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WHO has 1000 Hodgson family trees accessible at RootsWeb's WorldConnect; go to FTaccess under Research. Each tree has its donor's name and address attached to it but these do not make a good filing system -- names do repeat (especially in this venture) and addresses do change! So, every new tree is assigned a number. People forget to update or they move or they drop away, even pass away. Regardless, their trees stay on file with the ID numbers unaltered. Every number has two alpha letters which can change:
FT# = a family tree on file, example FT3049, FT meaning Family Tree.
NA# = no family tree on file, example NA3311, NA meaning Not Available.
CA# = amalgamated tree from two or more donors, example CA1783. CA meaning Common Ancestor.

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I have a Jane HODGSON, b.8 Apr 1733 Kendal WES ENG, m.25 Apr 1753 John HOGGARTH in Hugill WES.
Jan 2002, John Barlow, TN USA

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Attached two files, parish transcriptions St. John's Chapel, Stanhope, Wolsingham and others. Assembled other families found in the area; work clearly not finished. Have few HODGSONs in my PAF files. Attached files are complete set of Durham Hodgsons; both WordPerfect. In your files one Hodgson family moved from Stanhope area DUR ENG to York, Haldimand Co. ON CAN. Know several HODGSON families and relate to some from Haldimand through my mother. Not yet assembled the various families.
May 2002, Douglas Hedley, 77 Townsend Drive, Nepean ON CAN K2J 2V3

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Searching for Mary HODGSON [c1750-1838] believed born in Scaleby to John and Ann. She married George TELFORD in 1772 in Bewcastle. They farmed at Barclose, Scaleby late 1770s. My g3 grandfather William bp.1777 Scaleby, joined Royal Artillery 1793. George and Mary had 4 children, 2 in Bewcastle, 2 in Scaleby. John HODGSON yeoman at Barclose and poss church warden, He d.1777 about age 65. John and Ann had two other known daus: Ruth bp.1752 and Ann bp.1756. Ruth HODGSON m.1771 Joseph WILSON s/o John Joseph ILSON and and Margaret TELFORD. Margaret m.1743 John in Sprouston. Roxburgh. Margaret poss born in Hawick, Roxburgh, SCT in 1720 to JohnTALEFER and Margaret SMITH. Seek info on Telford-Hodgson connections.
Apr 2004, Robert Telford

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Have a Sarah HODGDON of Greenland, NH USA, m.1753 Samuel AVERY in Stratham. No vitals on descendants. Husband b.Mar 1731 Greenland, d.1798 Albany NH USA. Daughter Anna b.Dec 1764 m. David ALLARD of Albany, NH. Is she related to a son of Nicholas HODGDON of Kittery? Seek a copy of the "Genealogy of the Desc. of Nicholas Hodgdon/Hodsdon of Hingham, MA & Kittery, MA" or anyone to search it for me.
May 2004, Constance

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Researching Quaker family of James HODGSON and Rachel WRIGHT m.1781 Menallen Meeting, York Co. PA USA, migrated to Augusta Co. VA USA. James died there probably 1800-1810. Rachel migrated to Boone Co. KY USA with some of her children and died there. Any info on this family? Around 1820 Hodgson changed to Hudson in Boone County.
May 2004, Carol A. Hudson

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My father was George Hodgson NEWTON. His grandfather was Hodgson NEWTON, b.c1838 Cumberland. His mother may have been a Hodgson, hence his Christian name. Any reference of a Hodgson female born early 1800's married to a Newton? If so.
Jun 2004, Maureen A. Power, P.O. Box 63, Eaglehawk, Victoria 3556. AUSTRALIA
WHO WebMaster's Response: Ten FTs in our files have the name Newton, of which four FTs have a Hodgson female marrying a Newton or a spouse with Newton as a Christian name. Tried to return details to Maureen but her e-mail is not working.

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Researching for a friend Alan HODGSON, b.19 Nov 1934 (poss Manchester), m.20 Jul 1957 Jean McNAB. We're back to Emanuel HODGSON b.23 Feb 1850 m.20 Feb 1870? Agnes BLACKHAM. The 1881 census: family at Hulme, Manchester at 31 Silk St., Emanuel 31, born Manchester, but Civil Birth Registration for him is the March quarter of 1850, registration Chorley. Is this in Lancashire or Cheshire? Need to get his true birthplace and his parents. I live in Worcestershire and can look up Hodgsons; I have access to Worcestershire Marriage Index (1701 - 1837).
Jun 2004, Diana M. Southern

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Seek info on great grandmother Mary Abby HODGSON b.c1833, m.11 Sep 1850 William Russell PADDOCK Cincinnati OH USA Four issue: William, Mary Belle, Harry and Albert.
Jul 2004, Stanley

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My father's sister, Irene HAMMOND m. Charles "Don" HODGSON, both deceased. Donald d.12 Feb 1993 aged 73 years.Their address was 23 Albert Street, Benson Square, Normanton, YWR ENG. Both buried at Normanton Parish Church (All Saints) graveyard, Church Lane, Normanton, YWR. Researching the HODGSON family of Normanton.
Jul 2004, Philip J. Hammond

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John HODGSON + Judith PEARS b.29 Apr 1733, St Cuthberts, Carlisle, CUL ENG., m.1 Jun 1760, St Cuthberts, Carlisle. Issue: Judith b.1 May 1763, St Cuthberts, Carlisle. Suzannah b.17 Aug 1765, St Mary's, Carlisle. John b.24 Aug 1769, Brampton CUL ENG. Margaret b.8 Aug 1771, St Mary's, Carlisle. Ann b.1 Jan 1775, Carlisle, bp.11 Oct 1776, St Mary's, Carlisle| m.4 Mar 1801 St. Cuthbert, Carlisle. Joseph TINNINSWOOD b.1 Jan 1779, Brampton. Have Tinniswood issue to share.
Jul 2004, Anne Hollingshead

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My mother Dorothy HODSON was b.30 Mar 1911 West Bromwich, Oldbury WOR ENG (now Birmingham). She had an older sister Rose and brother Sydney. In 1930 she married my father Arthur J. SHAW, I was born 4 May 1931, but she died of appendicitis 8 months later. Her father was George Frederick HODSON b.8 Feb 1877 St.George dist of Birmingham. Her mother was Agnes Caroline HODSON formerly WILLIAMS. The 1901 Census shows her grandparents as Benjamin HODSON (b.May 1834 Dudley STS ENG) and Rosina JAMES (b.1839/40 in Birmingham). An older sister of George Frederick was Rose L. HODSON b.1876 Birmingham. Pre 1837 birth date of Benjamin makes it difficult to find details and parentage. Can anyone help and establish how all of these Hodsons migrated from Cumbria to the Midlands?
Jul 2004, John P. Hodson Shaw

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Helping a friend re HODGSON and CARR from a small farming hamlet in YORKSHIRE DALES.
Aug 2004, Andrea

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Have 6 lots of Hodgsons all in and around Bradford area. I attach brief details. Will share extended tree.
Aug 2004, Janet Ogden
Janet Ogden Project Officer of Bradford Family History Soc.
Also of FreeCEN 1891 Huddersfield Family History Soc.

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Have 2 Hodgson lines. The 1841 Sunderland census: John HODGSON age 60, b.Whitby, wife Margaret APPLEBY, age 40. Issue: Ralph 15, John and Thomas 10, Moses 5 and Frances 3. Dau Mary married previous year to John NOBLE. The 1851 census: John 52 widowed, son Ralph 27, Francis 20, Hannah 18 and Moses 12. John and sons blacksmiths except son Ralph a shipwright; boat building may be from his grandmother's side. All branches had a niece or nephew with them per census suggesting a close family. Margaret's parents: Ralph APPLEBY and Hannah HODGSON both from Sunderland. Hannah's parents: Thomas HODGSON and Mary poss GREENWELL in Sunderland. Their son Moses was a boat builder. Every branch and generation then onwards has a Moses. There were and still are many Hodgsons here in Sunderland. Very close to town centre and can check local records for anyone.
Sep 2004, Tracy Rowan

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My great x3 grandmother Mary HODGSON bp.26 Aug 1798 Bentham YKS ENG, m.Robert WILSON there on the same day (witnesses John WILSON & John HERD). Eldest son Thomas Hodgson WILSON bp.8 Nov 1801 Bentham. Mary's brother Leonard HODGSON bp.26 Aug 1798 Bentham, m.Jane HERD on the same day.(witness Richard HODGSON). Jane probably died <1841 as Leonard was alone in 1841 census & a widower 1851 Ingleton YKS census. Leonard HODGSON d.1851. Leonard & Jane HODGSON had 8 issue bp.Ingleton YKS: dau Cataren 3 Mar 1799 (Catherine HODGSON m.11 Nov 1819 John HARTLEY), son Joseph 28 Jun 1801, dau Mary 23 Mar 1806, died <1814, son William Herd 13 Jul 1808, son Leonard 7 Jul 1811, d.3 Oct 1843, dau Mary 26 Jun 1814 ( illegitimate son John HODGSON bp.27 Aug 1837; m.1848 George BIBBY), dau Alice 16 Aug 1818, d.15 Dec 1819 Ingleton, and son James 12 Oct 1820.
Sep 2004, Maureen Adams

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i would like to know how to find out who my great grandfathers parents were. Any suggestions?
Oct 2004, Don Hodgson
WHO WebMaster's Response: See our page this web site on how to get started.

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Looking at the data on WorldConnect and wondering who to contact about my roots, and where I can add information. My great grandfather Augustus Frederick HODGSON d26 Apr 1906 Willison, South Africa. My grandfather was David Robertson HODGSON, b.2 Nov 1877, d.22 Dec 1955. I am interested in Augustus' ancestors.
Oct 2004, John H. Hauman PhD, Dunedin, New Zealand

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Attached tree which I am sure you have. My search for Wilfrid HODGSON did not bring up any details and you have gaps in the most recent data. Any problems with the data or can I help further?
Nov 2004, Nigel Dibben (son of Barbara Dibben nee Hodgson)

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Have begun serious research into my ancestry and regret to find SHARE closing down. My great-grandfather and his brother owned Hodgson's Kingston Brewery in Kingston on Thames. I have found that a George HODGSON is credited with the invention of India Pale Ale in the 1790s. He is not a direct ancestor, but I am trying to find out if any of his extended family were involved in founding the Kingston Brewery.
Nov 2004, John Geoffrey Sanford Hodgson

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Will share HODSON family from the Joseph (Long Joe) HODGSON branch.
Dec 2004, Warren Buchholz

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The line starts with an unknown male HODGSON b.c1760, married a HUDDLESTON of illustrious lineage. Three or five issue: Two sons and a daughter for certain: (i) Richard (Esq) (of Greenhill Hall, Bingley b.c1790) m.Mercy CARTER, heiress of Jes.MURGATYOYD, .(ii) Thomas (Esq), m.Hannah or Mercy BROOKE of Melton Mills, and (iii) unnamed daughter m. LISTER of Lyster Field. They had a son John. Possibly two more HODGSON issue: (iv) John and (v) Mary. Thomas (Esq), the second son, and Hannah BROOKE had four Hodgson issue: (i) Jane b.1824 who m. Richard Halliday, b1825, boatbuilder of Dock Junction, Shipley, (ii) Thomas, (iii) Richard Huddleston, and (iv) Mercy.
Dec 2004, Kate Gower

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My maternal grandmother is Sarah HODGSON, her second husband was Thomas HUNTER. I would appreciate any information you may have on her ancestors.
Feb 2005, Alan Steel

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Cmpiling a report for the Sedbergh and District History Society into descendants of William MIDDLETON and Agnes CLOUGH, m.1744 Dent YKS ENG. Chirstopher PINCH and wife Eleanor MIDDLETON emigrated to Canada. Will,exchange a copy of my report in exchange for information on family, My wife descends from William and Eleanor MIDDLETON.
May 2005, Brian Davey

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Searching for John VINCENT or VINSON, son-in-law of Martha HODGSON of featherstone YKS ENG, dau of Thomas HODGSON, b.1680 Featherstone. Martha m.c1740-1760 John RUSSEL, labourer. Dau Elisabeth m. John VINCENT, their son William b.21 Oct 1780 Selby YKS. Both family names were used.
May 2005, Henning Siebel, Juistweg 34, D 45149 ESSEN / Germany

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Trying to trace parents of my great great grandmother Harriett HODGSON b.c1802 Hawkshead (1851 census). She m.1827 Nicholas MARTIN, shoemaker, at St Martins Church, Bowness on Windermere. She died Jan 1875, buried St Marys Church, Applethwaite. Believe she had a sister Jane who also married a MARTIN. Grateful for any help.
Jun 2005, Jane Kerley

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My mother's antecedents traced back to early 17c, mainly around Settle/Malham area. Father was born and spent early years at Knock in Cumberland. I was born at Bell Busk, near Skipton and lived there some years. Can you advise what is and is not possible now?
July 2005, Dave Hodgson
WHO WebMaster's Response: See our page this web site on how to get started.

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You have my great great grandmother Mary HODGSON. What is your connection?
Aug 2005, Ainsley Mullen
WHO WebMaster's Response: WHO receives family trees worldwide from people like yourself and we post them at this web site (see our FTaccess page) for anyone to access. Our records have many Mary Hodgsons; more details please!

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Seek info on Winnifryde/Winifrid (HODGES(H)ON)ISOM. She m. Gideon/Gidea ISOM. They or she was supposedly from Brackenthwaite ENG, once part of Shropshire. Looking also for Gideon ISOM, thought to be possibly Gidea IDSEN. Before 1701 in the Service of England's military, apparently in Ireland. Reportedly buried Worden Parish, Shropshire ENG. To confirm burial and if this Parish still exists.--unable to reach the clergy.
Oct 2005, Sheri King

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Researching the almost entirely unknown early history of the Walker Family (as in, Presidents Bush) for a possible future narrative publication. My research shows a Robert HODGSON (possibly of Cecil Co., MD USA.) m.1801 Catherine (nee McLELLAND) WALKER at Philadelphia. Hodgson supposedly a widower; Catherine the widow of Thomas WALKER. Thomas and Catherine were gggg-grandparents and their son George E. WALKER the ggg-grandparent of current US President George Walker Bush. Seek to confirm subsequent marriage of Catherine to Robert. Will share Hodgson vitals and ties to Cecil Co., as well as to Philadelphia and the Walkers. Hodgson is thought to have roots in Cecil Co. via Worsell Manor.
Oct 2004 & Apr 2006, Roger Hughes, IL USA
WHO WebMaster's Response: A careful check of our records shows no mention of these names. Please share with thanks.

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I was born in Auckland NZ in 1959, the youngest of a large family. Parents: Tom HODGSON and Koa nee RUBY, I have 3 brothers and 4 sisters in New Zealand and Australa. Happy to share info with your organisation.
Apr 2006, Gaye Hodgson, Perth, Western Australia
WHO WebMaster's Response: See our page this web site on how to get started.

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My great x3 grandparents are Robert HODGSON and Sarah HUTCHINSON, both I believe from Arkengarthdale, Have information on Sarah's family but not Robert's. Their son John HODGSON b. 1826 at Hebden is my great great grandfather. His son Tom b.1874, my great grandfather, d.1962 Barnoldswick aged 88. Will share.
Apr 2006, Julia Jordan

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My mother's father b.1864 ON CAN but nothing about his early days in Canada. Father John ERRINGTON born England possibly YKS. He emigrated 1870s with family to CA USA. Names in 1880 and 1900 California censuses. His name common in northern England. Any information on finding ancestors in Canada?
Jul 2006, Richard Hodgson

Family Tree NA, 58 links, CA1366
Three generations to add to my great grandfather Ira HODGSON's tree, b.1847, son of Joel HODGSON and Lydia STANLEY; none are in your database. Seek copies of: Concise Statement of George Hodgson Descendants 1885 by Eli Hodgson and Zimri Hodgson; The Family of Robert Hodgson 1657 to 1976 by Howard Hodgson; History of the Hodgson Family 1665-1892 by Ellis P. Hodgson and J. Ellis Hodgson; One Hodgson/Hodson Family of Yorkshire by Jill Hamilton; Families - The Hodgson-Hodson Family -- with Mary Browning (8-page essay)
Aug 2005, Judith Hodgson Higgins, Silver Spring MD USA

Family Tree NA, 58 links, CA1366
My great x5 grandparents are George HODSON b.1701 Donaster YKS ENG and Mary THATCHER Seek info John Wesley HODSON m. Mary Louise HART, my paternal great grandparents.
July 2006, Sherry Ann Allen Vecellio

Family Tree NA, 5 links, CA1715
Ardie BOLON was eldest daughter of my great great grandmother's sister Mary Jane LANE.
Aug 2005, Duggan

Family Tree NA, 9 links, CA2245
On your website, Shiela Francis refers to Hodgson - Hudson marriages in ON CAN. Seek marriage of Charles HODGSON and Mary Ann HUDSON in Ontario, c.1880s. I would like to contact Shiela.
Jun 2004, Trevor Hodgson

Family Tree NA, 9 links, CA2245
Researching John HODGSON, wife Priscilla WALTON. What was name of the ship they left England? Not sure if they landed at Quebec or an Americam port. They went to Pottsville PA c.1841. Who did this family tree? I have a similar one researched by Jack Hodgson of Belleville, now deceased.
May 2005, Marion Seabrook

Family Tree NA, 4 links, CA3290
Great x3 grandfather John Samuel SPENCER of Watford. Came across your file on Sarah HODGSON and family. Attached papers: The Spencer Ancestor Table, Spencer Genaelogy, and Genaelogy of Viscount Spencer of Gerasa. I've been piecing together and find the close carrying-forward of certain family names significant, Fanny and George Hodgson SPENCER as examples. After they settled in southern Manitoba, they formed a Spencer family cemetery called Blenheim. Was this their admiration for the great palace or did they have a connection to the Spencer-Churchills? I have been trying to find John Samuel's parents and what sort of living they had in Watford. What was John Hodgson's trade? When did Mary Sarah Hodgson die?
Oct 2004, Brent Spencer , Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada (15 mi NE of Edmonton)

Family Tree NA, 3 links, CA3304
Found CA3304 at RootsWeb. Main interest is the CHITTS Family. You have a living HODGSON married to a living CHITTS. This may be Herbert William HODGSON and Caroline Isabel CHITTS. On this couple I have only various indexes.
Aug 2004, Maree Morris (nee Chitts)

Family Tree NA, 4 links, CA3456
Searches for Hodgson and Skirpenbeck (a hamlet just east of York, England), I found two websites that mention James HODGSON, b. 22 July 1793 England, son of Richard HODGSON and Mary BEAL. The other site is a British Columbia Kamloops site about this group of HODGSONs who emmigrated to Prince Edward Island. In it were many relatives of James HODGSON. I have new information about Jamesand want\ to correct his wife Frances' surname to COTTOM. It's easy to think the name is COTTON, but it is actually COTTOM. Frabces is an older sister of my great great great grandfather Thomas COTTOM. At the York Library I found Mary COTTOM, my great grandmother, a niece of the above Frances COTTOM. The 1851 Census showed Mary as the daughter of Thomas COTTOM of Skirpenbeck. He was christened 1812 Skirpenbeck. I visited the hamlet and the church warden showed me his copies of the records. The son of James and Frances (COTTOM) HODGSON, James, is a widower in Co. Durham in 1881, living alone. I have nothing about his wife. I have 1841 and 1851 Censuses for James and Frances HODGSON. The older children are not present in either one. My only success has been to learn that Annie HODGSON (born 1834 Sand Hutton) married Samuel THOMPSON, widower, in York 1860. In the 1861 Census Mary COTTOM's older sister Isabella COTTOM was living with Samuel and Ann THOMPSON in York. Before Samuel's death in 1867 Ann had two sons that survived: James Hodgson THOMPSON and William Francis THOMPSON. The IGI shows their baptismal dates on the same day but they were not twins. I am trying to get William's marriage. I have the records of James Hodgson Thompson's burial in York Cemetery but no clue about survivors. I have burials for James and Frances HODGSON.
Sep 2004, Connie Williams

Family Tree NA, 3 links, CA4133
John WHARTON and Jane HODGESON m.28 Aug 1789 are my many great grandparents from son Cuthbert WHARTON b.1797, m.Ann BARNES.
Nov 2005, Anne Robinson

Family Tree NA, 3 links, CA4604
You have a Bertram HODGSON d.1900? He died considerably later, having fathered many children. I obtained the records through by searching for CA4604. I am the great grandson.
Dec 2005, Graham Hodgson

Family Tree NA, 9 links, CA5342
Phoebe Permillia CHENEY was my 2nd cousin, twice removed. I have her line back to Rev. John CHEINEY/CHENEY, a Pilgrim, and came to Massachusetts from England 1635. Your Phoebe was named for her father's father's sister Phebe, from whom I descend.
Jan 2006, Deborah Ray

Family Tree NA, 3 links, CA6167
Trying to help an acquaintance in Los Angeles. You have his parents on Ancestry with additional generations of Hodgsons. He is the fourth Morgan Louis McNEEL, b.6 Nov 1925 Atlanta GA USA, m.Jo Ann GENTRY Atlanta, b.1927 Atlanta, likely deceased. He lives at 947 South Gramercy Drive, Los Angeles, CA USA 90019, telephone 323-733-9725. Could you send me a GEDCOM on the living people to pass it on to Morgan? Do you have the McNEEL ancestry? I volunteer at Family History Center behind LA Temple, where I met Morgan. I will share whatever I find.
Aug 2003, Stephen Ralph Boswell

Family Tree NA, 5 links, CA7491
I think I have most of my American / Canadian Hodgsons. Matthew is my great grandfather. His brother William emigrated west from Bempton YKS ENG. Did others in their family come? Parents Grindale HODGSON and Eleanor DOWSLIN..
Oct 2005, Helen

Family Tree NA, 6 links, CA7533
My wife and I are researching our family trees and we have found a common ancestor in your records. Annie Mary HODGSON and Charles GUTHRIE are my wife's great grandparents.
Mar 2005, Tony and Louise Harrison

Family Tree NA, 4 links, CA9758
I am related to Hallie HODGSON. Her mother, Maria, was the older sister of William KENNARD (born 1863 ?). he was my father's grandfather. I took a trip to Athens GA in Nov 2004 to research the family. Maria's parents Isaac and Harriot HANSON. They are in the 1850 and 1860 censuses living in District of Columbia. Are there family pictures or books on the family?
Jan 2005, Pat Capra, Bakersfield CA USA

Family Tree NA, 4 links, CA9758
Listed by Mary Collins on your web site are my great grandparents Edward Richard HODGSON m. Hilda J. WILBURG. Was he her first husband? Both from Reno Co. KS USA, 3 children. Wagon train c.1910 Arkansas River to CO. Third cousin in KS has extensive records. Edward moved to Stoneham Mass, leaving family in CO. Became medical doctor, married his nurse. He died c.1941 Stoneham.
Dec 2005, Rick Hodgson

Family Tree NA, 5 links, CA9874
John HODGSON b.26 May Sunderland was my great great great grandfather, father of Mary Ann HODGSON m.Thomas HASWELL 21 Oct 1854 Sunderland. I have a Marriage Certificate for Thomas and Mary Ann showing parents as John HODGSON and Mary Ann MARINER. Your information at Ancestry states John HODGSON died at sea 1840. Is it the same John HODGSON, and would the marriage certificate be completed without stating that the father of Mary Ann HODGSON would be deceased?
Feb 2006, Fred A. Smith, Durham, England

Family Tree NA, 5 links, CA9874
My great grandfather William James WATSON b.1867 m.Mary Elizabeth HODGSON (b.26 Feb 1867 d.1947). He was the 9th child of John HODGSON 1830-1915 and Eleanor HASWELL b.1832. For some years William and Mary, and their two sons John and William, lived with the widowed John HODGSON at 27 Saint Cuthbert's Terrace, Deptford, Sunderland. During this time they were paying a mortgage to John HODGSON for a house at 11 Carol Street, just around the corner but did not manage to move out and into their new home for some time. It was therefore extremely intriguing to find your information on Ancestry and your One World tree with a note on John HODGSON that he had retired from being a sailmaker at 44 and was then listed as a Property Speculator. Other relatives were also living in Carol Street at that time and seek information or sources on his role as speculator, as he obviously kept his daughter and her husband with him after they appear to have paid for their house.
Sep 2006, Peter Watson, Sunderland

Family Tree NA, 5 links, CA11431
Edward HODGSON m.Elizabeth NODDING were my great great grandparents. I have no information further back..
Apr 2005, Lee Brown

Family Tree NA, 6 links, CA12085
My husband Rob descendeds from Christopher & Mary HODGSON's daughter Elizabeth HODGSON and William Henry WASHER's only daughter Selena. (Elizabeth had one other child with George RICHARDSON, a dau. Edith). Christopher died in AR (Arizona? Arkansas?) USA which is new to me--I assumed it was near Lindsay ON CAN. Is there a story behind this?
Oct 2004, Jill Kennedy, Toronto

Family Tree NA, 6 links, CA12085
Located my great-grandmother at RootsWeb and another two generations. My descendants: Anne Maria HODGSON m Joseph WEST; Edward Earnest WEST m Mary Anne ROUSE; Gordon Llewellyn WEST m Gwendolyn June TURNER; Nancy June Maureen WEST m Robert Earl RUSHTON; Your Anne HODGSONhas correct year of birth, correct spouse etc, however, I have a Wiarton Echo newspaper clipping of Annie's 90th birthday where her father is John HODGINS which is wrong.
Oct 2005, Nancy Rushton B.A., M.L.I.S., Library & Media Services, Fanshawe College, Box 7005, London ON N5Y 5R6

Family Tree NA, 3 links, CA13624
Your files show James Lee HODGSON, 3rd son of William and Agnes TATE. I descend from eldest son William Charles HODGSON and wife Margaret GARDINER. Have material assembled on this family and emigration from Britain. Have little on James' personal life and descendants in Taranaki.
Feb 2006, Mary Skipworth

Family Tree NA, 22 links, CA14256
At RootsWeb's WorldConnect you have Bryan HODGSON b.1793 Stonechester DUR ENG. It fills in many blank spots my friend has in her family history. She would like to contact living relatives. Sheis elderly and not able to do research. She put together certificates, censuses, etc in the 1980s and 90s. She has information on the descendants. How can I download your gedcom? I use Paf 5.2 and can send a gedcom of her data.
Sep 2004, Sandra Gill
WHO WebMaster's Response: At WorldConnect, find the command for downloading the gedcom of the family tree. To send a gedcom to WHO, attaching it to your e-mail message.

Family Tree NA, 22 links, CA14256
Seek Robert WYLAM, brother of Margaret WYLAM, son of James WYLAM and Mary PEEL in Kibblesworth, b.1850. He was my great great grandfather and his sons and daughters lived in Twizell. Any information before James and Mary?
Feb 2006, Mark Liddell
WHO WebMaster's Response: The WYLAM branch may be on the gedcom disc or discs sent to us by that family tree's donor or donors (or copied to discs by us if the orginal geds were e-mail attachments). Best if Mark went after the other donors re CA14256 for up-to-date geds; I can provide names and details.

Family Tree NA, 17 links, CA14547
My great great grandmother Ann HODGSON b.c.1836 DUR? (possibly Family Tree CA5800) m.1855 Thomas BROWN. She was illegitimate so no known father and mother's details were not important at her marriage: Chapelry of St Margaret, Durham 21 Jan 1855 after banns Thomas Brown age 21 Bachelor, Pitman, Framwellgate Moor (DUR ENG), father John Brown, Pitman; Ann Hodgson, 19, Spinster, Milliner, Framwellgate Moor (illegitimate). Yet to find them in 1851 or 1861 censuses. Daughter Elizabeth Dinah BROWN b.1866 Leadgate so there may be other children. Eliz. Dinah living with grandparents George and Elizabeth COLLINSON at Leadgate (census 1881)--was her mother deceased? Elizabeth COLLINSON b.c1821 Stanhope making her 15 when Ann was born (or Ann was younger than stated on her marriage). Was Elizabeth COLLINSON Ann's mother? Have not found a suitable marriage for George COLLINSON and Elizabeth HODGSON (or is this her 2nd marriage?) Possibly Elizabeth HODGSON (your file #472) b Stanhope 12 May 1821.
Apr 2004, Daphne Dashfield
Researching in Durham: SURTEES BROWN MILLER FEWSTER TENNANT HODGSON

Family Tree NA, 4 links, CA15585
My uncle Christopher HODGSON married aunt Hilda OLIVER. Any further information for my family tree?
Sep 2006, Susan Williams

Family Tree NA, 4 links, CA15762
I too am connected to Vincent HODGSON, he is my husband's great great grandfather. How do I contact Kathleen Wilson?
Sep 2005, Carol Griff

Family Tree NA, 4 links, CA15762
I may be able to provide useful information concerning this family tree. How do I contact the donors?
Apr 2004, Vince S. Hodgson

Family Trees CA422, 3 links, & CA1366, 58 links
I am still trying to find the origin of the elusive George Hodgson b.c1701. He is the first documented American ancestor for many Americans of the Hodgson, Hodson and Hodgin family. I have today discovered a poorly documented suggestion that he was born in Newcastle, Ireland. One of several family traditions has him coming from Ireland, but the Newcastle reference is new to me. I found this lead at the following site: http://www.geocities.com/judylangen/hodgson/desc0001.htm
Dec 2004, Tom Hodson
WHO WebMaster's Response: Quaker historian Gwen Bjorkman writes, "I am a descendant and have tried to prove his parents but all I can prove is who his parents are not." Many have settled on their own ideas, thus antecedents and descendants both sides of the said George. Because of the uncertainty of this George's true ancestry, we have two family tree files, one prior to and up to a George, and the other starting at a George and proceeding to the present day. We have no clues or documentation to connect the two Georges as one and the same person. Our two files are CA422 and CA1366, accessible from our web page FTaccess. The late Clay Hodgin's book "Early History of the Quaker Hodgson-Hodson-Hodgin Family" published 1988 is where the incorrect link was first shown between the CA422 and CA1366 lines. Unfortunately many Hodgson researchers want to stick to and believe in Clay's poor research. Whether incidentally or not, there is a George Hodgson b.1701 Doncaster YKS ENG, son of a John Hodgson, secondary source IGI.

Family Tree FT2086
The entry from your records at RootsWeb is for my ancestor John Hodgson of Leeds England. Could you share with me whatever additional information you have and I will give you what I have? He has proved to be rather elusive. Your record reads: ID: I1 Name: John HODGSON Sex: M Birth: 1824 in Leeds YWR ENG Reference Number: 2086 Note: Emig USA 1854. Citizenship 1856 in Philadelphia PA. Issue on file.
Jan 2005, Julie Moes

Family Tree FT2113
This is in response to your postings at RootsWeb concerning Rose Cecile Hodgson and Clara Elizabeth Hodgson. Clara was my husband’s great-grandmother; after her death her husband, James Charrairon Dupuy (a Haitian), married her sister, Rose. According to family records, Clara was born in 1848, Rose in 1851. We have next to no information on either of these women, although some of the family members believe they may have been daughters of a pastor. I have been unable to determine their parents, where they were born, or how they came to be in Haiti. Your posting provides birthplaces, and I would be interested in any more details you might be able to provide.
Jan 2006, Penny Stinson

Family Tree FT2128, 6 links, CA1783
I am a 3rd cousin to Roderick L. Hodgson in Quebec, Canada, one of your contributors. He and I are descended from the 12 children of John Hodgson and Mary Isabella Lancaster, as is Karen Allen who has recently been in contact with you. At least, you HAD our 'known family tree' -- Karen recently emailed you asking about the two Georges listed in the generation before the John named above, and when I returned to your website to check a couple things I discovered that OUR George had been zapped!! The George married to a Mary Crosswaite (spelling?) remained and our George who was married to Mary Bland was deleted. No George and Mary Bland, so no John Hodgson to marry Mary Isabella Lancaster, so no 12 children to be our great-grandparents, so no 3rd cousins named Roderick and Donna and Karen! Wish I could lose weight that easily. Can you tell me what happened? No hurry, I know through Karen that you are very busy right now.
May 2002, Donna Boyce 836 McDonell Drive, Gahanna OH 43230-1620 USA

Family Tree FT2182, 2 links, CA14726
Just a quick note to tell you that Trevor Wyatt visited my husband and me and gave us a printout of his genealogy. We went through some photos, paintings and memorabilia of my grandfather's - his great grandfather was uncle to my Gramps. Thank you again for putting us in touch with one another. To think 18 years ago I lived a mere 14 miles from Trevor and didn't know I had relatives in England.
Oct 2004, Wendy Johnson

Family Tree FT2220, 4 links, CA4110
I came across the SHARE entry for this Hodgson family and noticed that in the entry for William HODGSON, christened June 24, 1814 in Hinderwell, you note that his family is scattered across England and that there are descendants in Canada. I have not been able to find any information on William to date. Would you know the location of the descendants in Canada? I am a descendant of Francis and Mary HODGSON through their son George, born 1784, brother of James born 1783. I also noticed that you made reference to having names of issue for George DICKSON and Annie HODGSON.
Dec 2003, Marlene Raines

Family Tree FT3019, 9 links, CA2245
We had a difficult time getting a birth certificate (BC) for our mother. The info we were working with (from my mother Sarah McCallum HODGSON's marriage certificate) did not match up with info on the BC. so we decided to concentrate on her sister, Margaret Elizabeth McCallum HODGSON, a nurse. We followed Aunt Margaret through South Africa, and got a lead from the Nursing Association that enabled us to acquire a BC. Parental names on the two BCs matched. We learned the correct names of our grandparents (Edward George HODGSON & Sarah McLEOD/McCLEOD) also that Aunt Margaret was born in 1900. So, we have two open files, (1) the burial location of our father (nothing after Halifax,1932) and (2) auntie's burial location in Africa, (nothing after Estcourt SA 1954, possible married name KNOX?)
Nov 2004, Peter Bowman, Montreal QC CAN

Family Tree FT3022, 3 links, CA4604
Margaret Beatrice MURRAY (nee Hodgson) d.11 Sep 2004 heart attack holidaying in Exmouth, DEV UK. Cremation 24 Sep 2004 Basildon Crematorium, Essex (b.10 Jan 1932 Poplar, m.William MURRAY 31 Mar 1956). Appears to be last Hodgson this line.
Sep 2004, John K. Durrant

Family Tree FT3037, 2 links
Family tree building back to James HUDGHTON, birth unkn, 4 issue, one b.1707/08. A family tree you have has a few names and dates that match but for spelling differences in names. John HODGETON m.1775 Jean GREY. John b.19 Aug 1733 in Montrose. May have been an agreement with parents that first boy given name Hodgeton/Hudghton. Second son given father's name. Issue: William Hodgeton/Hudghton b.1875, Andrew Dewar b.1883, Jane Dewar b.1889, Charlotte Dewar b.1890. Will share my line or William's descendants; e-mail me with subject line Hudghton Family Tree.
May 2004, Craig Hudghton,
WHO WebMaster's Response: Craig's e-mail not working! Also unable to contact donor of FT3037, David J. Hodgeton of 47 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne BN22 0HP, England. Request gedcom to sort out above names and update our files.

Family Tree FT3172, 6 links, CA1783
At the Hodgson website, I couldn't find my George listed as the son of Thomas HODGSON and Agnes GRAHAM, nor the descendants of George HODGSON and Mary BLAND. My research sources say they do. I have newspaper obits, articles and family bible records back to my great great grandparents and they that tell me their names were John and Mary HODGSON and they lived in Como, Vaudreuil, Canada. My cousin Donna put me in touch with Rod Hodgson of Como who has data different than yours. I can see that you will want the information I have on the descendants of Charles CROOKS and Mary HODGSON. However, it's not well documented. I've been to the gravesites and will take pictures. The old newspaper obits are loaded with misspellings but because they were passed down through my grandparents, I know that these are my true kin. Some of the documentation I will need on deaths and marriages will be recorded at our county courthouse. Some of the births should be available through the state department of health. Many of the oldest children were born in Como area. The eldest was 11 when they left Canada for Michigan. If I can't find documentation other than family records and memorabelia, do I submit the information anyway?
Apr 2002, Karen Allen

Family Tree FT3172, 6 links, CA1783
I certainly appreciate the effort it has taken by yourself to keep such a massive amount of information. Over the course of the last two years I have been creeping backward with my research in all branches of my family tree. I'm trying to get all sides of this family (both hubby and myself back 4 generations. I have almost completed the task. I don't have any Hodgson blood until I get back to my great grandmother Mary HODGSON, daughter of John HODGSON and Mary Isabella LANCASTER of Quebec Donna Boyce and I share sibling great grandparents. We met via the internet and have become true cousins. She is helping me research Charles CROOKS who married Mary HODGSON in 1879, Quebec. I unpacked more old family post cards, correspondence between Donna's great grandfather and his children and my grandmother. They were dated 1906-1909 and were in a box packed away circa 1960. It was a wonderful surprise.
Oct 2004, Karen Allen

Family Tree FT3184, 5 links, CA7491
Attached a GEDCOM on Quinlans that may help. Contact Kathleen NORVELLE, she has more than I do. I am looking into his time spent in Galena IL USA before he married.
May 2002, Dan Kiley

Family Tree FT3263, 20 links, CA582
Who supplied the info regarding Annie Jane HALL your ID I246 who married Thomas William HODGSON 1879 at Etherley, DUR. Annie was my great aunt.
Jan 2006, David J Hall

Family Tree FT3281, 3 links, CA12287
No progress prior to Allan HODGSON b.1709 Featherstone YKS ENG. m. Isabella SCISSIONS 9 Feb 1729 Featherstone. Line stops at same place in your database. Seek a researcher to assist in my Featherstone Hodgsons.More comfortable with a society recommendation. Grateful the web site up; check it occasionally.
July 2005, Ti Hodson, 1907 Burnstead Drive Apt B-2, Billings, MT 59101 USA

Family Tree FT8933, 2 links, CA2793
Saw your interest in the Nellist family of Houlsike at RootsWeb. I descend from William NELLIST (d.1797) through his son John, b.1749. John's mother was Elizabeth CLARKE. I believe William married again after her death. There was a John NELLIST as a witness at the marriage of William NELLIST to Susannah HODGSON. There was a William NELLIST buried 1775 'of Houlsike' and he may be the father. MIs or wills might sort this out.
Aug 2004, Karen Lyons

Family Tree FT9227, 6 links, CA1783
I have been quite busy finding long lost Hodgson relations in the USA. They have told me that you have deleted George Hodgson & his wife Mary Bland from the family of Thomas Hodgson & Agnes Graham. Any reason? I have Thomas as a son from a geneaologist in Carlisle. If you do not think George is his son, who is George's father? I also have Thomas' father as Thomas sr. and his mother as Ann DFixon, both of Castle Carrock (Tottergill) Here is a photo of Tottergill for your records.
Apr 2002, Rod Hodgson

Family Tree FT9391A
Not sure if I have the right Joseph. According to censuses 1851, 61 and 71, Joseph was b.1808 or 1809. Interested in my great grandfather, Middleton HODGSON b.1838 Bradford, son of Joseph and Mary. Unable to link the two. Family lived in Allerton, Bradford YWR ENG. According to 1851 census, Middleton had 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Is Joseph HODGSON b.1811 Bradford the son of Thomas HODGSON b.1752 and Mary ROBINSON b.1770? According to your reference ID1196, their eldest son Emmanuel HODGSON b.1778 making his mother only 8 at his birth!
Sep 2006, Winifred.Alderson nee Lee
WHO WebMaster's Response: This FT linked four donors (making Win its fifth link): 1. Gordon Hodgson of Yorkshire ENG. 2. Arthur B. Hopkinson of Fife SCT, 3. Tim Oliver of Lancashire ENG, and 4. Christine Williams of Wellington NZ. Home addresses available on request.

Family Tree FT9420
Trying to find more about the descendants of John HODGSON (1846-1902) and Anne CRAVEN (1852-1934). They had seven children who are all listed in Ancestry's One World Tree (ref 9420-095). Anne Craven's father, Joseph CRAVEN of Thornton, was my great great grandfather. Willing to share with family my information on Anne's parents, grandparents and siblings.
Sep 2005, Gillian Brown

Family Tree FT9514
Searching for parents of Mary HODGSON who married William ILLIDGE 1836 Warrington Parish Church. I found Mary HODGEN b.11 Oct 1819 YKS ENG, spouse William ILLIDGE. She d.6 Apr 1896. My Mary ILLIDGE has same dates on her headstone. Is there a Mary HODGEN born Yorkshire about that time? I have no specific location in Yorkshire nor her parents.
Apr 2004, Brenda Jones

Family Tree FT9501
Researching the Berry/Hodson connection. Joseph Tombleson BERRY m. Hannah HODSON and Thomas Tombleson BERRY married Mary HODSON. My Berry line starts at Samuel BERRY m.25 Oct 1785 Elizabeth TOMBLESON, Upwell NFK ENG. One of their children was Thomas BERRY b.1786 Upwell m.Oct 1812 Mary HODSON b.1795 OUTWELL. Nine issue: John b.1817 Upwell, Thomas b.1814 Upwell, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Harriet, Edward, Caroline, Richard and Mariah. Is your Joseph BERRY also a son of Samual and Elizabeth as Joseph and my Thomas were born one l year apart and possibly married HODSON sisters. Do not have Samual's birthdate or his parents. Will share.
6 e-mails Spring 2005 & Spring 2006, Marj Krueger (nee Berry), Victoria BC CAN
WHO WebMaster's Response: Please contact Catherine Anne Carr, Grappenhall, Cottage 5, Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 3ER, England. E-mail unknown. Her family tree in our files is FT9501. Marj is the first to link to hers.

Family Tree FT9522
I am a descendant of Peter and Sarah HODGES of Brecon through Richard HODGES, his daughter Ella Mabel and her husband J.O. VENTURA. I did not know of Peter's son Peter William but was aware of the other 7 children. I have Peter's will and other family memorabilia including pictures.
Jul 2006, Michael Ventura

Family Tree FT9681
Your records show an Edward RALEIGH / Sarah Annie SADLER. They are my mother and father.
Sep 2006, Keith Sadler

Family Tree FT9717
Your records at RootsWeb refer to Harriet Freeston HODSON, daughter of William Robert HODSON, brother of George Samuel HODSON who is my great grandfather. Do you have a service to expand details and do you do other surnames?
Sep 2006, Ken Hodson
WHO WebMaster's Response: WHO is a one-name study meaning that we concentrate on the Hod names which stops at but includes the marriages of Hod daughters into other families and which includes the family names of male-Hod spouses without going back into the wife's descent. However, notations are included throughout our computer files of non-Hod family line details if we have them which are always available on request. We welcome and encourage updates for all names which we will file respectively.

Family Tree FT9806
You have my great great grandmother Alice HODGSON b.1805 Preston. It is not easy to find Alice HODGSON / REYNOLDS (including variants) and her daughter my great gandmother, Elizabeth HODGSON / REYNOLDS / FORSHAW. In the Preston 1841 census Alice HODGSON, widowed, 3 young children: Elizabeth b.1840. John b.1838 and Richard b.1836. Alice was a Charwoman to William WRENNALL, butcher. Census 1851 much the same. Census 1861, Alice WRENNALS and my grandfather's older brother Richard FORSHAW b.1859 Preston, staying with her and William. William and Alice m.1864 in their 50's in a Catholic chapel; William was married already in the censuses and may have had to wait for her death to marry Alice. Elizabeth HODGSON m.1858 Richard FORSHAW under the name REYNOLDS. She had used her stepfather's surname but he wed her mother in 1864, Elizabeth married in 1858. Was he her father? William REYNOLDS, butcher, was shown as her father on Elizabeth's marriage cert to Richard FORSHAW. It gets confusing working back from here. Elizabeth gave her maiden name as Elizabeth HODGSON on my grandfather's birth cert but she used both REYNOLDS (and variants as she didn't sign her name) or HODGSON (again variants) on all of her 14 children's baptismal records. A woman with two maiden names, each with variants has complicated searches. On Alice's marriage cert, her father is James HODGSON, brick maker. What are your sources for James and Ann FISHER.
Sep 2006, Pam Atherton

Family Tree FT9872
It took a year to get the birth cert of John Tinswood HITCHCOCK b.6 Mar 1874 Darlington DUR ENG, parents John HODGSON and Sarah nee HITCHCOCK.
Jun 2004, Lori Hodgson

Family Tree FT9931
What do you know about Margaret CRITCHLEY? The one I know married Moses HOLDEN. know all about that family, but very little about Margaret.
Jul 2006, Niall Couper
WHO WebMaster's Response: Write to Peter Eric Hodgkinson, 54 Millhouses Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S7 2HB, England. His e-mail is out of service. FT9931 is Peter's family tree.

Family Tree FT9947B, 20 links, CA14256
Family tree CA14256 originated in Cumberland, linked to CA582 ath the marriage of my great great grandparents William HODGSON and Jane HODGSON in 1869. Attached is a revised version. I originally had illegitimate Sarah HODGSON, bp.1817 Cumrew, was the daughter of Elizabeth HODGSON b.1800, but reference to the will of her uncle William HODGSON d.1851, indicates that she was actually the daughter of his sister Elizabeth HODGSON bp,1783 Cumrew. Several of the marriages are isonymic--at that time the Castle Carrock, Cumrew and Hayton area was brimming with Hodgsons. Found second and third Hodgson cousins living in Toronto, descended from William and Jane HODGSON. Also passed on this to third cousin Joe Hodgson of Guisborough YNR ENG. To your files CA14256 and CA582. add: John Goundry Hodgson b.11 May 1879 d.6 July 1945 Gristhorpe YNR ENG., a hay and straw buyer for Hedley Brothers, Newcastle upon Tyne.
May 2004, John Wintrip, Taunton SOM ENG

Family Tree FT9947B, 20 links, CA14256
Several relationships in family tree CA14256 are incorrect. I realise the problems that SHARE is having. Can CA14256 be removed until such time as it can be updated?
Jun 2005, John Wintrip, Taunton SOM ENG
Web Site www.wintrip.org.uk
WHO WebMaster's Response: Please provide details of errors, etc..

Family Tree FT9961
My great grandmother was Eliza HODGES b.1872 Haselbeech, Northampton ENG. Her parents Richard HODGES and Mary Ann nee FISHER. Eliza had a daughter out of wedlock, my grandmother Elsie Gwendolin HODGES. She married Peter Taylor BOARDMAN in 1896. Did Peter adopt my grandmother? Her name changed to Elsie Gwendolin BOARDMAN on the 1901 census..Eliza and Peter had two more daughters Eva Emma b.1897 and Hilda b.1899. Did they have more issue?
Nov 2005, Onida Finnemore

Family Tree FT9968, 2 links, CA14063
My tree at WorldConnect contains errors and omissions. Please remove the first name and vitals of my mother from your databases. She is still alive.
Nov 2005, Richard Hodgson, West Sussex UK
WHO WebMaster's Response: Sorry! Details of living persons should not have been. Please provide details of errors, etc.

Family Tree FT95109
ID: I8 Reference Number: 95109-197-4786
ID: I9 Reference Number: 95109-197-4787
ID: I10 Reference Number: 95109-197-4788
I can update marriage information for Elizabeth HODGSON (sister Sarah J. HODGSON) to George HOGG in Croxdale Eng c.1900 / Mar 2005, Kevin Hogg
Living Hodgson members: ref no 95109-197-4788, ref no 95109-197-4787, ref no 95109-197-4786
I have correct dates for George HOGG and Elizabeth HODGSON. I am a great-grandson of Edward HODGSON and grandson of the above George and Elizabeth HOGG. Sarah HODGSON is my great aunt.
Feb 2006, Kevin George Hogg

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