Hello Hodgers family
My great-grandfather was Patrick Hodgers (yes there are many of them). He was born in the 1860s in Co. Louth. His father, according to a marriage certificate, was Nicholas Hodgers. Patrick Hodgers was married at least twice, his first marriage resulted in a son James, who was born about 1890 and was killed on the Somme in July 1916. His second marriage, to Elizabeth Reid widow of John Wallace (in her youth Elizabeth worked as a housemaid at the Lynns), resulted in four children - Rose Anne (born in Louth in 1897) and Edward (born about 1900 in Liverpool) and the twins Elizabeth (my grandmother) and Ellen born in 1901 in Liverpool. Patrick has a sister Mary (who died in Liverpool in the 1930s).
I also have a "cousin" in Australia who is named Nick Hodgers. His father was also a Patrick Hodgers, son of Nicholas Hodgers. Nick's family move to Liverpool in the 1910s. He has recognized names of people in my family, addresses, and people in old photos, naming them as "cousins" but we cannot figure out the link between the families. Nick's family is also from Castleellingham.
I have a number of old photos that I can't identify, but believe them to be Hodgers. I also know this is a needle in a haystack as there are so many Patricks and Nicholas' and Marys, etc in the Hodgers family.
Any assistance is appreciated. But it would also be nice to connect with some Hodgers in Castlebellingham. Most of my family (on my mother's side) is still in Liverpool. I live in California, near San Francisco.
Thanks!
Christine Dover