Category Archives: Gamblesby

The Misses Smith of Penrith

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Jean

In an earlier post, I wrote about John Smith of Melmerby (1815-1884) and his family. He and his wife Mary (nee Hardy) had three daughters who lived to adulthood and none of them ever married. They were: Mary Ann 1854-1923 … Continue reading →

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John Smith of Melmerby (1815-1884) and his family

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Jean

There are a lot of John Smiths in the family – I know of seven and there may be more – so it is sometimes hard to keep them straight. This particular John Smith was born in 1815 in Hesket, … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Hardy, Kirkoswald, Melmerby, Park Head, Places, Smith | Tagged Agnes Smith, Christopher Hardy, Christopher Smith, George Hardy Smith, Hannah Smith, John Smith, Mary Ann Smith, Mary Hardy, Mary Smith, William Smith | 2 Comments

The Islington Families

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Jean

This is the fourth in a series of four posts about the children of William Smith of Melmerby (1781-1857) and his wife Mary Longrigg. The three Smiths I am writing about in this post are William, Elizabeth and Lancelot – … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Harrison, Islington, London, Melmerby, Photographs, Places, Smith | Tagged Ada Mary Harrison, Clara Wilhelmina Harrison, Cumberland, Eleanor Morrison, Elizabeth Harrison, Elizabeth Maude Harrison, Elizabeth Smith, Gamblesby, Horace Smith, Lancelot Smith, Mabel Gertrude Harrison, William Harrison, William Harrison-Smith, William Smith | Comments Off

William Smith of Melmerby (1781-1857) and his family

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Jean

This is the first of four posts I am writing about William Smith and his family even though they are not direct ancestors of mine (William was my great-great-grandfather’s older brother). I am doing this because I have found some … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Melmerby, Smith | Tagged Agnes Scott, Ann Dobson, Elizabeth Harrison, Hannah Huddart, John Smith, Lancelot Smith, Mary Longrigg, Mary Sutton, William Smith | Comments Off

More Branches and Twigs on the Family Tree

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Jean

In my original quest for information about my Smith ancestors – starting from my grandfather William Smith of Blackhall – I was most interested in tracing back the male line to the origins of the Smith family in the small … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Hardy, Huddart, Melmerby, Smith, Tipperary | Tagged George Hardy Smith, John Smith, Lancelot Smith, William Smith | Comments Off

Mystery Photographs from Penrith

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Jean

I have several old photographs that are a bit of a mystery. They were taken in Penrith, Cumberland, in formal studio settings. The photographs have come to me via a cousin, who was given a photograph album belonging to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dobson, Families, Gamblesby, Hardy, Harrison, Melmerby, Penrith, Photographs, Smith | Tagged Agnes Smith, Ann Dobson, Cumberland, Gamblesby, George Hardy Smith, John Smith, Mary Ann Smith, Mary Hardy, Mary Smith, Melmerby, William Smith | Comments Off

The Melmerby Smiths after 1821

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jean

This is a brief summary of the Smiths who lived and farmed in Melmerby, in the Eden Valley of Cumberland, after 1821. They stayed in Melmerby after my great-great-grandfather Lancelot Smith and most of his children went to farm in … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Hardy, Melmerby, Smith | Tagged Cumberland, Families, Gamblesby, George Hardy Smith, Hardy, Harrison, Hesket, John Smith, Kirkoswald, Lancelot Smith, Mary Hardy, Mary Jackson, Mary Longrigg, Melmerby, Park Head, Penrith, Stainmore, William Smith | Comments Off

Hannah Huddart of Gamblesby

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Jean

Hannah Huddart was one of my great-great-great-grandmothers. She was born in Gamblesby, in the County of Cumberland, in late 1753 or early 1754 and was baptised at Addingham Parish Church in Glassonby on 3 February 1754. The Huddart family lived … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Huddart, Melmerby, Photographs, Smith | Tagged Gamblesby, Hannah Huddart, Hannah Smith, Melmerby, Methodism, Mrs Smith | Comments Off

Elizabeth Westgarth

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Jean

This post is about Elizabeth Westgarth and the family to which she belonged in Gamblesby in Cumberland (now Cumbria) in north-west England. Elizabeth was my grandfather William Smith’s paternal grandmother. So she was my great-great-grandmother. Elizabeth Westgarth was born in … Continue reading →

Posted in Falder, Families, Gamblesby, Photographs, Salkeld, Smith, Tipperary, Westgarth | Tagged Falder, Gamblesby, Mrs Smith, Sander, Smith, Tipperary, Westgarth | 3 Comments

Upcoming Topics – September 2012

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Jean

In April of this year I posted a list of topics I hoped to cover in the following weeks. It actually took me almost six months to cover SOME of the topics on that list! This is an updated list … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Melmerby, Tipperary, Topics | Tagged Gamblesby, Going, Hardy, Huddart, Morton, Mounsey, Smith, Tipperary, Westgarth | 2 Comments

A Wealth of Williams

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Jean

This blog is named after my grandfather William Smith of Blackhall, County Meath, in Ireland. There are plenty of other William Smiths in our family tree. Following are the Williams I have come across in my searches; there are probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackhall, Corballis, Families, Gamblesby, Melmerby, Smith | Tagged Families, Gamblesby, Melmerby, Tipperary, William Smith | Comments Off

Mrs Cowen and the Property in Gamblesby

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Jean

Mrs Cowen’s maiden name was Sarah Smith; she was born in Gamblesby in 1829, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Lancelot Smith and Elizabeth Westgarth. You can read more about her life in the “Lancelot Smith 1785-1871” page and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gamblesby, Photographs, Smith | Tagged Gamblesby, Joseph Cowen, Sarah Cowen, Sarah Smith | 2 Comments

The Children of Lancelot Smith of Gamblesby

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Jean

In the “Family Stories” section of this blog, I have now added a page that summarizes the lives of the children of Lancelot Smith of Gamblesby and his wife Elizabeth Westgarth. Unfortunately I don’t know a lot about most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bouskill, Families, Gamblesby, Smith, Westgarth | Tagged Bouskill, Corballis, Elizabeth Westgarth, Gamblesby, Lancelot Smith, Thomas Smith, William Smith | Comments Off

Gamblesby in the 1820s

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Jean

The following information is extracted mostly from the “History, Directory, Gazetteer, of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland …” by William Parson and William White, published in 1829. Gamblesby is in the Parish of Addingham. Up to the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gamblesby, Huddart, Nicholson, Photographs, Salkeld, Smith, Westgarth | Tagged Addingham, Gamblesby, Harrison, Huddart, Lancelot Smith, Morton, Salkeld, Sawer, Smith, Westgarth | Comments Off

A Jumble of Johns

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Jean

When I tell people I am researching the family history of people called Smith, they look at me sympathetically and secretly thank their lucky stars they have a less common name to trace. Actually it is not so bad … Continue reading →

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