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Private Angus Hodge

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

In the recent research of my paternal family history, I found reference to David Melville Hodge signing the papers for an Angus Hodge. These papers were permission given by David for Angus to join the Australian Infantry in 1916 for service abroad. He was only 18 years and 2 months old.
Private Angus Hodge was my [...]

Hodge Family History Update

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

As previously blogged, my ancestors hailed from the eastern shores of Fife, Scotland. Exactly where golf was invented.
Inspired by recent family events, I decided to revisit my June 2006 research and go further back. The previous searches had stopped at David Melville’s grandfather: John Hodge
Thanks to Scotland’s People, the official government source of births, deaths, [...]

Meet David Melville Hodge. My Great-Great-Grandfather

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

After publishing details on my family history two years ago: the connections continue to increase.
Firstly, a connection to my Great-Great-Great Grandmother, Mary Milne was made in October 2007. Mary Milne is David Melville Hodge's mother.
Now, a relative in South Australia forwarded me this picture of my Great- Great- Grandfather: Mr David Melville Hodge.
More interestingly, a [...]

Meet Mary Milne, my Great- Great- Great- Grandmother

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Why blog your family history? Because it helps others out, and you find out more. Others doing searches for common ancestors will stumble on your site, and send emails.
The above photo is of one Mary Milne. She married a Melville Hodge in 1853 whilst on her way to South Australia. Her first son was my [...]

In a week of surreality

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

In a week of surreality, I learnt I am a MINI-me to a Nick Hodge in the UK and attended Ying Tong.
An email from my mother-in-law, who emigrated to Australia in the mid 1950s, connected more dots. And some family skeletons in the closet fell out.
Before jumping aboard the ship to Australia, she worked at [...]

In the Digital Generation Gap

Monday, February 19th, 2007

If you are not a parent or teacher with children between the ages of 5-15, you might want to read something else. I know how it gets when people talk about kids.
If you are a teacher or parent, welcome to the new internet generation gap.
An article published in the New York magazine, Say Everything, details [...]

Hodge and Wandel Clan Contributes to World Knowledge

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

The Hodge and Wandel Clan Contributes to World Knowledge ... thereby going a small way in balancing the force of knowledge use.
Liam and Avril, and some of the wider relatives in the SA clan took this photo of C/2006 P1 (alias "Comet McNaught(y)") whilst on holiday in South Australia.
In a not-so-typical hardware/farmer mashup: the old [...]

Hodge Family History

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Hodge Family History Research
As I gather data, I'll throw it here. It will also appear in search engines -- and we'll see what linkages and comments appear from all and sundry!
This data shows that Liam is a 6th generation Australian, on his father's side, and has roots into the Lutheran-German community now in South Australia. [...]