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Agricultural
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Robert William (“William”) Farndale
FAR00490
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Coatham
1869
Robert William Farndale, son of Matthew Farndale (farm labourer of Coatham) and Ann Farndale formerly Readman (Ann made her mark) (FAR00297), was born at Coatham on 13 August 1868, and baptised on 3 January 1869 (BR, IGI). Robert William Farndale’s birth was registered at Guisbro District in the third quarter of 1868 (GRO Vol 9d page 457).
Northern Weekly Gazette,
28 August 1868:
At Coatham, on the 13th inst, the wife
of Mr Farndale, of a son …
1871
Census 1871, Kirkleatham, 14 Pearson
Street
Living with Matthew (foreman
labourer at Sandbanks) and Ann Farndale and his siblings Mary, Anne, Sarah, George and John Thomas. Shown born at East Coatham. Robert
aged 2.
1881
Census 1881 - 10, Allerton Terrace, Redcar:
Robert W Farndale, age 12; scholar; son of Matthew and Ann Farndale, (ie born 1869).
1891
Census 1891 – Coatham
Living with Matthew
(agricultural labourer) and Ann Farndale and his siblings Mary, Annie, and John
Thomas. Shown born at East Coatham. Robert aged 22, an agricultural labourer
1901
Census 1901 - Coatham
Robert now aged 32, a
general labourer
1908
Robert William Farndale died on 19 September 1908
and was buried at Christ Church, Coatham on
22 September 1908 aged 40 (DR).
Gravestone Coatham Churchyard: ‘Robert
William Farndale born 13th August 1868, died 19th September 1908, also Mary
Redman, his Aunt, died 17th March 1917 aged 57 years.’
(Mon R).
Newcastle Daily Chronicle,
23 September 1908:
FOUND DEAD IN HIS BEDROOM. Farndale, 40, a single man, who resided at 63
High Street, Coatham, Redcar, was found dead, hanging in his bedroom, yesterday
afternoon. Deceased, who had not worked regularly as a drainer on the
Kirkleatham estate owing to ill health, did not get up yesterday morning, and
early in the afternoon his sister went to his bedroom, and asked if he wanted
any dinner. To this he replied in the negative, and when she went again into
the room a quarter of an hour later she found the door
fastened, and could get no reply to her calls. A man named Thomas Marshall
burst the door open, and discovered Farndale hanging
from the head of the bed, which had been placed upon a box to make it higher.
Life was extinct when Dr
J E MacKinley examined the body.
Hartlepool Northern Daily
Mail, 23 September 1908: William Farndale, 40, a single man, who resided at 63 High
Street, Coatham, Redcar, was found dead, hanging in his bedroom, yesterday
afternoon.
Stockton Herald, South
Durham and Cleveland Advertiser, 26 September 1908: THE INQUEST. “Suicide
whilst of unsound mind” was the verdict returned at the inquest of the
Cleveland hotel, Coatham, on Friday night. Evidence bearing out the facts
reported above was given by Annie Farndale, sister, and Thomas Marshall, who
burst open the bedroom door; while Dr MacKinley testified that deceased had
been under his care at various periods. He suffered from melancholia,
and complained of pains in his head and ears. Witness was struck with
the possibility of his attempting to commit suicide, and he had previously
mentioned this to his friends in order that they might watch him.