For more about this family and the Hopkirk's in general, See "The Hopkirk Family of Melrose, Roxburghshire", by Mary PERKINS Hopkirk. located in the Family Histories Section of this site.
James was the oldest son of David HOPKIRK and Margaret GRIEVE.
James(6) HOPKIRK was born 20 Aug 1814 in Melrose, Scotland. On 31 January 1844 James married Catherine MORRISON at St. Catherines, Montreal. They had the following children:
John(7) HOPKIRK, born in October 1844, and died in 1845.
Catherine(7) HOPKIRK, born in May 1846.(Per Mary Perkins Hopkirks' "Hopkirk Family of Melrose History", She became Mrs. Kate Graham, and Kate help raise her step-brothers and sisters after the death of James' second wife Emma Alder.
James(7) William HOPKIRK, born in 1847 at Portsmouth. He died in infancy.
David (7)HOPKIRK, born in April 1849, at Woolwich.
James'(6) wife Catherine MORRISON died in August 1849, at Woolwich.
James(6) second marriage was to Emma Elizabeth ALDER. She was born in 1831, and they were married 30 September 1855 at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Emma died on 28 Oct 1867 and James died on 25 Aug 1875 in South Africa. It is believed they had six children:
Unknown(7) HOPKIRK, born about 1857
Unknown(7) HOPKIRK
Margaret(7) HOPKIRK, born in 1859. Margaret married a Mr. Love. Margaret died in 1920.
Frank(7) HOPKIRK, born in 1860 and died in 1920.
Unknown(7) HOPKIRK
George(7) Howard HOPKIRK,
born 25 Jan 1865, St John's, Capetown, South Africa George married Mary
Phemister KIRKMAN on 15 Jan 1888,
at St Luke's. George died in June 1906 and is buried at East London
Cemetery.