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The Story of the New Zealand Line

Ronald Martin Farndale emigrated to  New Zealand and served in 6th Field Ambulance RAMC in Greece and Crete and was captured as a Prisoner of War at Sidi Rezegh. He became a builder in Masterton, near Auckland, New Zealand. He married Margaret Madge Maxted in 1945 and had a family whose descendants still live in New Zealand. Madge passed away in 1956. Ronald married Doris Elaine Wilkin and had a family whose descendants also live in New Zealand today, and Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wakefield 1 Line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ronald Martin Farndale

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22 January 1919 to 3 July 1974

Emigrated to New Zealand and served in 6th Field Ambulance RAMC in Greece and Crete and was captured as a Prisoner of War at Sidi Rezegh. He became a Carpenter and builder in Masterton, near Auckland, New Zealand

Married Margaret Madge Maxted in 1945 (she died in 1956) and Doris Elaine Wilkin in 1959

Wakefield, Mastamata, Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand

FAR00852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maxwell (Max) Farndale

21 May 1946 to 2 December 2018

Married Gail Ann Cadwallada in 1967

Sports shop owner and Cricket secretary and Founder of the National Press Club

Carterton and Masterton, New Zealand

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Bruce Mathew Farndale

1960

Marred Ruth Holman

Wairapa, Wellington, Renfrewshire, Scotland

FAR01102A

Wendy Jane Farndale

1962

Married Gary McLennan

Masterton, New Zealand

FAR01114A

James Ronald Farndale

8 December 1965 to 8 December 1965

Passed away at birth

Buried at Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton

FAR01134A

Lynda Rose Farndale

1967? to 13 January 1967

Passed away in infancy

Buried at Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton

FAR01127A

Donna Ruth Farndale

1970

Married Eddie McIntyre

Wellington

FAR01173A

Robyn Joye Farndale

1972

Married Gordon Boyd in 1999

Palmerston North

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Lucas Farndale

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Nathan Farndale

FAR

The McLennan Family (Alexandra Jane McLennan, Melbourne)

 

The McIntyre Family (Emily Ruth McIntyre and Conor Jack McIntyre)

The Boyd Family (Alice Rose Boyd, 2001)

 

 

Shelley M Farndale

1968

Auckland

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Megan Farndale

1969

FAR01172A

Callan Farndale

1971

Masterton

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Robin Charles Farndale

1954

Married Jennifer Turton in 1972

New Zealand, Surrey, Ely

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Ethan

Logan

Cael

Jaime

(Max’s grandchildren)

 

 

 

 

Richard Charles P Farndale

1983

Camden, Stockwell, Richmond, London

FAR01249

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ancestry of the New Zealand Line

The New Zealand Line can trace directly back to 1512 from Ronald Martin Farndale to Nicholas Farndaile as follows:

 

Ronald Martin Farndale, (FAR00852), 1919-1974

The Wakefield 1 Line

Robert Farndale, (FAR00606), 1885-1972

The Craggs Line

Matthew Farndale, (FAR00383), 1850-1927

The Kilton 1 Line

                                                  

Martin Farndale, (FAR00264), 1818-1862

 

George Farndale, (FAR00215), 1790-1858

 

William Farndale, (FAR00183), 1760-?

 

John Farndale ("Old Farndale" of Kilton), (FAR00143), 1724-1807

 

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 New Zealand Line

 

22 January 1919

Ronald Martin Farndale was born in Wakefield, the son of Robert and Sarah Jane (nee Alcock) Farndale (FAR00606).

 

1921                

Ronald was 2, living in Wakefield. His father was a horseman on the local district council.

 

30 April 1936

Ronald, now 17, was now farming at Bells Farm, Thornton in Craven, near Skipton, Yorkshire.

 

He emigrated from London to Wellington, New Zealand, on the Ruahine of the New Zealand Shipping Line.

 

He farmed near Waharoa, New Zealand.

 

1941                  

62013 Ronald Farndale enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served with 6th Field Ambulance in Greece and Crete.

 

1941

Ronald was captured at Sidi Rezegh in North Africa and was a prisoner of war in Italy. There is evidence that he was working in the NZ 6th Brigade Advanced dressing Station at Belhamed, near Sidi Rezegh, when they were captured by German forces. They were transported by German Ship from Tripoli to Naples, then to Capua PG66, on to Servigliano PG59, then to Chiavari PG52.

 

19 June 1943

 

Ronald M Farndale, 24, then in the Army, departed from Liverpool for Auckland, New Zealand on the Sydney Star of the Blue Star Line. His address was shown as c/o New Zealand Army HQ, 415 Strand, London WC2.

 

Post War

Ronald became a builder in Masterton, near Wellington, New Zealand.

 

28 July 1945

Ronald M Farndale married Margaret Madge Maxted (born 1906) in Auckland New Zealand.

 

21 May 1946

Maxwell Farndale was born in New Zealand.

 

1946 and 1954

 

Ronald was a carpenter, living near Wellington.

1956

Margaret Farndale, Ronald’s wife, died of a brain tumour.

 

1959

Ronald married Doris Elaine Wilkin.

 

1960

 

Bruce Mathew Farndale was born.

1962

Wendy Jane Farndale was born.

 

1964

Lynda Rose Farndale was born.

 

8 December 1965

James Ronald Farndale was born and passed away at birth.

 

13 January 1967

Lynda Rose Farndale died.

 

9 December 1967

 

Maxwell (Max) Farndale married Gail Ann Cadwallada.

1968

 

Shelley Farndale, daughter of Max Farndale, was born.

 

1969

Megan Farndale, daughter of Max Farndale, was born.

 

1970

Donna Ruth Farndale was born.

 

1971

Callan Farndale, son of Max Farndale, was born.

 

1972

Robyn Joye Farndale was born.

 

1963 and 1972

 

Ronald was a carpenter living at Wairarapa, New Zealand.

3 July 1974

Ronald Martin Farndale died at Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand, aged 55. He is buried at Archer Street Cemetery.

 

2 December 2018

Maxwell (Max) Farndale died.