Dear Hodge Group: Having just gotten the 1880 census, I FINALLY have a first name for Mr. HODGE who was married to Susan Gray Hodge. The 1880 census has them in DeKalb County, Illinois with the following information. James A. HODGE self M M W 75 born Vt. Retired Merchant Father CT. Mother VT. Susan HODGE wife F M W 53 born VT. Keeping House father VT. Mother MA Flora HODGE Dau F S W 16 born Indiana At school father PA. Mother France (Flora and her brother are adopted when both of her parents die, leaving a number of children to be taken in in DeKalb County. She is very young when the Hodges take her in and she is treated as their own child (they never had any) and leave the farm to her and her children. Lucy GRAY MotherL F W W 82 born MA. Susan's widowed mother, father MA. mother MA. Can anyone tell me more about this family? Does anyone know where they come from in Vermont? Who their people are, connections to the Gray's in Ma? Anything will help. If my g-grandmother is adopted, do I still get to claim HODGE linkages? Thanks for any help. Cheers, Julie Rice

"once a Hodge always a Hodge..absolutely you're part of the family"..that's what my father in law told me when I married into the family. So if marriage does it adoption four generations back does it as well. EdJulieR@aol.com wrote: > Dear Hodge Group: > Having just gotten the 1880 census, I FINALLY have a first name for Mr. > HODGE who was married to Susan Gray Hodge. The 1880 census has them in > DeKalb County, Illinois with the following information. > > James A. HODGE self M M W 75 born Vt. > Retired Merchant Father CT. Mother VT. > Susan HODGE wife F M W 53 born VT. > Keeping House father VT. Mother MA > Flora HODGE Dau F S W 16 born Indiana > At school father PA. Mother France (Flora and her brother are > adopted when both of her parents die, leaving a number of children to be > taken in in DeKalb County. She is very young when the Hodges take her in and > she is treated as their own child (they never had any) and leave the farm to > her and her children. > Lucy GRAY MotherL F W W 82 born MA. > Susan's widowed mother, father MA. mother MA. > Can anyone tell me more about this family? Does anyone know where they > come from in Vermont? Who their people are, connections to the Gray's in Ma? > Anything will help. If my g-grandmother is adopted, do I still get to claim > HODGE linkages? Thanks for any help. > Cheers, Julie Rice > > ==== HODGE Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy13@home.com Listmanager > HELP GET THE CENSUS ON THE INTERNET. VOLUNTEER TO TRANSCRIBE CENSUS FOR THE USGENWEB PROJECT http://www.usgenweb.org/census > Thou shalt not use e-mail for any illegal or unethical purpose. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp