Grewelthorpe
a North Yorkshire Village
Caygill family
Information about the Caygill families living in the Grewelthorpe area of North Yorkshire. This includes Harrogate, Knaresborough, Bedale & Ripon. etc.
Taken from Parish records. Census returns etc.
Latest update Aug 2025.
ALBERT EDWARD MYERS CAYGILL Born 1901 Scruton Bedale. Died 1985. Son of William J.M.Caygill & Martha Stephenson. Married Amy Sykes Buckle in 1927.
Albert Caygill. Bus driver.
ALICE CAYGILL Born C1879 Mickley. Died 1950. Dau of William [stockman] & Emma London. In 1921 she was a cook in Huddersfield.
AMELIA BROTHERTON CAYGILL. Born C1895 Mickley. Dau of James Trenholme Caygill & Sarah Louisa Bennett. Kitchen maid at Bilton Hall in 1911. Married in 1920 to George Ernest Elsworth.
ANN CAYGILL Born 1819 Fleetham. Died 1895. Dau of James & Barbara Brass. Married James Holliday in 1843 in Kirby.
Ann Caygill
ANN ELIZABETH CAYGILL Born 1865 Bedale. Died 1948 Leeming Bar. Dau of George & Jane Janson. Married John William King in 1886 in Thirsk. Propriortress of Leeming Bar Hotel. Tragically her husband was knocked down and killed in 1910. Then Ann was killed when a vehicle crashed into her house.
ANNIE LOUISA CAYGILL Born C 1882 Mickley. Dau of James & Elizabeth Trenholme Servant in Co. Durham in 1911
ARTHUR CAYGILL Born 1869 Bedale. Married to Jane. In 1921 had 7 children.
ARTHUR CAYGILL Born C1884 Mickley. Died 1927. Son of William [stockman].& Emma London. Married Lily Fryer of Grantley. In 1921 he was farm manager for Mrs Spence of Grantley.
CATHERINE CAYGILL. Born C1843 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Elizabeth of Bedale.
CHRISTOPHER CAYGILL Born 1833 Bedale. Died 1889 Bedale. Son of John & Margaret Espiner. Married Margaret Myers in 1868.
CHRISTOPHER CAYGILL Born 1875 Bedale. In 1921 he worked as a labourer for the Bedale Gas company. Married to Mary Hopwood from Bedale.
DAVID JOHN CAYGILL Born April 1957. Died 1977 Sharow Ripon. Son of Herbert & Blanche Kettlewell.
DENNIS CAYGILL Born 12 June 1928. Masham. Son of Fred & Mabel.
DORIS CAYGILL Born 1900 Bedale. Dau of Mary. Living with Grandmother Elizabeth in Bedale in 1921. In 1934 married Lionel Charles Trotter of Catterick.
DORIS EMMA CAYGILL Born 1910 Ripon. Died 2003 Australia. Dau of Miles & Ruth Foote. In 1927 a Mender. Went to Australia with her parents in 1927. Married John William Howe in 1938 in Australia.
Doris Emma Caygill*
EDMUND CAYGILL Born 1751 Bedale. Died 1826 Well. Son of Thomas. Married Isabella Miller in 1773 in Aysgarth.
EDMUND CAYGILL Born 1788 Well. Died 1873 Bedale. Son of Edmund & Isabella Miller.
EDMUND CAYGILL Born 1875 Bedale. Died 1957. Son of Edmund & Margaret Seymour, In 1921 Gardener at Leeming Bar nurseries. Married to Annie Robinson.
EDWARD CAYGILL. Born C1856. Mickley. Roadman in 1911. Brother of James.
ELIZABETH CAYGILL [nee?] Born C 1823. Bedale. Widow in 1851.
ELIZABETH CAYGILL.[nee Trenholme] Born C1827 Well. Died 4 Nov 1898.Buried Mickley. Married to James. Living Mickley 1881.
ELSIE MAY CAYGILL Born 13 July 1920. Dau of Fred & Mabel. In 1967 Married ?Broomfield.
ESTER CAYGILL Born 1911. Bedale. Dau of Christopher & Mary Hopwood.
FRED CAYGILL Born 12 July 1890 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of John & Margaret. Working on Low Sides Farm West Tanfield in 1911. In 1939 farming in Masham married to Mabel.
GEORGE CAYGILL Born C 1836. Died 1867. Married Jane Jenson in 1862 in Northallerton.
GEORGE CAYGILL Born 1901. Bedale. Son of Christopher & Mary Hopwood In 1921 he was an oil salesman for the Newcastle Oil merchants. In 1939 he was a gas stoker in Bedale.
GEORGE EDMUND CAYGILL Born 1914 Bedale. Died 1987. Son of Edmund & Annie Robinson
GERTRUDE CAYGILL. Born 1896 Bedale. Dau of Christopher & Mary Hopwood.
HAROLD CAYGILL. Born C1901 Burneston. Died 1977 Australia. Son of Miles & Ruth Foote. Married Mabel Ruth. Served in Gunner Company in WW1. After war went to Australia.
Harold Caygill
HENRY CAYGILL. Born C1883 Mickley. Died 1951. Son of William [stockman]. & Emma London
HERBERT CAYGILL Born 1923 Ripon. Died 1995 Ripon. Son of Arthur & * Lily Fryer*. Married to Blanche Kettlewell in 1954.
HILDA ALICE CAYGILL Born C 1904 Burneston. Dau of Miles & Ruth Foote. Married in 1927 to Thomas Edward Becknell in Australia.
IVY CAYGILL Born C1895 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of John [Carter] & Margaret.
JANE MATILDA CAYGILL Born & Died 1875. Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of William & Emma London.
JAMES CAYGILL. Born C1811 Well. Died age 78 [1889] Buried Mickley. Married to Elizabeth Trenholme. Living Mickley in 1881, Farm Lab & Gardener.
JAMES TRENHOLME CAYGILL Born 1868 Mickley. Son of James & Elizabeth Trenholme. Possibly married Louisa in 1891.
JAMES CAYGILL Born 1884 Bedale. Farm worker.
JAMES Wm.CAYGILL Born C1899 Ripon. Died 1976. Australia. Son of Miles & Ruth Foote Was in RAF in 1917.Service No. 138256. Married in 1925 to Rose Ann Bonner in Australia.
JAMES ARTHUR BENNET CAYGILL Born C1909 Mickley. Son of James & Louisa.
JOHN CAYGILL Born C1863 Mickley. Died 1938. Son of James [Gardener]. & Elizabeth Trenholme. Married in 5.11.1885 to Margaret Elizabeth Harrison. In 1911 he was a carter on a gentleman’s estate. Living Kirkby Malzeard.
JOHN THOMAS CAYGILL Born 1875 Bedale. Son of Elizabeth. In 1921 he was a porter on railway.
JOHN CAYGILL Born 1909 Bedale. Son of Christopher & Mary Hopwood.
JOHN MARTIN CAYGILL Born 1929 Ripon. Died 2018 Lancs. Son of Albert [bus driver] & Amy Sykes Buckle. Married Kathleen Nona Langshaw in 1954.
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH CAYGILL Born 1931 Ripon. Died 2022 Ripon. Dau of Albert E.M.Caygill & Amy Sykes Buckle. Married Kenneth Benson in 1953.
LILY CAYGILL. Born C1898 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of John [Carter] & Margaret.
MARY CAYGILL. Born C1850 Kirkby Malzeard. dau of Elizabeth of Bedale.
MARY ANNIE CAYGILL Born 1911 Bedale. Dau of Edmund & Annie.
MATTHEW CAYGILL of Marton le Moor 1893. Game watcher to Mr.R.C. Vyner. In 1903 he was gamekeeper for Sir Henry Meysey Thompson.
MILES CAYGILL. Born C1876 Mickley. Died 1942 Australia. .Son of William & Emma. In 1889 Miles and 4 other boys were charged with unlawfully taking fish from the River Ure at West Tanfield. [Ref. Pateley Bridge Herald]. 1911 Married to Ruth Foote. Farm Lab. living North Stainley. In 1927 Miles & Ruth, Olive & Doris sailed on SS Ballarat for Australia, Miles became a poultry farmer. Ruth died in 1954.
Miles Caygill
OLIVE CAYGILL Born C1908 Ripon. Died 1996 Australia. Dau of Miles & Ruth Foote In 1927 a weaver. Married Henry Ernest Elphic in Australia.
Olive Caygill
PERCY CAYGILL Born 1906 Bedale. Died 1978. Son of Christopher & Mary Hopwood.In 1921 he was an errand boy. He married Nellie Sayers.
SARAH CAYGILL. Born C1889 Mickley. Died 1947. Dau of William [stockman]. & Emma London.
SARAH LOUISA CAYGILL. Died 2 Oct 1943. Buried Mickley.
THOMAS CAYGILL. Born C 1848 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Elizabeth of Bedale.
THOMAS HERBERT CAYGILL Born 1917 Bedale. Died 1964. Son of Edmund & Annie Robinson
WALTER CAYGILL Born 1905 Bedale. Son of Arthur & Jane. In 1921 he was a railway porter NER.
WILLIAM CAYGILL. Born C1821 Mickley. Farmer.
WILLIAM CAYGILL Born C1844 Kirkby Malzeard. Died 1914 Ripon. Son James & Elizabeth Trenholm of Bedale. Stockman. Married to Emma London from Kent.
WILLIAM EDWARD CAYGILL Born 1863 Bedale. Died 1949 Co.Durham. Son of George & Jane I’anson. Married Elizabeth Slack in Arkengarthdale in 1889.
Wm. Edgar Caygill.
WILLIAM JAMES MYERS CAYGILL Born 1869 Bedale. Son of Christopher & Elizabeth Myers. Married Martha Stephenson in 1887. He was a brickyard labourer.
WILLIAM CAYGILL. Born 5.2.1886 Mickley. Son of William [stockman]. & Emma London. Possibly a servant for Waddingtons in Littlethorpe in 1911. Married Gertrude May Salmon.
WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER CAYGILL Born C1899 Bedale. In 1921 he was living in York. A waiter in railway refreshment rooms at Selby.
WILLIAM CAYGILL Born 9.12.1921 Ripon. Died 2004. Son of William & Gertrude. Married Mary Doreen Windmill