Jane (“Janey”) Farndale


2 April 1833 (baptised) to 1916

 

Kilton 3 Line

  

FAR00322

 

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Dressmaker of Lythe.

 

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Stockton

 

1833

 

Jane Farndale daughter of Wilson and Margaret (nee Wilkinson) Farndale (FAR00227), carpenter, was baptised at Norton, County Durham on 2 April 1833 (Norton PR).

 

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Norton is NE of Stockton-on-Tees.

 

Lythe, near Whitby

 

1841

 

Census 1841 - Lythe:

Wilson Farndale, 40, agricultural labourer.

Margaret Farndale, 35.

Jane Farndale, 8.

 

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Lythe is on the coast, 5km NW of Whitby.

 

1851

 

Census 1851 - Lythe:

Wilson Farndale, head, married, aged 55, agricultural labourer born in Kilton.

Margaret Farndale, wife, married, aged 49; born in Heyington in or about 1802.

Jane Farndale, daughter, unmarried, aged 18, a dressmaker, born in Norton in 1833.

 

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1853

 

Jane Farndale, a dressmaker, aged 20, daughter of Wilson Farndale, a labourer residing at Lythe, married John Hunter, a gardener aged 22, son of James Hunter, a farmer also residing at Lythe. The marriage was on 13 August 1853 at the Parish Church at Lythe (Lythe PR).

 

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1854

 

Margaret Ann Hunter was born (1861 census).

 

1856

 

John Hunter was born (1861 census).

 

1858

 

Hannah Elizabeth Hunter was born (1861 census).

 

Alnwick

 

1861

 

Jane Hunter was born (1861 census).

 

In 1861, they lived in Alnwick, and John Hunter was a gardener. They had a 7 year old daughter, Margaret Ann Hunter, a 5 year old son, John Hunter, a 3 year old daughter, Hannah Elizabeth Hunter and a 3 month old daughter, Jane Hunter (1891 Census – Alnwick). All the children except Jane had been born in Whitby.

 

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1864

 

James Hunter was born in Alnwick (1891 census). He later became a market gardener, like his father.

 

1867

 

Maria Hunter was born (1871 census).

 

1870

 

Mary Hunter was born (1871 census).

 

1871

 

In 1871, the family were in Alnwick, where John continued to work as a gardener (1871 census – Alnwick).

 

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1881

 

In 1881, the family were in Alnwick, where John continued to work as a gardener (1881 census – Alnwick).

 

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1882

 

Isabella Hunter was born (1891 census).

 

1891

 

In 1891, they lived in Alnwick, and John Hunter was a market gardener, as was their 27 year old son, James Hunter (1891 Census – Alnwick).

 

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1892

 

Her daughter, Maria Hunter died aged only 26 in 1892:

 

Whitby Gazette, 2 September 1892: DEATHS. August 19th, at Waggon Way, Alnwick, aged 26 years, Maria, fourth daughter of Mr John Hunter, and grand-daughter of the late Margaret Farndale, of Lythe.

 

1902

 

In 1902, Jane published an In Memoriam in the Whitby Gazette, 10 January 1902 for her late mother:

 

In memory of my dear mother, Margaret Farndale, widow of Wilson Farndale, who died at Lythe, January 2nd, 1882.

From Jane.

 

Alnwick Moor, Northumberland.

 

1906

 

Their eldest daughter, M A Welch died in 1906:

 

Whitby Gazette, 13 July 1906: DEATHS. June 2nd, 1906, M A Welch, eldest daughter of John and Jane Hunter, Alnwick Moor, and grand daughter of the late Margaret Farndale, Lythe. Rest in Peace.

 

1909

 

Janey’s husband died in 1909:

 

Whitby Gazette, 13 August 1909: July 28th, at Alnwick Moor, aged 82 years, John Croser Hunter, husband of Janey Farndale, Lythe, only daughter of the late Margaret Farndale.

 

1911

 

Census 1911

 

Jane Hunter, a widow, born at Stockton (which is where Norton is) was living on her own at Stella Cottage, Alnwick, Northumberland, by private means.

 

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1916

 

Jane Hunter, born 1833, died at Alnwick in the second quarter of 1916 (GRO Vol 10b page 586).

 

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