Grewelthorpe

Graham Family

GRAHAM FAMILY in GREWELTHORPE and the surrounding area..
Information taken from Parish Registers, Census records and memorial inscriptions [M.I.] in Grewelthorpe churchyard.
Last updated Nov 2021.

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Susan LaCount sent the following message. August 2017. John Graham b 1848/9 married to Isabella Teasdale from Masham/Colsterdale. I am descended from Isabella/John. Her son Robert Teasdale Graham was my great grandfather. I am interested in knowing who John’s parents were etc.
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S.J.Onken would like to hear from anyone with information about the Grahams of Grewelthorpe. If you can help please contact us and we’ll put you in touch.

Andy Simpson says :-
I have a lot information on the Graham family. The Grahams in Grewelthorpe were a branch of the Grahams of Colsterdale to whom I can link them back (with confidence) to 1645.

AGNES E. GRAHAM. Born C. 1892 Ripon. Dau of George & Mary.
ALFRED E. GRAHAM. Born C. 1868 London. Son of Edward & Ellen.
ALICE GRAHAM. Born C. 1769 Burton. Died 3.7.1857 Grewelthorpe. Widow in 1851. Mother of Ann wife of Henry Lofthouse.
AMY ELIZABETH GRAHAM. bap. 10.4.1895 Mickley. Dau of Elizabeth Graham single woman.
ANGELINA GRAHAM. nee Thackray. Born 9 August 1905. Died of asthma attack C1953. Dau. of Frederick Thackray & Mary Davies. Married to William K. Graham. [born 1900]. in 1929. Living Galphay in 1939.
ANN GRAHAM. Born 1810 Dallowgill. Died 20 Jan 1889. Dau of Alice. Married Henry Lofthouse. in 1843.
ANN GRAHAM. Of Masham was found dead in an alms house in Masham. Died 1st June 1886.
ANN GRAHAM. Born C. 1809 Nether Silton. Second wife of James the Carpenter. Living Redcar with dau Jane in 1891
ANN GRAHAM. Born C. 1800 Rainton. Wife of Peter.
ANNA M. GRAHAM. Born C. 1876 Grewelthorpe. Wife of William Graham of Healey.
ARTHUR GRAHAM. Born C 1878 Middlesbro. Son of Edward & Ellen. Clerk in Newcastle in 1891.
ARTHUR GRAHAM. Born C. 1896. Ripon. Son of George & Mary.
AVRIL M. GRAHAM. Born 7 Jan 1932. Dau of William K. & Angelina Thackray. Galphay. Later she married Ken Ward.
BELLAH GRAHAM Born 1814 Masham. Died 1882 Sculcoates. Dau of George & Judith Beverley.
CATHERINE GRAHAM. Born 1859 Ilton. Dau of Joseph & Catherine Carter.
CHARLES E.GRAHAM. Born C. 1876 Middlesbro. Son of Edward & Ellen. Clerk in Newcastle in 1891.
CHARLES V. GRAHAM. Born C. 1888. Ripon. Son of George & Mary.
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Born 1900 Dacre. He was a millwright. In 1918 he enlisted in RAF. Service No.166521. He was 5ft 2”. Light complexion. Blue eyes Light hair. Discharged in 1919. In 1923 he married Muriel Brogdon of Durham.
DAVID GRAHAM. Born C. 1839. Grewelthorpe. Son of James & Elizabeth Fawbert.
DORA GRAHAM. Born 1879 Swinton. Dau of George & Mary.
DOROTHY ELLEN GRAHAM. Born C1867 Colsterdale. Dau of William & Dorothy.
EDWARD GRAHAM. Born C1820 East Witton. Grocer. Married to Christina Pratt. of Nidderdale.
EDWARD GRAHAM. Born C. 1845 Grewelthorpe. Son of James & Elizabeth Fawbert. Husband of Ellen of Worcester. Living Newcastle in 1891. A clerk.
EDWARD GRAHAM. Born 25 April 1906. Married to Mary J. [born 1905]. Sheep & Dairy farmer at Low Cotes Farm Healey in 1939.
ELIZABETH GRAHAM. Born C 1814 Old Malton. Died 5.9.1851. Buried 7.9.1851 Grewelthorpe. Wife of James the Carpenter. M.I.
ELIZABETH GRAHAM. Born 1847 Grewelthorpe. Dau of James & Elizabeth Fawbert. Must have died an infant as they had another dau. Elizabeth in 1851.
ELIZABETH GRAHAM. Born 1851. Grewelthorpe. Dau of James & Elizabeth Fawbert. Servant for Henry Coldbeck. in 1861.
ELIZABETH GRAHAM. Born C 1864 Ilton. Dau of Joseph & Catherine Carter. [Ref 1871 census]
ELIZABETH GRAHAM. Born C. 1875 Moorheads Ilton. Dau of Thomas & Harriet of Low Ash Head Ilton.
ELIZABETH A. GRAHAM. Born C. 1882 Ripon. Dau of George & Mary.
ELLEN GRAHAM. Born C. 1845 Worcester. Wife of Edward Graham the clerk.
EMMET GRAHAM. born 1755 Masham. Died 1845 Masham. In Jan 1780 Married John Marsden. of Middlesmoor.
ESTHER GRAHAM. Bap 23.8.1772. Kirkby Malzeard. Illeg. dau of Anne.
ESTHER GRAHAM. Born C 1842 Grewelthorpe. Died 27.9.1883. described as an imbecile in 1881. dau of James & Elizabeth Fawbert. M.I.
FLORENCE M. GRAHAM. Born C. 1883 Newcastle. Dau of Edward & Ellen.
FRANCIS T. GRAHAM. Born 24 June 1915. Unmarried farmer at Grimeshill Ilton in 1939.
FRED GRAHAM. Born 24 Dec 1893. Farmer married to Elsie [born 1893]. Living Warren Lane K.Malzeard in 1939.
FREDERICK G. GRAHAM. Born 5 April 1930. Son of William K.
GEORGE GRAHAM. Born 1752 Colsterdale. Died 1825. Son of Thomas & Mary Wright. In 1775 Married Mary Kearton. of Masham.
GEORGE GRAHAM Born 1782 Ilton. Died 1847 Masham. Son of George & Mary Kearton. Married [1] Elizabeth Reynard in 1804. [2] Judith Beverley in 1812.
GEORGE GRAHAM. Born C 1860. Grewelthorpe. Grandson of James the Carpenter. Brewer Drayman in Ripon in 1891. Husband of Mary of Masham. Living Littlethorpe as a stationary engine driver in 1901.
GEORGE GRAHAM. Born C1870 Colsterdale. Son of William & Dorothy.
GEORGE GRAHAM. Born C. 1873 Moorhead. Son of Thomas & Harriet of Low Ash Head Farm Ilton.
GEORGE E. GRAHAM. Born C. 1890 Ripon. Son of George & Mary.
GERTRUDE GRAHAM. Born C. 1886 Ripon. Dau of George & Mary.
GERTRUDE S. GRAHAM. Born C. 1887 Newcastle. Dau of Edward & Ellen.
GORDON GRAHAM. Born 1931. Died 1.4.1979 Grewelthorpe. Son of William K. & Angelina Thackray. Husband of Margaret. M.I.
HENRY GRAHAM. Born C. 1868 Moorheads Ilton. Son of Thomas & Harriet. Living Low Ash Head 1891.
HENRY J. GRAHAM. Born C..1871 London. Son of Edward & Ellen. Clerk in Newcastle in 1891.
IDA GRAHAM. Born C. 1899 Ripon. Dau of George & Mary.
ISABELLA GRAHAM. Born C. 1844 Colsterdale. Wife of John. Farmer of Bramley.
JAMES GRAHAM. Born C. 1814 East Witton. Buried 27.1.1876. Grewelthorpe. Son of David. Husband of [1] Elizabeth Fawbert. Marriage 8.9.1838. [2].Husband of Ann. James was a carpenter.
JAMES GRAHAM. Born C. 1844 Ripon. Son of George & Mary. Brickyard labourer. 1901.
JAMES ERNEST GRAHAM. Bap. 2.1.1885. Grewelthorpe. Son of James the Draper & Susanne of Barnard Castle.
JANE GRAHAM. Born C. 1849 Grewelthorpe. Dau of Died 7 Apr.1928.Redcar. Dau of James & Elizabeth Fawbert. Married William John Hide. of Beadle [Bedale?] on 21.9.1868. at Wesleyan Chapel Ripon. Hairdresser in Redcar in 1891.
JOHN GRAHAM. Born C. 1849 Ilton Masham. Farmer Bramley. Husband of Isabella Teasdale of Colsterdale. see letter from Susan LaCount. above.
JOHN THOMAS GRAHAM. Born C. 1865 Moorheads Ilton. Son of Thomas & Harriet. Living Low Ash Head farm 1891.
JOHN E.GRAHAM. Born Jan 16 1872. In 1939 living Hillcrest Grewelthorpe. A stock feeder.
JONATHAN GRAHAM. Bap. 17.7.1784 Ash Head. Masham. Died 1809. Married in 1806 to Ann Jeff. of East Witton. Son of George & Mary Kearton.
JONATHAN GRAHAM Bap 1816 Masham. Died 1892 Hull. Son of George [husbandman] & Judith Beverley Married Ann Walker In 1871 he was a Steward in Halifax. In 1891 he was a Temperance Hotel Keeper in Sculcoates.
JONATHAN GRAHAM. Born C. 1881 Moorheads. Son of Thomas & Harriet of Low Ash head Ilton.
JOSEPH GRAHAM. Born C 1826 Ilton cum Pott. Game Watcher. Married to Catherine Carter of Ilton.
JOSEPH GRAHAM. Born C1861 Ilton. Son of Joseph & Catherine Carter.
JOSEPH GRAHAM Born C1863 Son of Thomas. Lived Moor Heads Masham. Married on 14 May 1891 to Ellen Elizabeth Broadley of Dalton Lodge Dallowgill.
JOYCE IRENE GRAHAM. Dau of W.Graham of Harrogate. Married Flight Lieut John Lane DFC of Kent. April 1946.

Joyce Irene Graham & John Lane. Harrogate 1946. {ref.Harrogate Herald}.


KATE GRAHAM. Born C. 1888 Newcastle. Dau of Edward & Ellen.
LEONARD GRAHAM. Born C.1866 Healey. Game Watcher in 1891. Son of Joseph & Catherine Carter.
MARGARET GRAHAM. Bap. 11.12.1775. Masham. Dau of George [of Colsterdale] & Mary Kearton.* Married in 1810 to George Kendale.
MARGARET GRAHAM. Born C. 1782. Buried 29.1.1852 age 70 at Galphay. [Ref. Par.Reg.]
MARGARET GRAHAM. Born 20 March 1921. Dau of Fred & Elsie. Later married ? Waite.
MARY GRAHAM. Born 1778 Dau of George & Mary Kearton. In 1806 married Henry Scaife. of Masham.
MARY GRAHAM. Born C1831 Masham. Married John Buxton. cornmiller of Azerley in May 1851 at Ripon Registrars office. In 1861 had 2 daughters. Jane & Mary.
MARY GRAHAM. Born C. 1841 Grewelthorpe. Dau of James & Elizabeth Fawbert. It is possible [not proven] that this is the Mary that married James Pickles of Grewelthorpe on 31.1.1863 in Ripon .
MARY GRAHAM. Born C 1857 Ilton. Dau of Joseph & Catherine Carter.
MARY GRAHAM. Born C. 1859 Masham. Wife of George living Littlethorpe 1901.
MARY GRAHAM. Born C. 1879 Moorheads. Dau of Thomas & Harriet of Low Head Ilton.
PETER GRAHAM. Born C. 1796 Colsterdale. Husband of Ann.
PETER GRAHAM Born Nov.1801. Son of Peter [husbandman] of Agill & Sarah Proctor.
PETER GRAHAM. Born C 1856 Ilton. Son of Joseph & Catherine Carter.
PETER GRAHAM. Born 1873 Darlington. Bap. 24.8.1879 Mickley. Son of Robert & Margaret.
PETER GRAHAM. Born C.1881 Moorheads. Son of Thomas & Harriet of Low Ash Head Ilton.
PETER KNOWLES GRAHAM. Born 18 March 1944. Died 2014. Son of William K & Angelina Thackray.
REBECCA GRAHAM. Born 1820 Kirkby Malzeard. Married in 1847 to Christopher Taylor.
RICHARD GRAHAM. Born 1680. In 1705 married Ann Friar. of East Witton.
ROBERT GRAHAM. Born C. 1883 Moorheads. Son of Thomas & Harriet of Low Ash Head Ilton.
RUTH GRAHAM. Born C1859 East Witton. Dau of Edward Christina Pratt. Servant in 1871 at Healey. Died 1945 Thirlby. Married to George Hartley.
SELINA GRAHAM. Born C. 1881 Ripon. Dau of George & Mary.
SIDNEY GRAHAM. Born c. 1881 Middlesbro. Son of Edward & Ellen. Living Newcastle in 1891.
THOMAS GRAHAM. Born 1722 Colsterdale. Died 1773 East Witton. Son of Richard & Ann Friar. Married Mary Wright of Low Ash Head. she died in 1775.
THOMAS GRAHAM. Born C. 1827 Moorheads Ilton. Married to Harriet of Nidderdale. Living Low Ash Head Farm in 1891. With 10 children.
THOMAS GRAHAM. Born C. 1877 Moorheads. Son of Thomas & Harriet of Low Ash Head.
WILLIAM GRAHAM. Born 1807 East Witton. Son of Jonathan & Ann Jeff. In 1833 Married Frances Mary Jackson. at Masham. Emigrated to New Zealand in 1863. Died in NZ in 1866.
WILLIAM GRAHAM. Born C 1825 Colsterdale. Coal mining agent. Married to Dorothy of Colsterdale.
WILLIAM GRAHAM. Born C.1870 Healey. Son of Joseph & Catherine Carter. Farmer at Swinton in 1901. Husband of Anna Maria Metalfe. of Grewelthorpe.
WILLIAM K. GRAHAM. Born 10 Dec. 1900. General farm worker. in Galphay in 1939. Married to Angelina Thackray in 1929.