MICHAEL1 HODGINS was born in 1837 in Drogheda Louth Ireland (Church Baptism record from St Mary's Church Drogheda - Roman catholic - sponsors are listed as Alexander McCann and Mary Sweeney). He died on 16 May 1891 in Off North Arklow Light Ireland (The cause of death was Drowning - The SS Ribble which foundered with all crew lost.). He married (1) ELIZABETH MURPHY in 1872 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. She was born in 1840 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. She died in
1879 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. He married (2) ANN POLAND, daughter of James Poland and Mary Barry on 28 Apr 1881 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. She was born in 1847 in Ardee, Louth, Ireland. She died on 26 Jun 1922 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland (Age: 74).
Notes for Michael Hodgins:
• The Church Baptism record from St Mary's Church Drogheda - Roman catholic - sponsors are listed as Alexander McCann and Mary Sweeney.
• Michael Hodgins perished in The sinking of The SS Ribble - which foundered with all crew lost. - off the North Arklow Light Ireland .
• The Ribble left Swansea on the evening of May 14th, bound for Newry County Down.
• There is a mistake on his Death certificate which Records his name as "Hudgins"
• The Cause of Death on his DC is "Drowning".
• Another Drogheda Man lost his life in the sinking of the Ribble - The grandfather (Quigley) of well know Drogheda Historian Moira Corcan also perished.
Michael Hodgins and Elizabeth Murphy had the following children:
i. MICHAEL2 HODGINS was born on 19 Aug 1879 in Drogheda Louth Ireland (Church Baptism record from St Mary's Church Drogheda - Roman catholic - sponsors listed as Peter Hodgins and Mary jane Connor).
2. ii. ANNIE HODGINS was born in 1873 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland (Church Baptism
record from St Mary's Church Drogheda - Roman catholic - The sponsor is listed as
Sarah Baker). She died on 05 Aug 1952 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. She married
John Joseph Carolan, son of William Carolan and Jane Clarke on 09 Feb 1893 in St
Mary's Church Drogheda Louth Ireland (.). He was born in 1871 in Drogheda Louth
Ireland. He died in 1956 in Drogheda Louth Ireland.
3. iii. ROBERT HODGINS was born on 22 Jul 1876 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. He died in
1945 in Salford, Lancashire, England. He married Christina Donnelly in 1903 in
Manchester. She was born in Oct 1883 in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, United
Kingdom. She died in 1969 in Salford, Lancashire, England.
4. iv. GEORGE HODGINS was born in 1869 in England. He died in 1939 in Edinburgh,
Midlothian, Scotland (Death Certificate: The informant on the Death Cert of George
Hodgins and she is described on the document as an "intimate Friend"). He married
MARGARET GREGORY. She was born in 1871 in Drogheda County Louth.
v. JOHN HODGINS was born on 06 Mar 1874 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland.
Michael Hodgins and Ann Poland had the following children:
5. vi. MARY KATE HODGINS was born in 1886 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. She died on 28
Oct 1975 in Drogheda, 5312, Ireland. She married Thomas Clarke on 01 Jul 1906 in Salford, Lancashire, England. He was born in 1839 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. He died in Drogheda Louth Ireland.
6. vii. AGNES HODGINS was born on 02 Mar 1888 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. She died on
14 Jun 1970 in Eccles, Lancashire, England. She married (1) LEWIS MORT in 1917
in Barton I, Lancashire. He was born in 1891. He died in 2007 in Eccles,
Lancashire, England.
Generation 1 (con't)
viii. JOSEPHINE HODGINS was born in Mar 1888 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland. She died on
18th December 1892 in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland (The Civil death records show that Josephine Hodgins died (Age 4) of Measles on 18/12/1892 - she is described as the daughter of a sailor.).
ix. PETER HODGINS was born on 25 Nov 1884 in Drogheda Louth Ireland. He died in
1885 in Drogheda County Louth.
