William and George Hood

[softly softly]

Hi, Looking for the baptisms of William and George Hood. I have listed below known facts and wonder if anyone can put a new slant on this for me.

William born c 1833 and George c1834. Parents were Samuel Hood and Elizabeth Ryley. On census returns 1841 they appear with parents in Derby. 1851/61 they appear separatlely but both born in Bolton.

1831. Henry, first son baptised 30.5.1831 Manchester Cathederal
1833 William-Bolton?
1834 George-Bolton?
1837. Harrison forth son baptised 2.7.1837-parish bolton le moors-died 4.2.1839 Bolton.
1839 Mary Eliza born13.8.1839 Bolton baptised Bolton Le Moors.

William and George do not appear on the IGI and wondered if there are missing records or I have just missed something.

Thanks

John

[rosie99]

Hi

The IGI is not a complete record  - have you tried Lancashire OPC's?

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk  they have some bolton le moors registers on there

Rosie

[softly softly]

Rosie,

Just spent last while looking at the site but there appears to be lots of baptism dates missing around the time I am looking for. May have to pay a visit.

John

[SandraC]

HI John

I think that a visit to Bolton or Manchester Central Library is probably called for.

I only found my 3xGGrandmother Caroline Hood on the Bolton baptisms in 1820 by looking at the microfilms in Manchester.

Does your Samuel trace back to Cheshire / Macclesfield area before Bolton?

Caroline was the daughter of Jonathan Hood & Elizabeth Scotson & she & her sibs were born in Bolton but mostly came to Manchester before 1841.  The men were in tailoring or silk weaving.

Good luck with your search

SandraC

[kerryanne]

Both Bolton and Manchester have very good archives with good staff and free access to some of the geneology sites