Thomas Kilnear HODSON was born on 17 Feb 18141 in Wigan, Lancashire, England1 as the fourth child of Henry HODSON and Dorothy KILNEAR.
He had six siblings, namely: Elizabeth (1805), Mary (1808), Ellen (1810), William (1816), John (1818), and Dorothy (1820).
Thomas Kilnear HODSON was baptized on 12 Jun 18141 in Wigan, Lancashire, England1 (Wigan All Saints1).
When he was 23, he married Alice JONES, daughter of William JONES and Margaret HALLSAL, on 31 Jul 18373 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England3.
Thomas Kilnear HODSON and Alice JONES had the following children:
1. Margaret HODSON was born on 24 Jun 1838 in Lancashire, England. She died in Aug 1853 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England.
2. Henry William “William” HODSON was born on 07 Feb 1841 in Urswick, Lancashire, England. He died in 1851 in Chorlton, Lancashire, England (first quarter).
3. Mary Ann HODSON was born on 17 Jul 18426,7 in Urswick, Lancashire, England6,7 (Bardsea6,7). She died before 1871. She married George HALLIDAY on 13 Aug 18608 in Preston, Lancashire, England8.
4. John HODSON was born on 22 Dec 1844 in Urswick, Lancashire, England. He died before 1900. He married Margaret Alice WHITE on 02 Mar 1867.
5. Dorothy HODSON was born on 26 Feb 1847 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England. She died on 15 Jun 1862 in Garstang, Lancashire, England.
6. Edward HODSON was born on 10 Apr 1850 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England.
They lived in Urswick, Lancashire, England4 in 18414 (Bardsea Hall; Tailor4), Margaret was three and William only five months at the time.
They lived in Ulverston, Lancashire, England5 in 18515. At that time their family had increased to include Mary Ann, John and Dorothy. They also had lodgers Alan Roy, a tailor and his wife Janet, a sewer.
He died on 06 Aug 18542 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England2 (consumption, 1 year2). He was buried on 08 Aug 1854 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England.
Link to Thomas Hodson in genealogy
1 Baptisms (PR) England. Wigan, Lancaster. 12 June 1814. HODSON, Thomas Kilnear. https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed June 2020.
2 Deaths (CR) England, Ulverston, Lancashire. 6 August 1854. HODSON, Thomas. No. 419.
3 Marriages (PR) England. Liverpool, Lancaster. 31 July 1837. HODSON, Thomas and JONES, Alice. https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed June 2020.
4 Census. 1841. England. Urswick, Lancashire. HO 107/531/14. https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed June 2020.
5 Census. 1851. England. Ulverston, Lancashire. HO 107/2274. http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed Jul 2020.
6 Births (CR) England. Bardsea, Urswick, Dalton, Ulverston, Lancaster. 17 July 1842. HODSON, Mary Ann. No. 211.
7 Census. 1861. England. Catterall, Lancashire. RG 9/3153. p. 20. Https://www.ancestry.ca : accessed February 2019.
8 Marriages (CR) England, Preston, Lancaster. 13 August 1860. HOLLIDAY, George and HODSON, Mary Ann. No 300.