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Harry Woodhouse Hodgkinson |
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Non-Chess Life
Harry Woodhouse Hodgkinson was born to Frederick Alexander Hodgkinson (born 1844/45, Plaistow, Essex) and Jane Hodgkinson (born 1846/47, Bow, London), who had at least the following six children:
The 1881 census found the two parents and eldest five children living with two servants at 10 [somewhere], West Hackney. Father Frederick was a shipping agent. Frederick, Thomas and Eliza were scholars.
The 1891 census found the two parents and all six children living with one servant at 43 Chatham Place, Hackney. Father Frederick was a ship and commission agent. Frederick junior was an engineer’s apprentice. Thomas was a commercial clerk. Harry and Patrick were scholars.
The 1901 census found the two parents and youngest five children living with Jane’s widowed sister, Agnes Monsell, at 43 Chatham Place, Hackney. Father Frederick was a ship and insurance agent. Thomas, Harry and Patrick were commercial clerks.
The marriage of Harry Woodhouse Hodgkinson to Amy Robinson (born 1881/82, West Ham) was registered in the second quarter of 1905, at West Ham, London. The couple had at least the following two children:
Our man’s father, Frederick Alexander Hodgkinson, was in business as a partner in the firm of Frederick A. Hodgkinson & Co., shipping, insurance and forwarding agents. Harry Woodhouse Hodgkinson became manager of a Bradford branch of the firm at 7 Charles Street, Bradford. Harry and Amy had evidently moved to Bradford by mid-1910.
The 1911 census found Harry and Amy living with the above two children at 6 Crofton Road, Heaton, Bradford. This remained our man’s home for the rest of his life.
Frederick Alexander Hodgkinson died on 15/10/1917, in London.
Harry Woodhouse Hodgkinson eventually retired from work in 1930.
Death
Harry Woodhouse Hodgkinson died on 07/01/1964 at Holme House, Holme Firth, near Huddersfield.
Chess
“H. W. Hodgkinson” played for Bradford in the Woodhouse Cup from 1911-12 (or before) to 1936-37 (or after), see, for instance, 1911-12 Woodhouse Cup, 1924-25 Woodhouse Cup, 1933-34 Woodhouse Cup, 1934-35 Woodhouse Cup, 1936-37 Woodhouse Cup, 1937-38 Woodhouse Cup, and 1938-39 Woodhouse Cup.
He represented Yorkshire over a period of time. See for instance the 1912 Lancashire v Yorkshire match, the 1932-33 Yorkshire v Cheshire match, the 1932-33 Yorkshire v Lancashire match, the 1933-34 Yorkshire v Lancashire match, the 1934-35 Northumberland v Yorkshire match, 1934-35 Lancashire v Yorkshire match, the 1935-36 Yorkshire v Durham match, the 1935-36 Yorkshire v Lancashire match, the 1937-38 Yorkshire v Cheshire match, the 1937-38 Lancashire v Yorkshire match, and the 1938-39 Lancashire v Yorkshire match.
He was at times team captain and president of Bradford chess club and was a sometime Bradford club champion.
He was a vice-president of the Yorkshire Chess Association in (at least) 1945-46 and 1948-49.
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Created 10/01/2014 |
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Last Updated 10/01/2014 |