Robert Farndale
20 August 1885 to 27 March 1972
FAR00606
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Craggs Hall Farm
1885
Robert
Farndale, son of Matthew and Mary Ann (nee Liverseed) Farndale (FAR00383) was born in Craggs
Hall Farm on 20 August 1885 (1939 Register). Robert Farndale’s birth was
registered in Stockton District in the
fourth quarter of 1885 (GRO Vol 10a page 60).
1891
Census
1891 -
Craggs Hall Farm, Brotton:
Matthew Farndale, head, 40
Mary A Farndale, 34
Robert Farndale, 5
Ruth Farndale, 4
Ernest Farndale 2
Elizabeth
Farndale, widow; aged 80; born Whitby;
(1811).[Shown as mother to Matthew Farndale of Craggs Hall].
Annie Mitchel, a
domestic servant
1900
Matthew
and Ann Farndale and their family at Craggs Hall in about 1900
William Robert
Ruth
Matthew Herbert Ann Ernest
Edwin
1901
Census
1901,
Craggs Hall Farm
Matthew Farndale,
head, 50, a farmer
Mary A Farndale,
44
Robert Farndale, 15, an
assistant on the farm
Ruth Farndale, 14
Ernest Farndale,
12
Herbert Farndale,
9
William Farndale,
6
Edwin Farndale, 2
1910
Robert Farndale, 25, farm labourer, son of Mathew
Farndale, farmer, married Sarah Jane Alcock, 25 of Battersby on 1 September
1910 at Ingleby Greenhow (Ingleby Greenhow PR).
Sarah
Jane Alcock was the daughter of Martin
Alcock (1852 to 1930) and Hannah (nee Wilson) Alcock (1856 to 1930) and
was baptised at Ingleby Greenhow on 19 July 1885.
1911
1911
census – Grove Side, Stanley Lane, Wakefield
Robert
Farndale, 25, horseman on farm
Sarah
Jane Farndale, 25
Ruth
Farndale (FAR00775) was born in Wakefield in 1911. Ruth Farndale’s birth was
registered at Wakefield. District in the
third quarter of 1911 (GRO Vol 9c page 130).
She died of meningitis and pneumonia, aged 7 in 1918.
1913
Robert Edwin
Farndale (FAR00795)
was born in Stanley (census) on 19
April 1913 (1939 Register). His birth was
registered in Wakefield District in 1913
(GRO Vol 9C Page 137).
1915
Maurice Farndale (FAR00816) was born in Stanley, Wakefield (census) on 11 April 1915 (1939
Register). His birth was registered in Wakefield in the second quarter of 1915 (GRO Vol 9C Page 118).
1917
Ada Farndale (FAR00836) was born in Stanley, Wakefield (census) on 19 January 1917 (1939 Register). Her birth was registered in Wakefield, in
the first quarter of 1917 (GRO Vol 9C Page 111).
Robert Farndale served in the King’s
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, the Labour Corps and the Royal Sussex Regiment in
World War 1.
1919
Ronald Martin
Farndale (FAR00852) was born in Stanley, Wakefield (census)
on 22 January 1919 (DR, Letter, BR).
His birth was registered in Wakefield
District in the first quarter of 1919 (GRO Vol 9C
Page 92). He was a prisoner of war after the Battle of Sidi
Rezegh in the Second World War and later emigrated to New Zealand, founding the New Zealand 1 Line.
1920
Matthew Farndale,
Ann Farndale, Robert Farndale and Ruth Farndale, in front of Craggs Hall, about
1920
Robert Farndale
Wakefield
1921
Robert
Farndale, 36, farmer, horseman on the Stanley District Council
Sarah Jane Farndale, 36
Robert Edwin Farndale, 8, born
Stanley
Maurice
Farndale, 6, born Stanley
Ada
Farndale, 4, born Stanley
Ronald
Martin Farndale, 2, born Stanley
Skipton
1939
1939
Register – Bell’s Farm, Barnoldswick, Skipton
Robert
Farndale, born 20 August 1885, dairy farmer
Sarah
J Farndale, born 3 June 1885
Maurice
Farndale, born 11 April 1915, dairy farmer
1941
In
1941, Mrs S Farndale was shown as next of kin for Ronald Martin Farndale, then
a prisoner of war, and Sarah’s address was shown as Bells Farm,
Thornton-in-Craven, Skipton, Yorkshire
1956
Sarah
J Farndale died in 1956, aged 73, and her death was registered in the third
quarter of 1956 at Staincliffe (GRO Vol 2d page 279).
1972
Robert Farndale, born 20 Aug 1885, died on 27
March 1972 and his death was registered in Staincliffe District in the first
quarter of 1972 (GRO Vol 2d page 1067).