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…
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…
Timeline Archibald Hoodless was baptised on 14th April 1793 at Wetheral, the second child of William and Margaret. 2nd November 1817 he marries Elizabeth Clark of Cotehill, Cumberland. Their first child William is baptised 16th May 1819 at Wetheral. 29th July 1821 a daughter is baptized Margaret. Her name is spelled Hadless on the document….
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…