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He
moved to London and then to Wales to become a butler, including to the Piercy
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Robert Farndale
FAR00455
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Huttons
Ambo
1863
Robert Farndale, son of William
(a licensed hawker of Low Hutton, Huttons
Ambo) and Bessy (nee Langdale) Farndale
(FAR00286) was born Malton District in 1863 and baptised Appleton-le-Street on 9 August
1863 (BR). Robert Farndale’s birth was registered in Malton District in
the third quarter of1863 (GRO Vol 9d, page 325).
1871
1871 Census – Huttons Ambo
Robert Farndale is shown aged
7, living with his father William Farndale (a licenced hawker), mother Bessy and siblings.
Marylebone,
London
1881
1881 Census – 14 Berkeley Street,
Marylebone, London
Robert Farndale, single, 17,
a boarder, born York about 1864
Wrexham,
Wales
1891
1891 Census – Marchwiel
Hall, Wrexham Road, Marchweil, Wrexham, Wales
Robert Farndale, 27, domestic butler, born Appleton – he is first
of the listed servants, so perhaps was the main butler to the Piercy family
Marchwiel Hall was a seat of the Broughton
family and by 1837 was occupied by Townshend Mainwaring, who then moved to Galltfaenan Hall on his marriage. The current 1840s-built
country house has five main reception rooms, a ballroom, and 12 bedrooms,
with adjoining stables and outbuildings set on 150 acres (61 ha) of estate
grounds. In 1883, its then owner, civil engineer Benjamin Piercy laid
out a cricket ground. In 1913, Sir Alfred McAlpine bought the property. Home to
the Marchwiel and Wrexham Cricket Club, Alfred
developed it as "one of the most picturesque settings for playing the game
in the country”.
1901
1901 Census – Cornelyn,
Llangoed, Bangor, Anglesey, Wales
Robert Farndale, 36,
domestic butler to the Massey family.
1911
1911 Census – Workhouse near Wrexham, Bersham, Wales
Robert Farndale, an inmate, single, but also still listed as a domestic butler, 49, born
Appleton le Street
1913
Robert Farndale married Sarah Samuels in the first quarter of 1913 at Wrexham, Denbighshire.
Robert W Farndale (FAR00792) was born in Wrexham
District, Denbighshire on 18 January 1913.
Chester
1914
Ethel M Farndale (FAR00803) was born in
Chester District on 23 May 1914.
1915
Reginald Arthur Farndale (FAR00822A) was born
in Chester District on 20 April 1915.
1916
Cecil H Farndale (FAR00830) was born in
Chester District on 27 July 1916.
1919
Helena E F L Farndale (FAR00853) was born in Chester
District on 1919. She died in 1921.
1920
Walter Farndale (FAR00865) was born in 1920 but died
in 1922.
1922
Bessie L Farndale (FAR00878)
was born in Chester District in 1922.
1933
Robert Farndale, died aged 69 at Chester District in the second quarter of 1933 (DR).