Marion Helen HOPKIRK was the daughter of James
HOPKIRK & Marion BANKS
Marion was born in 1852 in Edinburgh.
Marion married John NELSON, on 11 April 1882 at Applethwaite.
John NELSON was the son of Adam NELSON and his wife Elizabeth. Adam was a
bobbin turner.
John NELSON was born 25 September 1853 at Preston Patrick, Westmoreland.
Marion Helen HOPKIRK and John NELSON had the following known children:
James Hopkirk NELSON, engineer's clerk, born 2nd quarter of 1883, at The Crosses Windemere, Kendall.
Annie NELSON, born 3rd quarter 1885, The Crosses, Windermere, Kendall.
From the 1891 census: James HOPKIRK 86, widower, gardener, John NELSON 36, son-in-law, bobbin turner, Marian 36, domestic housekeeper, daughter, James NELSON 8, Annie NELSON 5, Frank HOPKIRK 18, grocer's assistant, Grace HENCHEN 18, visitor, living at the Crosses, Applethwaite.
From the 1901 census, John Nelson is 47, a woodturner, Marion is 47, James 18, engineer's clerk, Annie 15, living at 36 Chester Street, Garston, Lancashire.
In the 1911 Census, James Hopkirk NELSON, now 27, is an estimating mechanical engineer, living at Alice ANDREW'S boarding house at 10 Airlie Avenue, Leeds
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