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

1921 Census - Guisborough

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

The Bacon family

Ethel Farndale, born 14 July 1916, single, domestic servant (incapacitated)

1940

Ethel Farndale, died age 23 at Middlesborough 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.