Evelyn Hood and Ivy Hood. How are they connected ?

[karenbrown669]

Trying to find how Evelyn Hood (abt 1867-73) who married Joseph Gower in 1915 ( godstone ,Surrey) and Ivy Dorothy Hood(abt 1983) who married Harry James House are connected. Evelyn had a son Reuben Hood. she married Joseph Gower and are buried together in Redstone Cemetry, Redhill,Surrey. But Kathleen Matilda Joan House 1919-1965 is also buried with them. Kathleens mother is Ivy. I have gone down many lines but they are all dead ends. Evelyns father is down as Tom Hood (saddler) on her marriage cert to Joseph. Ivys father is William Hood ( farmer).  Can anyone help link them ?

[avm228]

Presumably you don’t mean 1983 for Ivy?

[avm228]

Had Joseph Gower died before 1939?

Possible birthdate for Evelyn is 21 July 1868 if she lived in Reigate.

Death as Evelyn Gower aged 76, Sep qtr 1944 Surrey SE?

[avm228]

Presumably you don’t mean 1983 for Ivy?

Looks like her birthdate may have been 23 Jan in about 1892 or 1893.

Death as Ivy D House aged 76, Jun qtr 1968 Surrey SE.

[avm228]

Have you found a birth registration for Reuben?  Looks like it should be late 1902 or early 1903 in Reading.

I also see that Evelyn claimed to have been born in Sheffield, and already widowed when Reuben was 8 

When Reuben married (Redhill, 1922) he named his father, truthfully or not, as Reuben Hood, engineer, deceased.

[Annette7]

It's hard to say as conflicting birth information for Ivy Dorothy Hood - her birth is not registered which doesn't help but she was baptised it seems at Haringey on 22/4/1894 - birth date given as 7/11/1892 - and she was the daughter of a William Hood, Carpenter, and wife Emma.

So conflicting birthdates, and conflicting occupations for father??  Plus one census states born Dalston and the other says Enfield??

Nor can I find a birth entry for Evelyn Hood for the relevant period??

However, the mother of Reuben is said to be Evelyn Hood, widow, born Sheffield ca.1873 and to complicate things further Reuben's birth doesn't appear to have been registered either!!

Annette

[avm228]

Clutching at straws, but there is a Reading connection.

Ivy was “visiting” there in 1901.

Reuben was supposedly born there in 1902.

[Annette7]

The other 2 visitors in 1901 with Ivy are a Thomas Hy. Sewell 62 born Leeds and his wife Emily 61 born Dalston plus Thomas is a Horse Collar Maker (Saddler??).

Annette   

[avm228]

The other 2 visitors in 1901 with Ivy are a Thomas Hy. Sewell 62 born Leeds and his wife Emily 61 born Dalston plus Thomas is a Horse Collar Maker (Saddler??).

Annette

They had married 11 Mar 1861 at Holy Trinity, Hoxton - her maiden name was Bristow.

They had a daughter Emma Jane Sewell born in Sheffield, reg Sep qtr 1868 (is this Evelyn?)