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1838-1846 - Free Trade and the repeal of the Corn Law

 

 

The Farndale Directory
Volume 16
1841-1850

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1841

 

Elizabeth Farndale, born in 1841 in Whitby (FAR00350A). The Whitby 6 Line.

 

1841

The first national census to record more detailed information.

The first excursion by rail organised by Thomas Cook. Launched by cabinet-maker Thomas Cook in Leicestershire in 1841, the business originally focused on one-day rail excursions.

Richard Beard opened the first photographic studio in Regent Street, London.

Population of the United Kingdom was 26.8 million.

 

1842

 

Mary Jane Farndale (Appleby), born on 11 March 1842 in Brotton and buried on 2 November 1871 (FAR00351). The Brotton 3 Line. Mary married a joiner in 1865, but lived with her parents and 2 year old daughter in 1871 in Marske, but died the same year.

 

Joseph Farndale, born on 27 April 1842 in Newholm, Whitby and died on 8 August 1901 at Aston, Birmingham (FAR00350B). The Whitby 5 Line. Joseph was a Police Sergeant in Middlesborough. He became Chief Constable in Leicester, Chesterfield and then Birmingham. He was involved amongst other things in investigating Alfred Napier Blanchard who confessed, but falsely to the Whitechapel (“Jack the Ripper”) murders. He was also involved in the investigations of the Dynamite Conspiracy in 1883. There is a lot of information about Joseph on his web page. “We acknowledge with pleasure the efficient and masterly manner in which you have controlled the civil order and protected the individual and material interests of this great city; the able assistance  that you are ever ready with unvarying courtesy to afford to all persons in connection with your office, even in matters not forming part of your official duties, and the high esteem in which you are held by the officers and men of the force of which you are chief; and we look forward with pleasure in the hope of seeing your face amongst us for many years.”

 

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Ann Farndale (Husband), baptised on 5 September 1842 in Egton and died in 1904 in Loftus (FAR00354). The Whitby 5 Line. Ann’s husband was William Husband, who was deputy ironstone manager at Eston.

 

John Farndale, born on 7 October and died on 10 October 1842 (FAR00355). The Whitby 5 Line. John died of convulsions after 3 days.

 

William Farndale, born on 14 December 1842 in Skelton and died on 29 June 1854 (FAR00356). The Kilton 1 Line. William died aged 11 of inflammation of the chest.

 

 

1842

First Edition of the Illustrated London News.

Britain gained Hong Kong.

The retreat from Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War.

The Mines Act 1842 outlawed the employment of women and children under 10 in mines.

 

1843

 

Sarah Farndale, born in 1843 in Whitby (FAR00357). The Stockton 1 Line.

 

George Farndale, born on 8 March 1843 in Brotton and buried on 1 August 1917 in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough (FAR00350C). The Brotton 3 Line and Founder of part of the Loftus 2 Line. George was a miller at Kilton mill in 1861 and then Ironstone miner of Liverton by 1881. In 1891 he was a joiner and in 1911 a picture framer in Middlesbrough. His father in law, William Walker, was manager of Ormesby mines.

 

John Henry Farndale, born on 17 March 1843 in Brotton and buried on 8 July 1863 in Stockton on Tees (FAR00358). The Stockton 2 Line.

 

Mary Ann Farndale, baptised on 26 November 1843 in the Malton area, but died in 1859 (FAR00353). The Ampleforth 1 Line.

 

Hannah Farndale (Agar), baptised on 10 December 1843 in Brotton (Craggs) and buried on 19 April 1875 (FAR00360). The Brotton 3 Line. Hannah was a farmer’s daughter who married in 1868, she lived with her parents in 1871, and died in 1875 leaving her widowed husband (Richard Agar, a gardener’s assistant) and young daughters who continued to live with her mother.

 

1843

The New Zealand Wars

 

 

1844

 

Samuel Farndale, born on 25 October 1844 and buried on 24 January 1847 in Whitby and Egton (FAR00361). The Whitby 5 Line.

 

Robert Edward Farndale, born on 17 December 1844 in Stockton on Tees and died in 1875 in Birmingham (FAR00363). The Stockton 2 Line. Robert was an iron ship builder’s clerk in Stockton in 1861. By 1869, he was a plasterer and cement maker who went into a business in cement manufacturing and carpentry, but his business was liquidated in 1870. He seems to have become separated from his wife and child after that as his wife. Elizabeth Margaret Farndale, and his daughter Emily Gertrude Farndale, went to live with Robert’s mother, Sarah who had remarried Benjamin Burlinson. He later died in Birmingham.

 

1844

The Companies Act 1844 required the registration of all companies.

The Factories Act 1844 restricted hours of work for women and children and required registers to be kept listing child employees.

Friedrich Engels published The Condition of the Working Classes in England, based on his work in Manchester.

The Railways Act 1844 extended rail travel. 200,000 ‘navvies’ were employed to construct new lines across the country.

The Bank Charter Act 1844 allowed only the Bank of England to issue banknotes in England.

 

1845

 

William Farndale, baptised on 6 July 1845 in Kirkleatham and buried on 1 August 1895 (FAR00369A). The Stockton 1 Line. In 1861, William was clerk to a solicitor, aged 15. He was a solicitor’s clerk (as was his brother, Peter) in Stockton on Tees in 1891.

 

Martin Farndale, 19 September 1845 (FAR00364). The Kilton 1 Line and Founder of the Tidkinhow Line. Martin was a farmer of Tidkinhow Farm near Guisborough whose children emigrated to Canada and US and many of whom settled in Yorkshire. There is extensive information about Martin on his web page.

 

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John Farndale, born on 6 November 1845 in Whitby and died in 1874 in York (FAR00365). The Whitby 5 Line. John was a labourer and carter of York.

 

1845

 

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Failure of the potato crop in Ireland, leading to the famine. Ireland lose 16% of its population between 1845 and 1852.

The General Inclosure Act. An Act to facilitate the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons and Lands held in common. Enclosure, or the process that ended traditional rights on common land formerly held in the open field system and restricted the use of land to the owner, is one of the causes of the Agricultural Revolution and a key factor behind the labour migration from rural areas to gradually industrializing cities.

Kelly’s Directories began.

The Lunacy and County Asylum Acts described those with mental illness as patients and provided for inspection by Masters in Chancery of asylums. Mentally ill persons in workhouses were moved to asylums.

The first Medical Directory published with names, addresses ad qualifications of medical practitioners.

 

1846

 

Ann Farndale (Nutton), born in 1846 in Pocklington and died in 1886 in Tadcaster (FAR00369). The Bishop Wilton Line.

 

Harriet Farndale (Johnson), born in 1846 in Auckland (FAR00370). The Great Ayton 2 Line.

 

John Frankland Farndale, born in 1846 and died in 1865 in Whitby (FAR00366A). The Whitby 6 Line.

 

Sarah Farndale (Bowden or Howarth), born in 1846 in Roxby (FAR00368A). The Stockton 1 Line.

 

Maria Jane Farndale (Botham), baptised on 1 March 1846 in Wetwang (FAR00367). The Ampleforth 1 Line. She is said to be the ‘illegitimate daughter’ of Mary Wood, a single woman, but her father’s name is listed as William Farndale. Her father was probably William Farndale (FAR00286) before William’s marriage in July 1847 to Bessy Langdale. Maria Jane Wood married Thomas Botham in 1877.

 

Sarah Ann Farndale (Purdy), born on 11 September 1846 in Brotton and buried on 14 August 1871 in Brotton (FAR00368). The Brotton 3 Line. Sarah was the daughter of a farmer, a house servant by 14, who left a widower and young two year old daughter when she died aged 24.

 

 

 

 

1846

There was a very hot summer.

1847

 

Jane Ann Farndale (Cranswick), born in 1847 in Whitby (FAR00371). The Whitby 5 Line.

 

Hannah Farndale, baptised on 17 January 1847 in Egton and buried on 3 October 1851 in Egton (FAR00372). The Whitby 5 Line.

 

John Farndale, born on 13 August 1847in the Malton area (FAR00374). The Ampleforth 1 Line.

 

Peter Farndale, born on 13 November 1847 in Kirkleatham and died on 18 June 1896 in Stockton on Tees (FAR00373). The Stockton 1 Line. Peter was a Solicitor’s clerk of Stockton.

 

 

 

1847

A typhus epidemic killed more the 30,000 people.

The Consolidated General Order regulated life in workhouses across the country.

1848

 

Thomas William Farndale, born on 6 June 1848 in Stockton on Tees and buried on 24 December 1899 (FAR00375). The Stockton 2 Line. Thomas was a brass polisher at brass foundry, fitter and later brass finisher of Stockton.

 

John Farndale, born on 26 June 1848 in Skelton and buried on 13 May 1914 in Loftus (FAR00376). The Kilton 1 Line and Founder of the second part of the Loftus 2 Line. John was a railway porter and signalman of Loftus.

 

 

 

 

 

1848

The Californian Gold Rush.

Year of Revolutions across Europe.

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels’ The Communist Manifesto.

Cholera epidemic claimed 52,000 lives.

Public Health Act 1848.

1849

 

William Farndale, born in 1849 in the Malton area and died in 1927 in Stockton on Tees (FAR00377). The Ampleforth 1 Line and Founder of the Stockton 3 Line. William was a footman in Huttons Ambro when he married Jane Gale in 1870. He became a driver or car man in Stockton by 1881. In 1891 he was a boilersmith labourer and later a general labourer.

 

William Farndale, born in 1849 and lived in Whitby (FAR00378A). The Whitby 6 Line.

 

William Farndale, baptised on 22 April 1849 in Egton and buried on 22 February 1894 in Loftus (FAR00378). The Whitby 5 Line and Founder of the Loftus 3 Line. William was an ironstone miner by 1871.

 

John Farndale, born on 23 April 1849 and died on 8 July 1906 in Bethnal Green (FAR00379). The Bishop Wilton Line. There was a John Farndale, who was discharged from the Grenadier Guards on 25 July 1872. He received £10 compensation. He served for 3 years and 323 days. (Chelsea Pensioners Discharge Documents). I think this was most likely to have been this John Farndale. John was later a civil service clerk in Clerkenwell, London.

 

John Farndale (Farnell), baptised on 23 April 1849 at Bishop Wilton and died between 1891 and 1901 in Clayton, west of Bradford (FAR00379A). The Bishop Wilton Line. John was a groom by 1871.

 

Mary Jane Farndale, baptised on 23 September 1849 at Sutton on Hull (FAR00382). The Ampleforth 1 Line.

 

 

1849

The first edition of Who’s Who.

First edition of quarterly Notes and Queries.

1850

 

John Farndale, born in 1850 and possibly died in 1927 in Stockton (FAR00380).

 

Mary Farndale (Sheader or Cuthbert), born in 1850 at Auckland (FAR00381). The Great Ayton 2 Line.

 

Robert Farndale, born about 1850 in Brotton and died before 1901 (FAR00362). The Bishop Wilton Line. Robert was a carpenter in Putney, London.

 

William Brown Farndale, born in 1850 and died in 1851 in York (FAR00384). The Whitby 5 Line.

 

Matthew Farndale, born on 25 June 1850 in Skelton and died on 27 February 1927 in Brotton (FAR00383). The Kilton 1 Line and Founder of the Craggs Line. Matthew was a farmer of Craggs Hall Farm. There is a story that, while living at Tranmire (or possibly before, in August 1879, according to one record), Martin asked Matthew to go and take Craggs Hall for him. On his return Matthew said that he had taken it, but for himself! It was said that when Matthew came back and told Martin what he had done, they both walked back to Kilton Thorpe without saying a word. Martin however always spoke highly of his brother who helped him to get to Tidkinhow, a farm on Wharton estate. It is said that Matthew later lent Martin some money to acquire Tidkinhow Farm and that Martin took this in part as repayment of his previous 'loan' and for the rest, Matthew used to come to Tidkinhow each year for many years to claim the three best lambs as part repayment.

 

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1850

The first emigrants arrived in New Zealand.

The first census in the United States to name all household members.