
Kilton; Martin Farndale, 9, born 1882 at Kilton; George Farndale, 8, born 1882
at Kilton; Catherine J Farndale, 6, born 1885 at Ugthorpe; James Farndale, 5,
born 1886, Stanghow; Mary F Farndale, 2, born 1889, Stanghow; and William
Farndale, 0, born 1891, Stanghow.
The
North Star (Darlington), 26 September 1891: IMPORTANT STOCK SALE IN CLEVELAND. The first of what is
intended to be an annual sale of sheep at Kildale in Cleveland was held
yesterday afternoon, and proved a great success. The
farmers of this important sheep breeding district have hitherto sent their
sheep to Goathland, near Whitby, but, owing to the great distance between the
two places, it was decided at a meeting of farmers two months ago to start a
sheep sale at Kildale. No fewer than 1,200 sheep were entered, the drafts being
from the following farmers: -... Farndale, Tidkinhow ...
1892
At the Loftus in Cleveland
Agricultural Show, the York Herald, 15 July 1892: HORSES … Carting colt or filly foal, by Enterpriser: C
Farndale; 2 R Stephenson; 3 M Farndale …
1893
Grace Alice, named after her
mother's sister and her mother's mother, Alice Lindsay, was born on 22 April
1893.
1895
Dorothy Annie was born on 24
May 1895
1897
Alfred was born on 5 July
1897.
The North Star (Darlington), 6
April 1897: THE
CLEVELAND AUCTION MART COMPANY LIMITED, GUISBOROUGH. 8 Scotch Ewes in lamb
to a Leicester Tup, from Mr M Farndale …
Tidkinhow Farm, near
Guisborough, about 1900 - Kate, Catherine, Alfred and
Elizabeth (Lynn) - Martin and Catherine moved here in about 1885.
By now Martin was 52 and his wife, Catherine still
only 43. They continued to work the farm at Tidkinhow
and the eldest sons and daughters were now starting to work helping to look
after the youngest who were going to school at Boosbeck.
The 1901 Census for Tidkinhow Farm, Stanghow
listed Martin Farndale, head, 55, farmer; Elizabeth L Farndale, 21; Martin
Farndale, 19, ironstone miner underground; Mary H Farndale, 12; William
Farndale, 10; Grace A Farndale. 7; Dorothy A Farndale, 6.
At the same time, the 1901
Census for 105 Stanhope Street,
Westgate, Newcastle listed Alfred Farndale aged 3 shown with Kate Farndale
(born 1855) and the Heslop family from Alwick. He is
shown as their nephew. So this was where Catherine
(Kate) was with Alfred on Census day.
1902
The Whitby Gazette, 5 December
1902: SALE OF
SIR JOSEPH PEASE’S FARM STOCK. On Thursday, last week, the farm stock of the Hutton hall, Bonsdale and
Highcliffe farms, belonging to Sir Joseph Pease, Bart, MP, was sold by auction
on the Hutton Hall Farm. The weather was fine, and there was a large attendance
of buyers from various parts of North Yorkshire and South Durham. The catalogue
comprised 14 horses, 40 beasts, 550 sheep, about 800 choice poultry, implements
and dairy utensils. Mr Charles Turner was the auctioneer, and a start was made
with the sale shortly after ten o’clock.... The sheep and pigs were next
sold, and the following were the principal buyers:...
Mr Farndale, Guisborough,...
1903
On 23 August 1903 Lynn
(Elizabeth Lindsay) married George Barker and went to Tancred Grange near
Scorton to live. John worked on the farm.
1905
In 1905 Martin went to try
his fortune in Western Canada.
The boys of
Tidkinhow in about 1910 - John, James, Alfred, William, George, Martin (inset)
The girl
Farndales of Tidkinhow with Barker children - Willie B, Dorothy F, Mary F, Mary B, Kate F, Grace
F, Margaret B, John B - about 1910.
The Whitby Gazette, 13 January
1911: PLOUGHING AND
HEDGECUTTING COMPETITIONS. The Leadholm and Danby ploughing and hedge
cutting competitions, which were established a year or two ago, and are the
only competitions of the kind which are held in the immediate district, took
place on Wednesday afternoon, at Egton. There was a large attendance and
considerable interest was manifested by agriculturalists and others in the
various events. Dyking was dropped out of the programme this year. The district
includes the parishes of Danby, Glaisdale, Egton, Ugthorpe, Westerdale and
Commondale, and competitors and spectators attended from most of the villages
comprised in the area, and also from other places... The
ploughing competitions were held on the land of Messrs M Farndale, W
Jackson, Tynedale, and W Pearson and, and the hedge cutting on Mr Thomas
Hutchinson 's land. The weather was favourable, and rain held off till the
evening, when a heavy downpour took place. A luncheon was afterwards held at
the Horse Shoe Inn.
The
1911 Census for Tidkinhow Farm, Boosbeck, Stanghow
listed Martin Farndale, 65, farmer, head, born Charlton; John Farndale, 33;
Catherine Jane Farndale, 26; William Farndale, 20, butcher; Grace Alice
Farndale, 17; and Alfred Farndale, 13. At the same time the 1911 Census for Scorton, Darlington
listed George Barker, head, farmer, 50, born Scorton in about 1861; Elizabeth
Barker (nee Farndale), 36; Kate Margaret Barker, 6; Gladys Mary Barker, 5;
William George Barker, 4; John George Barker, 2; Catherine Jane Farndale,
born Alnwick in about 1855, 56, married, visitor; and Dorothy Annie Farndale,
born Stanghow in about 1895, 16, single (FAR00668), visitor.
On 14 July 1911, Catherine Jane Farndale died at Tidkinhow aged 56; she was buried at Boosebeck Parish
Church.
Catherine Jane Farndale
Martin was now alone at the
farm, but surrounded by his family, though now five were in Canada, two (Lynne
and Mary) were married and one, the first William, had died. John the eldest
was on the farm and Grace, by now 18 and Dorothy 16 were there to help bring up
the youngest, Alfred, aged 14.
1913
The Canada bug hit the
family hard and Kate went in 1913 to join her
brothers. She never returned to England. Meanwhile William had become a
butcher, but also emigrated to Canada in 1913, settling in Saskatchewan.
1914
When the war came in 1914
three of the boys became soldiers. James joined the American forces and fought
in France. Soon he was joined by William, serving in the Canadian Army who was
wounded near Ypres in 1917 and then by Alfred who served from 1916 to 1920 as a
British soldier in the Machine-Gun Corps in France and Mesopotamia.
1919
After the war James returned to America where in September
1917, he had married Edna Adams. William returned to Canada where he too
intended to marry, but tragically he died on 20 November 1919 from the flu,
contracted when he was still weak from his was wound. Alfred returned to Tidkinhow in March 1920. But George Barker,
Lynn's husband at Tancred Grange had died in about 1920 and their young family
were unable to cope alone.
1920
Mary remained at home until
she was married to George Brown in 1920 and went to live in Leeds.
Martin harvesting at Tidkinhow about 1920
Martin Farndale mounted at Tidkinhow in about 1920
1921
Alfred was helping out at the Barker Farm at Tancred Grange and stayed
until 1921 before he returned home to help at the farm. The
1921 Census listed Martin Farndale, 75, a widower, farming, employed on his
own account, and living at home; John Farndale, his son, 43, single; Dorothy
Farndale, his daughter, 25, single; Alfred Farndale, 23, single, his son,
farming; William Barker, whose father had died, 14 years old, full time at
school.
1925
Martin at Tidkinhow Farm about 1925 (notice
sundial between upstairs windows)
Martin Farndale at Tancred
Grange in about 1925 - his daughter, Lynn Barker, lived there.
Martin Farndale, George
Brown, Grace Farndale, Willie Barker, and Mary Brown (nee Farndale)
1928
Alfred remained at home until
Martin died on 17 January 1928, aged 82, of pneumonia. Martin is buried beside
Catherine Jane at Boosebeck Parish Church where there is an inscription which
says "Catherine Jane Farndale, Died 14 July 1911 aged 56 years, also
MARTIN, Beloved Husband of the above, Died 17 January 1928 aged 82 years of Tidkinhow Farm." (BMD and family knowledge).
From an undated Newspaper
cutting:
‘Farndale; At Tidkinhow Farm, Boosbeck, on 17th
January 1928, Martin Farndale died in his 83rd year. To be interred at Boosbeck on Friday
21 cortege leaving Residence at 1.30 pm. Friends kindly invited.’
Gravestone in Boosbeck St Aidan
Churchyard: Catherine Jane Farndale died 14 July 1911 aged 56 years, wife of
Martin Farndale, a farmer. She died of Fibroid Phthisis, cardiac failure,
certified by WW Stainthorpe MD (Catherine's death certificate) Also
Martin, beloved husband of the above, died 17th January 1928 aged 82 years of Tidkinhow Farm. (Mon R)
Notice in The Official Gazette, 2 April
1929, winding
up the estate: Re MARTIN FARNDALE, Deceased. Pursuant to Statute 15 Geo V,
c19. Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any
debts, claims or demands against the estate of Martin Farndale, later Tidkinhow
Farm, Boosbeck, in the county of York, farmer,
deceased, who died on the 17th day of January, 1928, and whose will was proved
in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of his Majesty's High Court
of Justice on the second day of March, 1928, by Elizabeth Lindsay Barker, the
executrix named therein, are hereby required to send in the particulars of
their claims or demands to us, the undersigned, the solicitors for the said
executrix, on or before the 3rd day of June, 1929, after which date the said
executrix will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst
the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of
which she shall then have had notice; And she will not be liable for the assets
of the said deceased, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any persons of
whose debts, claims or demands she shall not then have had notice. Dated this
26th day of March 1929. Buchanan Richardson and Barugh, Town Hall, Guisborough.
Solicitors for the said executrix.
FARNDALE, Martin of
Tidkinhow Farm, Boosbeck,. Yorkshire died 17 January 1928. Probate London, 2 March
to Elizabeth Lindsay Barker, widow. Effects £451 15s.