Mary Cranston Hood1,2

(circa 1836 - 18 December 1898)
FatherWilliam Hood3 (cir. 1801 - Sep 1862)
MotherAnn Fairbairn3 (cir. 1810 - Nov 1891)
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

     Mary Cranston Hood was born cir. 1836 Jedburgh, ROX, SCT.3,4
     Mary Cranston Hood married William Gillies Wilson, son of John Wilson and Mary Stuart, on 24 Jun 1897 at the Manse, Galashiels, SEL, SCT, cert reads: William Gillies Wilson, wool factory worker and widower; s/o John Wilson, sergeant-major, militia - dec and Mary Stuart, decd; age 67, usual residence - 22 Church Street, Galashiels Mary Cranston Hood (illiterate) housekeeper and spinster; d/o William Hood, brewery worker - dec and Ann Fairbairn, decd; age 60; usual residence - 22 Church Street, Galashiels. married on 24 June 1897 at the Manse, Galashiels; according to the forms of the Church of Scotland; witnesses - John MacBeth and M.A. Hunter (the latter may be a Fairbairn relation of Mary's.)5,6
     Mary Cranston Hood died on 18 Dec 1898 5 Tea St, Galashiels, SEL, SCT; a yr and a half after marrying William (although she was his housekeeper/lodger 17 yrs earlier in 1881). Cert reads: Mary Wilson, married to William Gillies Wilson, wool factory worker, dtr of William Hood, brewery worker, and Ann Fairbairn, both dec., died 18 Dec 1898 2:20pm at 5 Lea (assumed to be Tea) St, Galashiels, aged 63, of cardiac disease, inf. widower William G Wilson, present.5

Census/Where lived/Occupations

     Margaret Hood appeared on the census of 7 Jun 1841 Canongate, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, in the household of William Hood and Ann Hood shown as Margaret Hood.7 She appeared on the census of 30 Mar 1851 1 Duck Row, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, in the household of William and Ann Hood as daughter of William.3 Mary Hood was a woolen weaver Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, fr 1860 - 1871.8,2 She appeared on the census of 1861 31 Canongate, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, in the household of William Hood and Ann Hood as daughter of William.9
     Mary Cranston Hood appeared on the census of 1871 in the Poor House, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, enumerated as HOOD: Mary 35 inmate b Jedburgh; Agnes 11 scholar b Jedburgh.10 She appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 24 Park St, Melrose, SEL, SCT, as a lodger of William Gillies Wilson.4 Mary Cranston Hood appeared on the census of 1891 22 Church St, Galashiels, SEL, SCT, in the household of William Gillies Wilson.11 Mary Cranston Hood was shown as a housekeeper when she married in Jun 1897 of 22 Church St, Galashiels, SEL, SCT.6

Family 1

Children
  • John Hood12 (Dec 1856 - Jan 1932)
  • Agnes Stewart Hood1,13,14,15 (Oct 1860 - aft. 1896)
  • Archibald Hood1,2,6 (May 1871 - aft. 1891)

Family 2

William Gillies Wilson (cir. 1829 - aft. 1898)
ChartsFAIRBAIRN
John & Bessie (FFLINT) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited29 Oct 2011

Citations

  1. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), HOOD births, batch C117921, extracted Feb 2004.
  2. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth 1871 Archibald HOOD, transcr. Stuart H, Mar 2004.
  3. Graham MAXWELL, "EM Borders: ex Graham M," e-mail to L Henderson(1), 1851 ROX Census: Jedburgh Parish, Book 5 Page 31, rcvd Feb 2004.
  4. 1881 Census transcripts, UK, via Family Search/LDS CDs, FHL Film 0224037 GRO Ref Volume 776-B EnumDist 1 Page 17, extracted Feb 2003.
  5. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Dth 1898 Mary WILSON nee HOOD, transcr. Robert McC, Apr 2004.
  6. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Mar. 1897 William WILSON and Mary HOOD, transcr. Robert McC, rcvd Jul 2004.
  7. FreeCensus, UK online at http://www.freecen.org.uk/, 1841 Jedburgh Dist 792 EnumDist 3 Folio 3 Page 12/13, extracted Jul 2004.
  8. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth 1861 Agnes Stewart HOOD, transcr. Stuart H, Mar 2004.
  9. 1861 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Jedburgh, ROX Reg 792 ED 14 Pg 5 Sched 28, hsehold of William & Ann HOOD, extracted Jan 2008.
  10. 1871 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Town Poor House, Jedburgh, ROX Reg. 792/1 ED 2 Pg 29, extracted Oct 2011.
  11. 1891 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Galashiels, SEL, Reg 775 ED 1 Pg 15 Sched 91, hsehold of William WILSON, extracted Oct 2011.
  12. Heather, "FAIRBAIRN/HOOD Corres. ex Heather," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Birth 28 Dec 1856 John s/o Mary HOOD, Jedburgh Poor House, ROX, rcvd Oct 2011.
  13. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth 1860 Agnes Stewart HOOD, transcr. Stuart H, Mar 2004.
  14. Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 31 Dec 1896 Agnes d/o Mary HOOD; William s/o Robert LAMB & Helen KNOX, Galashiels, SEL, 775 #3, copy d/loaded Oct 2011.
  15. Heather, "FAIRBAIRN/HOOD Corres. ex Heather," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Birth 19 May 1896 Agnes d/o John HOOD & Barbara SANDERSON, Galashiels, SEL, 775/00 #167, copy rcvd Oct 2011.

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