Robert William Farndale
4 September 1893 to 1975
FAR00662
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Myton on Swale
1893
Robert William
Farndale, son of Thomas (a labourer) and Sarah (nee Pugh) Farndale (FAR00474) was born in
Easingwold District on 4 September 1893 (1939 Register) and baptised at Myton on Swale on 5
November 1893 (Myton on Swale PR). Robert
William Farndale’s birth was registered in Easingwold District in the fourth
quarter of 1893 (GRO Vol 9d page 409).
Barnard Castle
1901
1901
Census, Witterby Gardens, Headlam, Barnard Castle, Durham
Thomas Farndale,
head, stocksman, born Hutton Ambro, aged 35 (so born
1865)
Sarah Farndale,
aged 36
Robert William
Farndale (FAR00662), son, aged
7
James Farndale (FAR00669),
son, aged 5
Sarah Elizabeth
Farndale (FAR00693),
daughter, aged 2
1911
1911
Census –
Bradbury Ferry Hill, County Durham
Thomas Flintoff, 57,
farmer
Emma Flintoff, 49
Robert William Farndale, 18, general
work on farm
Annie Wilkinson, 18
James Duffy, 44
1918
Robert W Farndale, married Violet Ward on 30 March
1918 in Thornaby and their marriage was registered in the first quarter of 1918
at Middlesbrough District (GRO Vol 9d page 1042, St Paul, Thornaby PR).
Violet Wood was
the daughter of James D Wood (1853 to 1936) and Agnes (nee Rabone) Wood (1859
to 1904) and was born on 24 July 1887 and brought up in Staffordshire. She had
married George W Ward at Wolverhampton on 16 September 1905, but he had been
killed as the result of an accident during the First World War on 5 August 1916
when serving with the Royal Navy Reserve on HMS Britomart in the Persian Gulf.
Violet then lived at 28 Pottery Street, Thornaby on Tees.
Thornaby on Tees
Violet Farndale, perhaps with Violet Farndale the Younger
Their daughter, Violet
Farndale (FAR00849) was born
on 1 September 1918 and baptised on 15 September 1918 at
Thornaby (St Paul, Thornaby PR).
1921
1921
Census – 28
Pottery Street, Thornaby on Tees, Middlesbrough
Robert William
Farndale, 28, married, foundry labourer, Head Wrightson and Co, Thornaby on
Tees
Violet Farndale,
33
Violet Farndale,
2, daughter
Beatrice Victoria
Ward, 9, step daughter
Sarah Ann Ward,
7, step daughter
1928
Miriam W Farndale
(FAR00905),
was born on 22 January 1928 (1939 Census) and
her birth was registered in Guisborough
District in the first quarter of 1928 (GRO Vol 9d
page 791).
1939
1939
Register – 59
Grange Road, Thornaby on Tees
Robert W Farndale,
born 4 September 1893, builders and general labourer, married
Sarah Farndale,
born 1 December 1862, widowed (his mother)
1939 Register – Briar Cottage,
Whitby
Violet Farndale,
born 24 July 1887, domestic duties (Robert’s wife)
Miriam Farndale
(later Bennetts), born 22 January 1928, at school (Robert’s second daughter)
1975
Robert William Farndale, born 4 September 1893, died in 1975 at Ridingmill, Northumberland, and his death was registered in
Cleveland District in the third quarter of 1975 (GRO
Vol 3 page 2130).