Researching the origins and genealogy of the surname worldwide
Archibald Hoodless second of his name in the Wetheral branch was baptised here at St Mary’s Church, Rockliffe, a rural village on the banks of the River Eden close to the estuary where the river enters the Solway Firth. Timeline Archibald was baptised on 7th October 1827 in the small village of Rockcliffe, near Carlisle…
Timeline William Hoodless was baptised on 16th May 1819 in Wetheral, Cumberland, the oldest child of Archibald Hoodless and Elizabeth Clark. In 1841 he appears in the Census living with his parents in Wetheral and his three brothers, Archibald, Jacob and James. They are living a rural farming life. In 1851 he is still single…
In the course of researching my Cumbrian Hoodless branch for this site, I became aware of an entirely separate Hoodless branch in Cumbria living alongside my known branch, the Wetheral branch. Frustratingly, I have been unable to connect the two branches even going back as far as I can into the late 1600’s. However, I…
Below is the tree of James Hoodless, which contains a story of struggle, determination and sacrifice, for all that it is compact and ends so soon. His legacy and that of his wife and family are honoured and remembered here. Timeline James Hoodless is born April 1859 at Dalston, near Carlisle to Thomas and Jane…
This is the tree of Thomas Hoodless, fifth child of William Hudlass and Jane Harrington Timeline 1816 Thomas Hoodless was born and was baptised at High Head on 19th May 1816 Things go dark with Thomas for a while in the records and I have been unable to locate him on either the 1841 or…
Timeline 1829 -1887 Jacob is born in Wetheral in 1829, the fifth child of Archibald Hoodless and Elizabeth Clark and his baptism takes place at Rockliffe in Cumberland, England. Rockliffe is a small village north west of Carlisle close to where the Esk and Eden Rivers converge and enter the sea. This places the family…
If you zoom in to the tree of William Hoodless descendants you will notice the lone inconspicuous name tag of his eighth child, Harold, born on 29th July 1893 in the mining village of Ellenborough near Maryport. He did not marry and he left no children but his short life was remarkable and brave. In…
William Hoodless is my 3 x Great Grandfather and probably the reason why I have had a life long interest in genealogy and ultimately have undertaken this one name research. It was he who inherited and kept up the documentation of births, marriages and deaths in the family bible which he inherited from his mother…
John Hoodless is my 4 x Great Grandfather. He was the sixth child of William and Jane and his baptism took place on 12th June 1819 at High Head in Cumberland (Cumbria). “High Head” was used interchangeably as the name of Ivegill, a small hamlet close to the ancient castle of High Head. High Head…
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…