Researching the origins and genealogy of the surname worldwide
I had known for many years, before writing the post on my ancestor Harold Hoodless, that he had died during WWI. He was remembered within our family as the person who had written from France to suggest the name “Louvain” for a girl when he knew that his niece (my great grandmother) Mary Jane was…
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…