William Hood

1799 - 1874  (74 years)

• Name	William Hood
  Birth	6 Jul 1799	Calton Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	61915530
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61915530
  Occupation	School Master
  		Lanark County Common School Report 1827
  _UID	2066275325284731932304049C6CE072DDE5
  Death	28 Feb 1874	Hood's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	William Hood was the son of James Hood (#51456319)and his first wife Elizabeth Jones. James Hood is buried at Creemore Cemetery, Simcoe County, Ontario. William's mother, Elizabeth Jones, died when William was a young child, and so his father eventually remarried. William left from Greenock, Scotland with his family on July 4, 1820 and sailed on the Prompt for Canada. It has been said that he met his future wife, Martha Park, on board this ship and that theirs was a shipboard romance, but there is no documentation to support that Martha came to Canada at the same time. That first winter at Dalhousie Township, the school teacher hired and brought over by the name of George Richmond, died when a tree fell on him. He was the first death in the Dalhousie settlement ("The Lanark Society Settlers" by Carol Bennett p. 16). This is probably the teaching position that William Hood took over. It has been said that William had had two years of college before emigrating to Canada. The school house was located at an intersection called Hood's Corner. The school is still standing today, but is a private residence. The Common School Report for 1827 (From the Journal of Assembly of Upper Canada - 1928) shows that William Hood was one of six teachers in Dalhousie Township. William Hood had 12 boys and 10 girls in his classroom. The soil in Dalhousie Township was quite rocky, causing many of the original emigrants, and many of the first generation children, to relocate to western Ontario where the soil was better. William and Martha did not leave, probably because William had his teaching pay (whatever he could collect in money or other things such as food) besides his farm to supplement his income. On the Canadian 1871 Census, William and Martha are age 71 and are living with their son John and his family. John and his family are still living in Lanark County, Ontario at this time.
  Burial	Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Watson's Corner, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I5003	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	James Hood,   b. 6 Apr 1776, Calton Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 30 Jul 1859, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jones,   b. Abt 1777, Scotland d. Abt 1803, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1798	Glasgow (Barony), Glasgow City, Scotland
  Family ID	F7311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Park,   b. 1799, Cambuslang, Cambuslang Parish, South Lanark, Lanark, Scotland d. 21 Jan 1880, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Children	+ 1. Marion Park "May" Hood,   b. 5 Apr 1826, Hood's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Jan 1906, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years) + 2. James Graham Hood,   b. 4 Feb 1828, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Apr 1910, Brant Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)   3. Elizabeth Jones Hood,   b. 1 May 1830, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Nov 1894, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) + 4. Martha Park Hood,   b. 29 Feb 1832, Hood's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Feb 1913, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years) + 5. William Hood,   b. 5 Aug 1834, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Apr 1922, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)   6. Margaret Hood,   b. Abt 1835, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Apr 1917, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 82 years) + 7. Andrew Hood,   b. 15 Nov 1837   d. 5 Sep 1924 (Age 86 years) + 8. John Hood,   b. Abt 1841, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Oct 1886, Huntsville, Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 45 years)   9. Gemmill A. Hood,   b. Abt 1843, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1863, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 20 years)   10. David Park "Dave" Hood,   b. 13 Apr 1846   d. 9 Nov 1913 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F1553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Lanark County Common School Report 1827