Tag Archives: John Smith

The Hardys of Park Head

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Jean

I have been collecting information about the Hardys of Park Head for some time now. My interest was because they were linked through marriage to the Smiths of Melmerby in the mid-19th century and, later, through the transfer of land … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Hardy, Kirkoswald, Melmerby, Park Head, Places, Renwick, Smith | Tagged Christopher Hardy, Christopher Hardy Smith, Christopher Smith, Clara Anne Smith, Donald Hardy, Eleanor Hardy, Elizabeth Simpson, Hannah Bird, John Smith, Mary Hannah Smith, Sarah Eleanor Smith, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy Smith | Comments Off

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 →

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 | Comments Off

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

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

Who is This?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Jean

There is a photographic puzzle that I hope you will help me solve. Among the old photographs that I have received from family members are these two portrait-style pictures taken around 1868 to 1870. The one on the left was … Continue reading →

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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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