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Each volume of the Farndale directory provides a direct link to individual Farndales born during the period. This page provides a chronological list of Farndales born during the period 1851 to 1860. To the right of the page, you will also see a timeline of historic events that were taking place at the time, to provide some context. Find yourself or the Farndale you are interested in. Click on the blue reference number for more information. Or click on the brown family line link.	Queen Victoria, 1837-1901
1851 William Farndale, born in 1851 in Auckland, County Durham and died in 1919 in County Durham (FAR00386). The Bishop Auckland 1 Line. William was a colliery labourer in 1881 and a general labourer in 1891. He was caretaker of a church institute in 1901. He was a coke drawer at a colliery in 1911. He and his wife Mary, adopted a daughter, Nora Bovill in 1885. He also worked in a wine vault at Firby, near Bedale. John Farndale, born on 18 July 1851 in Egton and died on 3 January 1939 in Loftus (FAR00387). The Whitby 5 Line. John was a miner, labourer and later Mines Deputy with Bells Brothers at Garlin How Mine. William Farndale, born on 28 July 1851 in Great Ayton and died on 5 August 1915 in Great Ayton (FAR00389). The Great Ayton 2 Line.  William was a joiner in Great Ayton. By 1891, he was a mill wright and possibly acted as a property agent in 1901. James Farndale, baptised on 19 October 1851 and died in 1855 at Barton le Street, near Malton (FAR00388). The Ampleforth 1 Line.	1851 Population of the United Kingdom was 27.5 million. The Great Exhibition The first Canadian census. The first Religious census was held on 30 March 1851 recording all places of worship across England, Scotland and Wales.
1852 Mary Farndale (Robson), born in 1852 in Easingwold (FAR00393). Thomas Farndale, born in 1852 in Pocklington and died in 1929 in Hunslet (FAR00394). The Bishop Wilton Line. Thomas was a shepherd, cattleman and farm labourer who moved from Bishop Wilton to Tadcaster to Hunslet, Leeds. Sarah Ann Farndale (Longstaff), born on 29 February 1852 in Stockton on Tees and buried on 19 July 1918 in Stockton (FAR00392). The Stockton 2 Line. She married John Longstaff who was a draper’s assistant and later a railway porter. Elizabeth Farndale, baptised on 12 March 1852 in Kirby Misperton (FAR00391).	1852 The Burials Act allowed local authorities to open cemeteries to relieve the over crowding of churchyards. Serious floods in Holmfirth in West Yorkshire.
1853 Alice Farndale (Thirkell), born in 1853 in Easingwold and died in or about 1937 (FAR00395). The Ampleforth 1 Line. Alice was a servant to the Hartley family in Helmsley in 1871. Catherine (“Kate”) Farndale (Walburn), born in 1853 at Shildon and died after 1881 (FAR00399). The Great Ayton 2 Line. She married William Walburn who was a locomotive stoker. Mary Ann Farndale, born on 17 March 1853 in Auckland and died in 1927 (FAR00397). The Bishop Auckland 1 Line. Mary Ann was a dressmaker. She was a respected member of the community, and an excellent needlewoman. She did not drink alcohol. Mary Ann visited Bishop Auckland each Thursday for market day and to meet other family members. She was strict but extremely kind and was spoken of with great respect and affection. George Farndale, born on 5 August 1853 in Great Ayton and died in 1925 in Burton on Trent in Staffordshire (FAR00398). The Great Ayton 2 Line. George was a millwright and millwright engineer at Great Ayton. Ann Farndale (Goodwill), baptised on 9 October 1853 in Settrington and died in 1937 in Scarborough (FAR00404). The Ampleforth 1 Line. Joseph Farndale, born on 11 November 1853 in York and died on the same day, of ‘convulsions’ (FAR00401). The Whitby 5 Line. Fanny Maria Farndale, baptised on 13 November 1853 at Sculcoates and died after 1861 (FAR00403). The Ampleforth 1 Line.	1853-1856 The Crimean War John George Farndale (FAR00337) and there are letters from him from Sebastopol on his web page. A London cholera epidemic killed more then 10,000 people. Records for naval ratings began to give details of birth, physical appearance, occupation and ships where served. Vaccination against smallpox, administered through workhouses, became compulsory and registers of those vaccinated were kept from 1862.
1854 George Henry Farndale, born in 1854 in Portsea Island, Hampshire (FAR00406). Hannah Farndale (Summersgill or Wood), born in 1854 in York (FAR00407). The Whitby 5 Line. John Thomas Farndale, born on 15 June 1854 in Whitby and died on 21 March 1930 in Knaresborough (FAR00405). The Whitby 4 Line. John became a bank manager at Barclays Bank in Thirsk. Mark Farndale, born on 9 September 1854 in Pocklington and died in 1944 in Selby (FAR00408). The Bishop Wilton Line. Mark was a gas man in Barwick in Elmet in 1891 and a gas stoker in 1901.	1854 The Battle of Balaclava. The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead.
1855 Elizabeth Farndale, born in 1855 in Huttons Ambro (FAR00415). The Ampleforth 1 Line. In 1881, Elizabeth was a domestic servant aged 25, with the Bailey family in Scarborough. She married but we don’t know her husband’s name. Mary Ann Farndale (Hornby or Graham), baptised on 3 March 1855 in Great Ayton (FAR00409). The Great Ayton 3 Line. Mary was a servant in the Weatherill household at Ayton House in Great Ayton. Samuel Saunders Farndale, born on 28 March 1855 in Egton and buried on 1 May 1911 in Loftus (FAR00410). The Whitby 5 Line. Samuel was a labourer and ironstone miner in Egton. Mary Farndale, born on 4 November 1855 in Coatham and died on 29 March 1899 in Coatham (FAR00414). The Coatham Line. Mary was a dressmaker in Coatham. Joseph Farndale, born on 5 November 1855 in Great Ayton and died in 1918 in Harrogate (FAR00411). The Great Ayton 2 Line. Joseph was a shoemaker and bootmaker. Charles Herbert Farndale, born on 12 November 1855 in Stockton on Tees and buried on 21 July 1868 (FAR00413). The Stockton 2 Line.
1856 Ann Farndale (Dobson or Walburn), born in 1856 in Auckland (FAR00423A). The Great Ayton 2 Line. John Farndale, born in 1856 in Wakefield and died in 1922 in Leeds (FAR00424). The Wakefield 1 Line. John was a monumental sculptor. Martha Farndale (Cushing), born on 20 January 1856 in Sculcoates and died in 1950 in Brotton (FAR00417). The Ampleforth 1 Line. Mary Ann Farndale, baptised on 14 April 1856 in Redcar and died in 1933 (FAR00418). The Stockton 1 Line. William George Farndale, born on 22 June 1856 in Brotton and buried on 15 February 1915 when living at the workhouse in Guisborough (FAR00421). The Brotton 3 Line. William was a butcher in 1911. Jane Farndale, born on 26 September 1856 in Whitby and died on 23 January 1938 in Harrogate (FAR00422). The Whitby 4 Line. Thomas Olijah (Elisha) Farndell, baptised on 23 November 1856 in Carlisle and died in West Derby in 1914 (FAR00423). The Carlisle Line. Thomas was a printer’s boy aged 14 in 1871 ad later a coach painter.	1856 The Second War with China The County and Borough Police Act 1856 required the compulsory establishment of county forces.
1857 Joseph Farndale, born in 1857 in Bramley, Leeds and died in 1891 in Bramley (FAR00426). The Leeds 1 Line. Joseph was a shoemaker. William Farndale, baptised on 14 July 1857 in York and died on 7 July 1902 in Bramley, Leeds (FAR00425). The Great Ayton 2 Line. William was a joiner and a builder. James Farndale, baptised on 13 December 1857 in Appleton le Street and buried on 2 December 1921 I Huttons Ambro (FAR00427). The Ampleforth 1 Line. James was a farm worker at 13, and then a gardener, invalided towards the end of his life. Charles Masterman Farndale, baptised on 25 December 1857 in Stockton on Tees and died in 1889 (FAR00429). The Kilton 1 Line. Charles was a ship broker’s clerk in 1871, aged 13 who died at 31 in Cockermouth Ann (“Annie”) Farndale, baptised on 27 December 1857 in Coatham and died on 11 July 1933 in Redcar (FAR00428). The Coatham Line. Annie was a laundress in Coatham.	1857-1858 The Indian Mutiny 1857 The East India Company passed control of India to the British government (“the Raj”), which lasted from 1858 to 1947. The Matrimonial Causes Act allowed divorce on grounds of adultery.
1858 Mary Elizabeth Farndale, born in 1858 and died in 1861 in Hunslet, Leeds (FAR00431). The Leeds 1 Line. Matilda Chapman Farndale (Kitchen), born in 1858 at Bridlington and died in 1908 (FAR00434). Possibly the Kilton 1 Line. Her husband, Richard Kitchen, was a bricklayer. William Farndale, baptised on 9 March 1859 in York and died in 1909 in Chorlton (FAR00435). The Whitby 5 Line. William was a railway porter on NE railway and Methodist local preacher, then town missionary, and later baker and confectioner. Emma Farndale (Hopper or Brown), born on 3 June 1858 in Sculcoates (FAR00432). The Ampleforth 1 Line. William Ralph Farndale, baptised on 30 August 1858 in Stockton on Tees and buried on 3 May 1870 (FAR00430). The Stockton 1 Line. Alice Esther Farndale (Cole), baptised on 20 September 1858 in Guisborough (FAR00433). The Great Ayton 2 Line.	1858 The Great Stink in London accelerated the construction of sewers.
1859 Alice Clark Farndale, born in 1859 and died in 1864 in Leeds (FAR00438). The Leeds 1 Line. Charles Farndale, born in 1859 (FAR00436B). The Great Ayton 2 Line. George Farndale, born in 1859 in Appleton le Street and died in 1931 in York (FAR00437). The Ampleforth 1 Line. George was a servant I Huttons Ambro in 1871 and in 1881, he was a footman at 34 Belgrave Square, London. Later he was a postman. Mary Elizabeth Farndale, baptised on 3 March 1858 in Great Ayton and died on 3 December 1891 in Great Ayton (FAR00436). The Great Ayton 2 Line. Mary was a dressmaker who died aged 31.	1859 Disraeli's Reform Bill. Diphtheria epidemic. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published. Medical registers began to record medical practitioners.
1860 Elias Farndale, born in 1860 in Bramley, Leeds (FAR00441A). The Leeds 1 Line. Margaret Louisa Farndale, born in 1860 in Darlington and died in 1927 in Tadcaster (FAR00439). The Great Ayton 2 Line. Margaret was a domestic servant with the Cole family in Barrow in Furness in 1881, aged 21. Mary Emily Farndale, born in 1860 in Stockton on Tees and buried on 4 March 1923 in Stockton (FAR00440). The Stockton 2 Line. Mary was a private school teacher in Stockton. Mary Farndale (Wilson), baptised on 9 December 1860 in Appleton le Street and died in 1891 (FAR00441). The Ampleforth 1 Line. Mary was a servant who died shortly after her marriage aged 31. Sarah Maria Farndale (White), baptised on 30 December 1860 in Coatham and died in 1933 in the Guisborough area (FAR00442). The Coatham Line. Sarah was a laundress in Coatham.