Smiths of Givendale Grange, Ripon Parish

1-star-status Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2007-05-28

Thank you, for the welcome to the Smith family.

I live in Goodwood, a suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. Some of my forebears came here from Givendale Grange in the Parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire. They arrived here in August 1839. Others came in 1856.

Several of our families lived at either Givendale Grange, Great Givendale or Little Givendale on the Newby Hall estate. They were tenant farmers and it appears that various generations farmed there for over 100 years. Some others of our family farmed at Humberton-cum-Milby in the Parish of Kirby on the Moor (Kirby Hill).

The earliest records I have show Smiths in the area from c.1700. Various family members lived at times in a number of places including those already mentioned and Westwick, Nunwick, Boroughbridge, Sharow, Hutton Moor, Skelton, Blois Hall, Hutton Conyers, Knaresborough, Ripon, Copt Hewick and Kirby Hill.

Christian names in the family include Jacob, Richard, Robert, Thomas, James, Henry and Joseph for the males and for the ladies, Ruth, Mary, Elizabeth, Jane, Lydia, Charlotte and Eleanor. In many cases, the first son was Jacob and the first daughter was Mary. An interesting point, a number of Jacobs married a Mary.

This information gives a bit of a lead for anyone who thinks we may be related. I would some members write to me and say that we are.

Subject: Re: Smiths of Givendale Grange, Ripon Parish Tue 20 Nov 2007 - 23:28

chellin2 wrote:

Hi Givendale Grange

Thank you for posting your interests on the board and I do hope someone reads it and you find some relations from the UK.

Nice to have another Aussie on board and please feel free to add any topics that interest you on the Australia Board.

Once again Welcome to Smith Chat and I hope you come online with us many times

mattycat wrote:

Hello again Grivendale Grange,

You have done very well so far with your research and I found it very interesting, now I know why you use the name Givendale Grange. I have written several topics about on the West Riding of Yorkshire Board and you are very welcome to add anything to that board or any other as well. but you may be interested in this link about Knaresborough

Its good to have another Australian in our Smith family, see you soon

Hello Givendale Grange,

Long time, no speak!! Thought would add a note here to ask how things are going for you, also to say that your message was moved from the Introductions Board to here - our West Riding of Yorkshire Board. So hopefully more researchers of Smiths of Ripon area will find it easier to make contact with you here.

Hope all is going well for you.

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