John Hodgson was born 23 Feb 1847 in Montreal, Canada, son of John Hodgson, also born in Canada and mother unknown. He was a photographer, married to Inga Hodgson.
We have the following newspaper article about John Hodgson [bracketed information was inserted]:
"Omaha Daily News, South Omaha Edition, Friday 24 Jul 1914, Front Page:
HODGSON A PHOTOGRAPHER AMONG INDIAN TRIBES
Left Canada Fifty Years Ago -- To Return This Fall -- Omaha Exposition Photographer
NEVER SAW HIS MOTHER
John Hodgson never knew the kindness and the sympathy of a mother. She died when he was a baby. Four years later he was orphaned by the death of his father. The nearest to parents that he ever knew was his grandfather and grandmother on his father's side. They reared and educated John after the death of his parents.
Mr. Hodgson was born in Montreal, Can. in 1847. His grandparents sent him through the common schools and then to Molson's college in Montreal [there is a reference online to the founding of Thomas Molson College in 1857]. At 17 [c. 1864] John refused to attend school any longer and engaged in the photographing business with a relative. He later went among the Indian tribes making photographs.
He left Canada when he was 21 [c. 1868] and went to Boston, where he was a bookkeeper for fourteen years [c. 1882]. Then he went to Chicago as an expert bookkeeper. [A John Hodgson appears in Boston in the 1870 US Census(age 23, white, male, occupation: clerk in store, born in Canada, parents foreign born), but we have not found a match in the 1880 census in Boston or Chicago]
The love of photography came back and he followed the line of photoviewing for ten years [c. 1888 to 1898] in Chicago. [During this period it appears that he may have worked for the Hartley Studio, 309 W. Madison in Chicago, and may have worked for himself or others as well. We believe the family lived at 465 Forest Ave.]
One afternoon in 1898 he received a wire from Rinehart of Omaha asking for an expert photographer for the Transmississippi exposition work, of which he was the official photographer. The message came at 4:00 p.m. and at 6 p.m. the same day Hodgson was on a train for Omaha.
He did much of the most artistic work done by Rinehart for nearly three years [c. 1898 to 1901] and helped Rinehart to gain a national reputation.
Tiring of this work, Mr. Hodgson bought the LeGrand studio in South Omaha and has operated it since.
It is now fifty years [46 years?] since Mr. Hodgson left Canada. He lost all trace of his relatives, but less than a year ago a desire came to him to know something concerning his antecedents and relatives in Canada. He did not know the name or address of a single one, so he addressed a letter to the chief of police of Montreal, making inquiries concerning the Hodgson family.
A portion of this letter was printed in one of the big daily papers of Montreal and now Hodgson is getting letters from relatives in all parts of the Dominion of Canada. He is preparing to take a trip there this fall.
Mr. Hodgson's family consists of his wife and six children, three boys and three girls. Two are married and living on ranches in the state."
John Hodgson married Inga Jacobina Sorenson on July 28, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. They had six children:
Inga L. Hodgson (1887-1973), married Ray Sterling Whitaker
John Gustav Hodgson (1889-1956), married Mamie Esther Whitaker
Frances E. Hodgson (1892-1963), married Allen E. Jones
Ruth Clara Hodgson (1895-1980), married Ernest C. Harvey
William Henry Hodgson (1900-1966), married Saphrona Anderson
Richard A. Hodgson (1905-1993), married (1) Diantha Faulkner, (2) Mary Todd Bailey
John Hodgson first appears in the Omaha City Directory in 1900, living at 4510 Seward. He is listed at that address in 1900, 1902 and 1903. He is not listed in the directory in 1901. There is a photo of John Hodgson and two of his children (Ruth Clara and William), and another of Inga Sorensen Hodgson with five of their children (Inga, John, Frances, Ruth Clara and William), from a studio in Dennison, Iowa which may have been taken around 1901.
John Hodgson appears in the South Omaha City Directory in 1904 at 505 N. 24th, and continues there until 1913. In 1914 and 1915 the address is 612 N. 24th. In 1916, South Omaha was annexed by Omaha and the address became 4626 S. 24th. John Hodgson appears at that address in 1917 and 1918. In 1919 there is no directory. In 1920, there is an entry showing that John G. Hodgson (son) moved to Scottsbluff.
John Hodgson died in Scottsbluff, Nebraska September 12, 1920 age 73 years 6 months and 20 days, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff.
We have the following newspaper article about John Hodgson [bracketed information was inserted]:
"Omaha Daily News, South Omaha Edition, Friday 24 Jul 1914, Front Page:
HODGSON A PHOTOGRAPHER AMONG INDIAN TRIBES
Left Canada Fifty Years Ago -- To Return This Fall -- Omaha Exposition Photographer
NEVER SAW HIS MOTHER
John Hodgson never knew the kindness and the sympathy of a mother. She died when he was a baby. Four years later he was orphaned by the death of his father. The nearest to parents that he ever knew was his grandfather and grandmother on his father's side. They reared and educated John after the death of his parents.
Mr. Hodgson was born in Montreal, Can. in 1847. His grandparents sent him through the common schools and then to Molson's college in Montreal [there is a reference online to the founding of Thomas Molson College in 1857]. At 17 [c. 1864] John refused to attend school any longer and engaged in the photographing business with a relative. He later went among the Indian tribes making photographs.
He left Canada when he was 21 [c. 1868] and went to Boston, where he was a bookkeeper for fourteen years [c. 1882]. Then he went to Chicago as an expert bookkeeper. [A John Hodgson appears in Boston in the 1870 US Census(age 23, white, male, occupation: clerk in store, born in Canada, parents foreign born), but we have not found a match in the 1880 census in Boston or Chicago]
The love of photography came back and he followed the line of photoviewing for ten years [c. 1888 to 1898] in Chicago. [During this period it appears that he may have worked for the Hartley Studio, 309 W. Madison in Chicago, and may have worked for himself or others as well. We believe the family lived at 465 Forest Ave.]
One afternoon in 1898 he received a wire from Rinehart of Omaha asking for an expert photographer for the Transmississippi exposition work, of which he was the official photographer. The message came at 4:00 p.m. and at 6 p.m. the same day Hodgson was on a train for Omaha.
He did much of the most artistic work done by Rinehart for nearly three years [c. 1898 to 1901] and helped Rinehart to gain a national reputation.
Tiring of this work, Mr. Hodgson bought the LeGrand studio in South Omaha and has operated it since.
It is now fifty years [46 years?] since Mr. Hodgson left Canada. He lost all trace of his relatives, but less than a year ago a desire came to him to know something concerning his antecedents and relatives in Canada. He did not know the name or address of a single one, so he addressed a letter to the chief of police of Montreal, making inquiries concerning the Hodgson family.
A portion of this letter was printed in one of the big daily papers of Montreal and now Hodgson is getting letters from relatives in all parts of the Dominion of Canada. He is preparing to take a trip there this fall.
Mr. Hodgson's family consists of his wife and six children, three boys and three girls. Two are married and living on ranches in the state."
John Hodgson married Inga Jacobina Sorenson on July 28, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. They had six children:
Inga L. Hodgson (1887-1973), married Ray Sterling Whitaker
John Gustav Hodgson (1889-1956), married Mamie Esther Whitaker
Frances E. Hodgson (1892-1963), married Allen E. Jones
Ruth Clara Hodgson (1895-1980), married Ernest C. Harvey
William Henry Hodgson (1900-1966), married Saphrona Anderson
Richard A. Hodgson (1905-1993), married (1) Diantha Faulkner, (2) Mary Todd Bailey
John Hodgson first appears in the Omaha City Directory in 1900, living at 4510 Seward. He is listed at that address in 1900, 1902 and 1903. He is not listed in the directory in 1901. There is a photo of John Hodgson and two of his children (Ruth Clara and William), and another of Inga Sorensen Hodgson with five of their children (Inga, John, Frances, Ruth Clara and William), from a studio in Dennison, Iowa which may have been taken around 1901.
John Hodgson appears in the South Omaha City Directory in 1904 at 505 N. 24th, and continues there until 1913. In 1914 and 1915 the address is 612 N. 24th. In 1916, South Omaha was annexed by Omaha and the address became 4626 S. 24th. John Hodgson appears at that address in 1917 and 1918. In 1919 there is no directory. In 1920, there is an entry showing that John G. Hodgson (son) moved to Scottsbluff.
John Hodgson died in Scottsbluff, Nebraska September 12, 1920 age 73 years 6 months and 20 days, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff.
John Hodgson was born 23 Feb 1847 in Montreal, Canada, son of John Hodgson, also born in Canada and mother unknown. He was a photographer, married to Inga Hodgson.
We have the following newspaper article about John Hodgson [bracketed information was inserted]:
"Omaha Daily News, South Omaha Edition, Friday 24 Jul 1914, Front Page:
HODGSON A PHOTOGRAPHER AMONG INDIAN TRIBES
Left Canada Fifty Years Ago -- To Return This Fall -- Omaha Exposition Photographer
NEVER SAW HIS MOTHER
John Hodgson never knew the kindness and the sympathy of a mother. She died when he was a baby. Four years later he was orphaned by the death of his father. The nearest to parents that he ever knew was his grandfather and grandmother on his father's side. They reared and educated John after the death of his parents.
Mr. Hodgson was born in Montreal, Can. in 1847. His grandparents sent him through the common schools and then to Molson's college in Montreal [there is a reference online to the founding of Thomas Molson College in 1857]. At 17 [c. 1864] John refused to attend school any longer and engaged in the photographing business with a relative. He later went among the Indian tribes making photographs.
He left Canada when he was 21 [c. 1868] and went to Boston, where he was a bookkeeper for fourteen years [c. 1882]. Then he went to Chicago as an expert bookkeeper. [A John Hodgson appears in Boston in the 1870 US Census(age 23, white, male, occupation: clerk in store, born in Canada, parents foreign born), but we have not found a match in the 1880 census in Boston or Chicago]
The love of photography came back and he followed the line of photoviewing for ten years [c. 1888 to 1898] in Chicago. [During this period it appears that he may have worked for the Hartley Studio, 309 W. Madison in Chicago, and may have worked for himself or others as well. We believe the family lived at 465 Forest Ave.]
One afternoon in 1898 he received a wire from Rinehart of Omaha asking for an expert photographer for the Transmississippi exposition work, of which he was the official photographer. The message came at 4:00 p.m. and at 6 p.m. the same day Hodgson was on a train for Omaha.
He did much of the most artistic work done by Rinehart for nearly three years [c. 1898 to 1901] and helped Rinehart to gain a national reputation.
Tiring of this work, Mr. Hodgson bought the LeGrand studio in South Omaha and has operated it since.
It is now fifty years [46 years?] since Mr. Hodgson left Canada. He lost all trace of his relatives, but less than a year ago a desire came to him to know something concerning his antecedents and relatives in Canada. He did not know the name or address of a single one, so he addressed a letter to the chief of police of Montreal, making inquiries concerning the Hodgson family.
A portion of this letter was printed in one of the big daily papers of Montreal and now Hodgson is getting letters from relatives in all parts of the Dominion of Canada. He is preparing to take a trip there this fall.
Mr. Hodgson's family consists of his wife and six children, three boys and three girls. Two are married and living on ranches in the state."
John Hodgson married Inga Jacobina Sorenson on July 28, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. They had six children:
Inga L. Hodgson (1887-1973), married Ray Sterling Whitaker
John Gustav Hodgson (1889-1956), married Mamie Esther Whitaker
Frances E. Hodgson (1892-1963), married Allen E. Jones
Ruth Clara Hodgson (1895-1980), married Ernest C. Harvey
William Henry Hodgson (1900-1966), married Saphrona Anderson
Richard A. Hodgson (1905-1993), married (1) Diantha Faulkner, (2) Mary Todd Bailey
John Hodgson first appears in the Omaha City Directory in 1900, living at 4510 Seward. He is listed at that address in 1900, 1902 and 1903. He is not listed in the directory in 1901. There is a photo of John Hodgson and two of his children (Ruth Clara and William), and another of Inga Sorensen Hodgson with five of their children (Inga, John, Frances, Ruth Clara and William), from a studio in Dennison, Iowa which may have been taken around 1901.
John Hodgson appears in the South Omaha City Directory in 1904 at 505 N. 24th, and continues there until 1913. In 1914 and 1915 the address is 612 N. 24th. In 1916, South Omaha was annexed by Omaha and the address became 4626 S. 24th. John Hodgson appears at that address in 1917 and 1918. In 1919 there is no directory. In 1920, there is an entry showing that John G. Hodgson (son) moved to Scottsbluff.
John Hodgson died in Scottsbluff, Nebraska September 12, 1920 age 73 years 6 months and 20 days, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff.
We have the following newspaper article about John Hodgson [bracketed information was inserted]:
"Omaha Daily News, South Omaha Edition, Friday 24 Jul 1914, Front Page:
HODGSON A PHOTOGRAPHER AMONG INDIAN TRIBES
Left Canada Fifty Years Ago -- To Return This Fall -- Omaha Exposition Photographer
NEVER SAW HIS MOTHER
John Hodgson never knew the kindness and the sympathy of a mother. She died when he was a baby. Four years later he was orphaned by the death of his father. The nearest to parents that he ever knew was his grandfather and grandmother on his father's side. They reared and educated John after the death of his parents.
Mr. Hodgson was born in Montreal, Can. in 1847. His grandparents sent him through the common schools and then to Molson's college in Montreal [there is a reference online to the founding of Thomas Molson College in 1857]. At 17 [c. 1864] John refused to attend school any longer and engaged in the photographing business with a relative. He later went among the Indian tribes making photographs.
He left Canada when he was 21 [c. 1868] and went to Boston, where he was a bookkeeper for fourteen years [c. 1882]. Then he went to Chicago as an expert bookkeeper. [A John Hodgson appears in Boston in the 1870 US Census(age 23, white, male, occupation: clerk in store, born in Canada, parents foreign born), but we have not found a match in the 1880 census in Boston or Chicago]
The love of photography came back and he followed the line of photoviewing for ten years [c. 1888 to 1898] in Chicago. [During this period it appears that he may have worked for the Hartley Studio, 309 W. Madison in Chicago, and may have worked for himself or others as well. We believe the family lived at 465 Forest Ave.]
One afternoon in 1898 he received a wire from Rinehart of Omaha asking for an expert photographer for the Transmississippi exposition work, of which he was the official photographer. The message came at 4:00 p.m. and at 6 p.m. the same day Hodgson was on a train for Omaha.
He did much of the most artistic work done by Rinehart for nearly three years [c. 1898 to 1901] and helped Rinehart to gain a national reputation.
Tiring of this work, Mr. Hodgson bought the LeGrand studio in South Omaha and has operated it since.
It is now fifty years [46 years?] since Mr. Hodgson left Canada. He lost all trace of his relatives, but less than a year ago a desire came to him to know something concerning his antecedents and relatives in Canada. He did not know the name or address of a single one, so he addressed a letter to the chief of police of Montreal, making inquiries concerning the Hodgson family.
A portion of this letter was printed in one of the big daily papers of Montreal and now Hodgson is getting letters from relatives in all parts of the Dominion of Canada. He is preparing to take a trip there this fall.
Mr. Hodgson's family consists of his wife and six children, three boys and three girls. Two are married and living on ranches in the state."
John Hodgson married Inga Jacobina Sorenson on July 28, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. They had six children:
Inga L. Hodgson (1887-1973), married Ray Sterling Whitaker
John Gustav Hodgson (1889-1956), married Mamie Esther Whitaker
Frances E. Hodgson (1892-1963), married Allen E. Jones
Ruth Clara Hodgson (1895-1980), married Ernest C. Harvey
William Henry Hodgson (1900-1966), married Saphrona Anderson
Richard A. Hodgson (1905-1993), married (1) Diantha Faulkner, (2) Mary Todd Bailey
John Hodgson first appears in the Omaha City Directory in 1900, living at 4510 Seward. He is listed at that address in 1900, 1902 and 1903. He is not listed in the directory in 1901. There is a photo of John Hodgson and two of his children (Ruth Clara and William), and another of Inga Sorensen Hodgson with five of their children (Inga, John, Frances, Ruth Clara and William), from a studio in Dennison, Iowa which may have been taken around 1901.
John Hodgson appears in the South Omaha City Directory in 1904 at 505 N. 24th, and continues there until 1913. In 1914 and 1915 the address is 612 N. 24th. In 1916, South Omaha was annexed by Omaha and the address became 4626 S. 24th. John Hodgson appears at that address in 1917 and 1918. In 1919 there is no directory. In 1920, there is an entry showing that John G. Hodgson (son) moved to Scottsbluff.
John Hodgson died in Scottsbluff, Nebraska September 12, 1920 age 73 years 6 months and 20 days, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff.
