Buckham H Hossack Born Orkney Married 27/7/1875 Edinburgh to Sibla Monteith

[davy.campbell]

Hi this is a reply for Vicki Hossack, sorry for the late reply Vicki, regarding the communion table. Spoke to the Orkney museum, however they were not interested in the table, and it lay in my garage for ages. Just asked about it last week, when I read your posts, and it seems my brother has sold it to some bloke in London. Its going to be a feature in his kitchen.!....Was reading gale MacLeod's post as well regarding Hugh's brother Robert Campbell, that's my middle and surname!. Wish I was better at operating things on this site, but find it very difficult, but take and thanks.

[Kacper]

Good afternoon,
I have found this forum just today, and I am afraid that this thread has been dormant for so long, that the chances of getting a response here are very slim. Anyway, I decided to give it a try.
I own an old oil painting that I bought over 20 years ago at the farmers' market in East Sussex. It has never occured to me to check its provenance - it has been hanging in the 'mudroom' for ages. I had a closer look today, and for the first time I've been able to read the signature which seems to be HUGH B. HOSSACK (1882). Do you know if this might had been painted by a person from this thread subject line (this is how I found your forum!). The painting itself is an oil on canvas, presenting a coastal scene; it is really dirty and damaged.
Thank you for your time!
All best wishes,
Kacper

[Forfarian]

Assuming that Hugh B Hossack isn't Buckham Hugh Hossack under a pseudonym, there is no obvious candidate in the Scottish birth and death records.

However there is a Hugh Charles Bu* Hossack who married Lizzie B Low in Newhills (just west of Aberdeen) in 1888.

Hugh Charles Buckham Hossack was born in London in 1861, son of Robert Hossack and Elizabeth Taylor. In 1891 he is in Colwick, Nottinghamshire with wife Bessie, 25 and daughter Maggie H, 4, both born in Scotland, and described as a lithographic artist. He died in 1923, aged 62, and is buried in Colwick.

In the 1871 census in Edinburgh is Jessie Taylor, widow, 73, born England, with daughters Charlotte, 35, and Wilhelmina, 29, and Hossack grandchildren Robert, 17; William, 13; Hugh, 10; Jemima, 7; and Campbell, 5, plus niece Maria Ingram, 25 and nephew George Davidson 15. All born in Scotland except William and Hugh, who were born in England. The niece and nephew were both born in Orkney. Robert Hossack and Elizabeth Taylor were married in Edinburgh in 1852.

Jessie Davidson or Taylor, 79, died in Edinburgh in 1878, mother's maiden surname Buchanan. Could Buckham have been a misinterpretation of Buchanan, or vice versa?

I can't guarantee that Hugh Charles Buckham Hossack is the Hugh B Hossack who painted your painting, but if he was, then it does look as if there is a connection. More research needed!

[Forfarian]

More information.

In 1881 Elizabeth Hossack is listed as wife of a sea captain in a household in Edinburgh, with Robert, 27; Jessie, 25; Hugh, 20; Jemima, 17; Campbell, 15; Charlotte, 12 and Mary, 11, plus sister-in-law Charlotte Taylor, 40, and a servant.

In 1891 her husband is at home: Robert C Hossack, 64, shipmaster superintendent, born Orkney.

Robert Campbell Hossack, 75, mother's maiden surname Davidson, died in Edinburgh in 1901. There's a short obituary in the Leith Burghs Pilot of 21 September 1901.

This all ties in very neatly with the information in Gale MacLeod's post above, so I think the answer is yes, your painter is a member of this Orkney family.