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Title: Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: foxglove on Monday 22 March 04 00:17 GMT (UK)

Hello, very glad to have stumbled across RootsChat - looks very promising.
I am having difficulty finding any trace of my FARNDELL family in Kent/East Sussex.  3X great grandmother Ann Farndell was born at Robertsbridge circa 1804, and married John Breeds at Ewhurst in 1820.  They settled at Tenterden following the marriage.   Ann was witness to the marriage of Robert FARNDELL in Tenterden, but I can find no further trace of him either.  :(

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Kazza on Tuesday 15 June 04 12:54 BST (UK)

Hi Foxglove,

Sorry your message has been unanswered for so long.   :(

Have you had any luck?

Kazza.

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: foxglove on Wednesday 16 June 04 11:43 BST (UK)

Hello Kazza,
Thanks for inquiring about my Farndell puzzle. I have not had any luck yet, but haven't given up hoping.

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Kazza on Wednesday 16 June 04 19:53 BST (UK)

Right Foxglove,

Let's all get our thinking caps on.  8)

Have you posted in the Requests Forum for a lookup on the BIVRI for these elusive people?

Kazza.

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Chris in 1066Land on Wednesday 16 June 04 21:53 BST (UK)

Foxglove and Kazza

The BIVRI produced just one entry

FERNDALE, Ann   Christening
   Gender:   Female
   Christening Date:   18 Jun 1791   Recorded in:   Northchapel, Sussex, England
   Father:   William FERNDALE
   Mother:   Ann
Source:   FHL Film 1068526   Dates:   1716 - 1837

Chris in 1066Land   

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Chris in 1066Land on Wednesday 16 June 04 21:59 BST (UK)

Hi again

Looked at the marriages for John Breeds on the BIVRI with the following results

GODLAND DE BREADE, John   Marr   1710   Engl   Suss   Rye
Sp:   Elisabeth HODGES
BREEDS, John   Marr   1790   Engl   Suss   Hastin
Sp:   Mary NASH
BREEDS, John   Marr   1812   Engl   Suss   Hastin
Sp:   Ann BRITT
BREADS, John   Marr   1837   Engl   Suss   Rye
Sp:   Elisabeth BAKER
BREEDS, John   Marr   1842   Engl   Suss   Hastin
Sp:   Susan NORTON
BREEDS, John   Marr   1845   Engl   Suss   Hastin
Sp:   Rachel WINGFIELD
BREEDS, John Robert   Marr   1845   Engl   Suss   Hastin
Sp:   Jane MANN
BREEDS, John   Marr   1861   Engl   Suss   Bright
Sp:   Ann OSBOURN
BREEDS, John Mark   Marr   1878   Engl   Suss   Hastin
Sp:   Charlotte Ann KENT

As you can see, there was non to an Ann Farndell or anything similar.

Chris in 1066Land

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: foxglove on Thursday 17 June 04 01:51 BST (UK)

Hi Kazza and Chris,

Thanks Kazza for the suggestion re BIVRI - hadn't thought of that.

Thanks Chris for looking that up for me - the results do not surprise me.
The parish records for Robertsbridge do not cover the right time frame so I have looked at an LDS film for Salehurst and found not a single mention of Farndell.

Many thanks for the John Breeds marriage info.
I do have their marriage record from the IGI - and someone else has checked the LDS film and verified the information. John Breeds + Ann Farndell at Ewhurst in 1820. Spelling of her name was also verified.

Have also checked with researchers from Chichester and places in Hampshire where there is a heavy concentration of this name. Have viewed a film from LDS for one of the Chichester churches - plenty of Farndells there but not mine.

I wonder if the National Burial Index would reveal any Farndells in either the area around Robertsbridge, Sussex or possibly Tenterden, Kent.
As mentioned previously there was a marriage for a Robert Farndell and a death at Tenterden for a Patience Farndell.

Thanks again for the help - must keep thinking....

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Kazza on Thursday 17 June 04 03:25 BST (UK)

Hi,

Yes we have a lookup offer for the National Burial Index v1,  post a lookup request on the lookup request board,  and keep your fingers,  toes,  eyes,  whatever,  crossed.  :D

Good Luck,

Kazza.

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Chris in 1066Land on Thursday 17 June 04 09:25 BST (UK)

Hi to you both

First of all - The NBI first edition did not contain any burials from Sussex.

Entered the name Farndell for Kent - Zilch

Entered the name Farndell for anywhere - 5 matches, but mostly in Suffolk.

Sorry, will have to wait till the second edition comes out in August

Chris in 1066Land

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: foxglove on Friday 18 June 04 17:02 BST (UK)

Hi Chris & Kazza,

Thanks, Chris,  for checking the NBI.

Very interesting that the first edition excluded Sussex.
An acquaintence once looked for BREEDS for me and was unable to locate a single one of them.
Now I know why!!

Thanks to you Kazza, for the encouragement!

Title: Re:Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Chris in 1066Land on Friday 18 June 04 17:42 BST (UK)

Hi Foxglove

"Very interesting that the first edition excluded Sussex."

That is not strictly the case - The family history groups in sussex did not submit any information to the NBI for inclusion in the archive.

There were various reasons for this, which I will not go into here.

Chris in 1066Land  

Title: Re: Brick Wall re FARNDELL
Post by: Jo-Anne Cooper on Saturday 24 March 18 04:37 GMT (UK)

My 5th Great Grandmother was Ann Farndell (1806 - 1871) and she married John Breeds in 1820.   I am unable to track down her parents.

Ann Farndell
1806–1871
Birth 1806 • Robertsbridge, Sussex, England
Death 18 OCT 1871 • Tenterden, Kent, England
5th great-grandmother