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Horace Ernest Farndale
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London
1882
Horace Ernest Farndale, probably the son of John and Emily Farndale (FAR00379) was born at Bethnal Green District in 1882. Horace Ernest Farndale’s birth was registered in Bethnal Green in the third quarter of 1882 (GRO Vol 1c page 198).
1891
1891 Census, Bethnal Green
John Farndale was head of
the household, now aged 43, and a telegraphist. He lived with his wife, Emily
and his son John R (aged 12) and Horace E (aged 8), scholar.
1900
The Edinburgh Gazette, 31 July
1900: CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION. July 27, 1900. The following Candidates have been certified
by the Civil Service Commissioners as qualified for the appointments set
against their respective names … July 23, 1900 … Post
Office, Male Learners, London – Horace Ernest Farndale, …
A male learner at the post office in London in 1900.
1901
1901 Census, Bethnal Green
John Farndale was head of
the household, now aged 53, and a pensioned telegraphist. He lived with his
wife, Emily and his son John R (aged 22) and Horace E (aged 18). Horace
was a telegraphist with the GPO.
Horace’s granddaughter,
Patricia, told me that Horace was involved with the pioneering work of Marconi
and assisted to lay the first cable for communications from Cornwall under the
Atlantic Ocean to America.
From the 1890s, Marconi
began experimenting with “wireless telegraphy”, using a transmitter and a
receiver. In 1896, he travelled to Britain to demonstrate his system to the
government, and in 1897 he was able to send the first ever message across the
sea, transmitting across the Bristol Channel.
At the turn of the 20th
century, Marconi began investigating a means to signal across the Atlantic to
compete with the transatlantic telegraph cables.
He soon made the
announcement that the message was received at Signal Hill in St. John's,
Newfoundland (now part of Canada), on 12 December 1901, using a 150 m
kite-supported antenna for reception – signals transmitted by the company's new
high-power station at Poldhu, Cornwall. The distance
between the two points was about 3,500 km.
Challenged by sceptics,
Marconi prepared a better organised and documented test.
On 17 December 1902, a
transmission from the Marconi station in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, became
the world's first radio message to cross the Atlantic from North America.
Marconi began to build
high-powered stations on both sides of the Atlantic to communicate with ships
at sea, in competition with other inventors. In 1904, he established a
commercial service to transmit nightly news summaries to subscribing ships,
which could incorporate them into their on-board newspapers.
Patricia tells me that he
then served in the Admiralty.
1907
Horace E Farndale, married Rosalie Mole in the second quarter of 1907 at Hackney District. There seems to
be an error in the records referring to his wife as Sarah Douglas.
Rosalie was the daughter of
Thomas W Mole (1845 to 1915) and Susannah Harwood (1852 to 1924). Susannah
Harwood was the daughter of John Harwood (1824 to 1889) and Susannah Adams
(1820 to 1866). John Harwood seems to have been descended from Edgar Harwood (b
1806), Thomas Harwood (1760 to 1819) and Thomas Harwood (b 1740).
Patricia tells me that
Rosalie was descended from the sister of Admiral Lord Harwood with links to the
Mary Rose and had businesses in London. She was told that Rosalie’s mother,
Alice Mole (nee Harwood) was the sister of Admiral Lord Harwood and that the family owned Castle Howard.
There was an Admiral Sir
Henry Harwood (1888 to 1950) who won fame at the Battle of the River Plate. I
haven’t found a Harwood linked to the Mary Rose.
Patricia also tells me that
Rosalie was a court seamstress for Queen Victoria and was given a thimble which
Patricia still has.
These photos are labelled Thomas’ wife with Rosie. The photo on the left seems to be a photograph of Rosalie.
1908
Rosalie Hessie Farndale (FAR00748) was born in
Brentford, West Ealing in or about 1908.
1911
1911 Census – 14 Ridley Avenue, West
Ealing, Middlesex
Horace Ernest Farndale, 28,
born Bethnal Green in 1883
Rosalie Farndale, 24
Rosalie Hessie Farndale, 2,
born Brentford, West Ealing in about 1909
Three others, members of the
Harris family
1913
Kathleen Alice Farndale (FAR00791) was born on 28
January 1913.
Horace Thomas Farndale with Rosalie nee Mole and Kathleen
and Rosalie in about 1914
1919
John Horace Thomas Farndale
(FAR00856) was born on 21
July 1919 at Rochford.
Rosalie Farndale (nee Mole) Rosalie’s mother, Alice Mole (nee
Harwood) (all photos kindly provided by Patricia)
1921
Horace E
Farndale, died age 38 Rochford District in the
second quarter of 1921. (DR)
Probate: FARNDALE Horace
Ernest of Kingswood Macdonald Avenue Southend Essex died 4 April 1921 Probate
London 21 April to Rosalia Farndale widow. Effects £281.
He died when his son John
Horace Thomas Farndale was only three years old. His granddaughter Patricia
tells me that there was a family story that he was murdered fur his money
because although he was very wealthy there was no trace of any grave stone and the grave was unmarked. She thinks he was
buried at Pretty Well Church which might be in Surrey or Hampshire.
After Horace died, Rosalie
married a jeweller and they bought three business in Sandbanks Dorset and lived in a
Bungalow originally at Sandbanks, then a large house on the Sandbanks
road. He new surname was Gill
and she had her own tailoring business and tea and cake shop in Parkstone and
also owned her own restaurant.
Rosalie married Thomas Y
Gill in 1922 in Rochford, Essex. By 1939 they lived in Dorset. She died in
Bournemouth in 1977.
Patricia tells me that
Rosalie’s family were all entrepreneurs. One emigrated to New York in the early
1920's with a chain of hotels in New York. One owned cane industries.
Another owned watercress beds in Kent. She was told that one uncle invented the
water closet. In WW1 one of Rosalie’s brothers was in the Household Calvary who
put his horse and himself in front of his commanding officer and he and his
horse were blown apart. Another uncle died in the late 1920's of mustard gas
poisoning.
Rosalie’s siblings were John
Mole (b 1872), Samuel Mole (b1873), Alice Mile (b1875), Emily Mole (b 1880),
Ethel Mole (b 1882), Thomas Mole (b1882), another Thomas Mole (b 1884),
Florence Mole (b 1886), and Alfred Mole (b 1890)
Thomas Gill, with John
Farndale (right)
John Farndale with Kathleen Farndale in about
1940