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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Headstone Inscription
« on: Monday 31 March 25 13:17 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: emeltom on Monday 31 March 25 13:10 BST (UK)
Christopher Bushby baptised 6 April 1778 in Hardraw, parents Arthur Bushby and Mary Johnson who married in Hardraw 21 January 1867

According to my FTM calculator, this makes him my first cousin, six times removed. His father, Arthur, was the brother of my 5 x great-grandfather, also named Christopher.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Headstone Inscription
« on: Monday 31 March 25 12:58 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: emeltom on Monday 31 March 25 12:53 BST (UK)
Christopher Bushby married Sarah Hasty in Hardraw 16 May 1807.

Christopher Bushby was buried 4 April 1859 at Hardraw aged 81. Residence given as Sedbusk

Jun 1859 Askrigg 9d 315 aged 81

I hunted high and low for Bushby gravestones in Hardraw churchyard, a couple of weeks ago but the one I posted was the only one to be found!

This is all beginning to make sense now, so all I have to do is work out how Christopher fits into my family. :) :) :)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Headstone Inscription
« on: Monday 31 March 25 12:55 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Monday 31 March 25 12:48 BST (UK)
Christopher Bushby, widower, married widow Mary Blythe in Sedbusk on 30 September 1837. This presumably is the couple in Sedbusk in the 1841 and 1851 censuses.  If it's the same Christopher as the one on the headstone, it would suggest a 15 year age difference between him and Sarah.

Thank you. I did wonder if this could be him but the age difference between him and Sarah put me off, though having said that, I have lots of friends who have much bigger age gaps in their relationships! ;D


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Headstone Inscription
« on: Monday 31 March 25 11:57 BST (UK)  »
Please can someone confirm my reading of this - that Sarah Bushby, wife of Christopher of Sedbusk, died May 17th 1837 and that she was aged seventy-five years.

Then, can anyone make an educated guess as to what the missing bit says "What ???????? separation hath God made betwixt us"

And finally, does this wording imply to you, as it does to me, that Christopher is still alive?

I know without any shadow of doubt that Christopher belongs somewhere in my ancestry, albeit in an indirect way but I am really struggling to place him!

Thanks, Jen  :)

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Hardraw Burials
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 18:56 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Pennines on Sunday 16 March 25 18:48 GMT (UK)
Oh genjen -- I so hope you have a successful AND enjoyable visit.

According to fiddlerslass the Green Dragon sounds great!

It certainly has a very good reputation. We are going with a group of friends, all singers and musicians in the traditional style, so we will be making lots of music. We've taken all the rooms so at least no unsuspecting guests will be disturbed by us.

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Hardraw Burials
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 18:54 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: fiddlerslass on Sunday 16 March 25 18:41 GMT (UK)
Hi,
Probably Aysgarth as Hardraw was in it's parish. According to Genuki a small chapel of ease was built at Hardraw around 1770.


https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Aysgarth/more

I seem to remember that there was a plan of the churchyard and a list of MI's you could consult held in Aysgarth church, but that was on a visit about 20 years ago!

Enjoy your trip. The Green Dragon is very characterful. As well as the walk up to the falls behind the Green Dragon,  there are nice walks around West Burton and Aysgarth falls too.

My ancestors (Butterfield) were from Thoralby, also in Aysgarth parish.

Thank you, I shall certainly be visiting the waterfall, which I think I did many years ago but can't remember details!  :)

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Hardraw Burials
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 18:44 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Pennines on Sunday 16 March 25 18:35 GMT (UK)
They are both shown as buried at Hardraw - and there is detail on the internet of a Chapel of Ease originally in that location for at least 500 years.

The link is lengthy!! Hope it works.

https://upperwensleydalechurch.org/st-marys-and-st-johns/history-of-st-marys-st-johns/#:~:text=There%20will%20have%20been%20a%20Chapel%20of,the%20present%20church%20was%20built%20in%201879/80

Thank you so much for this, I did wonder if there had been an earlier church but obviously didn't look hard enough!

The current church is pretty much next door to the Green Dragon so I shall go and pay my respects to all the ancestors who are buried there.

As well as Christopher Bushby, it looks as if his father, John was also living in Hardraw when he died in 1768, at the age of eighty-eight, only two years before his son. I shall feel as if I am visiting an ancestral home!

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The Common Room / Re: Rootschatters in the past
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 16:47 GMT (UK)  »
I was a regular for several years and had some fantastic help from many people. But things change and more recently genealogy hasn't been my main priority, so I don't post very often now, though I do check in fairly regularly just to see if anyone has posted in any of my areas of interest.

I was a regular YTGer and also posted photographs in the Tea Room. I made a number of friends, some of whom I still see on Facebook. I think that some of those people are no longer active in here but it's good to keep up with them in other ways.

I tell myself that I can always come back if I suddenly have the time to devote to finding more about my long lost ancestors. It has always been a very friendly and helpful group, so long may it last!    :) :) :)                         

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Hardraw Burials
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 15:16 GMT (UK)  »
Just a quick question for those who know such things...

Given that the church in Hardraw wasn't built until some time in the 1800s, where is the most likely place for burials for people who died there in the mid/late 1700s?

I am looking specifically for Christopher Bushby and his wife, Margaret ( née Dickenson), who died in Hardraw in 1770 and 1772 respectively.

I'm asking as I am about to spend a couple of nights ( 17-19th March) at the Green Dragon in Hardraw and thought that I could link it to a bit of Bushby research.

Many thanks,

Jen :) :) :)

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