Act 20
The Southerners
The story of the folk who left
Yorkshire and travelled to London and elsewhere in the south of Britain
This story
will follow
Scene 1 – The Londoners
Robert Farndale
(1832 to 1877), Bishop Wilton 1 Line, gardener and carpenter of Putney. His son
Robert Farndale
(c1850 to c 1888) married Caroline Lester in Putney on 16 August 1869 and he
worked as a joiner. Robert and Caroline had three daughters, Annie, Edith and Theresa, but
Robert died in about 1888 when he was only about 44. His widow, Caroline then
worked as a laundress in Putney. Annie was a
domestic cook, Edith
a housemaid, and Theresa
a domestic help.
John Farndale
(1849 to 1906), Ampleforth 1 Line
George Farndale
(1859 to 1931) became a footman at 34 Belgrave Square in London before he
returned to Kirkham,
where he was postman
Scene 2 – The Norfolk Farndales
William and Jane
Farndale’s son William Farndale
moved to Norwich,
Scene * - Hampshire
Samuel Farndale
(1866 to 1936), a clerk in Portsea in Hampshire who later lived in London and
worked in the civil service with the Admiralty rising from clerk to clerk to
the engineer in chief, whose descendants were the London 1 Line
Scene * - Uxbridge
Tom Farndale of the Stockton 3 Line
Scene * - Westwards to Wales
Robert Farndale
(1863 to 1933) was a butler in Wales including to the Piercy family at Marchweil House.
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