WILLIAM RICHARD HODSON (WHITEMAN)

[Rachel GH]

Hello everyone 

Can anyone help me with William Richard Hodson (my maternal great grandfather) he was born William Richard Whiteman in 1861 in Duston in Northamptonshire?

I can see him at 7 in 1871 census and he's still a Whiteman, after that he disappears until 1884 when he marries Emma in Birmingham (don't know her maiden name) he's also morphed into a Hodson - I am trying in vain to see their marriage certificate to get some clues about where he/she were inbetween before they got married and to see or how or why he changed his name to Hodson.

You can see him and Emma again in the 1901 census in Aston in Birmingham.

[PaulineJ]

From what you list, it wouldn't appear to be the same person in all records.
Definitely an case for showing when where and with whom.

The 1861 birth should appear on the 1861 census. You don't say where he is.
Does this match the birth certificate and later census?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7GY-XPP  (1861)

Pauline

The one in 1861 looks different to the 1871 census one.

   WHITEMAN, WILLIAM  RICHARD     ROWSON 
GRO Reference: 1861  M Quarter in NORTHAMPTON UNION  Volume 03B  Page 76
   WHITEMAN, WILLIAM  RICHARD     RAVENHILL 
GRO Reference: 1862  M Quarter in BRIDGNORTH 356  Volume 06A  Page 579

EDIT:
Family tree on Ancestry.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/171331321/person/272221626233/facts

[Comberton]

Marriage
21-12-1884 Birmingham
William Richard Hodson 23 bachelor warehouseman Moland Street?? Joseph Hodson bricklayer
Emma Amelia Clarke 23 spinster Moland Street?? Crispin Clarke shoe maker
witnesses Crispin Edward Clarke & Selina Clarke
all signed
image on Ancestry

[suzard]

coud this be him??
1861Alma St St james End Duson Northants
RG9 938 25 9
Joseph Whiteman Head M 29 Bricklayer Walsall Staffs
Felicia wife 27 Shrewsbury Salop
Thomas son 7 Birmingham
Fanny daughter 4 Cambridge
Clara daughter 2 Ryton Dunmore Warwicks
William son 2months Duston Northants

these are baptism /birth regs found
St Matthew Duddeston cum Nechells Warwick 5 Nov 1854
Thomas son of Joseph and Felicia Whiteman 5 Hen?age St Father's occ Bricklayer

birth reg 2nd qtr 1857Rugby Warwicks Fanny  Whiteman mmn Rowson

birth reg Clara Whiteman 1st qtr 1859 Cambridge mmn (transcribed as ) Floreston???

Suz

[Dundee]

I can see him at 7 in 1871 census and he's still a Whiteman

Can you give a census reference for that?

Debra 

[suzard]

Is this him in 1871?
it looks like Felicia may have died and Joseph has remarried

Marriage reg Sept qtr 1867 Coventry 6d 512
on same page Joseph Whiteman Pheby Freeman

1871
Ambush St Dallington Northampton
Joseph Whiteman Head M 39 Bricklayer Walsll Staffs
Phebe wife 29 Brandon Warwicks
William son 9 Northampton
RG10 1486 21 14

cant find William in 1881 but this is interesting
1881Wiggington Staffs
Joseph Hodson Head  M 49 Bricklayer Walsall Staffs
Phebe Hodson wife 39 Brandon Warwicks Edith Handley nurse child 8mths Bardymore heath Warwicks
RG11 2769 810

1891
29 Spring GardensTamworth Warwickshire
Joseph Hodson Hed M 59Bricklayer Walsall Staffs
Phoebe Hodson wife 49 Tailoress brandon Warwicks
RG12 2208 27 2

cannot locate them in 1901 but they do appear in 1911

Havent found a marriage to Felicia or a death but I can find her before marriage

It seems it was William's father who changed the name to Hodson

Suz

[Jason Jase]

I have 8 Joseph Whiteman's on my family tree from around this area??? I'm not sure which one you are referring to???

How do you know that the Hodson was a name change from Whiteman?

[Rosinish]

The OP hasn't been back online since opening this thread.

Annie