Spottiswoode Hopkirk Photos
Here are the photos from over 100 years ago, recently reuniting two long separated families, the Spottiswoode and Hopkirk families. Many of the photos were sent from New Zealand by Joseph (Joe) Spottiswoode Hopkirk during the late 1800's through the early 1910's to his first cousin Agnes Alexander Spottiswoode. Others were produced around the Scottish borders. You can go to Joseph(Joe) Hopkirk's page, linked above, for the full story of how the photos were discovered and re-united with the Hopkirk and Spottiswoode Families. The Spottiswoode Family appears to have been a family of means, as many of the photos were taken at, or by, expensive studios in the UK, and the woman are always wearing expensive looking clothing. Click on the number on the left side of the page to view a photo. If you have any idea of the identity of an unidentified individual or location, please contact us at:  hopkirk@hopkirk.org

01  1905 xmas card from Joe and Amelia(the cat?) See photo #39 below for full photo of lad and cat.

02   Madeline 2yrs 4m, Margaret 2yrs 10m and Cyril 1ys 9m  This picture was taken in August 1896, based on their dates of birth..

03  Woman with cane and wearing a hat, unknown location. Same woman as picture #5?

04   Two men working, unknown location

05   Probably same women as in picture # 3, without cane and hat, in same location

07  Best Wishes for happy Xmas and Bright New Year. Based on trees in the photo, probably New Zealand. Similar writing as photo #8. Same location as photo # 10.

08  Glenburn.    Is this the famous Glenburn Station? A large cattle and sheep ranch, located on the Southeast Coast of the North Island. Similar writing as in photo #7

09    Marion Hopkirk, her page

10  Same building as #7, but with man holding a baby, probably his wife, and a young girl, and a dog

11   Spottiswoode Family a couple years before the 1898 photo from the New Zealand files

12   Oswald Hopkirk, his  page

13   Could be the same man aas in picture #10

14   "Yours faithfully, ????? ", produced in Wellington, NZ   Is this Joe Hopkirk?

15   Woman standing, produced in Scotland. Probably a Spotiswoode daughter.

17   Similiar building as # 11. Probably a Scotland photo

18  Two young girls, unknown location.

20  T.C. Grieve newspaper clipping, Agnes Spottiswoode married him in 1911.

20a   A. A. Spottiswoode UK postal Union Membership card from 1908

21  Young woman seated. Looks like she may be wearing a wedding ring. Is this Agnes?

22  Young man, photo produced in Galashiels

23 Man standing outside, photo produced in Melrose. Probably Bob b.1882, or James Spottiswoode

24 Woman, probably one of Robert's daughters

25 Young man in Scottish regalial

27  Man, young lady & woman, unknown location. Probably friends of the Spottiswoode Family

27a Postcard, very best of good wishes to our worthy friends at Gattonside, from Mr. & Mrs. Roe?

28  Photo of man sitting on a chair

29  Man sitting outside, in what appears to snow. Probably a building in Scotland

30 Men playing some kind of bowling game.

31  John Brown Hopkirk wedding, wedding gifts on the left?, wedding party on the right

31a  With the magic of computer programs, and our friend Dave Dornlas, we have a clearer, straightened out view of the wedding gifts.

31b  Also thanks to Dave, we have a clearer view of the wedding party

31c  John Brown Hopkirk wedding party photo with names

31d  And here is the back side of the wedding photo, with thankfully the names written down by a thoughtful ancestor.

32--John Brown or Alexander Hopkirk?

33--same as #32

34--man and woman, probably New Zealand

35--two young women.

36--young woman seated outside, with dog on her lap

37--child on a stump of a large tree, probably New Zealand

38--man and woman in fronxt of a wall. This is most likely Robert Spottiswoode and his wife Mary Williamson

39--same lad as in #1 above, holding cat.

40--woman and man standing by fence.

41--man  fishing, with his latest catch.

42--man with bicycle, probably Scotland, given vegatation covered wall

43--middle aged man

44--8 men outside, probably in New Zealand

45--Woman in "With Sason's Greetings" photo

46--young lad

47-Summary of individuals in the wedding photo, various #'s 31 above

48--Wedding party photo

49--looks like same lad as in photo #1, holding a cricket bat.

50--photo of a large house, in a town, with about 12 well dressed children standing in front.of a wrought iron fence.

51a--photo of large house

51b--address side of a postcard from Galashiels

52--Photo of young child standing on a stile

53-Photo of young man taken by F. M. Ramell, Sittingbourne, UK.

54--lad in a uniform

55--old man with beard, wearing a hat, probably S\cotland

56--woman seated

57--man with mustache in "compliments of the season" photo

58--Man and woman on porch with two young children, probably New Zealand

59--woman standing by chair. Given the houses in the back ground, probably in Scotland

60--young woman sitting in a garden.

61--young woman in fancy hat, taken by A(ndrew) & G(eorge) Taylor, "Photographers to the Queen". By 1886 they were located in 36 UK cities.

62--young man, photographed by J McKean, Junction Bridge, Leith. This studio was located at 1 & 3 Ferry Road from 1880 to 1900. From 1901 to 1903 it was located at 15 Ferry Road. So this photo was taken between 1880 and 1903.

63--young man with mustache

64--woman

65--woman

66--young man and lad outside a building entrance, probably Scotland

67--two woman in fancy hats. photographed by (Ovinius). Davis, 16 Princess St., Edinburgh(operated from 1881 to 1928.

68--Young man with mustache, photographed by (John W.) Clapperton, 23 Albert Place, Galashiels

69---lad standing on steps outside a buiding. Same building as #66, taken the same day as #66

70--woman golfing, Scotland

71--old couple(probably Robert Spottiswoode and Mary Williamson, seated, with young woman standing behind them

72--Young man wearing top hat, outside a building.

73--dog, young woman and two small children in a garden

74--woman outside wearing hat and coat

75--young man and woman and two young children.

76--young woman, taken 11th June 1897 at the Norwich Studios, Under Royal Patronage, Wilkins

77--young man with mustache, by photographer A & G Taylor, "photographers to the queen"

78--Large home"

79--six woman, probably all Spottiswoode sisters.

80---young man  "With Christmas Greetings"

81--For Bessie-Our Gertie  "A Merry Christmas"  (Probably sent from New Zealand. Gerty is probably young Gertrude, born 4 April 1891 and sent to Betsy "Bessie" Williamson Spottiswoode, born 12 April 1884. in  Scotland.

82--woman and young child sitting on a bench. A woman of means, probably a Spottiswoode

83--"After a Storm road Blocked, "With Best Wishes For A Happy Christmas and A Bright New Year." Probably from New Zealand

84--People, buildings, cars and snow on the ground.Probably in the 1930's in Scotland

85 --river and countryside scene, probably New Zealand

86---countryside scene, cabins, snow and man . Probably in New Zealand

87---young girl

88---Man with beard

89---Village scene taken from above..

90---countryside photo

91-photo by Heginbothan & Kilbirnie Studios, Wellington, NZ, especially in the 1890's

92--page 1 of Joseph (Joe) Hopkirk 1910 letter, from new Zealand sent to his first cousin Agnes Alexander Spottiswoode

93 --page 2 of Joseph (Joe) Hopkirk 1910 letter

94---young man with mustache taken by Coplawhill Studio, Victoria Road, SS., Glasgow.

95---Man with mustache, June 16th 1906, photo by J Drummond Shiels, Edinburgh & Glasgow(1899-1928+)

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This page was laast updated on 18 April 2015