Kenneth Farndale

9 January 1911 to August 1979

The Northumberland Line

FAR00767

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Rothbury, Northumberland

1911

Kenneth Farndale, son of William Leng and Margaret (nee Davison) Farndale (FAR00539) was born in Rothbury District on 9 January 1911 (1939 Register). Kenneth Farndale’s birth was registered in Rothbury, Northumberland in the first quarter of 1911 (GRO Vol 10b page 515).

1911 Census – Stephenson’s Terrace, Rothbury, Northumberland

William Farndale, 34, Brewer’s Branch Manager

Margaret Farndale, 34, born 1877 at Rothbury

Catherine Farndale, 7, born Rothbury in about 1904

Frances Farndale, 4, born in Rothbury in about 1907

Kenneth Farndale, 0, born in Rothbury in about 1911

Catherine Farndale, mother, widow, 75, born in Stockton in about 1836

1921

1921 Census – Rothbury

William L Farndale, 45, married, born Middlesbrough, a Brewer’s manager with Rothbury Brewery Co

Margaret A Farndale, 44, home duties

Catherine D Farndale, 17, single, clerk with Rothbury Brewery Co, born Rothbury about 1904

Frances W Farndale, 15, born Rothbury about 1906, single , home duties

Kenneth Farndale, 10, born Rothbury about1911

George S? Farndale, 8, born Rothbury about 1913

Margaret Farndale, 6, born Rothbury about 1915

Winifreda Farndale, 3, born Rothbury about 1918

Nancy Farndale, 1, daughter, born Rothbury about 1920

Catherine W Farndale, 84, widowed (his mother)

1927

There is a record of Kenneth Farndale, aged 16, born 1911 who arrived in Quebec, Canada in 1927 amongst boys brought to Canada by the British Immigration and Colonisation Association.   He departed from Liverpool on 2 September 1927 on the Canadian Pacific Line (“The Montrose”). His occupation was shown as farming (Incoming Passenger List, National Archives of Canada).

(Home Children Inspection Report, 1927)

Between 1869 and 1939, over 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada through assisted juvenile emigration. These migrants are called home children because most went from an emigration agency's home for children in Britain to its Canadian receiving home. The children were sent to work on farms and as domestic help. An estimated 10% of Canada's population - around 4 million people - are descendants of the British Home Children.

1931

1931 Census for Canada – Roxborough, Ontario, Canada

Kenneth was working as a farm labourer, aged 20.

There is a record of him departing on the Canadian Pacific Line (“The Montrose”) from Montreal, Canada and arriving at Antwerp on 21 November 1931. He was aged 20.

1939

1939 Register - 1 Embleton Terrace, Rothbury, Northumberland.

Margaret A Farndale, ‘unpaid householder’, born 28 March 1878. Kenneth’s mother.

Kenneth Farndale, born 9 January 1911, single, a general labourer

George P Farndale (FAR00794), born 20 March 1913, roadstone quarries heavy worker, Kenneth’s brother.

Freda Milburn, married, born 8 August 1917 (FAR00843).

Nancy Farndale (marked as later Freeman)(FAR00867) born 2 June 1920, unpaid domestic duties

1979

Kenneth Farndale, born 9 January 1911, died in August 1979 aged 68 and was buried at Rothbury Cemetery (Monumental Record) and his death was registered in Northumberland North Second District in the third quarter of 1979 (GRO Vol 1 page 1749).