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Richard Summersgill Prescot Lancashire England

bellespad128 — 2013-11-20 16:36:45Z

Richard summersgill is my grandfather. He was born in Prescot 9 July of 1864. His father was also Richard Summersgill (Somersgil) married to Ellen Gore, daughter of Giles & Esther Gore. There is also a Richard Summersgill (Somersgil) who is my great-great grandfather. I have his will. I'm looking for the father (Thomas Summersgill) of my grandfather's half brother, John James & sister Hannah. They were born to Ellen Gore Summersgill after Richard, great grandfather died. I was able to find the birth cert for Hannah that names a Thomas as her father. Can't find anything on John James. Can anyone help?? in the 1881 Census Ellen is listed as widower. Son Richard 16, John 7, Hannah as 1.
Thanks for any help. This is a mystery I'l love to solve. Jane Crawford

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

bah125177 — 2013-01-31 18:02:23Z

Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser, April 20, 1861 "On Wednesday, the 10th instant, Mr. Thomas Summersgill, of Grassington, near Skipton, Yorkshire, father of Mr. Summersgill, watchmaker, of this town, for 51 years a local preacher in the Wesleyan Methodist connexion, aged 84."

In Preston Chronicle, Saturday, 09 May 1857 (at www. british newspaperarchive.co.uk): "On Saturday last, at Winksley, near Ripon, Mr. Robert Summersgill, uncle of Mr. Robert Summersgill, of this town, aged 86 years. His widow is of the same advanced age. They had been married above 64 years."

Robert Summersgill of Winksley and his wife, Sarah Ward, had no children. They were taken care of in their old age by Robert's neice, Sarah Summersgill, the daughter of Robert's brother Christopher. She is enumerated with them in the 1851 census.

Summersgill from Yorkshire to Philadephia

Chesham54 — 2012-03-10 22:32:39Z

I have some history on a John Summersgill b1846 m Emily Marriott and arrived in US in 1883. I'm not in the line but have a collection of letters from a related family that I'm building a tree from. The tree is public and called Marriott Family Tree Yorkshire and Philadelphia. Hope this helps somone out! If you need more information, just message me.
K

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

jpkrishack1 — 2011-12-26 02:57:38Z

Sarah Summersgill was my GG grandmother. I have a good bit of information about her. Please contact me at jpkrishack@aol.com and we can discuss.

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

bah125177 — 2011-12-24 22:59:49Z

Hi: Do you have any information on Sarah Summersgill, who lived in Linton in 1841, then moved to Winksley by 1851? She had four children: William (married Elizabeth Shaw), Mary Ann (Mrs. Alexander Metcalf), John Jackson, and Robert. JJ and Robert emigrated to the US and died here. Sarah died in 1864 in Winksley. She was a daughter of Christopher Summersgill, who was an innkeeper in Linton.

Re: Summersgill in South Africa

gemins1 — 2011-09-28 12:03:01Z

My Name is Collin Smith, I am descendant of a Hannah Summersgill who arrived in South Africa in 1851 with her husband John Clark on the ship "Haidee" in port Natal. they came from Leeds in England and settled in "York" a small hamlet near P'mburg. They had 16 children i am related to Mathew Clark. Is there anyone out there related let me know.

Re: Summersgill in South Africa

gemins1 — 2011-09-28 12:02:57Z

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

isummersgill — 2011-07-20 16:09:55Z

John must be popular. My great grandfather was John Parker Summersgill and his dad also John (1824-1886) then Joseph for two generations, and Jonathan (b. 1731), Richard (1696-1754) before my oldest one traced 9 generations back is another John Summersgill (1669-1727). All from John Parker were from Skipton/Glasshouses/Pateley area in the Dales, and so the Linton branch must be related a few generations back.

PS. I'm the father of the Freya mentioned in the first post on this thread! And not called John, BUT of course Ian is a 'scottish' variant of John!! I'm not Scottish, and actually use my middle name, Mike!

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

bellespad128 — 2011-06-06 20:08:54Z

I have a John James Summersgill, half brother to my grandfather Richard Summersgill from Prescot, Lancashire. Never found a birth cert. His father listed as Thomas as was sister Hannah. They were born after Richard's father, also Richard, died. Jane Crawford

Re: Summersgills in USA

JaneMcMillan52 — 2010-08-12 20:52:50Z

Hi Matthew contact me at my e-mail jjgarmac@telus.net and I can give you some info

Re: Summersgills in USA

JaneMcMillan52 — 2010-05-02 01:54:16Z

dHi Linda: Sorry I did not see your post. e-mail me and I will send you the info jjgarmac@telus.net Jane

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

jpkrishack1 — 2010-02-08 01:37:34Z

Thanks for the response and clue.If Robert's son had a cousin in Linton than it could be from my line.I've not done any research in England.I'm thinking of getting the World Deluxe from Ancestry and starting but probably not until later this year. I'll keep you posted if I discover anything.

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

jjgarmac1 — 2010-02-07 05:35:07Z

I just noticed your post. My gr gr gr grandfather Robert was a son of the Thomas on the headstone. Job was a half brother. Robert moved to Preston and became a watchmaker. I know that Robert's son had a cousin in Linton. This was mentioned in a letter about a visit he made to the area in 1858. I have not figured out the connection though.

Re: Summersgill in South Africa

summersgillmj — 2009-11-10 12:09:53Z

hello
ohmygoodness i posted that one while back. i went to Drakensburg sec school way back in 1984 now live in joburg. I found Elona Summersgill on email and she is definitely a relative. We met Aunt Winnie once in Estcourt working at one of the stores when we went to buy my primary school shoes: long ago! her joie de vivre fascinated 10 year old Milly, it embarassed parents so much, they apologised. Got to talking and wht do you know, she turned out to be family! She is the cousin of my father, Lesley Summersgill. My granny is Jane Summersgill and her father was John Summersgill, initially settling in PMB when he landed from Scotland
phew, ya ne

regards

Mildred Jane Summersgill

Re: Summersgill in South Africa

estcourtsec — 2009-11-10 11:15:03Z

Hi,I am Felix Richie Summersgill,currently residing in Estcourt&teaching at Estcourt Secondary school.I was born in Mooi River,but the family moved to Pietermaritzburg.I am the son of the late Roderick Summersgill who worked at Mooi River Textiles&who was the son of E.J.Summersgill.The family was once the owners of a bus service&a cement-block building business & a farm in Mooi River.The other children of E.J.Summersgill are Winnie(Palmer)&Jean(Sayers)who are my aunts.They are,as far as I know,still residing in Woodlands in PMBurg.

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

jpkrishack1 — 2009-10-07 21:07:48Z

Thanks for your message. Maybe we are related. My great grandfather, John J Summersgill was born in Linton in 1822. His father was William Summersgill. John's siblings were: William, Jr, Mary Ann Married Alexander Metcalf. and Robert L. Are they part of your line?

Summersgill in South Africa

2004-11-30 15:39:32Z

Hi my name is Mildred Jane Summersgill. I am a 4th generation Summersgill. my great grand dad, landed in Pietermaritzburg, SA around 1900. He married one of the locals. My granny's ( Jane Summersgill) oldest sister ( Polly) was born around 1908. His name was John Summersgill and he had Polly, Maggie and Jane Summersgill, the boy children were Thomas, Ralph and I think Bob.
I cannot tell which county he came from on Scotland though.

Re: The summersgill name

2004-02-06 08:34:33Z

Hi am Terri Summersgill from Northern Ireland I was born 1980. My Dads name is peter.

Maggie Summersgill- Columbus, Ga./Phenix City AL,

2003-10-23 16:38:15Z

Looking for Maggie Summersgill, ca 1864, Columbus, Ga. Her parents were Thomas and Mary McCollister Summersgill. She married an Unknown Hill,presumably 1880's..

Summersgills in USA

2003-05-28 06:22:29Z

I was born in Lexington, Kentucky to a James Thomas, son of Thomas Clinton son of Clinton Thomas son of John son of Thomas who came to New Orleans around 1850 from Manchester or somewhere near. If anyone has any information on him or his brother Thomas or sister Selena.....please let me know!
Matthew Summersgill

Summersgill of Yorkshire

2003-02-21 05:15:05Z

I have a William Summersgill married to Ann ?. They had a daughter Louisa b. 1858 Weaverthorpe, Yorkshire. She married George Appleby 1874 Weaverthorpe, Yorkshire. Is there anyone with information regarding this family?

Summersgill of Yorkshire

2005-12-26 18:01:55Z

Freya, I would love to have a copy of your branch to see if it ties into mine. My great grandfather John J Summersgill came to America ca 1852. I know very little about his family in England.Three years ago I went to Linton, Yorkshire and spent the day. I loved it! We are planning a trip there next year and I plan to do some research while there. I'll be happy to share any thing I have.
jpkrishack@aol.com

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

2005-12-23 16:21:19Z

I have this ancestry in my tree from Yorkshire. Is also known as Summerscales, Somersgills, etc. LOTS of variations which can be confusing. My Summersgills were from Silsden. My tree is on "genesreunited.co.uk". Register to take a look or I can send you a condensed version. "Wharfedale and Craven"is also a great website for Kildwick/Silsden ancestry, and I was just notified of another great site specific to this name: "www.somerscales.org". My EMA is "tonyb119@shaw.ca"

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

2005-11-16 11:41:50Z

Hello,
My name is Freya Summersgill and my father's family come from Yorkshire, my little brother is the last Summersgill of our branch.
I think my dad or a great aunt has a family tree somewhere. There might be a John or William Summersgill somewhere. If anyone is interested i could maybe email a scan of the document when I can get hold of it. Just email me at the address given above or reply to this posting, and let me know why you want it. I'll see if I can help.

Freya Summersgill

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

mofletuda — 2007-12-31 13:08:43Z

I know this is a long time after you posted but I've just started researching my family tree and my Uncle's middle name is Summersgill in memory of his grandmother I believe. We live in Yorkshire. When I find out more I will let you know.

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

siameseldy — 2007-04-25 04:38:03Z

Thank you for responding. Darn, it would have been fun talking with her again. In CA, we used to go to the national archives in Laguna to look up so much info. We were Wilbur/Wildbore cousins, discovered her online probably 15 years ago. I'm very sorry to hear your news.
Juliann

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

siameseldy — 2007-04-24 05:14:46Z

Do you still know LaDelle's email? I've lost track of her since she moved from CA

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

siameseldy — 2007-04-24 05:13:13Z

Do you know how to get in touch with LaDelle Plates? I used to know her when she lived in CA. Please let her know that I'd enjoy emailing with her.

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

jpkrishack1 — 2009-06-14 22:02:50Z

When we were in Yorkshire we went to the St. Michael and All Angel Church in Linton. There were some Summersgills buried there. Ther tombstones were engraved:
1. The late Thomas Summersgill who departed this life April 10th 1861 aged 85 years and also Ann his wife who died Sept 6th 1859 aged 70 years.

2. Job Summersgill of Skipton who died Jany 8th Aged 33 years. Also Thomas Summersgill son of the above who died Nov 24th 1862 aged 24 years also Jane widow of the above
who died March 30th 1902 aged 86 years also
Mary Jane Summersgill daghter of Job Summersgill who died March 28th, 1939 aged 92 years
I don't know who they are of if they are connected to my line.

3. Jabez Summersgill of Linton Mill who died April 1st 1845 aged 28 years

I don't know who they are who if they are related to my clan. Maybe in your research you will discover who they are.

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

jpkrishack1 — 2009-06-14 16:02:59Z

I don't see a direct connection. My ggrandfsther JJ Summersgill had one brother who remained in Yorkshire. His name was Ward and he had two daughters. I don't believe he had any sons. Perhaps they are distant cousins?

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

millyjc64 — 2006-05-17 11:07:23Z

hi
i was looking up the name summersgill on the internet and i found this.
my maiden name was summersgill.
my fathers family came from bradford,yorkshire, england and were there at least in the 1900s.
could we be related?????????
yours

myleta chandler

nee summersgill

Re: Summersgills in USA

JaneMcMillan52 — 2007-04-25 04:37:41Z

I have a book by LaDelle Plates which has info about Matthew's Summersgill. It is called Summersgills in America. I can send you the section.

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

JaneMcMillan52 — 2007-04-25 04:21:35Z

Hi: You were asking about LaDelle Plates. Someone told me a couple of years ago that she had died. I'm not exactly sure when. Maybe 2002 or 2003. I had wondered why I hadn't heard from her as we often shared info about the Summersgills. That was too bad she was a nice lady. Anyways sorry to send you sad news. Jane M

Re: Joseph Summersgill and Clara Johnson

JaneMcMillan52 — 2002-06-06 03:41:16Z

I have a book on the Summersgill family which has your family in it in case you haven't seen it

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

JaneMcMillan52 — 2002-06-06 03:34:05Z

Hi Joe: I was just looking on this for free and saw at some time I had left a message and saw your reply. If you remember we were in touch a few years ago but my e-mail # has changed. I have got some more info since we last were in touch. Please e-mail me at jjgarmac@telus.net

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

JaneMcMillan52 — 2002-06-06 03:30:45Z

Hi: Have you been in touch with LaDelle Plates. I believe that her ancestor and Eliza Summersgill were brother and sister. She had done a book of the Summersgills which I have

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

JoanneKrishack — 2005-01-23 20:45:44Z

Hi,
Just saw your message from 2003 today. My Great greatgrandfather John J Summersgill was born in Lintin, Yorkshire, England. His Father was William Summersgill from Yorkshire, He was born abt 1820 and was married to Elizabeth Sarah Jackson. They only had one daughter that I'm aware of and her name was MaryAnn. I got her name from old letters that were written to my GGrandfather from England after he came to America.They also had a son named William born Abt 1822. I don't know how your William is related to mine but Summersgill is not a common name.
If you're still looking for information I do correspond with someone who has done research on this line. I can send you her name and address if you'd like. I will also exchange what information I have with you. Joanne Pettit Krishack

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

JoanneKrishack — 2007-12-31 13:30:11Z

Let me know if you can tie into my Summersgills and if you need any information from me.

Re: Summersgills in USA

LDAldrich — 2009-01-02 20:35:27Z

Hi Jane!

I just saw your message re the Summersgills.

All I know is that I am a distant cousin of Ladelle Plates but I'm not sure of the exact connection. Your message said you have her book. Can you email me her lineage up through Mary Jean (Mollie) Davidson who m. William H. Summersgill in the book you have? I have the rest from there. Since she died in 2001, I have no way of contacting her and have no way of locating her book.

Mollie Davidson is the sister of my great grandmother, Della Davidson.

I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much and have a great New year.

Linda Aldrich

Re: The summersgill name

Heidisum — 2008-04-28 22:10:19Z

Hi my name is Heidi Summersgill born in England 1981 my dad's name is Roy, but goes by "BLUE" he had a sister named susan or suzanna that nobody has heard from for over 30 years.

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

jjgarmac1 — 2009-10-06 04:33:28Z

Hi The gravestone that you refer to are: Thomas Summersgill is my gr gr gr gr grandfather. I have info on Summersgills in the Linton area

Re: The summersgill name

richardsummersgill — 2008-10-09 13:57:59Z

Hi, I am interested to find our connection in the Summersgill family tree. My father's name was Albert and born in 1904 in Manchester.
Do you have any family tracing back to this time
Regards
Richard

Kenneth garnett summersgill

sue18858 — 2006-04-07 19:28:39Z

sorry, his mother was kate augusta MAY

Kenneth Garnett Summersgill

sue18858 — 2006-04-07 19:25:16Z

Kenneth was my maternal grandfather born 1908 in Salford, his parents were Thomas Summersgill and KAte Augusta Summersgill, I cannot find any trace of either of their births or marriage - help needed please

H.T. Summersgill

jcsneuro_1 — 2006-01-01 04:30:10Z

Am looking for information on Harry Travis Summersgill, aka Henry Traverse Summersgill, about 1872-1931. He was born to the third wife of Henry Traverse Summersgilll, a jeweler who had come to America from England. The first two wives died early. HT was born first to a young wife, and went to Verrmont Academy, then to Brown University, where he was quite an athlete. Then he went to Virginia, and finally he went to Tulane, where he was a medical student, and while he was there, he coached the 1900 and the 1901 Tulane football teams and his record was spectacular - they went from zero games won to 6 - all games in 1900, and 8 and 1 in 1901. He received his MD degree from Tulane in 1902.

When he lived in New Orleans, he apparently stayed with relatives.
He never married. He had a younger brother, and in his later years, he first lived with his mother in Vermont, and then went to Long Island, to visit his brother, where he died.

I'm interested in finding out more about this person. He was here in Cincinnati for about six months in 1913.

Thank you

John Steiner jcsneuro@fuse.net

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

SM108233 — 2009-06-14 15:18:26Z

My grandfather Robert Hamilton Summersgill was born in Yorkshire in 1883 and came to Alberta, Canada. His siblings were Charles, John, George, Annie, Issac and William - all born in the 1870s and 1880s in Yorkshire and all but Robert remained in England.

Re: Summersgill of Yorkshire

SM108233 — 2009-06-14 16:25:44Z

Thanks for the quick response - I'll let you know if there is a connection with JJ Summersgill if it comes up. There is a connection with the town of Easingwold and the old mill there in my branch of the Summersgill family.

Joseph Summersgill and Clara Johnson

rochester — 2002-05-01 02:00:16Z

Looking for info on my greatgrandparents, Joseph Summersgill and Clara Johnson of New Orleans. She was from NC, daughter of Edwin Johnson from England. Any info appreciated.

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

2002-04-12 17:13:40Z

Hi Jane,

My wife is a decendant of the same Robert, I traded emails with LaDell a few years back and managed to fill in many holes in my research but I haven't been able to continue for a long time due to being travelling so much.

I think I'm going to ferret out my Family Tree Maker data file and see what I can find. I'd be interested to see if LaDella has finally connected her Summersgills to Robert the wealthy watchmaker.

If you are interested I have my family tree maker file exported and Robert's will etc.. (very interesting).

Regards

jo

Re: SUMMERSGILL in Lancashire, England

2002-01-16 02:59:53Z

I have researched Summersgills in Preston Lancashire. My gr gr gr grandfather was Robert Summersgill watchmaker in Preston. He had 2 sons Henry and Thomas. Henry moved to US Thomas stayed in Preston. Thomas had Grace Catherine, Mary Ann, Robert b1852, Thomas Henry, and Albert.