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David Hamilton plasterer's labourer1

M, #12578, b. 1853, d. 9 May 1918
Last Edited: 26 May 2024

Parents:

Father*: David Hamilton1 b. c 1830
Mother*: Margaret Meney1 b. c 1830, d. b 1881
  • Birth*: David Hamilton plasterer's labourer 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 plasterer's labourer married Elizabeth Ringland on Wednesday, 2 April 1873 at 3rd Raithfriland Presbyterian Church, Drungath, Rathfrilands, Co Down, Ireland, .1
  • Death*: David Hamilton plasterer's labourer 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 Household3 April 1881He 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 railway surfaceman, Agnes Hamilton and James Hamilton.5
Head of Household5 April 1891He 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 railway surfaceman, Agnes Hamilton, James Hamilton, Robert Hamilton, Susan Hamilton and William Hamilton.6
Head of Household31 March 1901He 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 railway surfaceman, James Hamilton, William Hamilton, Elizabeth Mulimot and Robert Hamilton.7

Family:

Elizabeth Ringland b. 1851, d. 26 Jan 1917
  • Marriage*: David Hamilton plasterer's labourer married Elizabeth Ringland on Wednesday, 2 April 1873 at 3rd Raithfriland Presbyterian Church, Drungath, Rathfrilands, Co Down, Ireland, .1

Children:

Martha Jane Hamilton+8 b. 24 Aug 1873, d. 26 Feb 1951
David Hamilton railway surfaceman5 b. c 1874
Agnes Hamilton+2 b. 2 Jan 1877, d. 23 Jun 1896
James Hamilton5 b. c 1880
Robert Hamilton+9 b. 4 Dec 1881, d. 21 May 1948
Susan Hamilton6 b. c 1883
William Hamilton6 b. c 1888

Citations

  1. [S40] DM [Aug 2008].
  2. [S56] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG6J-7ZQ : accessed 7 May 2016), Agnes
    Hamilton, 02 Jan 1877; citing Down, Ireland, reference v 1-1 p 216; FHL microfilm 255,968 [May 2016].
  3. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Death 1918 Kilwinning ref 46 image held [Feb 2012] via DM.
  4. [S21] Headstone Photograph; , IC [May 2016].
  5. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1881 England, Wales and Scotland Census Transcription URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1881%2f0029781987 [May 2016].
  6. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1891 England, Wales and Scotland Census Transcription URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1891%2f0032660093 [May 2016].
  7. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1901 England, Wales and Scotland Census Transcription URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0036447357 [May 2016].
  8. [S56] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR73-6VL : accessed 7 May 2016), Martha
    Jane Hamilton, 24 Aug 1873; citing Londonderry, Ireland, reference ; FHL microfilm 255,888. [May 2016]
  9. [S40] DM [Feb 2012].