Ethel (“Ettie”) Farndale
14 July 1916 to 11 May 1940
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(incapacitated)
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Loftus
1916
Ethel Farndale, daughter of Annie
Farndale (FAR00637), was born
in Loftus on 14 July 1916 (1939 Census). Her birth was registered in Guisborough District in the third quarter
of 1916 (GRO Vol 9D Page 840).
1921
John Farndale,
69 years and 11 months, widower, an ironstone miners deputy with Bells Brothers
at Garlin How Mine
Annie
Farndale, 31 years and 9 months, housekeeper at home
Ethel
Farndale, 4 years and 11 months, born Loftus, John’s grandchild, born
about 1916
1922
Ettie Farndale wrote to the children’s
column (“the Children’s Circle”) of a newspaper in 1922, aged 5: Northern Weekly Gazette, 14 January 1922: NO
PETS. This is my first letter. I am five years old, and go to the Infant
School. I have no pets to tell you about, but Grandfather has two big pigs. I
would like to see my letter in print. Your loving member. Ettie Farndale, Loftus.
1939
1939
Register – 6 East Street, Loftus
Ethel
Farndale, born 14 July 1916, single, domestic
servant (incapacitated) was living with her mother Annie, who had married
Richard Bacon after Ethel was born when Annie was single.
1940
Ethel Farndale, died age 23 at Middlesbrough District in the second
quarter of 1940 (MR). She was buried on 15
May 1940 at Loftus Cemetery.
Daily Gazette for
Middlesbrough, 13 May 1940: FARNDALE. At
a Middlesbrough Hospital, on 11th may, Ethel Farndale, 6 East Street, Loftus,
internment on Wednesday, leaving residence at 2:15 pm for service in
Congregational Church. Relatives and friends kindly accept this intimation.
Daily Gazette for
Middlesbrough, 17 May 1940: INQUEST ON
GIRL AT MIDDLESBROUGH. A verdict of “accidental death” was recorded by the
Middlesbrough Coroner, Mr AO Knott, at the inquest in Middlesbrough today on
Ethel Farndale, 23, of 6 East Street, Loftus. A previous hearing of the
inquiry had been adjourned to allow the girl’s employer, Mrs Henrietta
Robinson, to attend. Mrs G Robinson, of 15, The Avenue, Middlesbrough, said
Farndale had been a domestic servant with
her for about a month when, on March 7, the girl was alone in the kitchen doing
her work. “I heard a scream, and going to the kitchen found her standing with
her clothes a flaming. I extinguished the flames and had her removed to
hospital. She had never fainted in my house before, but she said she had had
dizzy fits in a cinema and in the street before.” Dr Boyd said Farndale was admitted
to North Riding Infirmary on March 7 with severe burns. She improved, but
died on Saturday from toxic absorption following burns.