Hello Goughy and dobfarm
Regarding the change of occupation from Cooper to Tanner/Brewer. George Hood, a Cooper who married Sarah Russel at Selby in 1815 and died Selby 18 September 1845, apparently had eight children and according to the six found on the 1841 Census, John Hood was a Brewer at Wren Lane with George Hood (Jun'r):-
William Hood, baptised Selby 17 May 1816
John Hood, age given as 25 in 1841 was a Brewer (my 3 X Gt Grandfather), baptised Selby 06 June 1819
Mary Hood, baptised Selby 03 January 1822
George Hood, baptised Selby 20 May 1824
Richard Hood, circa 1826
James Hood, circa 1828
Ellen Hood, circa 1832
Sarah Hood, circa 1835
Searching Ancestry electronically and going through two parts of the Selby 1841 Census page by page, I cannot find William Hood or Richard Hood. Also two Hood offspring were omitted in Wren Lane, as they appear to be added at the end of one of the Selby parts by the Enumerator.
However, two offspring William and Richard Hood, of George Hood, the Cooper and Sarah Russel are still currently missing in the 1841 Selby Census?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=732366.msg5774293#msg5774293(Couldn't post on Census Lookup, as it would not allow me to attach anything)
Found a third Yorkshire newspaper Deaths entry (by searching 'Deaths' and then the column in each newspaper from the 19th to the end of September 1845) for George Hood, Tanner, Selby, in the York Herald 20th Sept, again giving his age as 63 years.
A possible birth/ baptism for George Hood is in October 1781 at Topcliffe by Thirsk, to Joseph Hood and Ellen Spence? But still absolutely nothing to link my George Hood to Topcliffe and nothing in the Yorkshire Parish Register Society Selby Transcriptions, which I have purchased to suggest George Hood was born Selby.
I am currently trying to get a price to get Topcliffe Birth/Baptism Register copies of the Hood/Spence children. However it would seem that they were probably either dead or elsewhere by the 1841 Census, after attempting an 1841/1851 Census search? George Hood in 1841 at Selby is a possible child of theirs?
I presume George Hood's son/s got into Tanning and Brewing and the Coopering was dropped. I always understood Leeds to the West of Selby was a shoe manufacturing town and tanned leather would be in great demand.
Thanks for your input.
Mark