Tag Archives: Smith

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

The Mounseys of Clashnevin

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Jean

I have mentioned the Mounsey family several times when writing pages about Lancelot Smith of Corballis and his children in the Family Stories section of this blog. As I described in those pages, Lancelot Smith lived near Cashel in County Tipperary … Continue reading →

Posted in Corballis, Families, Mounsey, Nenagh, Photographs, Smith, Tipperary | Tagged Clashnevin, Corballis, Mounsey, Smith, Tipperary | 1 Comment

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

Upcoming Topics

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Jean

I have a list of topics that I hope to add to this blog in the coming weeks. If you have looked at the blog’s layout, you will have realized that I am using the top menu as a means … Continue reading →

Posted in Topics | Tagged Anderson, Blackhall, Bouskill, Brindley, Gamblesby, Hardy, Huddart, Morton, Mounsey, Nicholson, Smith, Tipperary, Upton, Westgarth | Comments Off

The Great Famine in Ireland

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Jean

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

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. The village of Melmerby is in the Parish of the same name. … Continue reading →

Posted in Jameson, Melmerby, Photographs, Robinson, Salkeld, Smith | Tagged Jameson, Melmerby, Robinson, Salkeld, 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

The Smiths and Methodism

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Jean

In many of the pages and posts about the Smiths who lived in the 19th century I have mentioned that they were Methodists. You might wonder why this matters in a family history blog. The short answer is because it … Continue reading →

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Naming Patterns

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Jean

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 →

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