Elizabeth "Bess" Hodges

1824 - 1899  (75 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Bess" Hodges
  Nickname	Bess
  Birth	1 Jun 1824	Shepton Mallet, Mendip District, Somerset, England
  Gender	Female
  Name	Bess Hodges
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  Burial	1899	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Death	30 Nov 1899	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Born in 1824 at Shepton Mallet in Somerset, England, Elizabeth's parents were Joseph Hodges (1795-1869) and Maria Lewis (1800-1854). Her father ran a boot and shoe making business in Shepton Mallet that employed eight journeymen and six apprentices in 1851. "Bess" married James W. Manning on Christmas day in 1848 at Shepton Mallet. They made their home across the Bristol Channel in Cardiff, Wales where James was already working as a tailor. Their seven eldest children were born at Cardiff and nearby Briton Ferry. Immigrating to Canada in 1862, the Manning family resided first in Montr?al, moving in 1865 to St. Andrews East, Qu?bec, then to Almonte, Ontario in 1869. Their youngest daughter, Laura was born at St. Andrews East, a small town on the Rivi?re du Nord, about five kms upstream from the Ottawa River. After her husband's death in 1891, Bess lived with her daughter Laura (Manning) Amos in Exeter, ON for about eight years. When Laura died at 33 of tuberculosis, Bess moved back to Almonte in late Sept. 1899, to reside at the home of her daughter Elizabeth (Manning) Smith. But she was in poor health. Bess spent her remaining days with her two daughters Elizabeth and Lily caring for her, surrounded by her Smith grandchildren, and in a familiar town of old friends and fond memories. She died at the Smith family home, aged 75 yrs and 6 months, one month shy of the new millennium. Brief bio by M. S. Manning, Elizabeth's 2G-grandson.
  Person ID	I42421	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family	Rev. James William Manning,   b. 27 Apr 1825, Bridgewater, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England d. 28 Dec 1891, Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1848	Shepton Mallet, Mendip District, Somerset, England
  Children	1. Lillian Lewis "Lily" Manning,   b. 15 Oct 1861, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales d. 13 May 1943, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F15030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023

  
  

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  Burial - 1899 - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 30 Nov 1899 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth