Researching the origins and genealogy of the surname worldwide
John Hoodless, eldest son of Joseph Hoodless, married Adelaide Sophia Hunter on 14th September 1881 after they met through mutual friends. John was clearly an astute businessman, building J Hoodless Furniture & Co, Ltd into a successful venture in Hamilton, Ontario. By the late 1880’s they were building a manion on Main Street in Hamilton,…
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia The first Canadian Census was conducted by territory, since Canada was not officially a united country until 1867. In the 1851 census collection, which was the first completed, a Hoodless household is recorded in Hamilton, Ontario. Robert Hoodless 24, a chair maker and…
While in the midst of researching the Canadian emigration of the Hoodlesses via John Hoodless and his family, I discovered that his older sister Sarah has a memorial in St Mary’s Church, Wigton stating that she died in Canada on 30th August 1856 at the age of 82. Sarah married Thomas Jacques who died after…
I’m not sure who originally shared this photograph on Ancestry but I would like to thank them, because it is supposedly a picture of John Hoodless, purportedly known by the nickname “Squire”. Born in August 1786 in Sebergham, Cumberland, he is the sixth child of William Hoodless and Isabella Atkinson of the fascinating Parkhead/Caldbeck branch….