When Henry Hodgson was born on 9 September 1849, in Holbeck, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Harland Hodgson, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Ashton, was 32. He married Mary Bannister on 6 February 1871, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Wombwell, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died on 30 October 1917, in Wombwell, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 68, and was buried in Wombwell, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (northern): from the Middle English personal name Hodge + -son.
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