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Category Archives: Places
A Wealth of Williams
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
William Smith of HM Customs
William Smith was the ninth child and youngest son of Lancelot Smith and Elizabeth Westgarth. I am referring to this William Smith in association with his place of work in order to distinguish him from all the other William Smiths … Continue reading
Posted in Brindley, Photographs, Smith, Tipperary
Tagged Hubert Smith, William Smith
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The Life of Lizzie Bouskill
This post is about Lizzie Bouskill, someone I didn’t even know existed until last year when I was in Dublin doing some research on the Smith family. Elizabeth Bouskill (known as Lizzie) was born in Barnane, County Tipperary, on 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Bouskill, Photographs, Smith, Tipperary
Tagged Bouskill, Mary Smith, Tipperary, William Smith
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Mrs Cowen and the Property in Gamblesby
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
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The Children of Lancelot Smith of Gamblesby
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
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The Great Famine in Ireland
In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852. It is usually known outside Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine. This was only one of many famines in the country and … Continue reading
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Melmerby in the 1820s
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. The village of Melmerby is in the Parish of the same name. … Continue reading
Gamblesby in the 1820s
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
A Jumble of Johns
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
A Lot of Lancelots
There are a lot of Lancelots in our Smith family tree. While this name has been useful in helping to identify the right family of Smiths to follow, it can get confusing when none of the early Lancelots was given … Continue reading
Living in the Cumberland Fells
As far as I know, our Smith ancestors were farmers in Cumberland from at least the early 18th century although early parish records in England do not state the occupations of the parishioners. They were yeomen, meaning they owned their … Continue reading
Posted in Gamblesby, Melmerby, Smith
Tagged Agnes Hannah Smith, Agnes Nicholson, Cumberland, Eden Valley, Gamblesby, Melmerby
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Thomas Smith Found!
This is exciting news from my recent searches on the internet: I have finally found a picture of the tombstone for Thomas Smith of Blackhall who died in March 1873 aged 40. He was the first Smith to live at … Continue reading
The Farm near Cashel
When Lancelot Smith and most of his family moved to Ireland in the 1850s, they rented a farm near Cashel, County Tipperary, in the townland called Rathcoun (also written as Rathcowan, Rathcown or Rathcoon). The townland is about 2 miles … Continue reading
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Tagged Cashel, Corballis, Cumberland, Donabate, Eliza Upton, Hannah Smith, Joseph Backhouse, Lancelot Smith, Rathcoun, Tipperary
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Naming Patterns
I have always been interested in the forenames that people are given by their parents. When I started searching for information on the Smith family, I realized quickly that there were some forenames that occurred frequently. For boys, there were … Continue reading
Posted in Cashel, Gamblesby, Smith
Tagged Agnes Hannah Smith, Cumberland, George Hardy Smith, Smith
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William Smith Family History 