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FARNDON, John
1839 - 1913 (74 years) Has no ancestors but 8 descendants in this family tree.
1838 - 1904 (66 years)-
Name FARNDON, John Birth 1839 Bedworth, Warwickshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1913 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Person ID I3818 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Family BAKER, Caroline Amelia, b. 1838, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1904, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 66 years) Marriage 1871 Leicestershire Registration District, Leicestershire Children 1. FARNDON, Jesse Baker, b. 1872, Leicester, Leicestershire d. Aft 1911 (Age > 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. FARNDON, Caroline Amelia, b. 1875, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire d. Aft 1911 (Age > 37 years)Family ID F1509 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN FARNDON 1839-1913
The birth of a John FARNDON was registered in 1839.
(GRO June Q 1839 Foleshill [which includes Bedworth] 16 409)
The marriage of John FARNDON and Caroline BAKER was registered in 1871.
(GRO March Q 1871 Leicester 7a 241)
The 1871 census of 62 Jarrom Street, Leicester:
John BAKER, head, aged 59, carpenter and joiner, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Caroline BAKER, wife, aged 61, born at Gosberton;
John BAKER, son, aged 30, unmarried, carpenter and joiner, born at Gosberton;
*John FARNDON, son-in-law, aged 30, elastic weaver, born at Bedworth, Warwickshire;
Caroline FARNDON, wife, aged 33, silk winder, born at Gosberton;
(RG10/3284/61/9)
The 1881 census of 43 Chatham Street, Leicester:
*John FARNDON, head, aged 40, shopkeeper greengrocer, born at Bedworth, Warwickshire;
Caroline FARNDON, wife, aged 42, shopkeeper's wife, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jesse FARNDON, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Leicester;
Caroline FARNDON, daughter, aged 5, born at Leicester.
(RG11/3156/42/5)
The 1891 census of 43 Chatham Street, Leicester:
*John FARNDON, head, aged 50, woolcarder, born at Bedworth, Warwickshire;
Caroline A. FARNDON, wife, aged 53, shopkeeper, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jesse B. FARNDON, son, aged 19, apprentice basket maker, born at Leicester;
Caroline A. FARNDON, daughter, aged 15, apprentice cigar maker, born at Leicester;
John BAKER, father, aged 79, widower, living on own means, born at Gosberton.
Herbert HOWETT, boarder, aged 29, brushmaker, born at Radford, Nottinghamshire;
Edward HARRISON, boarder, aged 26, basket maker, born at Barton under Needwood, Staffordshire, Blind;
Joseph H. ALLEN, boarder, aged 31, stockinger, born at Wymeswold, Leicestershire.
(RG12/2524/32/19)
The 1901 census of Hawthorne Street, Leicester (formerly Newfound Pool):
*John FARNDON, head, aged 60, willow grower on own account, born at Bedworth, Warwickshire;
Caroline A. FARNDON, wife, aged 63, born at Gosberton Risegate, Lincolnshire;
Jesse B. FARNDON, son, aged 29, married, willow growe on own account, born at Leicester;
Sarah ANN FARNDON, daughter-in-law, aged 27, born at Leicester;
Miriam E. FARNDON, granddaughter, aged 7 months, born at Leicester.
(RG13/3010/74/27)
His wife Caroline died in 1904. She was 66 years old.
(GRO June Q 1904 Blaby 7a 23)
The 1911 census of 30 Catesby Street, Leicester, Leicestershire:
Jesse Baker FARNDON, head, aged 39, basket maker and willow cane, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Sarah Ann FARNDON, wife, aged 37, married 11 years, house keeper, born at Leicester;
Miriam Elizabeth FARNDON, daughter, aged 10, school, born at Leicester;
Walter Edwin FARNDON, son, aged 8, born at Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire;
Jessie Evyln (sic) FARNDON, daughter, aged 3, born at Leicester;
*John FARNDON, father, aged 70, widower, farmer, born at Bedworth, Warwickshire.
(RG14PN19315/RG78PN1152B/RD407/SD3/ED51/SN287)
The death of John FARNDON aged 72 was registered in 1913.
(GRO September Q 1913 Leicester 7a 276)
(revised 15.09.2009)