Index of people with biographies in Charles John Wilson and James Edgar's articles in the Hawick Archaeological Society's Transactions of 1921 and 1941. Each line records the name, description, birth/death dates if in the article, and the year the article appeared in (1921 or 1941). This is a finding aid only: the full biographies in the articles will provide much more information. This index is copyrighted. Vivienne S Dunstan, November 1999 Anderson, Robert solicitor d. 1862 1941 Armstrong, Mrs (nee Waldie) of the Post Office d. 1869 1921 Ballantyne, Walter stockingmaker d. 1875 1941 Ballantyne, Walter drummer 1800-1881 1941 Balmer, William bugler 1941 Barrie, Walter Scott tweed and hosiery manufacturer and Provost d. 1912 1941 Beattie, William stockingmaker and photographer 1830-1891 1921 Black, Robert bookseller, stationer and newsagent d. 1899 1941 Blaikie, George tinsmith and bell-hanger 1821-1897 1921 Blaine, James A.H. headmaster of Wilton School b. 1815 1921 Blenkhorn, John Farrar tweed merchant d. 1909 1941 Borthwick, Andrew grocer and ham curer 1803-1886 1921 Brydon, Dr James d. 1905 1941 Brydon, James grocer d. 1890 1941 Bunyan, George barber d. 1875 1941 Burnet, William master shoemaker d. 1916 1941 Cathrae, Thomas commercial traveller and editor 1921 Charters, Dr Samuel minister of Wilton 1742-1825 1921 Chisholm, John Scott of Stirches 1810-1868 1921 Craig, John pharmacist d. 1910 1941 Craig, Mrs (wife of John Craig) member of School Board d. 1914 1941 Crozier, William landlord of Tower Hotel d. 1877 1941 Currie, Mark tweed merchant d. 1916 1941 Dalgleish, James printer 1819-1897 1921 Davidson, Gilbert agent for British Linen Bank 1833-1896 1921 Davidson, William banker 1790-1868 1921 Daykins, James stockingmaker 1810-1896 1941 Deans, John director of Building Society 1921 Deans, Robert printer and postman d. 1879 1941 Diener, Frederick joiner 1814-1886 1921 Dodds, Anthony schoolmaster 1819-1887 1921 Donaldson, A.J. engineer d. 1891 1921 Douglas, Dr John 1789-1861 1921 Douglas, James of Cavers 1822-1878 1921 Douglas, James cashier 1826-1885 1921 Duncan, George stockingmaker d. 1889 1941 Easton, George hairdresser and fishing tackle maker 1809-1873 1921 Elliot, James of Goldielands d. 1848 1921 Elliot, James of the Ewe and Lamb 1792-1883 1921 Elliot, William hosiery manufacturer d. 1864 1941 Ewen, Provost manufacturer 1921 Fraser, George Hardy draper b. 1830 1921 Goodfellow, Hugh baker 1767-1847 1921 Gordon, John colporteur 1820-1881 1921 Graham, Dr 1793-1858 1921 Grant, Dr 1823-1876 1921 Gray, Frank handloom weaver and bandmaster 1839-1922 1941 Greenwood, Robert manufacturer 1811-1886 1921 Grierson, Adam merchant and corn dealer 1812-1893 1921 Grieve, Walter slater 1784-1856 1921 Guild, John sergant and Sheriff Officer d. 1883 1941 Gunion, Andrew minister of Cross Wynd Church 1822-1873 1921 Guthrie, James plumber, slater and glazier 1806-1872 1921 Guthrie, John plumber, slater and gasfitter d. 1903 1941 Haddon, Andrew manufacturer 1818-1894 1921 Haddon, Walter solicitor, banker etc. 1841-1907 1941 Hart, Adam coal merchant and contractor d. 1910 1941 Henderson, James hosiery manufacturer d. 1901 1941 Hobkirk, George baker and corn merchant 1816-1877 1921 Hodgson, Richard chairman of North British Railway Company 1812-1877 1921 Hogg, Frank treasurer of Hawick Archaeological Society d. 1880 1941 Hogg, George hosiery manufacturer 1817/9-1874 1921 Hogg, George hosiery manufacturer and Provost d. 1900 1941 Hogg, John Amos stockingmaker d. 1882 1941 Hunter, John cabinetmaker d. 1905 1941 Hunter, John Y. photographer d. 1903 1941 Hunter, Robert poet and manager with Wilson and Glenny Ltd. d. 1905 1941 Hunter, Sir William Wilson b. 1840 1921 Inglis, John joiner d. 1901 1941 Inglis, John Curator of Museum and tweed foreman d. 1928 1941 Inglis, William millworker 1826-1891 1921 Innes, Alexander Pringle of A.P. Innes and Co. 1837-1889 1921 Irvine, Andrew of the Savings Bank 1787-1870 1921 Irvine, William merchant, of Laing & Irvine 1824-1893 1921 Johnman, Rev. William Andrew Patton of Hawick Free Church d. 1923 1941 Kedie, Robert baker 1791-1869 1921 Kedie, Robert merchant, Glasgow 1921 Kedie, William draper 1815-1880 1921 Kennedy, William policeman d. 1906 1941 Kennedy, William Norman founder of Archaeological Society 1821-1865 1921 Knox, Robert farmer of Martin's House d. 1900 1941 Kyle, Frank farmer b. 1818 1921 Kyle, Thomas commercial traveller and cricketer d. 1921 1941 Laidlaw, Adam builder 1815-1892 1921 Laidlaw, Thomas hosiery manufacturer d. 1907 1941 Laidlaw, William manufacturer 1786-1861 1921 Laing, Alexander manufacturer 1786-1850 1921 Laing, John manufacturer 1813-1876 1921 Laing, Walter of Dicksons and Laings 1820-1895 1921 Lawrie, Walter grocer d. 1872 1941 Lawson, Alexander S. watchmaker and jeweller d. 1916 1941 M'Ewen, Rev. James of East Bank U.P. Church 1921 Mackenzie, Francis hairdresser d. 1900 1941 Macrae, Rev. Doctor minister of Hawick 1815-1892 1921 Marshall, John builder 1801-1874 1921 McLeod, Dr Donald d. 1903 1941 Melrose, John engineer 1815-1889 1921 Michie, Alexander skinner 1813-1886 1921 Milligan, Robert Provost, cabinetmaker, undertaker and auctioneer d. 1892 1941 Mitchell, Robert glazier and glass merchant, and Provost d. 1928 1941 Morrison, Ex-Bailie Superintendent of Police and Procurator-Fiscal d. 1892 1941 Munro, Rev. William of Congregational Union Church, O'Connell Street d. 1883 1941 Murray, Dr James A.H. dictionary editor 1921 Murray, General John b. circa 1826 1921 Murray, Robert hosiery manufacturer 1831-1901 1941 Murray, William d. 1916 1941 Nichol, John business man d. 1881 1921 Nichol, Walter of Cameron Highlanders and Roxburgh Rifle Volunteers d. 1896 1941 Nixon, William manufacturer 1785-1871 1921 Noble, Robert tweed manufacturer d. 1919 1941 Ogilvie, William of Chesters and Branxholme b. 1784 1921 Oliver, James of Mayfield, lawyer etc. b. 1814 1921 Oliver, James of Thornwood, auctioneer d. 1905 1921 Oliver, John lawyer 1770-1849 1921 Oliver, Mrs of Thornwood d. 1914 1941 Orr, Rev. James minister of East Bank congregation 1921 Park, William draper 1833-1897 1941 Paterson, Henry auctioneer d. 1887 1941 Patterson, David meat salesman d. 1898 1941 Pitcairn, William headmaster d. 1916 1941 Pringle, Walter of Langlands 1826-1895 1921 Purdom, Robert solicitor and Town Clerk d. 1936 1941 Purdom, Thomas banker 1826-1886 1921 Purvis, William whipmaker, fruiterer and confectioner d. 1902 1941 Rawlinson, Thomas cricketer d. 1903 1941 Reid, Thomas mason and farmer d. 1901 1941 Richardson, Robert founded Richardson, Noble and Co. 1828-1877 1921 Robison, Ebenezer whip and thong maker 1795-1862 1921 Rodgie, Rev. Andrew of West End Anti-Burgher congregation d. 1861 1941 Scott, James tobacconist 1921 Scott, John tweed designer ("Johnnie the Gover") 1828-1889? 1941 Scott, John Young d. 1880 1941 Scott, Peter hosiery manufacturer 1852-1925 1941 Sheridan, Francis keeper of the Irish Harp (and very tall man!) 1837-1870 1941 Shiel, David publican and grocer d. 1907 1941 Shiel, James Registrar and Inspector of Poor d. 1919 1941 Smith, James d. 1871 1941 Smith, Sir Andrew General in Army 1797-1872 1921 Smith, Tom stockingmaker and bowler d. 1905 1941 Spalding, James chimney sweep and runner d. 1927 1941 Stewart, Daniel stockingmaker d. 1884 1921 Stewart, Rev. Duncan minister of St Andrew's U.F. Church d. 1908 1941 Stewart, Rev. James minister of Wilton 1821-1886 1921 Strachan, James weaver 1776-1864 1921 Tait, George builder 1813-1897 1921 Thom, James Superintendent of Police d. 1874 1941 Thomson, James road surveyor 1776-1853 1921 Thomson, James the poet 1827-1888 1921 Thomson, Rev. John minister of St Mary's d. 1889 1921 Trotter, William stockingmaker d. 1904 1941 Tudhope, James tobacconist d. 1880 1941 Turnbull, George seedsman 1821-1872 1921 Turnbull, James merchant 1825-1878 1921 Turnbull, Robert hosiery worker d. 1900 1941 Turnbull, William grocer d. 1866 1941 Vernon, Joshua John surgeon-dentist d. 1923 1941 Watson, David McBurnie commission agent d. 1902 1941 Watson, Robert Fraser tweed manufacturer and Provost 1839-1904 1941 Watson, Sir Renny engineer and bank director b. 1838 1921 Watson, William dyer and hosiery maker 1770-1843 1921 Waugh, Andrew tailor 1813-1885 1921 Waugh, James stockingmaker d. 1870 1941 Welsh, Anthony labourer d. 1901 1941 Wemyss, Bailie b. 1813 1921 Wilson, Charles John of Wilson and Armstrong 1842-1923 1941 Wilson, Edward tweed manufacturer and Provost d. 1920 1941 Wilson, George Kilmeny b. 1815 1921 Wilson, James town clerk 1797-1862 1921 Wilson, John merchant 1783-1857 1921 Wilson, Mungo provision merchant d. 1914 1941 Wilson, Peter manufacturer 1784-1862 1921 Wilson, Robert historian b. 1772 1921 Wilson, Rt. Hon. James M.P. 1805-1860 1921 Wilson, Walter cabinetmaker 1770-1847 1921 Wilson, Walter cabinetmaker 1798-1862 1921 Wilson, Walter of Teviot Crescent, skinner etc. 1812-1865 1921 Wilson, William manufacturer 1764-1832 1921 Wintrup, Michael town drummer and landlord of Teribus Arms d. 1894 1941