United States from Ontario, Canada years later. Married Richard Matthew Bielby's wife (Jennie White) sister, Alice White. The White sisters were some of the very first pioneers in Missaukee County. Jennie was "the first white baby" to arrive in the county. So all of the descendants of these two Bielbys are double cousins. The descendants of these four Richard Bielbys (and their siblings) represent most of the Bielbys living in North America today. Another interesting wrinkle in this history, is that the White sisters were the daughters of a direct descendant of a passenger on the Mayflower's very first voyage to America. Thus making all of the Bielbys who descend from the double cousin Bielbys of Lake City direct descendants of 1620 Mayflower passengers who settled in Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Bay Colony! These multi-generation Bielby pioneers represent most of the Bielbys living in North America (Many provinces of Canada & and many states in the United States) alive in the early 21st Century. In addition to St. Giles, The College Arms (a small pub serving lunch and dinner), Bielby is mostly residential, with a few newer homes. Geese are still raised on the edge of the village. The Pocklington Canal still provides a splendid water supply for such purposes. A Beck also runs close to Bielby and used to drive an old flour Mill, but from time to time it can flood, as it did in June 2007, overflowing the streets of Bielby up to the doorsteps of some homes. Karl Pearson's grandmother was named Bielby. She lived in Crambe and other places near Bielby. Church restoration The parish church of St Giles has recently been restored. Plaster has been removed and sandstone walls restored. Two arches on the outside of the church, and a pillar and skeleton on an inside wall, have been uncovered. Removal of the external rendering has uncovered a history of the church, with pillars and arches now visible that would have been part of a larger structure. Inside, an ancient blue-coloured painting was revealed, showing the legs of St Christopher. The plasterwork had deteriorated to such an extent that when efforts were made to protect it, it crumbled off the wall in fragments. The box pews are among the best-preserved in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The church was designated a Grade II* listed building in January 1967 and is now recorded in the National