Frances Hodgson Burnett

[Laverdiere]

Does anyone know where I could find the family tree for Frances Hodgson Burnett.  I'm curious if/how she connects to my Hodgson family of Manchester, Lancashire.

All I have discovered is that she (and all her siblings except the last) was christened at the Cathedral in Manchester, Lancashire.  Her father was born about 1815 and his mother's name was Mary.  The mother lived with the family for the 1841/51 censuses.

All help is appreciated.  Laverdiere

[ShaunJ]

Laverdiere,

There's a lot of stuff on the web about this famous author of children's literature but I can't see a family tree anywhere.

What I've learned from a quick Google is that she was born Frances Eliza Hodgson on 24 November 1849 in Cheetham Hill Manchester.

I can see her in the 1851 census at 141 York Street  Cheetham Hill:

Edwin Hodgson 35   Ironmonger (+ something illegible & fancy ware???) born Doncaster
Eliza Hodgson 36   born Manchester
Herbert Edwin Hodgson 5  born Manchester
John George Hodgson 3   born Manchester
Frances Eliza Hodgson 1 born Manchester
Ellen Parry 28  House Servant
Elizabeth Mottram 19   Nurse



HO107/2232 Fol 195  Page 17

[Laverdiere]

Thanks.  I couldn't find her family tree either.  Her Hodgson family came from Manchester and mine from Whittington so perhaps we aren't relations after all.  I guess to go further back I'd have to get her parent's marriage cert.  Maybe one day.  Laverdiere