Researching the origins and genealogy of the surname worldwide
There is a book published by the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society in 1934 which reproduces a survey undertaken in 1603 by Lord William Howard, of his recently acquired lands known as the Barony of Gilsland. Gilsland covered an area to the east of Carlisle, meeting the border with Northumberland, and at times…
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…
Timeline Born at Wetheral and baptised on 11th December 1791 the eldest of William and Margaret’s children. Marries Jane Harrington at St Mary’s Carlisle on 12 November 1807. William is 16 years old and Jane has just turned 20 years old. They have 8 children whose births are recorded between 1808 and 1827 at Ivegill,…
There is a Hoodless lineage which hails from the small village of Wetheral on the banks of the River Eden about 8km east of Carlisle and I’m going to have an in depth look at this branch. This chart shows William Hoodless’s children with his wife, Margaret Gillespie, their spouses and children. Timeline for William…