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A
wool spinner who later emigrated to USA |
Annie Eliza Farndale
1871 to 1938
FAR00513A
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Clayton,
Bradford
1871
Annie Eliza Farndale, daughter of John
and Catherine (Kate) Farndale (FAR00379A) was born
in or about 1871.
1881
1881 Census, 31 Town Bottom, Clayton
John Farnell (30) head of the household,
a groom
Catherine Farnell (32)
Annie Elisa Farnell (9), at school
William Farndale (7), at school
John Farndale (5), at school
James Arthur Farndale (13)
1891
1891 Census, living at 3 Back Fold, Clayton (west
of Bradford)
John Farnell (40) head of the household,
a groom
Catherine Farnell (41)
Annie E Farnell (19), worsted drawer
Willis (William?) Farndale (17),
plumber’s apprentice
John Farndale (15), worsted spinner
James A Farndale (13), worsted spinner
Tom Farndale (9), at school
Mary Farndale (7), at school
Maggie Farndale (5), at school
Worsted is
a high-quality type of wool yarn, the fabric made from this
yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from Worstead,
a village in the English county of Norfolk. That village,
together with North Walsham and Aylsham, formed a manufacturing
centre for yarn and cloth in the 12th century, when
pasture enclosure and Liming rendered the East Anglian soil
too rich for the older agrarian sheep breeds. In the same period, many weavers
from Flanders moved to Norfolk. "Worsted"
yarns/fabrics are distinct from woollens (though both are made from
sheep's wool): the former is considered stronger, finer, smoother, and harder
than the latter.
Worsted was
made from the long-staple pasture wool from sheep breeds such
as Teeswaters, Old Leicester Longwool and Romney
Marsh. Pasture wool was not carded; instead it
was washed, gilled and combed (using heated long-tooth
metal combs), oiled and finally spun. When woven, worsteds were scoured but
not fulled.
Worsted wool fabric is
typically used in the making of tailored garments such as suits, as opposed
to woollen wool, which is used for knitted items such as sweaters
1901
1901 Census, 8 Edgar Street, Clayton
Kate Farnell, widow (52)
Ann E Farnell (29), factory worker –
wool drawing
James A Farnell (23) – wool drawing
apprentice
Tom Farnell (19) – farmer’s apprentice
Mary Farnell (17) – worsted spinning
1902
Francis (Frank) Robinson (a corporal in
the army), married Annie Eliuza Farndale on 13 December 1902 at St John’s
Church, Clayton.
1907
Hilda Robinson was born.
1911
1911 Census
Catherine Farndale, a widow aged 62,
lived with Maggie Farndale (25), a mill hand; Tom Farndale (29), a joiner; Annie
Eliza Robinson (39), a mill hand, and Hilda Robinson (4), her
granddaughter.
Massachusetts,
USA
1912
Annie Robinson travelled to USA in 1912
On 2 July 1912, the
manifest of SS Cymrie, sailing from
Liverpool to USA included Annie Eliza Robinson, travelling with her daughter,
Hilda May Robinson aged 5.
1914
Muriel F Robinson was born in 1914.
1920
USA 1920 census, City of Chicopee, Hampden
Massachusetts
Frank Robinson (44), colour [maker?],
paper mill
Annie E Robinson
(48)
Hilda M Robinson
(12)
Muriel F Robinson
(6)
1930
USA 1930 Census, Hampden Massachusetts
Frank Robinson (54)
Annie E Robinson (58)
Hilda M Robinson (23)
Muriel F Robinson (16), Assembler
Listed in Massachusetts
City Directory, 1924 (Chicopee, Frank a papermaker); 1925 (Chicopee);
1926 (Frank a paper maker); 1931 (Chicopee); 1934; 1935.
Annie’s husband, Frank Robinson died in
1930 (Mon R).
1938
Annie Robinson died in 1938 at Holyoke,
Hampden, Massachusetts and is listed in the index
of deaths 1938.
