Mary Ann Farndale (later Martin)
1 April 1831 to 20 January 1923
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Mary was born in
Yorkshire before her family made a new life in Australia.
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1831
Mary
Ann Farndale, daughter of Matthew and Hannah (nee Thompson) Farndale (FAR00225) of Kilton, farmer, was born at Kilton on 1 April
1831 (headstone) and was baptised at Brotton
on 6 April 1831 (Brotton PR).
1841
When she was ten,
the family still lived at Kilton (Census
1841).
1849
Mary
Ann Farndale was 18 or 19 when the family moved to Hallgarth Farm, Kildale.
1851
The Census of 1851 for Hallgarth, Kildale listed
Matthew Farndale, head, married, aged 57, a farmer of 150 acres with 2
labourers; Hannah Farndale, wife; married; age 43; Mary Ann Farndale, daughter;
unmarried; aged 19 (see FAR00313);
Elizabeth Farndale, daughter; unmarried; aged 17 (see FAR00323); and Richard
Thompson (perhaps Hannah’s brother), a servant, unmarried aged 51 and lodger,
William Horsley aged 28, living in.
Just
before her parents left for Australia, Mary Ann married William Martin of
Woodend Farm, Kildale. He had been a butler at Ingleby Manor, but the 1851
census recorded him as a farmer’s son at Kildale.
Mary
Ann Farndale, married William Martin in 1851 at Kildale and they both emigrated
to Australia with her
parents. They had eight children.
1853
They emigrated to Australia in 1853. See the Farndales
of Australia.
After
the voyage to Australia, arriving in Melbourne on 19 January 1853, the family
spent time organising their trip to look for land, resisting as they did, the
gold rush that was in full swing at that time.
Eventually
they arrived at Colac and established their farm at Birregurra and built their
house, Hawthorne, which they called the Garden of Eden.
1853
Their first child arrived exactly eleven months to
the day since their arrival on the Yarra Yarra. Elizabeth Clarissa Teresa was
born on 19 December 1853 at Colac, Victoria (Victoria
Births, Registration Number 6952). She died on 26 July 1946.
1855
Anna
Maria Martin was born in 1855.
1856
Marion
Amelia Susanna Martin was born on 15 September 1856. She died in 1951.
William
Martin’s younger brother, Wilson Martin (born in late 1832 and baptised in
January 1833) arrived in Melbourne in January 1856 as an unassisted passenger.
He then walked to Colac from Geelong to his brother William and family. Susan
Leonard was an Irish Protestant from Dublin. She had left on her own in 1855 as
an assisted passage emigrant and worked as a domestic servant, then on a sheep
station a couple of days' drive by wagon from Portland where she landed, and
later in Colac somewhere. She met Wilson in Colac in 1857
and they married on 1 January 1858. Wilson and Susan's first child was
born in September 1858, but lived only a few hours.
She appears to have been born at Hawthorne Cottage, as Mary Ann was the
informant on the death certificate. (Information kindly provided by
Wilson’s great x2 granddaughter, Maryanne Martin).
1860
William
John Matthew Martin was born on 16 May 1860. He died in 1942.
1863
Hawthorne
Their
lives would not have been easy as they helped Matthew and Hannah develop the
little farm and William would have taken their produce to Ballarat and Geelong
to sell, particularly to gold miners looking for provisions. We know very
little about their lives as their large family came into being and their
parents died, Matthew in 1884 and Hannah in 1892.
Alfred
Miro Vitiricus Martin was born on 13 July 1863. He died on 28 June 1953.
1864
Ada Melinda Martin was born on 2 September 1864.
She died on 5 November 1947.
1867
Mary Matilda Martin was born on 20 April 1867. She
died on 11 March 1944.
1869
Martin Edgar Martin was born on 18 September 1869.
He died in 1952.
1875
This
relates to a Mary Martin of Geelong who died in 1875, and
is included here only for reference as our Mary lived until 1923.
1887
In
1887 William paid a visit to England but did not take Mary Ann. However he made a special will to her at Birregurra on 28
February 1887 (see below) in case something happened to him while he was away.
He then deposited it in the Colonial Bank of Australia and left authorisation for
is wife to draw it out on giving proof of is death. He also brought back a cup
and saucer.
Mary Ann Martin nee Farndale
William Martin
1888
William
Martin died in Birregurra on 27 May 1888. However in
1895 Mary Ann made over her husbands’ lands near Birregurra to her two sons William
John Martin and Alfred Miro Vitericus Martin, at the same time releasing them
from paying her an annuity. This document is reproduced below and is followed
by a copy of the original document. The map shows the Martin property at
Birregurra.
1895
1923
Mary
Ann Martin died on 20 January 1923, aged 92.
A new
headstone was erected at Warncoort cemetery by
Stephen Brooks, William and Mary Ann’s great x2 grandson, in 2026 and I am grateful
to Maryanne Martin for providing me with a photograph.
MARTIN
– On the 20th January,
1923, at Hopetoun Street, Camperdown, Mary Ann, widow of the late William
Martin, formerly of Hawthorne, Birregurra, and Newtown, Geelong, and elder
daughter of the late Matthew and Hannah Farndale, aged 92 years (The
Camperdown Chronicle, 23 January 1923).
DEATH.
MARTIN.- At the home of her daughter. Mrs. Aspland, Hopetoun
street Camperdown. on January 20th, 1923. Mary Ann, widow of the late William
Martin. formerly of Hawthorn. Birregurra and Newton, Geelong, and elder
daughter of the late Matthew and Hannah Farndale, aged 92 years.
BIRREGURRA PIONEER. DEATH OF MRS W
MARTIN. By the death of Mrs Martin, which occurred at her daughter’ (Mrs
Aspland) residence, Camperdown, on Saturday afternoon, this district has lost
one of its oldest pioneers. Born at Kilton, Yorkshire, in 1831, Mrs Martin,
immediately after her marriage to her late husband, Mr W Martin came with her parents,
Mr and Mrs W farndale, and her sister, the late Mrs Darby, of Colac, to
Australia, arriving in 1853. The family first came to Colac,
and subsequently took up their residence at Birregurra. There was, of
course, no railway line to Colac in those days, and the party did the journey
by road. Mr. Martin and Mr Farndale were their own architects and carpenters,
being compelled to erect their own houses out of any material available. At a later date, more commodious and up-to-date residences were
erected, and many of the older residents of Birregurra have tender memories of
delightful days at Mr Martin’s residence, “Hawthorne”, which, surrounded by a
large orchard, was one of the best known houses around
Birregurra. “Hawthorne” was destroyed by the big fire about 1900, and Mrs
Martin took up her residence in Geelong, afterwards going to live with her
daughter, Mrs Aspland, at Camperdown, where she resided until the time of her
death. Mrs Martin's husband predeceased her about 35 years ago, but the family
of eight, Mrs Aspland, Camperdown, Mrs A J Sitlington,
Colac, Mrs H Smith, Melbourne, Mrs T Parkinson, Portland, Miss Emma Martin,
Camperdown, and Edgar, John and Alfred Martin, (Wilby) all survive, and much
sympathy will be felt for them in their bereavement. Although having reached
the very advanced age of 92 years, Mrs Martin was wonderfully active, and was in complete possession of her faculties. Her kindly nature and always cheerful manner, endeared her
to a host of friends, who found a great deal of pleasure in a conversation with
the warm hearted old lady who, it might truthfully be
said, was beloved by all. Until a few months ago she had retained her physical
powers to an amazing degree, but an attack of pneumonia, which occurred during
a visit to Portland, affected her considerably, and it was evident to her
friends that she was failing rapidly. Her one concern, during the last few weeks
of her life, was that she, who had never considered herself in her services to
others, was unable to help herself. Happy and cheerful to the end, the deceased
lady was conversing with a friend a few minutes before her death. The late Mrs
Martin was one of the type of early settlers who were
the foundation of the Australian nation, and whose example might well be kept
before the present generation, and those yet to come. The funeral will take
place to the Warncoort cemetery today, passing through Colac at about 10:30 am,
and arriving at Warncoort at 11 am.
Obituary. The death occurred on
Saturday last at the residence of her daughter, Mrs Aspland, of Hopeton street, Camperdown, of Mrs M A Martin, relict of the
late Mr William Martin, formerly of Hawthorn, Birregurra and Newton, Geelong,
and elder daughter of the late Matthew and Hannah Farndale. The late Mrs
Martin, who had reached the venerable age of 92 years, was a native of
Yorkshire, England, but had resided in this state for a very long time, having
come to Victoria as a bride in the early days. She was sweet old lady possessed
of many sterling traits and a charm of manner that endeared her to all who had
the good fortune to call her friend, being possessed of a nobility of nature
very rare. To know her was to love her. Despite her great age, until a few
months back she was comparatively active and was capable of
taking long walks unattended. With her daughter, Miss M M Martin, she went to Portland sometime back to visit
another daughter, Mrs Parkinson, and while there her health failed seriously.
Some weeks ago she was brought back to Camperdown,
but, despite loving care and attention, gradually grew weaker until she passed
away as stated. She will be sincerely mourned by a host of ardent admirers, and
sincere and widespread sympathy will be felt for those bereaved. She leaves to
mourn their loss a family of grown up sons and
daughters. They are Messrs Alfred, John and Edgar Martin, Wilby, and the
daughters Mrs Aspland, Camperdown, Mrs A J Sitlington,
Colac, Mrs Ray Smith, Melbourne, Mrs T Parkinson, Portland, and Miss Martin, Camp[erdown. The body will be laid
to rest in Warncoort cemetery today, whither it will be conveyed by motor
hearse. The internment will take place about 11:00 AM. Messrs Coley and Brennan
have charge of the Funeral arrangements. (Chronicle, 23 January 1923).