Elizabeth Jane Hood

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane

When Elizabeth Jane Hood was born on 18 February 1887, in Howick Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada, her father, William Hood, was 52 and her mother, Margaret Cochrane, was 44. She married Isaac James Mitchell on 14 December 1927, in Lawton, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States. She immigrated to United States in 1906 and lived in Fordville, Walsh, North Dakota, United States in 1945 and Clifford, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1959. She died on 10 September 1974, in Listowel, Perth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 87, and was buried in Clifford, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

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Isaac James Mitchell
1873–1939
Elizabeth Jane Hood
1887–1974
Marriage: 14 December 1927

Sources (9)

  • Lizzie Hood in household of Isaac Melchel, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Elizabeth Jane Hood, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  • Elizabeth Jones Mitchell, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

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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