John Roxburgh HOBKIRK was the third child and second son of Robert HOBKIRK & Margaret ROXBURGH.
John Roxburgh HOBKIRK married Mary Eliza MARTIN on 21 December 1860 in Hawick. Margaret's father was William MARTIN and her mother was Mary A. MacDONALD. The William MARTIN & Mary MacDONALD family lived at #29 High Street, Hawick.
At the time of his marriage to Mary Eliza MARTIN, John Roxburgh HOBKIRK was a Tailor and a Music Teacher. Later he became Post Master in Douglas, Lanarkshire.
John Roxburgh HOBKIRK and Mary Eliza MARTIN had the following children:
Mary MacDonald HOBKIRK, 20 August 1861, HAWICK(MacDonald
is mother's mother's maiden name)
Mary passed away on 30 March 1946 in
Douglas, Lanarkshire, unmarried.
Margaret HOBKIRK, 7 April 1863, Hawick, died 3 Feb 1938, 35 Oliver Park, Hawick
Janet Nisbet HOBKIRK, 29 April 1865, Ettrick,
Selkirkshire(Nisbet comes from the Martin side of the family)
Janet died 24 Jan 1883 at Douglas of
chronic abcess in the groin at age 18. She was unmarried.
Eliza Charteris HOBKIRK, 2 May 1867, Ettrick. She died 16 Jan 1888 of Pneumonia at age 20, unmarried.
Robert Roxburgh HOBKIRK, 19 April 1869 Ettrick(Roxburgh
is from father's side of the family)
Robert died 7 May 1869 at Selkirk.
William Martin HOBKIRK, 22 May 1870, Douglas, Lanarkshire
John HOBKIRK, 7 May 1872, Douglas, Lanarkshire
John passed away on 10 November 1881 in
Douglas, Lanarkshire, unmarried.
Robert HOBKIRK, 1 December 1874
Robert passed away on 18 August 1927
in Douglas, Lanarkshire, unmarried.
Mina Beatrice HOBKIRK, 17 May 1877, Douglas, Lanarkshire
Flora HOBKIRK, @ 1879, died 30 June 1958 at her sister Mina's home in Cecil Street, Glasgow. Flora was unmarried.
John Roxburgh HOBKIRK passed away on 16 May 1911 in Douglas, Lanarkshire.
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