HODGE in Stirling

[merryhow]

Hi,

  I'm trying to trace my GGGGrandparents, their son JOHN HODGE married MARGARET MITCHELL on 25th July 1830. I don't know how old he was when he married or when he died so I can't work out his age.

The I.G.I. lists two couples

    JAMES HODGE=MARGARET ARCHBALD  son John b 1790

    THOMAS HODGE=ELIZABETH GILFILLAN son John b 1803

I'm pretty sure one of these couples is his parents. But which one?

Because of family names I'm more inclined to the first couple but that would mean that John was 40yrs old when he married.

Has anyone out there got any info on this Hodge family.

Merryhow

[stuizzy]

Hello

I don't know whether it helps or not but in St. Ninians, the 1851 census has a HODGE family with parents John and Margaret with children Alexander, Margaret, John, James, Christian, William, and Helen. The father John is listed as aged 46 from Raploch, Stirlingshire and a farmer.

Could this be your John and Margaret? In which case it might point more to the 2nd birth that you've listed.

Let me know if you want the full details of the census.

Isobel

[merryhow]

Hi Stuizzy,

I've been on holiday and forgot to reply before I left,sorry.

Yes these are my GGGrandparents you've found although I didn't have a daughter Margaret listed. I would love to have the the full census details.

I've found another couple who I think are more likely to be John's parents,Alexander Hodge=Margaret Esdon on 11th Dec.1803 in Kincardine by Doune. They had a son John born on 8th Oct 1804 in Stirling. This would make him 46yrs at the time of the 1851 census.

Taking things futher back I've come across an Alexander Hodge born in St Ninians on 22nd Feb 1771 to Alexander Hodge and Mary Connochie/Conachy married in Airth 1754.

Some of these details came from the LDS site so I'll have to do some serious checking in the OPRs. You never know maybe I'm on a run.

Thanks for your help

                               Val

[stuizzy]

Hello Val

Here it is. I got the information from ancestry rather than scotlandspeople, so I don't have the proper reference for the census.

Bankind, St. Ninians
John Hodge   Head 46 Farmer of 35 acres emp 1 man  Raploch
Margaret "     Wife  42  Farmers wife                            St. Ninians
Alexer      "     Son  18 Farmers Son                              St. Ninians
Margaret  "    Daur 17 Farmers daur                             St. Ninians
John         "    Son   14 At school                                   St. Ninians
James      "     Son   10  At school                                  St. Ninians
Christian  "     Daur  7 At School                                   St. Ninians
William     "     Son    6 At Home                                    St. Ninians
Helen       "     Daur  1                                                  St. Ninians

ED 5 Household schedule number 49 Line 19 page 16

In 1841 they're at the same place
John  Hodge  35 Farmer
Marget  "       30
Alexander "     8
Marget      "     6
John          "     4
Janet         "     1
James        "   5 mo
Cathe McDermond 15 Female Servant
Jean Ure                10 Female servant

All from Stirlingshire
Isobel

[stuizzy]

The good news is that John and Margaret were both alive in 1861. Census there, still at the same address lists
John              Head  56 Farmer of 35 acres
Margaret M. Wife     52
Christina      Daur    17
William         Son      16
Hellen          Daur 11
Thomas        Son  6

ED 6 Household schedule 49 line 20

That means that they both died after 1855, so you should be able to find their death records, and from there, their parents!!

Good luck
Isobel