My name is Trevor Gale and I have been tracing my family tree for approximately 10 years since my dad passed away. He originally started the search many years ago before the birth of the internet by simply asking older family members about their memories of family members passed. He originally had the tree all written out on a large roll of paper but I have since computerised it which is so much easier as I have also been able to scan photos of relatives onto my tree.
Up to my great grandfather John George Gale, born 1883, the family had always been in Crook, County Durham but I found through census records that his father John Gale, born 1848, was from Husthwaite as was his father William Gale, born 1820, before him. William and Elizabeth had 3 children, all of whom were also born in Husthwaite. This can be seen in the list below, my direct descendents are highlighted.
1 George Gale 1798 – 1875 (Scruton)
..+Jane Gale 1796 - 186
2 William Gale 1820 – 1888 (Husthwaite)
......+Elizabeth Swales 1825 - 1854
........ 3 Jane Gale 1845 - 1907
............ +James Lawson 1841 -
..................4 James William Lawson 1868 -
..................+Hannah Myers 1869 -
.......................5 Gladys Lawson 1894 -
.......................5 Frederick Lawson 1895 - 1950
...........................+Eva Smith 1892 - 1954
.............................6 Marjorie Lawson 1914 - 1990
.................................+Ellis Thewlis 1916 - 1973
....................................7 Ian Thewlis 1941 -
........................................+Brenda Thompson 1945 -
..............................................8 Ian Thewlis 1968 -
..................................................+Alison Jones 1965 -
.....................................................9 Zara Thewlis 1998 -
.....................................................9 Talia Thewlis 2000 -
.....................................................9 Daniel Thewlis 2002 -
...............................................8 Kevin Thewlis 1972 -
..................................................+Rachel Stead 1974 -
......................................................9 Hannah Thewlis 2007 -
....................................7 Patricia Evelyn Thewlis 1945 -
.......................................+Harvey Heap 1941 - 1994
................................................8 Andrew Joseph Ellis Heap 1969 -
................................................8 Matthew John Heap 1972 -
.......................5 William Lawson 1897 -
...........................+Ellen Lawson 1897 -
................ 4 Lily Lawson 1871 -
.................4 Eleanor Lawson 1879 -
.....................+Jordan George William 1878 -
.......... 3 John Gale 1848 – 1930 (Husthwaite)
..............+Margaret Walker 1846 -
..................4 William Gale 1875 -
......................+Lily Stevens 1875 -
..................4 Elizabeth Jane Gale 1880 -
.....................+John Fortune
........................5 Louisa Eleanor Fortune 1904 -
........................5 Olive Fortune 1906 -
........................5 Edith Fortune 1908 -
........................5 Hannah Fortune 1911 -
.................. 4 John George Gale 1883 – 1947 (Crook)
......................+Matilda Dunn 1880 - 1943
.........................5 Irene Gale 1908 -
.............................+Harry Snowdon
...............................6 Eric Snowdon
...................................+Eileen Hall
..........................5 Percy Gale 1910 – 1979 (Crook)
.............................+Hilda May Dent 1912 - Dead
................................6 Jean Gale 1935 - 1983
...................................+John Murphy - Dead
......................................7 Stephen Murphy
......................................7 Christine Murphy 1960 -
..........................................+Raymond Copping
.............................................8 Beverley Jean Copping 1980 -
................................................ +Glen Smith 1972 -
.....................................................9 Jessica Paige Smith 2008 -
.....................................................9 Thomas Elliot Smith 2010 -
...................................6 Keith Gale 1937 -
......................................+Joan Robson 1938 -
..........................................7 Jefferey Keith Gale
..............................................+Alma Gale
..........................................7 Katherine Lisa Gale
..........................................7 Kevin John Gale 1964 -
..............................................+Jill Alderson 1968 -
..................................................8 Matthew Gale
..................................................8 James Christopher Gale 1992 -
.....................................6 Kenneth Gale 1941 -
........................................+Carole Irene Gray 1945 -
............................................7 Fiona Ann Gale
...................................................8 Christopher Gale
...................................................8 Laura Gale 1990 -
..........................................................9 Aaliyah Gale 2008 -
.............................................7 Donna Marie Gale 1970 -
.................................................+Hall
....................................................8 Craig Gale 1989 -
....................................................8 Anthony Gale 1994 -
....................................... 6 Clifford Gale 1945 - 2003
...........................................+Carol Ann Stewart 1946 -
.............................................. 7 Trevor Gale 1965 -
.................................................+Karen Oliver 1968 - 2011
.....................................................8 Christopher Gale 1991 -
.....................................................8 Rebecca Gale 1993 -
.....................................................8 Daniel Gale 2000 -
............................................... 7 Alan Gale 1968 -
................................................7 Victoria Gale 1974 -
....................................................+Trevor Dowson
......................................................8 Natasha Gale 1996 -
.........................................6 Barrie Gale 1946 -
............................................+Jean Hodgson
.................................................7 Andrew Barrie Gale 1969 -
.....................................................+Clare Burey
.......................................................8 Josh Gale April -
................................................. 7 Toni Joanne Gale 1973 -
....................... 4 Joseph Gale 1885 -
............................+Lily
...............................5 Clifford Gale
............ 3 George Gale 1850 -
.................+Ellen Pinder 1847 -
........................4 Annie Gale 1877 -
........................4 George William Gale 1879 -
........................4 Frederick Tickner Gale 1881 -
........................4 Florence Gale 1885 -
........................4 Arnold Gale 1888 -
....... *2nd Wife of William Gale:
..........+Jane HiIdred 1826 - 1893
.................3 George Hildred 1855 -
.....................+Mary Ann Blades 1850 -
.........................4 Mary Jane Hildred 1885 -
.........................4 Florence Hildred 1890 -
..................3 William Gale 1860 -
......................+Bentley Mary 1866 -
..........................4 Jane Elizabeth Gale 1884 -
..........................4 Arthur Gale 1886 -
..........................4 Thomas Edward Gale 1892 -
..........................4 Annie Maria Gale 1895 -
..........................4 Ethel Gale 1899 -
...................3 Jane Gale 1862 -
.................. 3 Matthew Gale 1863 -
.......................+Powell Mary 1860 -
.......................... 4 James Willie Gale 1885 -
...........................4 Esther Jane Gale 1887 -
...........................4 Florence Mary Gale 1889 -
...........................4 Ernest Henry Gale 1892 -
...........................4 Daisy May Gale 1894 -
...........................4 Richard Reginald Gale 1900 -
...................3 Joseph Gale 1865 -
.......................+Fearnley Harriet 1868 -
...........................4 Fred Gale 1892 -
...........................4 William Gale 1895 -
.....2 Ann Gale 1836 -
I have a photo of William and his wife Elizabeth’s grave stone which can be found behind the flowerbed half way along the path on the right hand side towards the church porch with the inscription
Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth, wife of William Gale of this place.
Who departed this life May 13th 1854. Aged 29 years.
Also of the above William Gale. Who died March 15th 1888. Aged 69 years.
Until the day dawn and the shadows flee away.
Sadly, Elizabeth died aged only 29 years old and William remarried Jane Hildred 6 years later as can be seen in the list above:
William and Jane went on to have a further 5 children all of whom were born in Husthwaite too. This makes a total of 8 children for William.
It was at this point I hit a dead end but thanks to Angela Ovenston's detective work I have now another generation to my tree, William’s father, George Gale born 1798 in Scruton. George must have moved to Husthwaite soon after his marriage as his children were all shown to be born in Husthwaite. From Stuart Marriott's house plots (downloadable from this website at http://www.husthwaitehistory.co.uk/Husthwaite%20House%20Names.php) it shows the plots where in 1841 George and Jane Gale and a daughter Ann were living with many others in adjacent cottages, where the houses in Elphin View now stand, near the school in Low St. Husthwaite.
Sadly, this is as far as I have got with my tree. I know from internet research that the Gale family lived in Scruton for a couple of hundred years before this but I have so far been unable to link George to the other Gale’s of Scruton.
If anyone can add anything to the history of my family please get in touch.
trevor_gale65@hotmail.co.uk
Trevor Gale Feb 2013