John Farndale
24 December 1877 to 29 April 1970
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Miner and farmer
of Kilton and Tidkinhow. The last Farndale at Tidkinhow.
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Kilton Thorpe
1878
John Farndale was born 24 December 1877 (1939 Register), the son of Martin and
Catherine Jane (nee Lindsay) Farndale of Kilton Thorpe, (FAR00364) farmer (Brotton PR). He
was baptised at Brotton on 17 February
1878. The birth of John Farndale was registered at Guisborough District in the
first quarter of 1878 (GRO Vol 9d page 475).
Martin and Catherine were still
living at Kilton Thorpe when their eldest
son, John, was born on Christmas Eve 1877.
1881
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.
Tranmire Farm, near Whitby
1883
Sometime in the
next two years the family moved to Tranmire Farm near Whitby, a farm some ten miles along the road to Whitby - a
moor farm near Ugthorpe situated on Roxby Moor.
Tranmire
Farm, near Ugthorpe - Martin and Catherine moved here in 1885 from Kilton Thorpe
Tidkinhow
John must have moved to Tranmire
with his parents in about 1881 and then to Tidkinhow
in about 1883, where he was brought up. He almost certainly went to school at Charltons and then
at Boosbeck.
1884
John
recalled driving sheep from Tranmire to Tidkinhow when seven years old;
this would mean 1884. He appears to have
worked in the mines
locally and was involved in an accident which damaged his leg for life. He then
worked locally on farms. He used to say that he remembered driving sheep
from Tranmire to Tidkinhow.
1891
The 1891 Census for Tidkin Howe,
Stanghow listed Martin Farndale, 46, farmer and ironstone miner; Catherine
Farndale, 35; John Farndale, 12; Elizabeth Farndale, 11, born 1880 at
Kilton; Martin Farndale, 9, born 1882 at Kilton; George Farndale, 8, born 1883
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.
1901
1901
Census –
Bedlington, Northumberland
In 1901 John
Farndale was a stone worker in a coal mine, boarding with the Redpath family.
1910
The boys of
Tidkinhow in about 1910 - John, James, Alfred, William, George and inset Martin
1911
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.
George
and James followed their brother Martin to Alberta in 1911 (Martin had been the
first pioneer in 1905). James would spend his late life in the United States.
John’s
mother, Catherine, died in July 1911.
1921
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.
John’s father, Martin at Tidkinhow Farm
about 1925.
1928
In January 1928, he took over Tidkinhow Farm
when his father died.
John Farndale, married Elsie Maude Hammond at Ripon on 19 May 1928 (Sharrow PR), shortly after the death of his
father. They had no family.
1929
John Farndale
(right) with his sister Dorothy Farndale and Alfred Ross her husband in about
1929 John and his wife Elsie
(right) in about 1929 at the reservoir in Bethel
1937
John and Elsie at Tidkinhow in
about 1937
1939
The 1939 Register for Stranghow, Skelton and Brotton listed John Farndale, farmer,
married, born 24 December 1877; and Elsie M Farndale, unpaid domestic duties,
born 16 December 1893.
1960s
He farmed at Tidkinhow
until he retired in the 1960s. His
wife, Elsie, became ill soon after they moved to 14 Walton Terrace at Guisborough. She died shortly afterwards.
John lived at Guisborough and was
looked after by relatives. For a period of time John went to live at a bungalow
near Tancred Grange and was looked after by the family of his sister Lynn (Family discussions).
He spent his last few years in a
cottage near Stapleton where he was nearer to relatives, particularly Margaret
Shields, eldest daughter of his sister Lynn.
John’s house in Guisborough in
about 1960:
With his niece Margot With his
brother Alfred
Grace Farndale, John, Elsie Farndale, Alfred and Dorothy Ross
Margot, John, Elsie, Alfred and
Dorothy
1967
John
Farndale in 1967, the last Farndale of Tidkinhow
1969
Elsie Farndale died in 1969. Her
death was registered in Cleveland in the fourth quarter of 1969 (GRO Vol 1b page 1713). She was cremated at Stockton crematorium (family knowledge).
1971
John Farndale died, aged 93, on 29 April 1970 (Probate Index) and was cremated in Darlington
crematorium (family knowledge).
