The Gale Family of Husthwaite and Family Tree

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 13^th 1854. Aged 29 years.

Also of the above William Gale. Who died March 15^th 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