Act 20

The Southerners

The story of the folk who left Yorkshire and travelled to London and elsewhere in the south of Britain

 

 

 

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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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