Robert Farndale
9 August 1863 (baptised) to 12 May 1933
FAR00455
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He moved to London and then to Wales to become a butler, including
to the Piercy family, but was later an inmate in the workhouse where he met his
future wife.
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Huttons Ambo
1863
Robert
Farndale, son of William (a licensed hawker of Low Hutton, Huttons Ambo) and
Bessy (nee Langdale) Farndale (FAR00286) was born Malton District in
1863 and baptised Appleton-le-Street on 9 August 1863 (Huttons
Ambo PR).
Robert Farndale’s birth was registered in Malton District in the third quarter
of1863 (GRO Vol 9d, page 325).
1871
1871
Census – Huttons Ambo
Robert
Farndale is shown aged 7, living with his father William Farndale (a licenced
hawker), mother Bessy and siblings.
Marylebone, London
1881
1881
Census – 14 Berkeley Street, Marylebone, London
Robert
Farndale, single, 17, a boarder,
born York about 1864
Wrexham, Wales
1891
1891
Census – Marchwiel Hall, Wrexham Road, Marchweil, Wrexham, Wales
Robert
Farndale, 27, domestic butler, born
Appleton – he is first of the listed servants, so perhaps was the main butler to
the Piercy family
Marchwiel Hall was a seat of the Broughton family and by 1837
was occupied by Townshend Mainwaring, who then moved to Galltfaenan
Hall on his marriage. The current 1840s-built country house has five
main reception rooms, a ballroom, and 12 bedrooms, with adjoining stables and
outbuildings set on 150 acres (61 ha) of estate grounds. In 1883, its then
owner, civil engineer Benjamin Piercy laid out a cricket ground. In
1913, Sir Alfred McAlpine bought the property. Home to the Marchwiel
and Wrexham Cricket Club, Alfred developed it as "one of the most
picturesque settings for playing the game in the country”.
1901
1901
Census – Cornelyn, Llangoed,
Bangor, Anglesey, Wales
Robert
Farndale, 36, domestic butler to
the Massey family.
1911
Love in the Workhouse
1911
Census – Workhouse near
Wrexham, Bersham, Wales
Robert
Farndale, an inmate,
single, but also still listed as a domestic butler, 49, born Appleton le Street
In
1911, Sarah Samuels, who Robert would soon marry, was also an inmate, formerly
a domestic servant, at Wrexham Union Workhouse.
1913
Robert
Farndale married Sarah
Samuels in 1913 and the marriage was registered in the first quarter of
1913 at Wrexham, Denbighshire (GRO Vol 11b page 401). Sarah Samuels was born
in about 1884 at Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales.
Robert W Farndale (FAR00792) was born in
Wrexham District, Denbighshire on 18 January 1913 (1939
Register). His birth was registered in Wrexham District, Denbighshire in
the first quarter of 1913 (GRO Vol 11B Page 486).
Chester
1914
Ethel
M Farndale (FAR00803) was
born in Chester District, Cheshire on 23
May 1914 (1939 Register, GRO Vol 8A Page 693).
1915
Reginald
Arthur Farndale (FAR00822A)
was born in Chester District on 20 April 1915 (1939 Register), and perhaps
his illness meant his birth was never registered.
1916
Cecil Herbert Langdale Farndale (FAR00830) was born in
Chester District on 27 July 1916 (1939 Register). His birth was registered in
Chester District, Cheshire in the third quarter of 1916 (GRO Vol 8A Page 634).
His name Langdale
was taken from his grandmother’s maiden name.
1919
Helena
E F L Farndale (FAR00853)
was born in Chester District on 1919 and her birth
was registered in the second quarter of 1919 (GRO
Vol 8A Page 471). She died in 1921.
1920
Walter
Farndale (FAR00865) was born
in Chester District in 1920 and his birth was registered in the
second quarter of 1920 (GRO Vol 8A Page 772).
He died in 1922.
1921 Census - Chester
Robert Farndale, 60, waiter at the Grosvenor Hotel,
Chester
Sarah Farndale, 38
Robert Farndale, 8 Years 5 Months
Ethel M Farndale, 7 Years 1 Month
Reginald A Farndale, 6 Years 2 Months
Cecil Farndale, 4 Years 11 Months
Walter Farndale, 1 Year 2 Months
W H Browne, 41
Charles Audley, 24
William Rooney, 60
1922
Bessie
L Farndale (FAR00878)
was born in Chester District on 7 April 1922 (1939 Register). Her birth was registered in
Chester District in the second quarter of 1922 (GRO
Vol 8A Page 634).
1933
Robert Farndale, died aged 69 on
12 May 1864 and was buried at Overleigh New Cemetery,
Chester on 16 May 1933 (Find a grave index, burial and cremation index) and
the death was registered at Chester District in the second quarter of 1933 (GRO
Vol 8a page 459).
1938
Sarah
Farndale died on 12 March 1938 and was buried on 16 March 1938 at Overleigh New Cemetery, Chester (Find
a grave index, burial and cremation index).