David Hamilton¹

Parents:

• Birth*: David Hamilton was born in 1853 at Ednagary, Co Down, Ireland, .^1,2
• He was the son of David Hamilton and Margaret Meney.¹
• Marriage*: David Hamilton married Elizabeth Ringland on Wednesday, 2 April 1873 at 3rd Raithfriland Presbyterian Church, Drungath, Rathfrilands, Co Down, Ireland, .¹
• Death*: David Hamilton died on 9 May 1918 at 13 Hamilton Street, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, ; 1918 deaths in the parish of Kilwinning in the county of Ayr, ref 46; David Hamilton peatlayer widower of Elizabeth Ringland, died 1918 May Nineth 8h 30m am at 13 Hamiilton Street Kilwinning, male aged 65 years, parents David Hamilton ploughman (dec) and Margaret Hamilton ms Meney (dec), cause puloric carcinoma as cert by James Jack MD, signed Roberts Hamilton son 66 Byres Road Kilwinning, registered 1918 May 10th at Kilwinning signed A Spier registrar.^1,3
• (Headstone) Memorial Inscription*: He was erected after 23 June 1896 at Kilwinning Cemetery, Kilwinning, Ayr, Scotland, . Inscription reads In loving Memory
  of
  Agnes
  Daughter of David Hamilton
  And Beloved Wife of David Mathie
  Who Fell Asleep in Jesus
  23rd June 1896 Aged 19 Years
  Also of His Daughter
  Susan
  Wife of James Cowan
  Who Died 19th Sept 1911 in her 27th Year
  Interred in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto
  And of His Wife
  Elizabeth Ringland
  Who Died 26th Jany 1917 in her 66th Year
  The Above David Hamilton
  Died 9th May 1918 in his 65th Year
  Also Martha Scott
  Beloved Wife of Robert Hamilton
  Who Died 14th June 1914 Aged 59 Years
  The Above Robert Hamilton
  Who Died 21st May 1948 Aged 66 years
  Also Agnes Mathie Stevenson
  Who Died 27th August 1970 Aged 85 Years
  Erected by Her Father
  
  Go home dear friends and shed no tears
  My dust lies here till Christ appears
  Then in his image I shall rise
  And claim my mansion in the skies.⁴
  

Census & Directory Entries

Head of Household	3 April 1881	He was listed as head of household along with spouse Elizabeth Ringland in the 1881 census at 47 Fullarton Street (East Side), Dundonald, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, . David Hamilton, head, married, male, 28, plasters labourer, b Irvine; Eliza Hamilton, wife, married, female, 30 b Ireland; also in the household were Martha Jane Hamilton, David Hamilton, Agnes Hamilton and James Hamilton.5
Head of Household	5 April 1891	He was listed as head of household along with spouse Elizabeth Ringland in the 1891 census at Woodend, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, . David Hamilton, head, married, male, 39, railway platelayer, b Down Ireland; Eliza Hamilton, wife, married, female, 41 b Down Ireland; also in the household were Martha Jane Hamilton, David Hamilton, Agnes Hamilton, James Hamilton, Robert Hamilton, Susan Hamilton and William Hamilton.6
Head of Household	31 March 1901	He was listed as head of household along with spouse Elizabeth Ringland in the 1901 census at 2 Byres Road, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, . David Hamilton, head, married, male, 49, railway furnaceman, b Ireland; Eliza Hamilton, wife, married, female, 51 b Ireland; also in the household were David Hamilton, James Hamilton, William Hamilton, Elizabeth Mulimot and Robert Hamilton.7