Act 27

The Albertans

The story of the Farndales who settled in Alberta

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The story of the Farndales of Tidkinhow who left Yorkshire for a new life on the Prairies will follow. Meantime you can visit the Albertans.

The Tidkinhow Line were the descendants of Martin Farndale (FAR00364) and of his family of twelve:

• Martin Farndale (FAR00571) emigrated to Trochu and was a cattle farmer in Alberta;

• George Farndale (FAR00588) emigrated to Three Hills Alberta

• Kate Farndale (FAR00601) emigrated to Three Hills, Alberta, where her descendants, the Kinsey family, still live;

• James Farndale (FAR00607) emigrated to Alberta and later on to America;

• William Farndale (FAR00647) emigrated to Saskatchewan and served in the Canadian Army in World War 1, dying shortly after that War from influenza;

• Grace Farndale (FAR00659) emigrated to Alberta, married Howard Holmes and lived on a ranch there, before returning later in her life to Alberta; She wrote a diary.

• Alfred Farndale (FAR00683) emigrated to Alberta, built his own house there, before returning to Yorkshire after the Great Depression.

Alfred building his house in Alberta in about 1928 Bill Kinsey’s threshing set in about 1900 in Alberta, Canada Harvesting on the Prairies

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