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Hood/Noble Family Photos

George Hood (1796-1881) came over from Ireland and settled in the Magaguadavic area around 1820. He first married Sarah McKee (1812-1838) then Frances Blaney (1821-1891).

Top: Brownie camera photo of the family of George Hood (1847-1925), son of George and Frances Hood, and Isabel Noble, believed taken in 1905 before daughter Frances (1883-1961) and her brother, Walter (1879-1946) left for Eureka, California.

Bottom left: Brownie camera photo of Albert Noble Hood (1891-1959) and son Gordon (1924-1990) in 1926. Albert Noble Hood was married to Alice Hamilton (1894-1978).

Bottom right: Frances Eva Hood (1883-1961) , daughter of George Hood and Isabel Noble, taken during her 1905-1908 stay in California where she taught school.

Sources: Doreen Messer Warren, Ardell Ramage (from Frances Eva (Hood) Little)

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