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John Farndale
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Miner
and farmer of Kilton and Tidkinhow. The last Farndale at Tidkinhow. |
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See also the Farndales of Tidkinhow
Kilton
Thorpe
1878
John Farndale was born
24 December 1877 (1939 Register), the
son of Martin and Catherine Jane Farndale of Kilton Thorpe, (FAR00364) farmer (BR, PR and DR). 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 Red Lion 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.
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
John Farndale, married Elsie Maude Hammond at Ripon the second
quarter of 1928 (MR). They had no family.
John married Elsie Maude Hammond in June 1928 and in January 1928, he took over
Tidkinhow Farm when his father died.
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
1971
John Farndale died,
aged 93, on 29 April 1970 and was cremated in Darlington
crematorium. His wife, Elsie, had been cremated at Stockton crematorium.