Thanks for the help I have always thought that Robert Hood b1823 had only the one wife Mary Ann Rose, but information I have been sent from Blandford shows a Mary Mathews hand written on two old family trees. The name is the only thing showing, and I sure can't find anything else to say he had been married twice. . As a side note I have noticed that a lot of woman didn't take 9 months like we do to have a baby must have been the long cold night that caused it. Again thanks for the information. Regards Arlene Mayall -------------------------------------------------- From: "Vanessa Marshall" <van.m@o2.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 3:08 PM To: <dorset@rootsweb.com>; <mayall@telusplanet.net> Subject: Re: [DOR] Robert Hood 1923 > Dear Arlene, > > I think you may be a generation out and Mary MATTHEW may be your G G > Grandmother. > (i.e the Mary who had your G Grandfather Robert b 1823), as there is the > following marriage: > > 22 December 1823 - Robert HOOD of Boldre to Mary MATTHEW at Blandford > Forum. > (Info: Dorset FHS via FMP) > > and (as Lyn has already quoted), the following baptism: > > Robert Hood > Christening: 31 DEC 1823 Blandford-Forum, , Dorset, England > Parents: > Father: Robert Hood > Mother: Mary > > It looks like they married just 9 days before their son was born! > > The 1851 census (which Lyn has already given you), shows that both Roberts > were watchmakers. > > Regards > > Vanessa > Dorset > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arlene" <mayall@telusplanet.net> > To: <dorset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:17 AM > Subject: [DOR] Robert Hood 1923 > > >>I am seeking information on Mary Matthews, I have been told in a couple of >>places that she was married to my g grandfather Robert Hood b. 1823 >> Blandford, Dorset. >> Robert was a watch maker. >> The only marriage I have found is his marriage to Mary Ann Rose in 1855 >> they had a 8 children one being my grandfather Edward Francis Hood >> b. 12 Oct 1865 Blandford, Dorset, England, d. 18 Feb 1957 In Winnipeg, >> Manitoba, Canada >> If anyone has any information on a Mary Matthews or of her marriage to >> Robert Hood please let me know, any information would be great, or if you >> can suggest place that I could look for information that would help as >> well >> Thanks Arlene Mayall >> Calgary, Alberta, Canada >> > >