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Tag Archives: Cumberland
The Misses Smith of Penrith
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
Posted in Families, Gamblesby, Hardy, Kirkoswald, Melmerby, Park Head, Penrith, Places, Smith
Tagged Agnes Smith, Alice Muriel Oswald, Christopher Hardy Smith, Christopher Smith, Clara Annie Smith, Cumberland, Eleanor Beaty, George Hardy Smith, Hannah Smith, Hardy, John Smith, John William Smith, Kathleen Beaty, Lancelot Fowler, Mary Ann Smith, Mary Hannah Smith, Melmerby, Park Head, Penrith, Sarah Agnes Dodd, Sarah Eleanor Smith, Smith, Thomas Hardy Smith
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The Islington Families
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
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Mystery Photographs from Penrith
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
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The Melmerby Smiths after 1821
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
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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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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
Posted in Cashel, Smith
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 