After resolving the Sharow Burial Mystery I further researched the children of George Hardy and Jane Pickersgill but couldn’t determine what happened to George, their eldest son. I believe we find him in Leeds in 1861 working as a servant. On 28 Aug 1869 he marries Elizabeth Poulter from Marton-le-Moor at St Peter’s in Leeds. […]
Marriages
Update on the Hardys of Sharow
Following the resolution of the Sharow Burial Mystery I further researched the children of George Hardy and Jane Pickersgill as follows: Elizabeth Hardy baptised 28 Apr 1828 at St Johns, Sharow. Married Christopher Hammond Q2 1853, Ripon. Died 14 Jan 1898 Stockton on Tees and buried at Oxbridge Lane Cemetery, Stockton. Mary Anne Hardy baptised […]
So who won the Enos challenge?
Some 10 years or so ago I set a challenge to readers of this site to find the ancestry of Enos Smithson born 1778 in Langthorpe. At the time I’d had a number of discussions with Bill Smithson of Killinghall who had been most helpful with his own research but we couldn’t find where Enos […]
The Enos Challenge
I am aware that a number of people may have drawn a blank in finding the parents of Enos Smithson of Langthorpe (born 1779). So, here’s the challenge – has anyone successfully connected Enos to his parents? Here’s what we know of Enos: Census data shows him to be born about 1779 in Langthorpe. 1841 […]