John Eliot Hodgkin F.S.A. (1829 - 1912)

Born 30 Dec 1829 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane (Ransome) Hodgkin — married 12 Oct 1854 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1912 at age 82 in The Woodlands, Upper Richmond-road, Putney, Surrey, England

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Biography

John was born in 1829. He is the son of John Hodgkin and Elizabeth Howard. ^[1]

Occupation

Occupation: Collector

From his 1912 obituary:

"Mr. Hodgkin was born at Tottenham on December 30th, 1829, and was therefore in his eighty-third year. He was the son of the late John and Elizabeth Hodgkin, the former of whom was a conveyancing barrister and the latter the daughter of Luke Howard, F.R.S., the father of English Meteorology... Mr. Hodgkin had a family of six sons and four daughters, seven of whom survive him. Two of the sons, Stanley and Ernest Hodgkin, have been connected with the Pulsometer Engineering Company, Limited, for many years, and are at present directors, as are also his son-in-law, Walter May. R.N., and his son Gerard Hodgkin May."^[2]

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• Birth: 30 Dec 1829, Tottenham, Middlesex, England^[3]
• Death: 5 Oct 1912, 378 Upper Richmond-road, Putney, Surrey, England^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Gilly Wood, Saturday, October 5, 2013.
2. ↑ Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. "John Eliot Hodgkin." http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Eliot_Hodgkin (accessed 24 January 2016).
3. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, ancestry.com: John Eliot Hodgkin, born 30 Dec 1829, Tottenham, Middlesex, England. Father: John Hodgkin. Mother: Elizabeth Hodgkin.
4. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, ancestry.com: John Eliot Hodgkin, died 5 Oct 1912, 378 Upper Richmond-road, Putney, Surrey. Probate 19 Nov 1912, London, England.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hodgkin-25 created through the import of hemingway.ged on Nov 30, 2011 by Stephen Hemingway.
• Thank you to Gilly Wood for creating Hodgkin-37 on 5 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Gilly and others.