William Farndale
6 July 1845 (baptised) to 1 August 1895 (buried)
FAR00369A
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1845
William
Farndale, son of John Farndale, farm labourer of Kirkleatham (FAR00230) and Elizabeth Farndale
formerly Wallis, was born at Kirkleatham
and baptised at Coatham on the Guisborough Wesleyan Methodist
Circuit on 6 July 1845 (Coatham PR).
1851
Census
1851 - West Coatham, Kirkleatham:
John Farndale, head; age 53; married; born Brotton
(ie 1798).
Elizabeth Farndale, wife; age 41; married; born
Roxby; (ie 1810).
Mary Farndale, daughter;
age 15; unmarried; born Roxby; (ie 1836) (FAR00339).
Jane Farndale, daughter; age 13; unmarried; born
Roxby; (ie 1838) (FAR00340).
Sarah Farndale, daughter; age 7; unmarried; born
Roxby; (ie 1846) (FAR00368A).
William Farndale,
son; age 5; unmarried; born West Coatham (ie 1846) (FAR00369A).
Peter Farndale, son; age 3; unmarried; born West
Coatham (ie 1848) (FAR00373).
1861
Census
1861 - Stockton:
John Farndale, Head; age 64; married; iron foundry
lab; b Brotton (ie 1797)
Elizabeth Farndale, wife; age 52; born Roxby;
(ie1809)
Sarah Farndale, daughter; age 17; born Roxby;
(ie1844) (FAR00368A).
William Farndale,
son; age 15; gen clerk to Solicitor; born Kirkleatham
(ie 1846) (FAR00369A).
Peter Farndale, son; age 13; gen clerk to
Solicitor; born Kirkleatham (ie 1848) (FAR00373).
1871
By
1871, William Farndale appears to have been a court clerk in Stockton:
Daily
Gazette for Middlesbrough, 2 May 1871:
STOCKTON
BOROUGH POLICE COURT
APPLICATIONS
FOR SUMMONSES. Mr Simpson complained of a number of boys who were in the habit
of frequenting Shaftesbury terrace, Yarm Lane and causing a disturbance there
by getting a cart, raising it up in front of the houses, climbing the shafts
and shouting relatedly … Mr Farndale, the deputy clerk, said it was a breach of
the law, and the Bench ordered a summons to be issued.
Census
1871 – Sidney Street, Stockton
Sarah
Farndale, head, 27 born 1844
William
Farndale, brother, 25
Peter
Farndale, brother, 23, born 1848
Ann
Brown, niece, 12
1873
Stockton
Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser, 12 April 1873:
STOCKTON
BOROUGH POLICE COURT
ASSAULTS.
William Farndale had charged Charles Dunn with assault, said to have been
committed on Sunday night. Complainant did not appear, and the charge was
dismissed.
1881
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough,
10 December 1881: THE POLL. The election
of five gentlemen as members of the Norton School Board took place on Friday
but made her more than ordinary amount of public interest.... Mr. James
Robinson and Mr. T Jobson were presiding officers over the “station” in the
infants school room; While Mr Peter Farndale and Mr William Farndale
acted in a similar capacity and the boys department …
Northern Echo, 14 June 1882: A FRAUDULENT STOCKTON
BANKRUPT. Yesterday, at Stockton Police Court, William Angelo Laurent, formally
a tobacconist etc, residing at Dovecot Street, Stockton, was brought up in
custody, having been apprehended at Barrow in Furness, charged with four
offences under the Bankruptcy act. Mr W R Bolsover prosecuted, and Mr Woodward
defended. Mr Bolsover said it was a prosecution ordered by the Judge of the
County Court under the Debtors Act of 1869, and he was instructed by the
Treasury to prosecute. The defendant was a liquidating debtor. The meeting of
creditors was held on the 11th of May last, and a resolution was passed
appointing Mr George Hudson trustee under the liquidation. He called Mr
William Farndale, a clerk in the employment of the Registrar of the County
Court, Stockton, who produced the official file of the proceedings in the
matter of William Angelo Laurent, liquidating debtor....
Recognizances in the case against
John Dunn Description Recognizance
made by Frank Brown of Stockton in the borough of Stockton in county Durham
accountant for his appearance at the next Quarter Sessions to prefer a bill of
indictment against John Dunn for attempting to defraud his creditors by not
fully disclosing his assets after he had been made bankrupt Recognizance made
by William Farndale of Stockton in county Durham clerk, Mark Pearson of
Lingdale innkeeper, William Calvert Park cashier and George Robson solicitor,
both of Middlesbrough, and Henry Dowsland of South Bank police inspector, for
their appearance at the next Quarter Sessions to give evidence in the case
against John Dunn Recognizance made by John Dunn, Thomas Elstob and Emanuel
Almond, all of South Bank, for their appearance at the next Quarter Sessions to
give evidence in the case against John Dunn With separate cover sheet Date, 18
December 1882 (Document reference, QSB 1883
1/7/10 Level, Item Extent, 4 pieces Catalogue status, Catalogued).
Evidence in the case against John
Dun; Depositions of William Farndale of Stockton in county Durham clerk,
Mark Pearson of Lingdale innkeeper, William Calvert Park cashier and George
Robson solicitor, both of Middlesbrough, Frank Brown of Stockton in county
Durham accountant, and Henry Dowsland of South Bank police officer, witnesses in
the case against John Dunn Statement of John Dunn, the accused With separate
cover sheet Date, 18 December 1882 (Document reference, QSB
1883 1/8/10 Level, Item Extent, 3 pieces Catalogue status Catalogued)
1891
Census
1891 – Hartington Road, Stockton on Tees
Peter
Farndale, 43, solicitor’s clerk
Margaret
D Farndale, 37
William
Farndale, 45, his brother, also a solicitor’s clerk, also born Kirkleatham
1895
William Farndale was buried on 1 August 1895 at Durham
Road Cemetery, Stockton on Tees.