Our thanks goes to Betty Schoepf and John D. Hopkirk
for these wonderful pictures.
John(6) HOPKIRK was the second son, and third child of William(5) HOPKIRK and Isabella HOME, born 01 April 1809.
John(6) HOPKIRK was named after his mother's father.
John(6) HOPKIRK traveled to the USA, along with his brother William and William's wife Jane REDPATH . They left Melrose on March 4, 1834, the day after the marriage of William and Jane, and travelled to Liverpool. From Liverpool they travelled by ship to New York City, arrivng on April 14, 1834.
They first settled in Rochester New York, as linen dyers. Around 1838 John moved to Iowa. In the letter section of this site see the transcript of the letter written by John(6) HOPKIRK to his brother William.
Around 1842 John(6) HOPKIRK married Jane NICHOLSON. They had the following children:
William(7) Hume HOPKIRK, born 13 Oct 1843, in Lockridge, Iowa
Beatrice(7) HOPKIRK, born about 1845, in Lockridge,
Iowa. Beatrice married Birney W. SNOW on 11 June
1881. Beatrice died on 21 jan 1903, in
Lockridge, Iowa. Birney Snow died on 16 Jun 1885, Spirit Lake.
Isabel(7) HOPKIRK, born about 1847, in Lockridge, Iowa. She married Ezekial SAMPSON. They had no children.
David(7) HOPKIRK. He
married Ida Raney. They had one child, Lois(8) HOPKIRK. She married George
HENRY.
John(7) HOPKIRK, born about 1849 in Lockridge, Iowa.
View
the monument along Highway 34 in Lockridge, Iowa in front of the family
homestead built in the early 1850's.
The monument marks the burial location of John Hopkirk and his wife Jane.
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Updated March 6, 2009
