Family
Joseph was born in 1846 at Fishlake, Yorkshire, to parents Joseph Hodson, a farmer, and Harriet Newborn. He was baptised on 31 May 1846 at Fishlake.
Census returns identify the following occupations for Joseph.
- 1861 farmer’s son
- 1871 farmer of 19 acres
- 1881 farmer of 30 acres, 1 man
- 1891 farmer
- 1911 farmer
He married Rose Ann Maw (1853-1933) in late 1876 in the Thorne Registration District, Yorkshire. Census returns identify eight children.
- Joseph John (1878-1937) – a PM minister
- Charles Thomas (1881-1967) – an assistant teacher 91911)
- George William (1886-1958) – a farmer (1939)
- Rose Harriet (1888-1940) – house maid (1911); married George Arthur Wainwright, a farmer (1939), in 1920
- Herbert (1890-1952) – a farmer (1939)
- Ernest (1891-1978) – a farmer (1939)
- Lilian (1898-1982) – married Alfred Bone in 1923; married Francis C Jewell in 1962
- Clara Ethel (1900-1980) – married John Edward Musgrave Bell, a school master (1939), in 1925
Joseph died on 19 July 1911 at Fishlake, Yorkshire.
Circuits
- 1868 Alford
- 1869 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
Note: Records spell the surname as Hodgson or Hodson.
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