When James Hood was born on 30 March 1875, in Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Hood, was 40 and his mother, Margaret Cochrane, was 32. He married Fannie Mattheson Eaglesham on 24 January 1900, in Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and Camrose County, Alberta, Canada for about 5 years. He died on 31 August 1957, in Castor, County of Paintearth No. 18, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Castor, County of Paintearth No. 18, Alberta, Canada.
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English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English hod, hood, hodde ‘hood’, either for someone who wore a hood (like the medieval folk hero Robin Hood) or who made and sold hoods. In Kent and Sussex the name may sometimes have been confused with Hoad .
English: from the Middle English personal name Hod(e), a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-; see Ott and Oates and compare Hodson 2.
English and Scottish: variant of Hudd, from the Middle English personal name Hudde, Hutte, which could represent Old English Hud(d)a or its ancient Germanic equivalent Hud(d)o, but is more likely from Anglo-Norman French Hud(de), a pet form of Hugh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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