Hodges & Sons - Cooking Appartus; The Industries of Dublin. Historical, statistical, biographical. An account of the leading business men, commercial interests, wealth and growth, 1887
Hodges Family of Blackrock Lodge
Founded in 1780 Hodges & Sons of Westmoreland Street and Aston’s Quay were one of the oldest
established firms in the manufacturing and house furnishing ironmongery and were appointed
manufacturers to Her Majesty the Queen.
John Hodges an Ironmonger of Monkstown son of George Hodges of Montpelier Parade, Monkstown
married Jessica Charlotte Reside of Glenageary 2nd daughter of James Reside of Gowrie, Glenageary in
1861 and had 12 children. John was Churchwarden of the Bethel Church, Kingstown. Harry Hodges
brother of John married Louisa Grace Cranfield, daughter of Thomas Cranfield of Airfield in 1862. The
family lived at Blackrock Lodge from 1874 to 1882.
John Hodges married 10.04.1861 Jessica Charlotte Reside
born 16.06.1838 Monkstown Parish Church born circa 1841
Great Brunswick Street Dublin
died 26.09.1895 (57) died 04.02.1931 (90)
at Strathaley at 2 Victoria Avenue
Eglington Road, Donnybrook Donnybrook
buried Mount Jerome buried Mount Jerome
1 Jessie Hodges born 29.01.1863 at 8 Grosvenor Terrace, Monkstown. Jessie a trained nurse
lived in Dorset in 1901. By 1911 she was living in Derbyshire. In the 1939 Register she was at
St Mary’s Convent, Tooting Bec Gardens, Streatham, Lambeth, Wandsworth. She died in 1942
at Battersea, London.
2 George Hodges born 19.05.1864 at Dunluce, Glenageary and died 04.01.1869 aged 4 years and
7 months at Dunluce.
3 John Malcolm Hodges born 13.09.1865 at Dunluce, Glenageary infant son died 03.04.1866 aged
6 months at Dunluce.
4 Ianthe Hodges born 10.12.1866 at Dunluce, Glenageary and died unmarried on 22.03.1959 of
Rosemary Cottages, Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
5 Herbert Mitchell Hodges born 16.10.1868 at Dunluce, Glenageary. Herbert a Ironmongery
Salesman of Lower Beechwood Avenue married Annie Sophie Leechman of 22 Rockwood Road,
Upper Norwood daughter of Isaac Leechman on 15.07.1903 at St Margaret’s Church, Norwood.
By 1911 they were living at 93 Loraine Mansions, Widdenham Road, Holloway.
6 Leonard Maddison Hodges born 15.05.1870 at Dunluce, Glenageary present at the death of his
mother. Leonard married Mabel Ellen Farmer daughter of John Farmer on 02.11.1904 at Christ
Church, Leeson Park. Witnesses: Jessica C Hodges and Edward J Farmer. By 1911 they were living
at 4 Mount Temple Terrace.
1 Jessica Mabel Hodges born 07.08.1907 at Dunluce, Sandford Road.
7 Florence Mabel Hodges born 29.11.1871 at Dunluce, Glenageary.
8 Eleanor Miriam Hodges born 15.04.1873 at Dunluce, Glenageary present at the death of her
father in 1895. Eleanor died unmarried on 14.12.1938 at 7 Knaresborough Place, Kensington.
Probate to her sister Florence.
9 Agatha Hodges born 07.06.1875 at Blackrock Lodge died 03.09.1875 aged 2 months and 19 days
at Blackrock Lodge.
10 Arthur Keith Hodges born 15.09.1876 at Blackrock Lodge and living with his family at 37.1 Lower
Beechwood Avenue, Dublin in 1911. Arthur of 2 Victoria Avenue, Donnybrook married Eva
Hannah Hanly of Rathmore, Naas daughter of John Hanly on 24.02.1914 at Rathmore Parish
Church. Witnesses: Frederick and Nora Hanly. Arthur died on 28.11.1947 aged 72 years at 19
Dartry Road.
11 Douglas Reside Hodges born 25.10.1877 at Blackrock Lodge. Douglas an Insurance Clerk of 37
Lower Beechwood Avenue married May Victoria Jane Casson of 25 Clyde Road daughter of
George Wellington Casson, a Wine Merchant on 28.01.1907 at St Bartholomew’s Parish Church,
Dublin. Witnesses: G W Casson & Athelstone G Wolseley. Douglas of 28 Breakspear Avenue, St
Albans, Hertfordshire was last seen on 02.01.1965 and his body found on 06.01.1965. Probate
to his daughter Aldyth.
1 Margery Doreen Hodges born 03.12.1907 at Delamere, Oaklands Park, Dublin.
2 Aldyth Hodges born 10.07.1915 at 34 Oaklands Park, Dublin. Aldyth married Ronald G
Tibbetts in 1940 at St Albans.
12 Ruth Agnes Hodges born 10.05.1879 at Blackrock Lodge living with her family at 37.1 Lower
Beechwood Avenue, Dublin in 1911. Ruth died unmarried on 16.05.1966 of 32 Browning Road,
Worthing. Probate to Mrs Gertrude Ross
© June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2021
Founded in 1780 Hodges & Sons of Westmoreland Street and Aston’s Quay were one of the oldest
established firms in the manufacturing and house furnishing ironmongery and were appointed
manufacturers to Her Majesty the Queen.
John Hodges an Ironmonger of Monkstown son of George Hodges of Montpelier Parade, Monkstown
married Jessica Charlotte Reside of Glenageary 2nd daughter of James Reside of Gowrie, Glenageary in
1861 and had 12 children. John was Churchwarden of the Bethel Church, Kingstown. Harry Hodges
brother of John married Louisa Grace Cranfield, daughter of Thomas Cranfield of Airfield in 1862. The
family lived at Blackrock Lodge from 1874 to 1882.
John Hodges married 10.04.1861 Jessica Charlotte Reside
born 16.06.1838 Monkstown Parish Church born circa 1841
Great Brunswick Street Dublin
died 26.09.1895 (57) died 04.02.1931 (90)
at Strathaley at 2 Victoria Avenue
Eglington Road, Donnybrook Donnybrook
buried Mount Jerome buried Mount Jerome
1 Jessie Hodges born 29.01.1863 at 8 Grosvenor Terrace, Monkstown. Jessie a trained nurse
lived in Dorset in 1901. By 1911 she was living in Derbyshire. In the 1939 Register she was at
St Mary’s Convent, Tooting Bec Gardens, Streatham, Lambeth, Wandsworth. She died in 1942
at Battersea, London.
2 George Hodges born 19.05.1864 at Dunluce, Glenageary and died 04.01.1869 aged 4 years and
7 months at Dunluce.
3 John Malcolm Hodges born 13.09.1865 at Dunluce, Glenageary infant son died 03.04.1866 aged
6 months at Dunluce.
4 Ianthe Hodges born 10.12.1866 at Dunluce, Glenageary and died unmarried on 22.03.1959 of
Rosemary Cottages, Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
5 Herbert Mitchell Hodges born 16.10.1868 at Dunluce, Glenageary. Herbert a Ironmongery
Salesman of Lower Beechwood Avenue married Annie Sophie Leechman of 22 Rockwood Road,
Upper Norwood daughter of Isaac Leechman on 15.07.1903 at St Margaret’s Church, Norwood.
By 1911 they were living at 93 Loraine Mansions, Widdenham Road, Holloway.
6 Leonard Maddison Hodges born 15.05.1870 at Dunluce, Glenageary present at the death of his
mother. Leonard married Mabel Ellen Farmer daughter of John Farmer on 02.11.1904 at Christ
Church, Leeson Park. Witnesses: Jessica C Hodges and Edward J Farmer. By 1911 they were living
at 4 Mount Temple Terrace.
1 Jessica Mabel Hodges born 07.08.1907 at Dunluce, Sandford Road.
7 Florence Mabel Hodges born 29.11.1871 at Dunluce, Glenageary.
8 Eleanor Miriam Hodges born 15.04.1873 at Dunluce, Glenageary present at the death of her
father in 1895. Eleanor died unmarried on 14.12.1938 at 7 Knaresborough Place, Kensington.
Probate to her sister Florence.
9 Agatha Hodges born 07.06.1875 at Blackrock Lodge died 03.09.1875 aged 2 months and 19 days
at Blackrock Lodge.
10 Arthur Keith Hodges born 15.09.1876 at Blackrock Lodge and living with his family at 37.1 Lower
Beechwood Avenue, Dublin in 1911. Arthur of 2 Victoria Avenue, Donnybrook married Eva
Hannah Hanly of Rathmore, Naas daughter of John Hanly on 24.02.1914 at Rathmore Parish
Church. Witnesses: Frederick and Nora Hanly. Arthur died on 28.11.1947 aged 72 years at 19
Dartry Road.
11 Douglas Reside Hodges born 25.10.1877 at Blackrock Lodge. Douglas an Insurance Clerk of 37
Lower Beechwood Avenue married May Victoria Jane Casson of 25 Clyde Road daughter of
George Wellington Casson, a Wine Merchant on 28.01.1907 at St Bartholomew’s Parish Church,
Dublin. Witnesses: G W Casson & Athelstone G Wolseley. Douglas of 28 Breakspear Avenue, St
Albans, Hertfordshire was last seen on 02.01.1965 and his body found on 06.01.1965. Probate
to his daughter Aldyth.
1 Margery Doreen Hodges born 03.12.1907 at Delamere, Oaklands Park, Dublin.
2 Aldyth Hodges born 10.07.1915 at 34 Oaklands Park, Dublin. Aldyth married Ronald G
Tibbetts in 1940 at St Albans.
12 Ruth Agnes Hodges born 10.05.1879 at Blackrock Lodge living with her family at 37.1 Lower
Beechwood Avenue, Dublin in 1911. Ruth died unmarried on 16.05.1966 of 32 Browning Road,
Worthing. Probate to Mrs Gertrude Ross
© June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2021