place of birth

[Dundee]

GRO Regimental Birth Indices (1761 To 1924) - FindMyPast

Mary A HODGSON
1845
Canada
   
REG1

You can order a birth cert from the GRO.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/app_select.asp

Debra 
   

[ShaunJ]

More detail on the army birth index record

[meggles]

Thank you everyone for your help.
i will continue to look at the Sussex area for her birth and try and eliminate.
i have Mary Anns birth, but unfortunately it did not give me any hints on her mothers name.

[dobfarm]

In the 1851 census (Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth) the enumerator consistently puts birth town first, then county.  So I would guess that "Ludlow" is a mistranscription of "Sussex".

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Its very possible there is a mistranscription, though hard to understand on the 2 written words Ludlow and Sussex. With pronunciation  by a person in his own in dialect  or slang from were the person grew up, then the enumerators own interpretation of understanding that dialect in his own slang, bearing in mind he would be educated and most folk would be in illiterate them days.

My G Granddad 2  - born Ballsall in Warwickshire (Pronounced lSounds like pronounced 'Bore -Sale] in Warwickshire) then he moved to Bolsover in Derbyshire by 1861 census put down as born 'Bulsel in Warwickshire'

[wivenhoe]

"i have Mary Anns birth, but unfortunately it did not give me any hints on her mothers name."

What record do you have that does not show mother's name?

[wivenhoe]

What happened next, 1861 +, in the lives of James HODGSON, wife Elizabeth and daughter Mary Ann?

[dobfarm]

But Ludlow is in Shropshire, albeit very close to the Herefordshire border .
I have looked on a very old map of Shropshire which I have framed but can’t find it .
I can’t get at my very large scale four inches to a mile maps at the moment but try Googling it .
What came up for me was The Hurst , an area , presently with walks, cycle rides etc.
Viktoria.

Sorry about that   but when I was searching the net about Ludlow this link mislead me.

https://www.hlcollege.ac.uk/home

[dobfarm]

 The Hurst is on the map with Ludlow but not exactly near.

[meggles]

The Birth Certificate for Mary Ann is one from the army collection,  it just states that she is the daughter of James Hodgson of the 82nd Regiment and wife  Elizabeth. 

James and Elizabeth with daughter Mary returned to the UK in 1848 and were down in Portsmouth until James retired from the army in 1860 and went back up to Lancashire (st Helens) Elizabeth died in 1869 from Pneumonia.   I have her death certificate and also have been to her grave at the cemetery in St Helens.