Clara Farndale (later Clara Steinmetz)


12 January 1889 to 1980

 

The Stockton 3 Line

  

FAR00631

 

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Stockton

 

1889

 

Clara Farndale, daughter of William and Jane (nee Gale) Farndale (FAR00377) was born in Stockton District on 12 January 1889 (1939 Register). Clara Farndale’s birth was registered in Stockton District in the first quarter of 1889 (GRO Vol 10a page 79).

 

1891

 

1891 Census  Alberto Street, Stockton

 

William Farndale, 42, boilersmith labourer, born Malton

Jane Farndale, 41, born Bedale 1850

James Farndale, son, 17, born Bedale 1873, labourer iron works

Tom Farndale, 15, born Bedale 1876, furnace boy

Harriet A Farndale, 13, born Stockton 1878

George Farndale, 11, born Stockton 1880, scholar

Mary E Farndale, 4 scholar, born Stockton 1887

Clara Farndale, 2, born 1889

 

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1901

 

1901 Census, 22 Alberto Street, Stockton

 

William Farndale, 51, general labourer, born Malton

Jane Farndale, 51, born Bedale 1850

James Farndale, son, 27, born Bedale 1873, labourer steam engine works

Tom Farndale, 25, born Bedale 1876, labourer steam engine works

Mary E Farndale, 14, born Stockton 1887

Clara Farndale, 12, born 1889 Stockton

George Farndale, 21, son, labourer iron foundry born 1880

 

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1911

 

1911 Census – 14 Lambton Road, Stockton

 

Edward Simpson, 35, Shearman

Harriet Annie Simpson, 33 (Harriet, nee Farndale, was Clara’s elder sister, FAR00554)

Hilda Simpson, 10, born Stockton in 1901

Ernest Simpson, 9, born Stockton in 1902

Herbert Simpson, 6, born Stockton in 1905

Ann Marie Simpson, 4, born Stockton in 1907

Edgar Simpson, 1, born Stockton in 1910

Lawrance Simpson, 0, born Stockton in 1911

Clara Farndale, 22, visitor, born Stockton in 1889

 

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1913

Clara Farndale,
married John Henry Steinmetz in 1913 and the marriage was registered in the third quarter of 1913 at Stockton District (GRO Vol 10a page 146). (https://www.myheritage.com/names/clara_steinmetz)

Steinmetz/Steynmets is a German surname, meaning stonemason.

 

John Henry Steinmetz was the son of Louis Steinmetz (1865) and Sarah Jane Steinmetz (1872), and John was born on 3 March 1888 and brought up in Stockton.

 

1917

 

John Steinmetz served with the Royal Navy Reserve in World War 1 (Royal Navy reserve Service Records).

 

1920

 

William Louis Steinmetz was born on 1 December 1920 (census).

 

1921

 

1921 census – 24 Alberto Street, Stockton

 

John Henry Steinmetz, 32 Years 3 Months

Clara Steinmetz, 32 Years 5 Months

William Louis Steinmetz, 0

Hilda Simpson, 20 Years 10 Months

 

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1926

 

Kenneth Steinmetz was born on 1 November 1926 (census).

 

1928

 

Florence Steinmetz was born on 3 September 1928 (census).

 

1930

 

John A Steinmetz was born on 15 April 1930 (census).

 

1939

 

1939 Register – 22 Alberto Street, Stockton

 

John H Steinmetz, born 3 March 1888, foundry labourer

Clara Steinmetz, born 12 January 1888

William L Steinmetz, born 1 December 1920, jobbing bricklayer unemployed

Kenneth Steinmetz, born 1 November 1926, at school

Florence Steinmetz, born 3 September 1928, at school

John A Steinmetz, born 15 April 1930, at school

 

They also had Clara’s sister, Mary Elizabeth (nee Farndale) Jarrett (FAR00618) living with them.

 

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1961

 

John H Steinmetz died in 1961, aged 71, and his death was registered in south east Durham in the first quarter of 1961 (GRO Vol 1a page 722).

 

1980

 

Clara Steinmetz was born on 12 January 1889 and died in 1980 at the age of 91, and her death was registered in the second quarter of 1980 at Cleveland (GRO Vol 3 page 2302).