Women
The story of our female ancestors
when the historical records don’t help
The sister Farndales of Tidkinhow
with Barker children - Willie B, Dorothy F, Mary F, Mary B, Kate F, Grace F,
Margaret B, John B - about 1910
This webpage
is still to be written.
The
historical record is not properly representative of our female ancestors. As a
historian it is important to found our narrative on
the evidence which exists. However by reflecting on
the existing evidence, and applying a fresh analysis, we can recover the story
of the Farndale women, even though the underlying evidence has not recorded
everything they did
Fourteenth
century – see Nicholaus
de Farndale and Alicia …
See also the
five powerful mums in genealogy
of the Wars of the Roses …