Mary Cranston Hood1,2

ID#36914, (circa 1836 - 18 December 1898)
Mary Cranston Hood|b. cir. 1836\nd. 18 Dec 1898|p36914.htm|William Hood|b. cir. 1801\nd. 28 Sep 1862|p14335.htm|Ann Fairbairn|b. cir. 1810\nd. 8 Nov 1891|p14283.htm|Andrew Hood|b. bef. 1780\nd. bef. 1862||Mary UnknownSurname|b. bef. 1780\nd. bef. 1862||Walter Fairbairn|b. cir. 1784\nd. 19 Jan 1859|p11277.htm|Agnes Robertson|b. cir. 1786\nd. 1 Apr 1863|p11278.htm|
FatherWilliam Hood3 (cir. 1801 - Sep 1862)
MotherAnn Fairbairn3 (cir. 1810 - Nov 1891)
ChartsFAIRBAIRN
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Mary Cranston Hood was born cir. 1836 at 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 at 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
     Margaret Hood appeared on the census of 7 Jun 1841 in 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 at 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 at Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, fr 1860 - 1871.8,2 She appeared on the census of 1861 at 31 Canongate, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, in the household of William Hood and Ann Hood as daughter of William.9
     Mary was likely to be in ?Deans Close, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, in 1861. She appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 at 24 Park St, Melrose, SEL, SCT, as a lodger of William Gillies Wilson.4 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
  • Agnes Stewart Hood1,8 (Oct 1860 - aft. 1881)
  • Archibald Hood1,2,6 (May 1871 - aft. 1881)

Family 2

William Gillies Wilson (cir. 1829 - aft. 1898)
Last Edited12 Jul 2004

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. Census, 1881 UK census CD-ROM, 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://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, 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, ENG, Via Ancestry.com, Jedburgh, ROX Reg 792 ED 14 Pg 5 Sched 28, hsehold of William & Ann HOOD, extracted Jan 2008.

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