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Robert Farndale
20 August 1885 to 27 March 1972

The Craggs Line

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAR00606

 

 

 Served in the Labour Corps in WW1

 

 

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Home Page

The Farndale Directory

Farndale Themes

Farndale History

Particular branches of the family tree

Other Information

General Sir Martin Farndale KCB

Links

 

 

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Craggs Hall Farm

 

1885

 

Robert Farndale, son of Matthew and Mary A Farndale (FAR00383) was born in Craggs Hall Farm on 20 August 1885 (1939 Register). Robert Farndale’s birth was registered in Stockton District in the fourth quarter of 1885 (GRO Vol 10a page 60).

1891

 

Census 1891 - Craggs Hall Farm, Brotton:

Matthew Farndale, head, 40

Mary A Farndale, 34

Robert Farndale, 5

Ruth Farndale, 4

Ernest Farndale 2

Elizabeth Farndale, widow; aged 80; born Whitby; (1811).[Shown as mother to Matthew Farndale of Craggs Hall].

Annie Mitchel, a domestic servant

 

1900

 

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Matthew and Ann Farndale and their family at Craggs Hall in about 1900

 

William             Robert                                                      Ruth

 

 

                         Matthew           Herbert              Ann           Ernest

 

                                                  Edwin

 

 

1901

 

Census 1901, Craggs Hall Farm

 

Matthew Farndale, head, 50, a farmer

Mary A Farndale, 44

Robert Farndale, 15, an assistant on the farm

Ruth Farndale, 14

Ernest Farndale, 12

Herbert Farndale, 9

William Farndale, 6

Edwin Farndale, 2


1910

Robert Farndale, 25, farm labourer, son of Mathew Farndale, farmer, married Sarah Jane Alcock, 25 of Battersby on 1 September 1910 at Ingleby Greenhow (
MR).

 

1911

 

1911 census – Grove Side, Stanley Lane, Wakefield

 

Robert Farndale, 25, horseman on farm

Sarah Jane Farndale, 25

 

1920

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Matthew Farndale, Ann Farndale, Robert Farndale and Ruth Farndale, in front of Craggs Hall, about 1920


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Robert Farndale

 

Wakefield

 

1921


1921 CensusWakefield

 

Robert Farndale, 36, farmer, horseman on the Stanley District Council

Sarah Jane Farndale, 36

Robert Edwin Farndale, 8, born Stanley

Maurice Farndale, 6, born Stanley

Ada Farndale, 4, born Stanley

Ronald Martin Farndale, 2, born Stanley

 

1911

Ruth Farndale (FAR00775) was born in Wakefield in or about 1911.

 

1913

Robert Edwin Farndale (FAR00795) was born in Wakefield on 13 April 1913.

 

1915

Maurice Farndale (FAR00816) was born in Wakefield on 11 April 1915.

 

1917

Ada Farndale (FAR00836) was born in Wakefield on 19 January 1917. 

 

1919

Ronald Martin Farndale (FAR00852) was born in Wakefield on 22 January 1919. He was a prisoner of war after the Battle of Sidi Rezegh in the Second World War and later emigrated to New Zealand, founding the New Zealand 1 Line.

 

Skipton

 

1939

 

1939 Register – Bell’s Farm, Barnoldswick, Skipton

 

Robert Farndale, born 20 August 1885, dairy farmer

Sarah J Farndale, born 3 June 1885

Maurice Farndale, born 11 April 1915, dairy farmer

1941

 

In 1941, Mrs S Farndale was shown as next of kin for Ronald Martin Farndale, then a prisoner of war, and Sarah’s address was shown as Bells Farm, Thornton-in-Craven, Skipton, Yorkshire

1972

Robert Farndale, born 20 Aug 1885, died Staincliffe District 27 Mar 1972 (
DR).