George W Hodson

[carzholme]

I am looking for information on George W Hodson born 1876/1877 at Monkswearmouth.  George was the son of Thomas and Mary E Hodson.  George' parents were from Nottinghamshire /Lincolnshire.  What was Thomas doing in Monkswearmouth?

[CaroleW]

What was Thomas doing in Monkswearmouth?

People travelled great distances in those days for work.  What was Thomas's occupation?

[stanmapstone]

It is Monkwearmouth not Monkswearmouth   
 http://www.rootschat.com/links/01e2m/
Stan

[CaroleW]

1881 entry here

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3YK-C5Z

It would be pure speculation as to what the family were doing in Durham

[carzholme]

thanks for helping.  In 1881 Thomas was a joiner and wheelwright.

[stanmapstone]

My grandfather and his three brothers moved from Somerset to Sunderland, County Durham, between 1874 and 1880. I as understand it the great agricultural depression had set in in the early 1870’s as a result of a series of very wet summers and autumns, with a consequence of very bad harvests. Labour left the land, and the villages and went into the mines, and the industrial areas of the north where there were greater employment prospects.
See English Farming Past and Present
The Great Depression and Recovery, 1874-1914
http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010136ernle/010136ch18.htm
Stan

[carzholme]

Thank you Stan for your help and the link.  Maybe the next link would be to get George'  birth certificate that might tell me his fathers occupation.