hi becky,
my only interest in this thread is the fact that you have had no reply to your post in over a year, so i thought that if i put up a little more detail it maybe help others to identify there family.
i reckon that your robert was the son of john lockie and mary elliot armstrong. he was born 1880 galashiels, selkirk. maybe some kind soul will look up his birth cert and confirm his parents.
john and mary married 25/11/1869 melrose.
john was the son of john lockie and mary buckham, who married 19/4/1829 ancrum. john was born c1838, minto roxburgh
mary was the daughter of arthur armstrong and margaret grieve, and was born 24/7/1839. castleton roxburgh
margaret was the daughter of william grieve and mary elliot, she was born 27/10/1807. castleton roxburgh
1841 census- butterhall, minto, roxburgh
john buckham...age 25...ag labourer
mary lockie...age 30
mary lockie...age 11
thomas lockie...age 9
john lockie...age 3(yours)
1841 census- sheldon, castleston, roxburgh
mary elliot...age 60
margaret armstrong...age 25
mary armstrong...age 3
william armstrong...age 8 days.
1851 census- butterhall, minto, roxburgh
john buckham...age 36...ag lab...born ancrum
mary lockie...age 42...born ancrum
john lockie...age 13...born minto
i reckon that margaret armstrong married again to john murray, again i hope some kind soul can confirm this.
1851 census- old branxholm park, hawick, roxburgh
john murray...age 23...ag labourer
margaret murray...age 40
ann murray...age 2
william...age 2 months
mary armstrong...step-daughter...age 12...born castleston
1851 census- branxholm braes farm, hawick, roxburgh (james grieve's farm)
thomas lockie...age 19..ag labourer
1861 census- high cross, melrose, roxburgh
mary armstrong...age 22...domestic servant
1861 census- cavers, roxburgh (home of robert moodie, millwright)
john lockie...age 22...millwright
thomas lockie married elizabeth oliver on the 5/11/1858 morebattle
lockie children from this marriage:
john...born 22/11/1858 morebattle
elizabeth...born 19/1/1861 hownam
alexander oliver...born 16/8/1863 melrose
mary buckham...born 13/2/1865 melrose
robert...born 2/6/1869 melrose
walter douglas...born 26/6/1872
george hart...born 7/9/1874
1861 census- east grange, hownam, roxburgh
thomas lockie...age 29...ploughman
elizabeth m...age 21...born oxnam
john...age 2
elizabeth...age 3 months
1861 census- village of lillieleaf, roxburgh
mary lockie...age 52...grocer
john lockie marries mary elliot armstrong
lockie children
maggie grieve...born 13/5/1871 selkirk
john buckham...born 5/11/1872 selkirk
arthur jardine...born 18/10/1874 selkirk
1871 census- 25 chapel street, selkirk
john lockie...age 33...millwright
mary e...age 30
1871 census- dingleton mains farm, melrose
thomas lockie...age 29...ploughman
elizabeth...age 31
john...age 12
elizabeth...age 10
alexander o...age 7
mary b...age 6
thomas...age 4
robert...age 1
mary b...mother...age 62
1881 census- 33 st andrew's street, galashiels, selkirk
john lockie...age 43...millwright
mary e...age 41
maggie g...age 9
john b...age 8
arthur j...age 6
mary e...age 4
robert m...age 1
1881 census- leaderfoot, melrose
thomas lockie...age 49...ag labourer
elizabeth...age 41
john...age 22...ag lab
alexander...age 17...ag lab
mary...age 16...ag lab
thomas...age 14
robert...age 11
walter d...age 8
james h...age 3
1891 census- birchfield, melrose
john lockie...age 53...insurance agent
mary...age 51
maggie...age 19
arthur...age 16...warehouse clerk
mary...age 14
robert...age 11
1891 census- carterhaugh, selkirk
thomas lockie...age 59...retired ploughman
elizabeth...age 51
mary...age 26...ag lab
thomas...age 24...ploughman
robert...age 21...policeman
walter...age 18...forester
james...age 13
1901 census- the cottage, old deer, aberdeen (house of fyffe family)
robert lockie...age 21...land agent's clerk
1901 census- birchfield, melrose
john lockie...age 63...insurance agent
mary...age 61
maggie...age 29
mary...age 24
margaret montgomery...visitor...age 74...born edinburgh
1901 census- village of midlem, bowden, roxburgh
thomas lockie...age 69...market gardener
elizabeth...age 61
i forgot to mention that the marriage of mary buckham and john lockie,
lockie children
mary lockie...born 22/1/1830 minto
thomas lockie...born 24/1/1832 minto
i sure hop you get a family connection now, beckey and i hope some kind soul follows up with any other info
away for coffee...
Joe