My grandmother,Mary Frances (
Hodgins) Rose was born in Ballincolig,Sept 18,1887,County
Cork,Ireland.She was the daugher of James and Mary (
Lane)
Hodgins and had four sisters and two brothers.I am looking for information on this family.Mary
Lane Hodgins died in
Taunton,
England 19 Feb.1936. My grandmother came to
America where there was family and was a ward of Charles
Searles prior to her marriage to Daniel O.Rose in 1906 in
New York City.I have not found any American relatives,cannot find James
Hodgins birth or death in Ireland.Married children of James Mary were Eliza Jane
Dodd,Agnes
Osmond,Rebecca
Desmond,Margaret Honey.Brother Dennis had a daugher
Molly Mines.These sisters lived in England..Kent,Gosport,
Kingston,Taunton.I would like to know what you have discovered. The above information came from my mother's address book identifying her
English cousins.I have found one of Nana's brothers family in Ireland but they do not know anything about the family.We have found James listed in the 1901 census but have been unsuccessful in finding a copy of the 1911 census.John
Hodgins was on the hurling team in
Cork in the early 1900's.I suspect James
Hodgins was a cooper in the powder mills of Ballincolig.I believe his wife,Mary had a bakery in Ballincolig.James was listed as a cooper on Mary's death certificate,she was a widow at the time of death but supposedly had spent considerable time in
Wales prior to moving to
Taunton near her daughter Eliza Jane.My
Nana and husband moved back to
Maine in the 1920's near
Greene Maine where his family lived.I live in
York,
Maine now and would like to have you contact me at
vspiller@aol.com with whatever information you have.I have found
Hodgins in the Griffith's List and Lane's and James and Mary's marriage certificate. I suspect the Lane's are the same branch that came to
America in the 1600-two brothers came here and one brother went to Ireland from
England. I know that there were cousins on Long Island because in my Grandmother's chest there were photographs signed cousin with the Long Island photographer.My grandmother was known as "
Molly" to her family and had a lovely singing voice, was an accomplished seamstress and tailoress.She had three children..all of whom are deceased.