Changes! Welcome to the new look hodson.ws family web site. A conversion through to a sql database system makes the Hodson family tree now totally editable online.You are able to upload photos into photo albums to share with family as well as being able to log into the family genealogy tree and make changes and updates yourself.
Some family info...
It would appear from "A Dictionary of British Surnames" by R.H Reaney, that our surname was spelt in a number of different ways over the years, such as Hodgson, Hodshon, Hodgens, Hodgen, Hodgins and Hodson. The writer mentions a Richard Hodson of 1582. Richard is a Christian name recurring in our own branch.
It would appear from "A Dictionary of British Surnames" by R.H Reaney, that our surname was spelt in a number of different ways over the years, such as Hodgson, Hodshon, Hodgens, Hodgen, Hodgins and Hodson. The writer mentions a Richard Hodson of 1582. Richard is a Christian name recurring in our own branch.
It is also said that our surname was Norse in origin, we are descended from Mr Ods, hense "son of Ods".
It has further been said that our surname originated from the nature of employment of one of our early ancestors at the time when surnames were first introduced. If this is so, then he must have been a labourer in the building trade, for "Hod" is defined in the dictionary as a "kind of wooden tray, with a handle, borne o?-the shoulder, for carrying morter, bricks ete".
It is also a utensil for carrying coal, a coal scuttle.
Thus further enquiry is necessary to settle the origin of our surname.
Place of Oriin: By family traditiou we are descended from Dr. John Hodson, Bishop of Elphin, County of Roscommon.
Read more in the history section..
Read more in the history section..
The dificulty with this site still remains in getting this current generation updated!! Please Help!