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A
Miner of West Hartlepool who was
killed aged 37 by a fall of iron stone at the Poston Mines, Ormsby, Middlesborough |
John Henry Farndale
FAR00302
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1828
John Henry Farndale baptised on 13 April 1828 in Stainton-in- Cleveland, the son of Henry & Elizabeth Farndale, (FAR00229) labourer (Stainton PR & IGI). When John Henry Farndale was born in 1828, his father, Henry, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth nee Appleton, was 30.
1841
The Census
of 1841 for Cross Field House, Kirklevington, Stockton listed John Farndale, 13,
an agricultural labourer, living with the Sleigh family (farmers).
1861
Census 1861 - California, Ormesby
John Farndale, age 27; unmarried; border
to Mr Ackroyd; ironstone miner; born Great Ayton.
1862
John Farndale
married Sarah A Walker on 29 December 1862 in Hartlepool, Durham.
By this time he was a miner.
John Farndale aged 30 bachelor, miner of West Hartlepool son of Henry Farndale (FAR00229) a farming man, married Sarah Walker aged 27, by banns, a spinster of West Hartlepool daughter of John Walker a stonemason at the Parish Church, West Hartlepool, on 29 Dec 1862. John made his mark, Sarah signed. Witnesses Solomon Foy and Margaret Walker. JG Rowe, Vicar (MC).
The Durham
Chronicle, 2 January 1863, also in Durham
County Advertiser: At West Hartlepool, at Christ Church, 29th
ult, … Mr John Farndale to Miss Sarah Walker, all of West Hartlepool.
1866
John Henry Farndale died on 9 March 1866 in Ormesby,
Yorkshire, at the age of 37 and was buried on 11 March 1866 at Christchurch,
Eston and Normanby Cemetery, Eston, Ormesby. (DR)
John Henry Farndale aged 37 a miner accidentally killed by a fall
of iron stone at the Poston Mines, Ormesby on 9 March 1866. An Inquest was held on 10 March 1866.
His death was registered in Guisborough District
in March 1866.
The incident seems to have been an isolated
accident, since the records do not show it as a mining disaster event - http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/o902.htm
Ormesby mine was
short-lived (1865 to 1892). Its function was to mine an outlying deposit under
Ormesby Bank. The seam occured quite near to the surface, and roof falls at the
site of the mine have been commonplace. The leaseholders for 1865 - 1879 : Swan,
Coates and Company (at the time of John’s accident), and later from 1879 – 1892
: Cargo Fleet Iron Company.