Elizabeth was the eldest of Archibald Hoodless II and Esther Atkinson’s children. Born in Wetheral, Cumberland, she went to live with her widowed Grandfather (Archibald Hoodless Snr) and her Aunt Jane from the age twelve. She was still living with them in 1871 when Archibald ran the Wetheral grocers shop. So it seems to have…
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Barnard Hoodless 1800 -1881 from Wetheral to Whangarei
Timeline Barnard was born the third son to William and Margaret in Wetheral and was baptised there on 11th May 1800. On 8th November 1828 there is a marriage record for Barnard Hoodless of Wetheral and Agnes Atkinson of Kirkby Stephen marrying at Gretna Green in Scotland. A second marriage takes place on 30th December…