The Leicester Line

A four generation family from Leicester who then moved to Nottingham

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The Story of the Leicester Line

John William Farndale was born in Leeds in 1886. He married Dorothy Chamberlain in Leicester and after service in the first world war (during which time he suffered a gas attack), he settled in Leicester where he worked as a leather salesman.

		The Wakefield 1 Line John William Farndale 18 May 1886 to 29 June 1954 Married Dorothy Doris Chamberlain in 1916 He may have served with the East Yorkshire Regiment and the Labour Corps in WW1 Sorting clerk and leather salesman Leeds, Leicester FAR00615
Pauline Margaret Farndale 22 February 1917 Married Samuel Clarke in 1938 Leicester, Billsden FAR00839		Michael Anthony Farndale 2 January 1931 to 2001 Married Sheila M Carter in 1955 Leicester, Nottingham FAR00916
	Mark Anthony Farndale 1957 Married Deborah Brown in 1980 Nottingham, Leicester, Harrogate FAR01087	Simon S Farndale 1960 Married Helen Lewin in 1983 Leicester, Rushcliffe, Nottingham FAR01102			Jayne E Farndale 1961 Married David Collins in 1984 Nottingham, Leicester, Rushcliffe FAR01110
Jonathan Mark Farndale 1986 Nottingham, Goole, Doncaster FAR01265	Sarah Jayne Farndale 1989 Nottingham FAR01283	Emma Victoria Farndale 1991 Nottingham FAR01296	Rebekah Elizabeth Farndale 1993 Jeweller Nottingham FAR01314	Reece Simon Farndale 1996 Finance Coordinator at Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Nottingham, Sheffield FAR01330	The Collins Family

The Ancestry of the Leicester Line

The Leicester Line can trace directly back to 1512 from John William Farndale to Nicholas Farndaile as follows:

John William Farndale (FAR00615), 1886 - 1954

The Wakefield 1 Line

John Farndale (FAR00424), 1856 – 1922

Probably Thomas Farndale (FAR00344), 1839 – 1919

The Whitby 5 Line

John Farndale (FAR00262), 1818 – 1874

John Farndale (FAR00210), 1788

The Kilton 1 Line

Samuel Farndale (FAR00149), 1735 – 1797

William Farndale (FAR00130), 1708 - 1789

John Farndale, (FAR00116), 1680-1757

The Liverton 2 Line

Nicholas Farndale, (FAR00082), 1634-1693

The Kirkleatham Skelton Line

Georgins Ffarndayle, (FAR00073), 1602-1693

George Ffarndayle, (FAR00067), 1570-1606

William Farndale, (FAR00063), 1539-?

Nicholas Farndaile (FAR00059), 1512-1572

You can then follow details of Farndale in the medieval period who were almost certainly earlier ancestors at Volume 1 of the Farndale directory.

You can then explore Yorkshire prehistory to give you a further perspective of the distant ancestry of the people of Farndale.

Chronology of the Leicester Line

4 February 1882	Leicester Chronicle, 4 February 1882
18 May 1886	John William Farndale was born in Leeds.
By 1911	In 1901, John William Farndale was working as an office boy in Leeds and in 1911 he was a sorting clerk there.
21 February 1916	John William Farndale was attested into the army and joined 434^th (Siege) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
21 April 1916	John William Farndale married Dorothy Doris Chamberlain in Leicester.
22 February 1917	Pauline Margaret Farndale, daughter of John William and Doris Farndale, was born in Leicester. Pauline married Samuel Clarke in 1938.
16 September 1918	Gunner John William Farndale was evacuated to Rouen after a gas attack, and later to the General Hospital at Leicester.
24 February 1919	John William Farndale was demobilised at Shoreham by Sea, Sussex.
By 1921	John William Farndale was a leather salesman in Leicester.
2 January 1931	Michael Anthony Farndale, son of John William and Doris Farndale, was born in Leicester.
29 June 1954	John William Farndale died in Leicester.
1955	Michael Farndale married Sheila Carter in 1955 in Leicester.
1957	Mark Anthony Farndale, son of Michael and Sheila Farndale, was born in Leicester.
1960	Simon S Farndale, son of Michael and Sheila Farndale, was born in Leicester.
1961	Jayne E Farndale, daughter of Michael and Sheila Farndale, was born in Leicester.
2001	Michael Anthony Farndale died in Nottingham.

(Leicester Chronicle, 13 June 1891)