Act 28
The Americans
The story of the Farndales who
settled in USA
The stories
of the family of Jim Farndale, US Senator, who settled in Neveda and
California; the descendants of George William Farndale who settled in Illinois
and Wisconsin; and the family of John Alan Farndale, of California will follow.
Meantime you can visit the
Americans.
The American
1 Line were the descendants of James Farndale (FAR00607) who sailed for Canada,
aged 28 and joined his brothers Martin and George and his sister Kate. He spent
two years in Canada and kept a diary of his journey out and of his first year.
Given
limited opportunities in those early days in Canada, he decided to go on to USA
in 1915. He managed to get into Duluth High School from where he got himself a
place at Valpraiso University in Indiana. At the
university he met Edna Adams whom he married on 25 September 1917. When the USA
declared war on Germany in 1917, he joined the American Army and went to
France.
In 1918, he
was posted to San Antonio where he left the army and he and Edna later went to
live at Plymouth, Indiana, but by then he had developed lung trouble. He began
to make a living at carpentry. In 1919, he moved to the west coast to try to
get to a better climate and to be near Edna's parents. Jim built them a house
at Los Angeles and then he built one for himself. At this time, Jim was working
in an architect's office and at the same time, he was attending the University
of California in Los Angeles. He did this until 1929 when his health began to
give him serious trouble and the doctors said he must live in a really dry
climate.
Their first
child, Hazel Jane, was born in Los Angeles on September 1922 and their second,
James, on December 1923. Mary was born in 1926. The family moved to a ranch in
the desert at Las Vegas in 1929. Life became a hard struggle for Jim and he did
the best he could as a 'finish carpenter'. In 1930, they moved into Las Vegas
and built a house.
In 1932,
their fourth child, Gordon, was born. Although still a finish carpenter, Jim
had become Business Agent for the Carpenter's Union. It was in this year that
he first became involved in the Boulder Dam project. In 1935 their fifth child
and second daughter, Doris, was born. Jim was now proving himself to be an
efficient administrator through his work with the Carpenter's Union and the
Boulder Dam Project. He developed a reputation for reliability and honesty.
Accordingly, in 1936, he was elected to the Nevada State Assembly. After a four
year period, he was re-elected for a second term, in 1940. In 1942, he was
elected to serve in the Nevada State Senate and was to complete a four year
term, until 1946. He did much work on housing projects in the State and never
forgot the World War One veterans.
Tragedy
struck in September 1955 when his daughter, Doris, was killed in a motor
accident at the age of twenty. Jim took this very hard indeed and never really
recovered from it.
Jim's family
were the first of a new generation of Farndales. His son, Jim, had no family,
but his son Gordon had a son, Mark and a daughter, Linda.
Former
Senator James Farndale died in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 20 Jan 1967. Edna
Farndale (nee Adams), died, Austin Texas November 1979.
There is more information about the Farndales
of America
The American
2 Line were the descendants of George William Farndale (FAR00643) born in
Coatham. He emigrated to USA at the age of 17 in about 1907 and established a
Farndale line in USA. He married Frances Hilton in USA, either in New York or
Chicago. Frances appears to have come from England too. Frances appears to have
died in late November or early December 1918 from swine flu. George appears to
have married Rose Cunningham in the 1920s in either Cedar Rapids or Desmoines, Iowa and appears to have come back to
Prophetstown about 5 years later. Arthur and Richard were being raised by the
McFadden family of Prophetstown, Illinois. George took Arthur, leaving Richard
with the McFaddens and moved to Milwaukee, WI. George
Farndale died in August 1984 at Thiensville, Wisconsin, USA, aged 94
The American
3 Line were the descendants of John A Farndale (FAR00921), born in the Croydon
District. It was probably John Alan Farndale who travelled on the Queen
Elizabeth to New York in 1957 (he would be aged 25). He later lived in Santa
Ana, California. He married Ardith Fay Gebben (US Citizen). After a divorce, he
later married Marion Dorothea Klaembt (US Citizen) on
19 May 1984
Other
Farndales who emigrated to America include:
• William George Farndale (FAR00492), a
clerk of Middlesbrough who went to USA in 1907;
• William Jameson Farndale (FAR00677);
• Georgina Ann Farndale (FAR00934) who
emigrated to USA;
• Anthony Reginald Chesters Farndale
(FAR00944) who emigrated to USA;
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Farndale emigrated to USA and became a US citizen
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