Insurance
Agent A sergeant in the RAOC 1940-45 |
Bertram
George Farndale 24 July 1919
FAR00855
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St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
1919
Bertram George Farndale, son of John
Martin and Elizabeth (nee Stainthorpe) Farndale (FAR00613), was born in St
Johns, Newfoundland on 24 July 1919.
An advertisement in June 1919 shows
that they lived at 24 Cochrane Street, St John’s Newfoundland when Bertram was
born. His father, John was a store manager.
Loftus,
Coatham, Whitby, Redcar, Harrogate, Yorkshire
1923
On 22 September 1923, Bertram (aged 4) Bertram arrived in
Liverpool on the Digby of the Furness Line which had sailed from Boston,
Halifax, and St John’s. He travelled with his mother Bessie Farndale and
brother Raymond William Farndale who was 9. Their address in UK was given as
Robinson’s Terrace, Loftus in Cleveland.
His brother,
Raymond, later recalled: In 1923, there was a break in my education, due to an extended trip to
England. In July of 1923, my mother, Bertram and I
left St. John’s for Liverpool, England by steamer. Dad stayed at home, and boarded with friends (the Moysts).
We then travelled by train to Loftus, Yorkshire where we met Grandmother
Stainthorpe and various aunts, uncles and cousins. I
remember visiting my Uncle Herbert Stainthorpe in Redcar. He has a house full
of canaries! We also visited some of the Farndale relatives in Guisborough, Norhallerton, etc. In September we moved to Redcar, so that I could enroll in Coatham Grammar School. I adapted to school
life fairly well , although I was somewhat lonely and
didn’t make many friends. Most of the students were “boarders” whereas I was a
“day student.” After two semesters I left Coatham
in preparation for our return to Newfoundland in July of 1924. All in all the trip was a great experience, but we were glad to be
home again (Memories recorded at Raymond’s 88th
birthday in 2002).
1924
In August 1924, Bessie, Raymond and
Bertram were on the passenger list sailing from Liverpool to St John’s
St
John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
1935
Census of Newfoundland
1935
John (then aged 49) is shown
as head of the household, a manager with a grocery department, living at 173
Gower Street, St John’s, East Ward. He lived with his wife Bessie (aged 51),
recorded as a homemaker, and his sons Raymond (aged 21) who was by then an
accountant with a fishery firm and Bertram (aged 16) who was still at school.
The record confirms that John and Bessie had emigrated to Newfoundland in 1910.
Northallerton,
Yorkshire
1939 Register – Cambra Romanby, Romanby, Northallerton,
Yorkshire
The Richardson family
Bertram Farndale, born 24 July 1919,
single, insurance agent
1940
7637545 Bertram George Farndale,
served as a sergeant in the RAOC 1940 -45 (Letter).
1946
In July 1946, Bertram then aged 26
sailed from Southampton to St John’s Canada on the Lady Rodney, a Cunard White
Star Limited ship. His address was shown as 235 High Street, Northallerton.
1947
Bertram G Farndale, married Lillian
Rosa Seymour on 19 May 1947 at Lichfield, Staffordshire (Letter, MR, Record of marriages registered April to June 1947)
1948
John Martin Farndale (FAR01033)
was born in 1948.
1952
David Graham Farndale (FAR01053)
was born in 1952.
Harrogate
2001
2001 – lived at Hampsthwaite,
Harrogate
2002
2002 – lived at Draymans
Field Barn, Old Church Lane, Yorkshire, with John Farndale, Richard Farndale,
Sheila Farndale and Stephen Farndale.
2010
2010 – lived at Nydsley,
Mill Lane, Harrogate
1999
Lillian Rosa Farndale nee Seymour
died 18 October 1999 (Email).