Our thanks goes to Ernest Mann for helping with this branch of the family.
William Elliot HOBKIRK, born about 1830, was the son of Robert HOBKIRK & Mary ARMSTRONG
William Elliot HOBKIRK and Elizabeth TETLOW had the following children:
James HOBKIRK, born about 1856
Robert HOBKIRK, born about 1858
William HOBKIRK, born about 1862
Walter HOBKIRK, born about 1864
Mary HOBKIRK, born about 1866
Elizabeth (Betsy) HOBKIRK, born about 1868
From the 1861 census in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, we find William
HOBKIRK, 30 , born in Scotland & Elizabeth HOBKIRK, 34, born in
Lancashire.
Also in the household are:
James HOBKIRK, age 5, son
Robert HOBKIRK, age 3, son
Agnes HOBKIRK, age 23, sister, unmarried
From the 1871 census in 27 Walpole Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
we find William HOBKIRK, 40, born Scotland, a Gardener & Elizabeth HOBKIRK,
44, born Lancashire and the following children:
James HOBKIRK, age 15, cotton weaver
Robert HOBKIRK, age 13, cotton weaver
William HOBKIRK, age 9
Walter HOBKIRK, age 7
Mary HOBKIRK, age 5
Elizabeth HOBKIRK, age 3
From the 1881 census at 27 Withers Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, we find William HOBKIRK, 56, born in Scotland, a gardener & Elizabeth HOBKIRK, age 54, born Bolton, Lancashire and children all born at Blackburn: William 19, Walter 17, Mary 15, Betsy 13, and Ellen TETLOW, age 9, born Bolton.
Elizabeth Tetlow HOBKIRK passed away in the second quarter of 1885.
On 27 May 1886 at St. Thomas, Blackburn, Lancashire, William HOBKIRK remarried to Alice TAYLOR. William is listed as 55, a Gardener and Widower of 27 Withers Street. His father is listed as Robert HOBKIRK, deceased, Labourer. Alice Taylor is listed as 39, a housekeeper & widow of 49 Quarry Street. Her father is Henry CROASDALE, Labourer. The witnesses were Thomas TOWNLEY and Elizabeth SOUTHWORTH. They wee married by certificate by H. WESCOE, Vicar.
From the
death
certificate of William Elliot HOBKIRK we find he passed away on 1 March
1904 at the age of 73, from heart disease, 3 years, Cerebral Embolism, as
certified by James Taylor, Surgeon
William Elliot HOBKIRK was a retired Gardener and widower of Elizabeth
TETLOW
William's father was Robert HOBKIRK, Farm Steward, deceased
William's mother was Mary HOBKIRK, nee ARMSTRONG, deceased
This page was last updated on 1 May 2011
