Margaret Elizabeth (“Betty”) Farndale
17 August 1918 to April 1998
FAR00845
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Chester
1918
Margaret E Farndale, daughter of Joseph and Minnie (nee Hughes)
Farndale (FAR00593), was
born in Mollington, Cheshire on 17 August 1918 (1939 Register). The birth was registered in Chester District in the third quarter
of 1918 (GRO Vol 8A Page 556).
Tynemouth, Newcastle
1921
1921 census – Tynemouth, Newcastle
Joseph
Farndale, 37, Manager, The Carbolic Acid Gas Co, Skinnerburn
Road, Low Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne
Minnie
Farndale, wife, 34
Madge
Farndale, 9, born Manchester in about 1912
William
Derrick Farndale, son, 6, born Mobberley, Cheshire in about 1915
Margaret
Elizabeth Farndale, 2, born Mollington, Cheshire in about 1919
Withernsea, Yorkshire
1934
She was known as Betty and was a bridesmaid at her sisters
wedding.
Hull
Daily Mail, 9 July 1934: WITHERNSEA BRIDE. SEVEN
ATTENDANTS AT SEASIDE WEDDING. Hull Road Methodist Church, Withernsea, was the
scene of a pretty marriage on Saturday, when Miss Madge Farndale, elder
daughter of Mr and Mrs J
Farndale, of Cestria, Seacroft Road, Withensea, was married to Mr Raymond Edgar Mell, of Hull,
son of Mr and Mrs W H Mell. The Rev W E Farndale,
uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev G H Ireland, performed the ceremony,
which was fully choral. The bride was attired in ivory satin beaute, with fitting bodice and tight fitting sleeves and
skirt flared from the knee. She wore a wreath and veil, and carried a sheaf of
lilies. Miss Betty Farndale, sister, Miss Enid Farndale, cousin,
and Cecilia Harrison, dressed in lemon organdie, trimmed with pastel blue
organdie flowers at the neck, and lemon
petal hats , were the bridesmaids, and there were also four little
attendants, Denise and Barbara Hughes, cousins, and Valerie and Betty Drewery,
in pastel blue organdie with petal hats to match. The bouquets were of sweet
peas. The bridegroom's eldest brother, Mr Claude Mell, was best man. They
reception was held at the Church Institute, and the honeymoon is to spend be
spent touring. The gowns and dresses were made by Cicely Harrison, 126, Queen
Street North, Withensea.
1939
1939
Register – 258 Queen Street, Withernsea, Yorkshire
Joseph
Farndale, born 13 July 1883, British Solrents
Representative (traveller)
Minnie
Farndale, born 18 May 1888
Margaret
E Farndale, born 17 August 1918, hairdresser
1943
Mary E Farndale married Harold J Ovens in the second quarter of 1943.
Worthing, West Sussex
1998
Margaret Elizabeth Ovens, born 17 August 1918, died in April 1998 at
Worthing, West Sussex.