John was born on 6 JUL 1831 in Old Monkland,Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of Cornelius Hotchkiss / Hodgecase and Janet Laird.
He died about 1867. The place is not known.
His wife was Margaret Brown, who he married on 27 DEC 1850 in Old Monkland,Lanarkshire, Scotland. Their six known children were Marion (1851-1917), Janet (1852-?), Martha (c1855-?), Cornelius (c1857-?), David (c1862-?) and James (c1867-?).
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Birth | 6 JUL 1831 |
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Death | ABT 1867 | ||||||
Christening | 31 JUL 1831 |
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Note 1
!Source: scotlandspeople.gov.uk OPR Births & Baptisms
88 31/07/1831 HOTCHKIS JOHN CORNELIUS HOTCHKIS/JANET LAIRD FR428 [FR428] M OLD MONKLAND OR COATBRIDGE /LANARK 652/00 0020 0158
!Source: Ancestry.com 1841 Scotland Census
John Hotchkiss 9 abt 1832
!Source: Ancestry.com Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: John Hotchkis
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 Jul 1831
Baptism Date: 31 Jul 1831
Baptism Place: , Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
Father: Cornelius Hotchkis
Mother: Janet Laird
FHL Film Number: 1066602
Reference ID: 2:15MTKW9
!Source: Ancestry.com 1851 Scotland Census
Name: John Hotchkiss
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Relationship: Head
Spouse: Margaret Hotchkiss
Gender: Male
Where born: Old Monkland, Lanark
Parish Number: 652
Civil Parish: Old Monkland
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Town: Maggies Haugh
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Maggies Haugh
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 24
Page: 13
Household schedule number: 40
LINE: 18
Roll: CSSCT1851_171
Household Members:
Name Age
John Hotchkiss 21 Where born: Old Monkland, Lanark abt 1830
Margaret Hotchkiss 21 Where born: Old Monkland, Lanark abt 1830
Marrion Hotchkiss 2 Mo Where born: Old Monkland, Lanark abt Jan 1851
The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851
!Source: Ancestry.com U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: John Hotchkiss
Birth Year: abt 1828
Place of Birth: Scotland
Age on 1 July 1863: 35
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Residence: Ohio, Spencer, Indiana
Congressional District: 1st
Class: 3
!Source: Ancestry.com 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Margareta Htchkess
Relation to Head of House: Self [Head]
Marital Status: Widowed
!Note: Move to Indiana also confimed by Marion’s death record.