OTHER BORDER HOPE FAMILIES

 

SEL 03 Alexander Hope/ Elizabeth Orr of Selkirk

(Updated 15-08-2013)

 

Descendants of Alexander Hope

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  ALEXANDER  HOPE died 05-04-1819 in Selkirk.  He met ELIZABETH ORR 28-06-1785 in Selkirk, daughter of ROBERT ORR and AGNES WILLISON.  She was born 22-09-1756 in Selkirk, and died 29-10-1831 in Selkirk.

 

More About ALEXANDER HOPE:

Occupation: Mason

       

Children of ALEXANDER HOPE and ELIZABETH ORR are:

      2.          i.    AGNES2 HOPE, b. 28-01-1787, Selkirk; d. 06-11-1870, Selkirk.

                  ii.    ROBERT HOPE, b. 06-10-1790, Selkirk; d. 1795, Selkirk.

     3.         iii.    JESSY HOPE, b. 22-10-1792, Selkirk; d. 18-08-1842, Selkirk.

     4.          iv.    ELIZABETH HOPE, b. 09-12-1794, Selkirk; d. 12-03-1860, South Port, Selkirk..

                  v.    ALEXANDER HOPE, b. 22-04-1796, Selkirk; d. 16-04-1863, Tower Street, Selkirk.; m. HELEN THORBURN, 15-12-1827, Selkirk; b. 1795, Southdean, Roxburghshire.; d. 20-02-1877, Bridge Road, Selkirk..

 

More About ALEXANDER HOPE:

Occupation: Mason

 

      5.          vi.    ROBERT HOPE (2), b. 09-03-1800, Selkirk; d. 21-07-1855, Scott's Place, Selkirk..

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  AGNES HOPE (ALEXANDER1) was born 28-01-1787 in Selkirk, and died 06-11-1870 in Selkirk.  She married WILLIAM RIDDELL.  He was born 1790, and died 10-06-1850 in Selkirk.

 

More About WILLIAM RIDDELL:

Occupation: Flesher.

       

Children of AGNES HOPE and WILLIAM RIDDELL are:

                   i.    ELIZABETH3 RIDDELL, b. 29-03-1811, Selkirk.

                  ii.    MARGATE RIDDELL, b. 17-09-1814, Selkirk.

                 iii.    AGNES RIDDELL, b. 19-01-1817, Selkirk.

                 iv.    JANET RIDDELL, b. 25-04-1819, Selkirk.

 

3.  JESSY HOPE (ALEXANDER1) was born 22-10-1792 in Selkirk, and died 18-08-1842 in Selkirk.  She met GEORGE DOBSON 07-06-1814 in Edinburgh., son of GEORGE DOBSON and ELIZABETH MATHER.  He was born 1788, and died 17-01-1861 in Tower Street, Selkirk..

       

Children of JESSY HOPE and GEORGE DOBSON are:

                   i.    JESSIE3 DOBSON, b. 1825; d. 18-08-1852, Selkirk.

                  ii.    JOHN DOBSON, b. 30-10-1830, Selkirk; d. 15-11-1877, Edinburgh..

                 iii.    JEAN DOBSON, b. 1833.

                 iv.    HELEN DOBSON, b. 1834, Selkirk.

                  v.    ALEXANDER DOBSON, b. 1844, Selkirk; d. 20-01-1919, Edinburgh.; m. ISABELLA STEWART.

 

4.  ELIZABETH HOPE (ALEXANDER1) was born 09-12-1794 in Selkirk, and died 12-03-1860 in South Port, Selkirk..  She married WILLIAM JOHNSTONE.  He was born 19-08-1795 in Selkirk, and died 03-08-1855 in Scott's Place, Selkirk..

       

Children of ELIZABETH HOPE and WILLIAM JOHNSTONE are:

                   i.    ALBERT3 JOHNSTONE.

                  ii.    ROBERT JOHNSTONE, b. 02-02-1825, Selkirk; d. 06-06-1875, Old Machar, Aberdeen.; m. MARY SCOTT.

                 iii.    AGNES JOHNSTONE, b. 1827, Selkirk; d. 1847, Selkirk.

                 iv.    ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE, b. 1829, Selkirk; d. 04-03-1872, Elm Row, Selkirk.

                  v.    HELEN JOHNSTONE, b. 1832, Selkirk.

                 vi.    WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, b. 10-07-1834, Selkirk.

 

5.  ROBERT HOPE (2) (ALEXANDER1 HOPE) was born 09-03-1800 in Selkirk, and died 21-07-1855 in Scott's Place, Selkirk..  He met ELIZABETH DOBSON, daughter of GEORGE DOBSON and ELIZABETH MATHER.  She was born 1796 in Selkirk, and died 07-09-1863 in Scott's Place, Selkirk.

 

More About ROBERT HOPE (2):

Occupation: Mason

       

Children of ROBERT (2) and ELIZABETH DOBSON are:

                   i.    ALEXANDER3 HOPE, b. 1827, Selkirk; d. 21-10-1853.

 

More About ALEXANDER HOPE:

Occupation: Teacher

 

        6.        ii.    GEORGE HOPE, b. 03-01-1832, Selkirk; d. 24-09-1915, 22 Kirncroft, Selkirk..

        7.       iii.    ELIZABETH HOPE, b. 16-06-1833, Selkirk.

                 iv.    ROBERT HOPE, b. 21-10-1835, Selkirk.

 

More About ROBERT HOPE:

Occupation: Baker

 

                  v.    AGNES HOPE, d. 01-10-1841.

                 vi.    WILLIAM HOPE, b. 1838, Selkirk.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

6.  GEORGE HOPE (ROBERT HOPE2 (2), ALEXANDER1 HOPE) was born 03-01-1832 in Selkirk, and died 24-09-1915 in 22 Kirncroft, Selkirk..  He met HELEN DALGLEISH 17-05-1854 in Selkirk, daughter of ADAM DALGLEISH and MARY MILLER.  She was born 1834 in Yarrow, Selkirkshire., and died 28-03-1919 in Kilncroft, Selkirk..

 

More About GEORGE HOPE:

Occupation: Mason

       

Children of GEORGE HOPE and HELEN DALGLEISH are:

        8.       i.    ROBERT4 HOPE, b. 09-07-1853, Selkirk.

                  ii.    ADAM HOPE, b. 05-01-1856, Selkirk; d. 07-03-1928, 44 Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk.; m. MARGARET GOODFELLOW, 20-06-1879, Dovecot Park, Selkirk.; b. 1856, Selkirk; d. 26-01-1940, Selkirk.

 

More About ADAM HOPE:

Occupation: Power Loom Tuner

 

                 iii.    MARY M HOPE, b. 1959, Selkirk.

                 iv.    ELIZABETH HOPE, b. 1861, Selkirk.

                  v.    HELEN D HOPE, b. 1865.

                 vi.    GEORGE HOPE, b. 1867, Selkirk.

                vii.    JAMES HOPE, b. 1870, Selkirk.

 

7.  ELIZABETH  HOPE (ROBERT HOPE2 (2), ALEXANDER1 HOPE) was born 16-06-1833 in Selkirk.  She married JAMES BRYDON.  He was born 1834 in Wilton, Hawick, Roxburghshire..

       

Children of ELIZABETH HOPE and JAMES BRYDON are:

                   i.    WALTER4 BRYDON, b. 1859, 1 Scott's Place, Selkirk.

                  ii.    ROBERT HOPE BRYDON, b. 1861, 1 Scott's Place, Selkirk.

                 iii.    ELIZABETH BRYDON, b. 1863, 1 Scott's Place, Selkirk.

                 iv.    ANNE BRYDON, b. 1865, 1 Scott's Place, Selkirk.

                  v.    JOHN BRYDON, b. 1867, 1 Scott's Place, Selkirk.

                 vi.    AGNES BRYDON, b. 1869, 1 Scott's Place, Selkirk.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

8.  ROBERT HOPE (GEORGE3, ROBERT HOPE2 (2), ALEXANDER1 HOPE) was born 09-07-1853 in Selkirk.  He met JANET FAIRBAIRN 04-01-1878 in Bridge Street, Philiphaugh, Selkirk, daughter of JOHN FAIRBAIRN and JANET SMITH.  She was born 1858 in Kelso.

 

More About ROBERT HOPE:

Occupation: House Painter

       

Children of ROBERT HOPE and JANET FAIRBAIRN are:

                   i.    GEORGE5 HOPE, b. 18-02-1878, Selkirk..

                  ii.    JANET HOPE, b. 1881, Melrose.

                 iii.    HELEN DALGLEISH HOPE, b. 1883, Melrose.

                 iv.    ANN ISABELLA HOPE, b. 1885, Selkirk.

                  v.    MARY MILLER HOPE, b. 1887, Selkirk.

                 vi.    JOHN FAIRBAIRN HOPE, b. 1890, Selkirk.

                vii.    ROBERT HOPE, b. 1890, Selkirk.

       9.     viii.    ELIZABETH HOPE, b. 18-11-1892, Cannon Street, Philiphaugh, Selkirk.; d. 1991, Melrose..

                  ix.    JAMES HOPE, b. 1895, Selkirk.

                   x.    ADAM HOPE, b. 1898, Selkirk..

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

9.  ELIZABETH HOPE (ROBERT4, GEORGE3, ROBERT HOPE2 (2), ALEXANDER1 HOPE) was born 18-11-1892 in Cannon Street, Philiphaugh, Selkirk., and died 1991 in Melrose..  She met ROBERT RENTON SIBBALD 01-09-1919 in Bridge Street, Selkirk, son of WILLIAM SIBBALD and ISABELLA RENTON.  He was born 20-12-1897 in Woodburn Cottage, Galashiels..

 

More About ELIZABETH HOPE:

Occupation: Power Loom Weaver

 

More About ROBERT RENTON SIBBALD:

Occupation: Draper. Cpl Scot's Guards, France, WW1.

       

Children of ELIZABETH HOPE and ROBERT SIBBALD are:

                   i.    WILLIAM BALDERSTON6 SIBBALD, b. 1920, Selkirk.

                  ii.    JANET FAIRBAIRN SIBBALD, b. 19-12-1921, Selkirk; d. 1990.

                    

(Living Descendants in Scotland and England).

 

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