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Tag Archives: Melmerby
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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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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Hannah Huddart of Gamblesby
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
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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
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
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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William Smith Family History 