Hello Im not sure what sort of connection it might be, my Christopher Thompson Harland was born in 1898. His father was William Harland and his mother Sarah Thompson. I havnt traced her line yet, although i speculate that her parents were Miles Thompson and Mary Ann Ingledew. Im not sure if its correct, but i know that the Ingledews were from Newcastle and holidayed in the countryside at Northallerton every summer. I can just imagine the young Mary Ann falling for the young handsome farm worker where she was staying, so romantic! But, i cant really be sure of the Thompson lineage, all i know is that he has that as part of his name due to his mother. It was quite common to put the surnames of both parents in a childs name. Im sorry i havnt been much help, but if any of it sounds familiar, especially the name "Miles Thompson" and the areas Leake/Borrowby etc then let me know :-) Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacqueline Harris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [NYorks] Ailsa Petrie: a question! > Laura, > I was very interested to see your reference to a Christopher Thompson > HARLAND. > In my THOMPSON family tree there are 5 Christopher THOMPSONs dating from > 1699 in Northallerton including my great great grandfather born 1824. The > youngest was born in 1859 and died 1886. > Could it be another 'twig' in my tree. > > Jackie Harris, > Spain > > Laura Broughton wrote: > >> Hello, sorry to take you by suprise! >> >> I am very confused by all this, i will explain. My HARLAND line farmed >> at knayton grange for years. My great grandfather is Christopher >> Thompson HARLAND b.1898 and married Elsie STEELE b.1894. Elsie was one >> of something like 12 or 13 children to Joseph STEELE and Emma HYDE. My >> grandmother remembers most of these (aunties and uncles) and managed to >> reel most of their names off to me, which i then confirmed on various >> censuses. This includes a george and a richard, although he was more >> commonly called Dick, and the census records his name as this too. So >> this would also link in as George being a witness to his brothers >> wedding. >> >> I think that Dick perhaps inherited the farm at knayton grange somehow? >> But why would he get that farm, it was in the HARLAND family at the time, >> and when Elsie STEELE (his sister?) married my great grandfather >> Christopher Thompson HARLAND they went to live in Ellerbeck, >> Northallerton where my grandmother and mother were born. This is very >> mysterious! >> >> I will stop now as i am most probably barking up the wrong tree (haha!), >> but let me know if im not, its all a bit exciting! >> >> Laura Broughton >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ailsa Petrie" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [NYorks] Ailsa Petrie: a question! >> >> >>> Hi Laura, >>> >>> I'm not used to having questions being asked of me - it's more usually >>> me doing the asking! >>> >>> I'm sorry, I'm not related to the Steel family, Richard Steel married >>> into my family of interest. The woman he married, Eliza Harriet HAMILTON >>> was born at Knayton Grange, the family is listed there in the 1891 >>> census - Richard & Emma HAMILTON and family. They had been married in >>> 1881, after the census of that year. I don't know when they moved to >>> Knayton Grange, or who was there before then. >>> >>> Richard HAMILTON died in 1902 and it's possible that his widow, Emma, >>> continued to farm the property. In a 1913 trade directory, she is listed >>> as a farmer of Knayton. Did Richard STEEL move to Knayton Grange when >>> Emma left, perhaps? >>> >>> Richard STEEL and Eliza HAMILTON married in 1918 and his address is >>> given as Knayton Grange, hers as Knayton. He was aged 32, a bachelor and >>> his father was Joseph STEEL, also a farmer. A witness to the marriage >>> was a George STEEL. Richard died in 1947 and is buried in the churchyard >>> of St Mary's Church, Leake. Eliza died in 1974 and is also buried in the >>> same churchyard, although there is no headstone to mark her resting >>> place. I assume she would be in the same plot as Richard. They had no >>> children. >>> >>> That's all I know of Richard STEEL. If you are able to give me more >>> information about him, it would add to the overall picture for me. I do >>> have a photo of Richard and Eliza on their wedding day, if you are >>> interested. It was given to me by another distant relative. >>> >>> Last year I visited the area and met a lady who thought that the >>> property she lived on was once called Knayton Grange. It now has another >>> name. I was never able to confirm it, though. >>> >>> If any of this is of assistance to you, I'm pleased to help. I look >>> forward to hearing from you again. >>> >>> Regards >>> Ailsa Petrie >>> Hamilton >>> New Zealand >>> >>> Laura Broughton wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, this is for Ailsa who i have seen every so often on the list. >>>> >>>> Whilst researching on the rootsweb forums i came across an old old >>>> message of yours regarding a Richard Steel who farmed at knayton >>>> grange. Knayton Grange is where many of my family farmed (the harland >>>> family) and they married into the Steele family, so this is of great >>>> interest to me! >>>> >>>> Are you decended from the steele family at all? They were a large >>>> family and i have been hoping to find any decendants :-) >>>> >>>> Sorry if i am totally on the wrong tracks, ignore me if i am! >>>> Laura Broughton >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/273 - Release Date: 2/03/2006 >>> >>> >>> ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== >>> We have archives! Search for your ENG-NORTH-YORKS information here..... >>> http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ENG-NORTH-YORKS >>> >>> ============================== >>> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >>> New content added every business day. 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