Emma Elsie Gladys Farndale

31 May 1893 (baptised) to 14 April 1988

The Wakefield 1 Line

FAR00657

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Halifax

1893

Emma Elsie Farndale, daughter of Joseph and Emma (nee Selby) Farndale (FAR00463), Halifax District, was baptised on 31 May 1893 (Halifax PR). Emma Elsie G Farndale’s birth was registered in Halifax District in the second quarter of 1893 (GRO Vol 9a page 433). The family residence was in Halifax.

Bradford

1901

1901 Census, 2 Undercliffe Lane, Bradford

Joseph Farndale, Chief Constable of Police, head, aged 36

Emma, his wife, aged 38

Florence Selby, aged 16

Eveline, aged 15

Emma Elsie Gladys, aged 7

Luch Woodhams and Maria Mocarthy, servants

1921

1921 Census – Bradford

Joseph Farndale, 57 years old, married, born Wakefield, Police Chief Constable, Bradford, appointed by the Bradford Watch Committee

Emma Farndale, 58 years old, also born in Wakefield

Eveline Farndale, single, 26 years old, at home, born Halifax

Emma Elsie Gladys Farndale, single, 28 years old, single, born Halifax, at home

1923

Emma E G Farndale married Percy Norwood, an engineer, on 29 March 1923 at Manningham (St Paul, Manningham PR) and their marriage was registered in Bradford in the first quarter of 1923 (GRO Vol 9b page 296).

1939

1939 Register – Harrogate

If this is Emma Gladys, her birth date doesn’t reconcile.

1949

Emma E G Norwood, seems to have remarried Percy Norwood in the first quarter of 1949 (age 56) at Bulmer District (GRO Vol 1b page 1216)

1975

E E G Norwood was in Harrogate (British Phone Books).

1988

Emma Elsie Gladys Norwood died on 14 April 1988 in Harrogate (Probate Index).

Probate: NORWOOD, Emma Elsie Gladys of Manor Garth 1 Manor Road Harrogate died 14 April 1988 Probate Newcastle upon Tyne 24 June £1,211,942.