4 March 1886 to 16 September 1966
The grocer who emigrated to
Newfoundland
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Grocer and Store
manager in Guisborough who
later emigrated to Newfoundland
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I am very grateful to John and
Bessie’s grandchildren, Ramón Keith Farndale and David Graham Farndale, who
helped me to tell his story.
Overview
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Newfoundland Farndales.
Loftus
1886
John Martin Farndale was born
on 4 March 1886 at 4 East Street, Lofthouse, the
son of John Farndale, a signalman of Lofthouse and Elizabeth (“Bessie”) (nee
Featherstone) Farndale, formerly Featherstone, (FAR00376). John Martin Farndale’s
birth was registered for Guisborough
district in the second quarter of 1886 (GRO Vol 9d page 501).
1891
1891
Census – 4 East Street, Loftus
In
1891 John, aged 42, was now head of the household living at 4 East Street,
Lofthouse and a railway signalman. With him were
Elizabeth
Farndale, 37
Hannah
M Farndale, 8
John
M Farndale, 5
George
Farndale, 3
William
Farndale, 7 months.
1901
The Grocer
By 1901, at the age of 15, he was a grocer’s
apprentice.
1901
Census
John Farndale,
aged 52 was the head of the household at 4 East Street, Loftus, Lofthouse, and
a railway signalman. He lived with:
His
wife Elizabeth (aged 47);
His
son John Martin (aged 15, a grocer’s apprentice)
George
(aged 13)
William
(aged 10)
Elizabeth
(aged 8)
Albert
E (aged 6).
John Farndale’s sons, John, George, Albert and William
1910
In 1910, he married Bessie Stainthorpe at Guisborough, when he was a store manager
in Loftus. Very shortly after they
were married, they emigrated to Newfoundland. Their son Raymond William Stainthorpe
Farndale (1914 to 2016) was born on 23 February 1914 in Newfoundland, and Bertram Farndale was
born on 24 July 1919. In June 1919, they advertised for a Good General Girl;
small family; apply Mrs J M Farndale, 24 Cochrane Street. They returned
briefly to England in 1923 and arrived in Liverpool on 22 September 1923 on the
SS Digby. In August 1924, Bessie, Raymond and Bertram were on the
passenger list sailing from Liverpool to St John’s, again on the SS Digby
of the Furness Line. John Martin Farndale arrived in Liverpool from Boston,
Massachusetts on 11 February 1928.
John Martin Farndale, married
Bessie (Betsy) Stainthorpe, in 1910 and
the marriage was registered at Guisborough
District in the first quarter of 1910 (GRO Vol 9d
page 832).
Newfoundland, Canada
John Martin
Farndale lived at Loftus
and was a store manager at Guisborough before John and Bessie went to Newfoundland very
shortly after they were married, in 1910.
1914
Raymond
Farndale (FAR00804)
was born on 23 February 1914 in Newfoundland
(Letters).
1919
Bertram
Farndale (FAR00855)
was born on 24 July 1919 in Newfoundland
(Letters).
An
advertisement in 1919 in the Evening Telegram of Friday 13 June 1919: WANTED
– A Good General Girl; small family; apply Mrs J M Farndale, 24 Cochrane Street.
So
they appear to have lived for a while at 24 Cochrane Street.
1923
They
appear to have returned to England, as family, via Boston arriving on 22
September 1923 in Liverpool.
1924
In
August 1924, Bessie, Raymond and Bertram were on the passenger list sailing
from Liverpool to St John’s:
1928
John
Martin Farndale arrived in Liverpool from Boston, Massachusetts on 11 February
1928.
1935
By 1935,
John, then aged 49, was head of the household, a manager with a grocery
department, living at 173 Gower Street, St John’s, East Ward. He lived with his
wife Bessie, then aged 51, recorded as a homemaker, and their sons
Raymond, aged 21, who was by then an accountant with a fishery firm and
Bertram, aged 16, who was still at school. The record confirms that John and
Bessie had emigrated to Newfoundland in 1910.
In
the Census of Newfoundland, 1935:
John
(then aged 49) was shown as head of the household, a manager with a grocery
department, living at 173 Gower Street, St John’s, East Ward. He lived with
his wife Bessie (aged 51), recorded as a homemaker, and his sons Raymond
(aged 21) who was by then an accountant with a fishery firm and Bertram
(aged 16) who was still at school. The record confirms that John and Bessie had
emigrated to Newfoundland in 1910.
Gower Street, St
John’s
1945
In 1945,
John M Farndale, aged 59, still a grocery manager, was living with his wife
Bessie, 61, at St John’s East, 173 Gower Street. John is still shown as a
manager, grocery (Census of Newfoundland, 1945).
1948
On 21
April 1948 John travelled from Liverpool to St John’s onboard the ship Newfoundland.
He is listed as a tourist and a stores department manager. His last address was
Job Brothers, Tower Building, Liverpool.
1950
John
M Farndale, aged 64, arrived in Liverpool on 1 May 1950 from Boston, on the
Newfoundland of the Furness Warren Line.
1953
John and
Betsy returned to live at 29 Church Street, Guisborough
in the 1950s. On 24 October 1953 he travelled from Liverpool on the Nova
Scotia bound for St John’s. His last address was 29 Church Street, Guisborough and he was shown again as a
grocery manager. At this stage his country of intended future residence was
shown as UK. John M Farndale, aged 68, arrived in Liverpool from Boston
Massachusetts on 13 May 1954 on the Nova Scotia of the Furness Warren
Line.
On 24
October 1953 he travelled from Liverpool on the Nova Scotia bound for St
John’s. His last address was 29 Church Street, Guisborough and he was shown
again as a grocery manager. At this stage his country of intended future
residence was shown as UK.
1954
John
M Farndale, aged 68, arrived in Liverpool from Boston Massachusetts on 13 May
1954 on the Nova Scotia of the Furness Warren Line.
Guisborough
1958
John
Farndale (left) with his wife Betsey Farndale and sons: Raymond Farndale (back)
and Bertram Farndale (right), taken in 1958
John and Betsy returned to
live at 29 Church Street, Guisborough
in the 1950s.
1959
Betsy died on 30 September
1959 at 64 Park Lane Guisborough
Yorkshire (Probate Index).
Probate.
FARNDALE Betsy of 64 Park Lane Guisborough Yorkshire (wife of John Martin
Farndale) died 30 September 1959 at the North Ormsby Hospital Middlesbrough
Administration York 3 November to the said John Martin Farndale retired grocery
manager. Effects £407 0s 4d.
Southampton
John later went to live
near his son at Southampton.
1966
John M Farndale, died age 80 at Southampton on 16
September 1966 and is buried at Southampton (Probate
index).
Probate. FARNDALE
John Martin of 32 Shanklin Road Shirley Southampton died 16 September 1966
Probate Winchester 3 November to Bertram George Farndale insurance official.
£1356.
