William Farndale
6 January 1816 (baptised) to 1887
FAR00258
|
Return to the Home
Page of the Farndale Family Website |
The story of one
family’s journey through two thousand years of British History |
The 83 family lines
into which the family is divided. Meet the whole family and how the wider
family is related |
Members of the
historical family ordered by date of birth |
Links to other pages
with historical research and related material |
The story of the
Bakers of Highfields, the Chapmans, and other related families |
Labourer of
Settrington
Dates are in red.
Hyperlinks to
other pages are in dark
blue.
Headlines of
William’s life are in brown.
References and
citations are in turquoise.
Context and local
history are in purple.
1816
William Farndale,
son of Elias and Jane (nee Foster) Farndale, (FAR00224) was baptised at Ampleforth on 6 January 1816 (Ampleforth PR). His father was a labourer.
There is a suggestion in the census records that
his birth place was Bishop Wilton which is some 20 km southeast of Ampleforth
and is closer to where he ended up. But a later census confirms he was born at
Ampleforth.
1841
1841
Census,
Birdsall
William Farndale,
25, an agricultural labourer in the Parish of Wharram le street in the Parish
of Wharram le street and the townships of Baisthorpe
and Birdsall (Grid SE818659) and Wharram Percy (SE 859642).
So he left home
to live alone as an agricultural labourer, about 30km south east of Ampleforth.
By the time he
married he was a Settrington (SE835835), about 8km north of Birdsall. So he had
settled in this area.
1843
William Farndale aged
27, a bachelor, labourer of Settrington, son of Elijah Farndale, also a
labourer, married Ann Wilson aged 20, a spinster, a servant of Settrington,
daughter of Thomas Wilson, a labourer, at the Church, Settrington by banns, on
28 November 1843 (Marriage Certificate).
Both made their mark. The witnesses were Edward Wilson (his mark) and Jane
Piercy. Charles Hudson was the Minister.
1851
1851
Census,
Cottage Ratton Row, Settrington
Thomas Wilson,
his father in law, an agricultural labourer, aged 70
John Wilson, 46,
a carrier, William’s brother in law
William Farndale,
married, 36, an agricultural labourer – the record shows his birth place was
Bishop Wilton
Ann Farndale, 28,
his wife
1853
Ann
Farndale (FAR00404) was born on 9 October 1853 at Settrington (GRO Vol 9d page 267).
1861
1861 Census, in
a cottage at Settrington
William Farndale, head, married, an agricultural labourer, 43, now
showing birth place as Ampleforth
Ann Farndale, 38
Ann Farndale, daughter, 7, a scholar, born at Settrington
therefore in 1854
John Wilson (William’s brother in law) lived with them, by now a
farmer.
1871
1871
Census -
Settrington
William Farndale,
a farm labourer, aged 55
Ann Farndale, 48
‘labourer’s wife’
Name left blank,
granddaughter, an infant aged 1 (presumably their daughter Ann’s (then 17)
daughter, but Ann was not living with them – presumably this is Mary J Farndale
(see below). Did William and Ann ‘adopt’ their daughter’s daughter and use the
Farndale surname (since Ann became Goodwill) perhaps as she was born out of
marriage when Ann was 17?
1881
1881
Census,
Settrington
William Farndale,
agricultural labourer, 65
Ann Farndale, 58,
Mary J Farndale,
granddaughter, 12,scholar
1886
Ann Farndale died at Settrington and was buried on 13 May 1886 (Settrington PR).
1887
William Farndale,
74, died at Scarborough District in 1887. The death was registered in the first
quarter of 1887 (GRO Vol 9d page 249). This
makes sense since his daughter Ann had moved to Scarborough by 1901.
