Pioneer Plaque for James
and Elsie Hudson
This
commemorative plaque is one of a number of plaques that record
the contribution made by some of the early residents of
Boulder. It is located in the pavement on the southern side of
Burt Street, Boulder, near the intersection with Lane Street.
(Photograph
Hud-fam-255, Russell Hudson 2005) |
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90th Birthday Celebration for Gwen
Hudson/Godley
Descendants of James Hudson, together with
other Hudson and Godley relatives and friends, gathered at the home of
Denis and Pauline Godley on 06 April 2008 to celebrate the 90th birthday
of Gwen Hudson/Godley. Gwen is pictured with two of her younger
relatives, and is displaying the "key to the door" she received in
recognition of reaching this milestone.
(Photograph Hud-fam-256, Russell Hudson 2008)
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Death
of Edna May Cocks/Hudson
Edna May
"Wiggs" Cocks married William Vernon (Vern) Hudson in Kalgoorlie
in 1937. At the time of her death, at age 94 years, she and Vern
had fifteen descendants, comprising three children (Brian, Robin
and Ross), five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren (for
details see the table of descendants, below).
Vern, who
died in 1987, was an important contributor to the information on
the Hudson family presented on this website, and Wiggs was
always welcoming and supportive during my numerous visits to
their home. In particular, Vern collected and compiled detailed
information on the descendants of his parents James Hudson and
Elsie May Hardeman, and was a great enthusiast for all things
relating to the Hudson family
A feature
of their home was the prominent name plaque "Sunny Brow", which
was based on the farm "Sunny Brow" near Clunes, Victoria where
Vern's father James Hudson was born in 1878. On a wall inside
their home hung a painting of "Tillshole" farm, Longsleddale, in
the English Lake District, which was where his grandfather
William Hudson (1827-1908) was born. William Hudson lived in the
district surrounding Tillshole until he emigrated to Australia,
arriving in Victoria in 1862.
Photographs are (top) a detail from their 1937 wedding
photograph (Hud-fam-161), and (bottom) a detail from a 1981
photograph taken at our home by Vern's cousin Jack Smyth during
a visit to Western Australia in 1981 (Hud-fam-162). |
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