Genealogy Chat

hiya had a quick look for a marriage, couldnt see one, if you begin by looking for marriage around time your grandad was born, then go backwards looking, it seems odd though that he doesnt use the Jr bit in earlier census, well 1891 anyway, if it were me, i'd deffo get marriage cert first, then you will have a better chance of getting birth right, and find him with parents on census off to do school run in bit cyas Julie

nope cant see anything immeadiate sorry, if you get marr cert then praps you can find in census 1881, with parents if lucky, it will help, HTH Julie dont worry about being New, we were all there at some point! :) did you say you had the marriage reference? I assume you know you could order this online? the cert that is :)

Wow, I never even saw that before and it was staring at me!! So now I know his fathers name, where can I go from here in getting more info on Thos Snr? (I'm still a bit new so sorry if I'm annoying!) ps My brother is called William so I think thats where his name came from too!!

think the best way to go now would be to order the marriage cert, do you have the ref's for it? I will have a quick look to see if i can find him, on census (if you like with a possible dad thomas as well) It is likely that the william does come from the family, usually had naming patterns, I have found this in alot of my family Julie

1901 Name: Thomas Hodgson Junr. Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 Relation: Head Spouses's Name: Eliza Gender: Male Where born: Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England Civil parish: Lund Ecclesiastical parish: Kilnwick All Saints and Lund All Saints Town: Lund County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Beverley Sub-registration district: Lockington ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 73 Household Members: Name Age Eliza Hodgson 33 James H Hodgson 5 Joseph Hodgson 8 Laura Hodgson 9 Mark Hodgson 12 Thomas Hodgson 38 gives his name as Thos hodgson Jr, so If he is a jr then his dads name is also thos Julie

No unfortunately I dont have the marriage cert. I know this is him as Charles W is my Gt Grandfather, Thomas' Son. The W in Charles W stands for William. No Williams in Eliza's side of the family or Charles for that matter could this be an option??

did you say you HAD his marriage cert??? sorry if i'm rambling, does it give parents names/occupations? and witness names please, this will help if you have it Julie

Yes that is definately him, but the children are named after Eliza's siblings

Yes I do but it looks like the children were names after My GGGrandmas sibling. Thanks for the suggestion

1891 Name: Thomas Hodgson Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 Relation: Head Spouses's Name: Eliza Gender: Male Where Born: Holme Upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England Civil parish: Burton Cherry Ecclesiastical parish: Burton Cherry Town: Burton Cherry County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Beverley Sub registration district: Beverley ED, institution, or vessel: 32 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Robert England 15 (servant) Arthur Hodgson 4 Charles W Hodgson 6 Eliza Hodgson 24 Mark Hodgson 2 Thomas Hodgson 28 John Kemp 15 (servant) thos's occupation looks to be head labourer does this sound right?? HTH Julie

hiya do you have him on census AFTER he married? if they had children it could be he named some of them after his siblings HTH Julie

You could try finding him on the 1871 census, but its quite a common name so being sure its him would be difficult. You really need the birth cert to cross reference his parents names.

I am trying to find my Gt Gt Grandfathers parents and any siblings. My Gt Gt Grandfather was Thomas Hodgson born 1863 in Lund East Yorkshire. He married Eliza Harbattle born 1868 I think I can get a copy of his bc but just wondered if there is any other way to do it? Thanks In advance