Samuel Farndale
5 May 1866 to 14 July 1936
FAR00475
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Wakefield
1866
Samuel
Farndale, son of Thomas and Sarah (nee Bell) Farndale (FAR00344) was born on 5 May
1865 in Wakefield District and baptised 8
July 1866. His father was a miller at the time. (BR). Samuel
Farndale’s birth was registered in Wakefield District in the second quarter of
1866 (GRO Vol 9c page 37).
1871
Census
1871 - Riggs Cottage, Sleights, Eskdaleside:
Samuel Farndale, age 4; born Wakefield; grandson
to John and Margaret Farndale (FAR00262)
a quarry waggoner.
1875
Wakefield
Free Press, 19 June 1875: MR REYNER’S SCHOOL. The usual half yearly examination
was held on Monday and Tuesday, also the viva voce, on Thursday, before the
parents and friends of the pupils, when the prizes were distributed by Mr. J
Taylor. The following is the prize list:... 6th English class... S Farndale...
1881
1881
Census – Thomas Lane, Wakefield
Thomas
Farndale, 41, inn keeper
Sarah
Farndale, 47
Thomas
Dawson Farndale, 18, stone mason
Joseph
Farndale, 16, commercial clerk
Samuel
Farndale, 14
Margaret
Farndale, 13
Two
female servants
1889
Samuel
Farndale was a humourist at a soiree in Wakefield in 1889. Was he the Farndale
comedian?
Wakefield
and West Riding Herald, 2 March 1889: HOLY TRINITY CHURCH SOIREE,
PAROCHIAL ROOMS, GEORGE STREET, SROVE TUESDAY. Chair to be taken by the Rev W M
Madden, Vicar.... Recitals by... Humourists: Mr S Farndale... Tea on the
tables at five o’clock. Admission: Tea and concert one shilling. Concert only,
Sixpence.
Wakefield
and West Riding Herald, 9 March 1889: The first of a series of
social gatherings it is proposed to hold in several wards of the city in
connection with the “Dr Primrose”, (No 19), Habitation of the Primrose League
took place on Monday night, when the members of the Northgate division and their
friends assembled in the Clarendon Street school room to enjoy a tea, concert,
and dance.... After this came a song by Miss Cotton... which was followed by a
comic song, in character, by Mr S Farndale, whose rendering of “Quite
English you know”, was irresistibly funny, and “brought the house down”.
The two original verses at the end, about Yorkshire and Wakefield, created much
amusement. An encore was inevitable, and on reappearing Mr Farndale gave with
equal success, “Only One”, a very laughable song...
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QUITE
ENGLISH, YOU KNOW. 1885,
by J. F. Valois. What
queer things we see, and what queer things we do, That's
English, you know, quite English, you know; And
now its the rage, and 'tis something quite new, It's
English, quite English, you know. We're
out of the fashion, unless we're agreed To
follow wherever they lead; To
dress just as they do, to look as they do, It's
English, quite English, you know. |
Chorus. It's
English, you know, quite English, you know, How
queer are the people, it's English, you know; We
copy their ways, we pay for their plays, It's
English, quite English, so English, you know. |
They
sent us an actor to show us the way, That's
English, you know, quite English, you know; He
showed us his manner of playing a play, It's
English, quite English, you know. We
studied his walk, and copied his dress, We
puffed him well up in the press; Some
said he was trash, but he gobbled our cash, It's
English, quite English, you know.-Chorus. |
They
sent us a boxer from over the sea, That's
English, you know, quite English, you know; He
came just to visit this land of the free, It's
English, quite English, you know. He played
the drop game when at Madison Square And
this with a heart free of care; He
managed to join on with hard Yankee coin, It's
English, quite English, you know.-Chorus. |
Wakefield
Free Press, 2 November 1889: TRINITY CHURCH YMS SOIREE. From half past six to
a quarter to eleven is a pretty long stretch, and this was the length of time
that the proceedings at the soiree in connection with the Trinity Church Young
Men Society lasted on Tuesday evening last.... Mr W N Driver acted as
interlocutor, the “bones” was Mr W Speight, and the tambourine Mr S Farndale.
Comic songs were sung by Messrs Speight (“Dear Me”), Farndale (“Nervous
Nig”) ...
But
he was also a clerk of works at the time, on an annual salary of £65:
Wakefield
Free Press, 11 January 1890: WAKEFIELD ASYLUM AFFAIRS. Colonel Spencer
Stanhope said that the Wakefield Asylum Sub-Committee were asking for the
erection further buildings at Wakefield Asylum. The room in which the committee
now met was very small and inconvenient and it was necessary that they should
now have a boardroom. There was also a deficiency of bedrooms for the medical
staff.... The outlay was sanctioned, as also was the expenditure of £242 10s
for the improvement and repair of the pig styes at the Asylum. It was agreed
that the salary of Mr S Farndale, assistant clerk of works, be increased from
£52 to £65 a year.
Wakefield
Free Press, 18 October 1890: THE THIRD POPULAR CONCERT of the season was given
in the Parochial Rooms on Saturday night, and was arranged by Miss Lawton. The
following items were given... Comic song, “Mrs Mulligan's Homemade Pie”, Mr
S Farndale...
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Miss
Mulligan's home-made Pie by
C Frank Horn (1885) As
I sat at my rosewood peanny one day, Makin'
chords that were solemn and grand, Mr.
Mulligan's footman came over the way, With
a big billy doo in his hand. As
a neighbor and friend I was asked to attend, A
party at Mulligan's social and high, And
I found by the way 'twas the very first day, That
Miss Mulligan tried to bake homemade pie. |
Arah
my boys but that pie was a Daisy, Flaky
and tender, Crispy and brown, To
see what was in it the people went crazy, Nothing
like it was known in the town. Lemons
and rhubarb and raisins and spices, Icing
and frosting piled up on high Slathers
of brandy and sugar so sandy, In
faith was a dandy, that home-made pie. |
They
stood the pie out on the table,that day, And
it looked like a ship without sails, While
Mulligan mended a hole in the lid, With
a hammer and two or three nails Sure
it looked very nice and I asked for a slice, For
I eat when I'm hungry and drink when I'm dry, You
may say what you plaze but I've been a daze Since
I tackled Miss Mulligan's home-made pie. |
Mr
Hector McGettigan asked for a slice, And
he swallowed it down in a lump, He he was took with the colic and cramps in a trice And
the doctor came in with a pump, Young
Woolford McGee kept gazing at me, I could
tell by his looks there was blood in his eye, Then
he hit old McGinn and fractured his chin With
a chunk of Miss Mulligan's home-made pie |
Mr.
Fogarty tumbled and groaned on the floor, With
the pleurissy pains in his chest, Maloney
cried out, "I don't want any more," As
he tried to unbutton his vest, John
Michael Dupree kept calling to me, "Gilhooly
I'll lave you my debts if I die," While
Gerald McCann said he pitied the man, Who
would marry that girl and her homemade pie. |
1890
Wakefield
and West Riding Herald, 31 May 1890: ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH. There
was a very full programme for the Whitsuntide Sunday School festival at St
Michael's church.... Afterwards a very pleasant, successful and largely
attended entertainment was given in the Boys’ School. The first portion of this
consisted of a musical reading, by the Rev A Addison... A short concert
followed. In the course of which the Misses Curtis is played a duet on the
piano, and songs were given by Mr Farndale and Mr Langhorne. Mr Farndale's
comic songs were, as they always are, highly successful, and kept the audience
in almost continuous laughter. They included “The Magpie said Come In”, “One
More Folks”, “The Bulls Won't Bellow”, and “The Switch Back Railway”. During
the evening a very nice inkstand was presented on behalf of a number of
scholars of the Sunday school and friends to .....
1891
1891
Census – 20 Thomas Lane, Wakefield
Thomas
Farndale, 51, pub inn keeper
Sarah
Farndale, 56
Thomas
Dawson Farndale, 28, stone mason
Samuel
Farndale, 24, clerk of works
Margaret
Farndale, 23
Female
domestic servant
Portsea
1895
Samuel Farndale aged 29, bachelor, clerk of Union
Street, Portsea, son of Thomas Farndale, publican (FAR00344), married Pollie
Chesters aged 24 a spinster of The Crofts, Nantwich, Cheshire, daughter of
Robert Chesters, a clerk deceased at St Mary’s Parish Church Nantwich, by banns
on 25 May 1895 (Marriage Certificate, St Mary’s, Nantwich PR).
Samuel and Pollie signed. Witnesses William Bailey and Maggie Bebbington.
Arthur JB Ellerton, Vicar.
Pollie Chesters was the daughter of Robert Chesters (1835 to
1892) and Harriet Williamson (nee Smith) Chesters (1834 to 1927) and was born
at Nantwich in Cheshire where she was baptised on 27 November 1870 (Nantwich PR).
Wandsworth, London
1896
Ethel Chesters Farndale (FAR00674) was born
Portsea on 1 May 1896 at Portsea District (marriage records).
Ethel Chesters Farndale’s birth was registered at Portsea District in the
second quarter of 1896 (GRO Vol 2b page 450).
1897
Gertrude Farndale (FAR00685) was born in 1897,
but died 2 hours old, and was buried on 15 December 1897. Their residence at
the time was Walmer Road, Fratton. Gertrude Farndale’s birth was registered in
Portsea District in the fourth quarter of 1897 (GRO
Vol 2b page 465).
1899
Thomas Henry Farndale (FAR00699) was born on
Lambeth on 12 September 1899(Birth Certificate) and
baptised at Brixton on 23 May 1900. Thomas Henry Farndale’s birth was
registered in Lambeth District in the fourth quarter of 1899 (GRO Vol 1d page 468).
1901
Census 1901 – 118 Amesbury Avenue, Streatham,
Wandsworth, London
Samuel Farndale, 34, clerk admiralty
Pollie Farndale, 29, born 1872
Ethel Chesters Farndale, 4, born 1897, Portsmouth
Thomas Henry Farndale, born Brixton 1900
Croydon, Surrey
Frank Farndale (FAR00708)
was born in Wandsworth on 27 October 1901.
1906
Walter Reginald Farndale (FAR00735) was born in
Wandsworth on 4 January 1906 (1939 Register) and baptised at
Holy Saviour, Croydon on 7 February 1909 (Croydon
PR). Walter R Farndale’s birth was registered in Wandsworth District in
the first quarter of 1906 (GRO Vol 1d page 714).
They lived at 3 Woodland Road, Thornton Heath. His father was a civil servant.
He was baptised aged 3.
1907
Hilda Margaret Farndale (FAR00749) was born in
Croydon on 24 August 1907 and baptised at Holy Saviour, Croydon (a different record refers
to St Stephen at Norbury and Thornton Heath) on 7 February 1909 (BR and letter).
Hilda Margaret Farndale’s birth was registered in Croydon District in the
fourth quarter of 1908 (GRO Vol 2a page 261).
They lived at 3 Woodland Road, Thornton Heath. Her father, Samuel, was a civil
servant.
Samuel Farndale (FAR00741) was born in
1907, but died in 1912 aged 5.
1911
Census 1911 – Kentwyns, Warwick Road, Thornton
Heath, Croydon, Surrey
Samuel Farndale, 44, admiralty accountant clerk
Pollie Farndale, 39
Ethel Chesters Farndale, 14, at home school evenings
Thomas Henry Farndale, 11
Frank Farndale, 9
Walter Reginald Farndale, 5
Hilda Margaret Farndale, 2
Lucy Chesters, sister in law, 30
Madge (Bobby) Farndale (FAR00772) was born on 13 July
1911.
1921
Census
1921 – Croydon
Samuel Farndale, 55, civil service admiralty, clerk. Civil
Engineer in Chief, dept Admiralty SW
Mary (she seemed to have started callkng herslef Mary not
Polly Farndale, which may have been a nickname, by this time) Farndale , 50
Ethel Chesters Farndale, 25, clerk, out of work, civil
service, admiralty
Reginald Walter Farndale, 15, left school doing nothing
Hilda Margaret Farndale, 12, at school
Madge Farndale, 9 at school
By 1921, he was an accountancy clerk in the Department of the
Civil Engineer-in-chief.
London
Gazette, 3 May 1921: UNDER CLAUSE 7 OF THE ORDER IN
COUNCIL OF 10TH JANUARY, 1910. Admiralty: Assistant Civil Engineer
in the Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief, James Abercrombie Seath. Accountant
Clerks, First Class, in the Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief,
Joseph Vickers Bainbridge, Charles George Berkeley, Mark Edwin Powell Bolton,
John Davis, John Thomas Dobson, Alfred Emmett, Samuel Farndale,...
1924
In 1924 Samuel Farndale insisted on a notice that he was not the father of a
Tom Farndale, mentioned in the police reports. Since his son Tom would become a
CID officer, no doubt the clarification was important!
Croydon Times, 2 February 1924: We
are asked to state that's the Tom Farndale, an uncommon name in this district,
mentioned in a local police case, and reported in the Croydon Times of the 23rd
inst, is not the son of Mr S Farndale, of 180, Melfort Road, Fulton Heath.
1926
Sheerness Guardian and East Kent Advertiser 24 July 1926: CIVILIAN STAFF VACANCIES. The notification has been
received at Sheerness Dockyard of the following vacancies in the
Admiralty establishments: for second grade clerk in the Civil Engineering
Chief’s Department at the Admiralty, vacant September 29th next, by the
retirement of Mr S Farndale;...
1931
Croydon Times, 7 November 1931: THORNTON HEATH. BENSHAM MANOR
BOWLS CLUB. The annual general meeting of the Bensham Manor Bowls Club was held
in St Stephen's Hall, Winterbourne Road, on Monday, when Mr. A Palmer, honorary
secretary and treasurer, presided... the following officers were elected:...
Committee... S Farndale...
1936
Samuel Farndale, died age 70 died at Thornton
Heath on 14 July 1936 and the death was registered at Westminster District
third quarter 1936 (GRO Vol 1a page 421, Probate Index).
FARNDALE Samuel of 144 Langdale Road Thornton Heath Surrey
died 14 July 1936 at St Peter’s Hospital Westminster Probate London 19 August
to Pollie Farndale widow. Effects £116.
1937
Mary Farndale was at Putnery and Stertham in 1937 (Electoral register).
1939
1939 Register - 40 Melfort
Road, Croydon
Mary Farndale, born 16 August 1870, widowed, unpaid domestic
duties
Hilda M Farndale (later Moore), born 24 August 1908, shop
assistant leather goods, single
Madge Farndale (later Brown), born 13 July 1911, single, shop
assistant chemist
1960
Pollie Farndale died on 7 April 1960 and was born 16 August 1870 (
Letter, GRO Vol 5g page 7).