Joseph "Running Joe" Hodgins

1864 - 1944  (79 years)

• Name	Joseph "Running Joe" Hodgins
  Nickname	Running Joe
  Birth	14 Apr 1864	Lucan, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jan 1944	Merville, Vancouver Island, BC
  Burial	St. Andrews, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC
  Person ID	I183788	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	"Long" John Hodgins,   b. 23 Aug 1835, Lucan, Ontario d. 26 Aug 1907, Biddulph, Ontario (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Isabella Sceli,   b. Sep 1839, Biddulph, Ontario d. 2 Dec 1904, Biddulph, Ontario (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1860
  Family ID	F73824	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Anna Davis,   b. 20 Jun 1880, Iowa, USA d. 7 Oct 1964 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1897	Cedar County, Nebraska
  Children	1. Catherine Isabella Hodgins,   b. 7 Sep 1899, Cedar County, Nebraska d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Albert Hodgins,   b. 25 Sep 1901, Ardrossan, Alberta   3. Edward Hodgins,   b. 4 Mar 1903, Ardrossan, Alberta d. 11 Dec 1924, Vancouver Island, BC (Age 21 years)   4. Wellington Roosevelt "Slim" Hodgins,   b. 10 Dec 1904, Ardrossan, Alberta d. Powell River, BC   5. Herbert Gerald Hodgins,   b. 25 Feb 1906, Ardrossan, Alberta d. 15 Dec 1959 (Age 53 years)   6. Lester Hodgins,   b. 8 Mar 1908, Agricola, Alberta   7. Wesley Hodgins,   b. 6 Mar 1911, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC d. May 1911, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC (Age 0 years)   8. Stanley Hodgins,   b. 10 Dec 1912, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC   9. Margaret Edna Hodgins,   b. 21 Dec 1914, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC   10. Charles Joseph Hodgins   11. Walter William Hodgins   12. Cyril Douglas Hodgins,   b. 11 May 1920, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC d. 13 Apr 1941, Vancouver Island, BC (Age 20 years)   13. Ernest Alvin Hodgins
  Family ID	F74060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Home in Merville struck bylightning and burned to ground in 1940. Family was the only one to preserve their home during the forest fire of 1922. In 1921 moved to Merville, in the Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, BC. Moved to Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC, in 1910. In 1901 he moved near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, with brother Tom. Settled and married in Nebraska, but after a prarie fire in 1899 he returned to Ontario with wife and child. Named "Running Joe" because he ran away from home at age 13 and 16. Disliked school.