Tom Christopher Farndale
1865 to ?

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Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

 

1865

 

Tom Christopher Farndale, son of John Christopher and Jane Barnett (nee Telford) Farndale (FAR00308), was born in Wisbech District in 1865 (BR). Tom Christopher Farndale’s birth was registered in Wisbech District in the second quarter of 1865 (GRO Vol 3b page 638).

 

1868

 

His father, a sea captain and master mariner, was lost at sea on the steamer The Norfolk in the Bay of Biscay on 22 January 1868. Tom was three years old.

 

1871

 

Census 1871 – Nene parade, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

 

Tom C Farndale living with his grandfather, John Henry Telford. His mother was not there.

 

1877

 

His mother, Jane, married a barrister, S B Ives, a barrister, in New York, USA in 1877. Rose was fourteen years old.

 

Rose, but not Tom at this stage seems to have emigrated to join their mother. The Boston Globe, 22 Apr 1878, Mon · Page 4 : ARRIVAL OF THE BATAVIA. The Cunard steamship Batavia, Captain Mouland, from Liverpool, arrived at this port at 6 am this morning with merchandise and tenty cabin and 244 steerage pasengers. Cabin passengers : … Miss Rose Farndale …

 

New York, USA

 

1879

 

Rose seems to have returned to UK and then sailed back again with the rest of her family in 1879.

The Boston Globe, 24 May 1879, Sat · Page 1: The following is a list of cabin passengers per Cunard steamship Samaria, Captain Roberts, sailing Saturday, May 24, 1879, for Queenstown and Liverpool … Miss Farndale …

Daily Post, 05 Jun 1879, Thu · Page 7: AMERICAN ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL. PER CUNARD STEAMER SMARIA FROM BOSTON. … Mis R Farndale …

Boston Post, 1 Sep 1879, Mon · Page 4: In steamer Samaria, at this port from Liverpool … Master Farndale, Miss Farndale, Miss Eva Farndale … Total 389