Alfred Frederick Hood

  Research Notes:

Norman & Ducie Hood (nee Hillman) notes:
1861 Census Sailors Home, East India Road, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London Alfred, age 23, Boarder, Seaman, Poole, Dorset
1871 Census 53 Lower Canal Walk, Southampton, Hampshire Alfred, age 33, Seaman, Creech, Dorset Martha, age 24, Poole, Dorset Harry J, age 5, Scholar, Poole, Dorset Sydney A, age 3, Scholar, Poole, Dorset Alfred F, age 1, Middlesex RG10 PN1193 F90 P16
Alfred Hood came to Australia aboard the ship LUSITANIA from London to Sydney arriving 8th Apr 1881 Birth place is recorded as Bownermouth which is most probably Bournemouth. Ancestry Immigration Records Oct 2009 (Poss?)
ADVERTISEMENT HOOD.- HARRY JOHN HOOD, left England with his father in 1881. was last heard of at Terraburra in 1892. His Brother. Alfred, of H.M.S. ORLANDO inquires. Source: Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW: 1870-1907) - Sat 11 January 1896
NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN re Alfred Hood, late of Tooradin, deceased intestate.-All persons having claims upon the estate of the above-named deceased are requested to send in the particulars of their claims to my office on or before the I6th October, 1916. WALTER B. HOUSE, Curator of the Estates of Deceased Pesons New Zealand Chambers, 483 Collin-st., Melbourne, 12th September, 1916. South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic. : 1872 - 1920) Thu 21 Sep 1916 Page 2 Notes for Martha Elizabeth Bursey PARROTT: 1871 Census 53 Lower Canal Walk, Southampton, Hampshire
1881 Census 72/73 Bensham Grove, Croydon, Surrey Martha, age 34, Lodger, Head, Sailors Wife, Poole, Dorset Sydney A, age 13, Scholar, Poole, Dorset Alfred F, age 11, Scholar, Deptford, Kent Ada Annie, age 7, Scholar, Southampton, Hampshire Frederick G, age 5, Scholar, Swansea, Wales Arthur E, age 7 weeks, Woolwich, Kent With Lewis Tipper and family RG11 PN820 F124 P48
1901 Census
1911 Census 130 Talbot Road, Southsea, Hampshire HOOD, Martha, Widow, 64, Dressmaker, Poole Dorset PARSONS, Nora Granddaughter, age 13, School, Hants Portsmouth PARSONS, Victor Grandson, age 10, School Hants Portsmouth PARSONS, Doris Granddaughter, age 8, School Hants Portsmouth PARSONS, Frederick Grandson, age 3, Hants Portsmouth HOOD, Ethel Granddaughter, age 11, School, Hants Portsmouth Widow - 8 children - 1 decd

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Malcolm Rowe

Alfred married Martha Elizabeth Bursey Parrott on 19 Apr 1868 in St James, Poole, Dorset England. (Martha Elizabeth Bursey Parrott was born on 30 Nov 1846 in Poole, Dorset England and died on 18 Sep 1925 in Portsmouth, Hampshire England.)