James Hopkirk Hill, WS

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 6 November 1817 birth or baptism of James Hopkirk Hill, son of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [child 4], in the parish of Glasgow

From MyHeritage: Isabella Hill: 1841 Scotland Census (transcription only)

6 June 1841 Census for residents of 25 Elmbank Place, now 25 Elmbank Street, Glasgow G2 4PB 55.8639806, -4.2683986, Scotland

• Isabella Hill, female, aged 25 [born about 1816], in Lanarkshire
• James Hill, male, aged 20 [born about 1821], in Lanarkshire; Writer
• 2 more siblings, 3 servants

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Herald Friday, 9 May 1845 Page 2 Schoolmistress Wanted for Archibald Millar's Charity Female School

The Governors of this Charity beg to intimate that a Schoolmistress will be elected to the Institution in the month of July next. The Branches of Education which she will be required to teach are Needle Work, Knitting, and making Children's Clothes. The Salary is £50 a year, besides a commodious dwelling house, rent and tax free. The Candidates will be required to appear personally, with a view to comparative trial, in terms of the foundation of the Charity, in the Hall of the Institution, at a time previous to the election, of which notice will be sent to such of the applicants as shall have produced satisfactory certificates.

Candidates for the situation must be in Communion with the Established Church of Scotland; and none need apply who cannot produce the most unexceptionable references as to moral character and qualifications for the respective duties, which they will be required to enter upon on Friday, 1 August 1845 [next].

Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with Messrs. Hill, Davidson, Hill & Clark, South Frederick Street, Glasgow, on or before Saturday, 28 June 1845 [next]. By order of the Governors, James H. Hill, Clerk. Glasgow, Wednesday, 23 April 1845.

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 18 December 1845 marriage or banns of Janet Smith Whitehead to James Hopkirk Hill, in the parish of Barony
• 18 December 1845 marriage or banns of Janet Smith Whitehead to James Hopkirk Hill, in the parish of Paisley Burgh or Low

From Geni - 1845 12 18 James and Janet Hill (Whitehead) Marriage.jpg

Thursday, 18 December 1845: James Hopkirk Hill, writer, Barony Parish, and Janet Smith Whitehead residing in St. George's Parish, Paisley, lawful daughter of Joseph Whitehead, Esq., of Kilnside. Married at Kilnside House, now Millstream Court, Paisley, Renfrewshire PA1 1RR 55.84278, -4.41333, Seedhill Road, on Thursday, 18 December 1845 by the Rev. Alexander Rennison, minister of St. Georges Church and Parish, Paisley. [Banns on Sunday, 14 December 1845; Barony Parish, Glasgow]

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Courier Saturday, 20 December 1845 Page 3 Married

Married: At Kilnside House, on Thursday, 18 December 1845 [inst.], by the Rev. Alexander Renison, M.A., of St. George's, Paisley, James H. Hill, Esq., to Janet Smith Whitehead, eldest daughter of Joseph Whitehead, Esq.

From History of the hospital and school in Glasgow founded by George and Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill; with notices of the founders and of their family, properties and affairs by Hutchesons' Hospital By William Henry Hill Published 1881 Page 170

In that year (Monday, 30 November 1789), Messrs. Orr and Wilson, the Town-Clerks, having resigned office, the Patrons elected James Hill, Senior, who had acted as their Factor on the Gorbals lands since 1758, and James Hill, Junior, his son, jointly to be Clerks to the Hospital. On the decease of the latter the Patrons [Footnote: Thursday, 12 August 1819] elected Mr. Laurence Hill, grandson of Mr. Hill of Busby, to the office. This appointment he held till his death in 1872, in conjunction, for some time, with his son James Hopkirk Hill, elected on Friday, 19 December 1845, and subsequently with other Members of the firm of Hill, Davidson, and Hoggan, by whom the office is presently held.

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Herald Friday, 14 February 1845 Page 3 Royal Botanic Gardens

The Directors beg to intimate, that the Annual Tickets are now ready for delivery, and may be had on application to the Treasurer, or at the Gardens, and the most of respectable Booksellers. Family Tickets 10s.; Single Tickets 5s.; admitting on all occasions — till Wednesday, 1 April 1846. Subscribers of last year are requested to make early application to have their Tickets renewed.

Duplicate Plants, Shrubs, and Cut Flowers, on Sale at the Gardens, at Reduced prices.

By Order of the Directors, James H. Hill Treasurer. Thursday, 13 February 1845 [1 South Frederick Street, Glasgow G1 1HJ 55.8603299, -4.2492664]

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Courier Tuesday, 6 October 1846 Page 2 Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons

At the annual meeting of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, held Monday, 5 October 1846 [yesterday], the following gentlemen were elected office-bearers: —...

Laurence Hill and James H. Hill, Clerks.

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Courier Saturday, 5 December 1846 Page 3 Royal Botanic Institution

The Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow will be held, in terms of the Charter, within the Assembly Rooms, Ingram Street, on Monday, 14 December 1846, at 3 o'clock precisely. A full attendance of Proprietors is requested. Assembly Rooms, now 208 Ingram Street, Glasgow G1 1DG 55.86000, -4.25000

By Order of the Directors. James H. Hill, Secretary. Glasgow, Wednesday, 2 December 1846.

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 2 children of James Hopkirk Hill and Janet Smith Whitehead from first: 5 January 1847 Janet Dixon Hill to last: 26 April 1848 James Hopkirk Hill

• 5 January 1847 birth or baptism of Janet Dixon Hill, daughter of James Hopkirk Hill and Janet Smith Whitehead [child 1], in the parish of Barony
• 26 April 1848 birth or baptism of James Hopkirk Hill, son of James Hopkirk Hill and Janet Smith Whitehead [child 2], in the parish of Barony NOTE: born posthumously

From Early records of an old Glasgow family - Hill family, 1520-1901, by William Henry Hill, Published 1902 Page 157

(4) James Hopkirk Hill, who married Janet Smith Whitehead and had issue (2 children), the representative of this branch being Mrs. Janet Dixon Hill or Scott-Fogo.

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Chronicle Wednesday, 22 December 1847 Page 8 Died

Death: At 12 Brandon Place, on Thursday, 16 December 1847 [inst.], James H. Hill, Esq., writer, Glasgow. 12 Brandon Place, probably 222 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2PQ 55.8629677, -4.2605527

From findagrave: James Hopkirk Hill (1817-1847)

• Name: James Hopkirk Hill
• Born: Thursday, 6 November 1817, Glasgow, Scotland
• Died: Thursday, 16 December 1847 (aged 30), Glasgow, Scotland
• Buried: Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart Street, Glasgow G4 0UZ 55.86217, -4.23340
• Plot: [Beta 1/1 55.86203, -4.23285]
• About: Buried on Tuesday, 21 December 1847. Died aged 30 years old at 12 Brandon Place, Glasgow. Cause of death was fever. His occupation was a writer. He married Janet Smith Whitehead on Thursday, 18 December 1845 at Kilnside House, Seedhill Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire. After his death Janet remarried to James MacKirdy on Thursday, 23 September 1852 at Hanover Square, London.

From The Edinburgh Gazette, 25 April 1848 Page 205

Laurence Hill, Junior, Civil Engineer in Glasgow, presently residing at Motherwell Iron Works, has made application to the Commissary of Lanarkshire to be discerned and confirmed Executor-Dative qua Creditor to the deceased James Hopkirk Hill, Writer in Glasgow. — Of which Intimation is hereby given, in terms of the Statute 4 George IV. cap. 93.

Hill, Davidson, Hill, & Clark, Agents.

Glasgow, 21 April 1848.

From Scotland's People - Legal records, wills, testaments

2 June 1848 Inventory; of James Hopkirk Hill writer at Glasgow, spouse of Janet Smith Whitehead; in the Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories