Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph, foundress and first superior of the Sisters of St Joseph of the diocese of Hamilton; b. 1824 in the parish of Husen or Husum, Kingdom of Hanover (West

, youngest son of James Young, merchant in Galston, and Margaret Mason; d. 20 March 1873, Hamilton, Ont. In 1825, after finishing his

FEARMAN, ROBERT CALVER, meat packer; b. 5 June 1858 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, second son of Frederick William

HAMILTON, JOHN, lumberman, financier, and politician; b. 16 Dec. 1827 at Hawkesbury, Upper Canada, son of George

HAMILTON, THOMAS GLENDENNING, teacher, physician, lecturer, politician, psychical researcher, editor, and author; b. 27 Nov

HAMILTON, HENRY, army officer and colonial administrator; b. c. 1734, probably

Aaron Wilcox, a merchant, and Eliza Jane Morley; m. 11 July 1907 Margaretta Muhlenberg Morley (1869–1958) in Camden Town (London), and they had a daughter; d. 6 June 1938 in Hamilton, Ont., and was buried

HAMILTON, ROBERT DOUGLAS, physician, author, and militia officer; b. 16 Jan. 1783 at Muirhead, in the parish of Dalserf

STINSON, MARION ELIZABETH (Ottaway; Crerar), philanthropist and war worker; b. 8 Sept. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada

son of William Craigie and May Ness; m. Mary Campbell, and they had nine children; d. 10 Aug. 1863 at Hamilton, Canada West. William

HAMILTON, GEORGE, businessman, office holder, militia officer, jp, and judge; b. 13 April

Macallum and Mary Macalpine Barramollach; m. Maria Adams and, after her death, Mary Biggar in 1859; d. 29 June 1879, at Hamilton, Ont

. 1902 Margaret Vanstone (d. 1904) in Wingham, Ont., and they had a son; m. thirdly 1908 Mabel I. Sturt of Brooklyn (New York City); d. 14 Dec. 1929 in Hamilton, Ont

.; d. 14 July 1872, at Hamilton, Ont. Edward Jackson received his elementary schooling at Redding and was then apprenticed in the trade

 ———; m. c. 1858 Elizabeth Leak, and they had four children; d. 19 Feb. 1900 in Hamilton, Ont. In 1842 Elias and Mary

HAMILTON, WILLIAM, iron founder, machinist, and inventor; b. in 1810 in Lasswade, Midlothian County, Scotland; d

HAMILTON, JOHN, businessman and politician; b. 1802 at Queenston, Upper Canada, youngest son of Robert

. in 1842 M. C. Jackson of London, Canada West, and they had three sons and a daughter; d. 25 Nov. 1890 in Hamilton, Ont. James Miller

HAMILTON, Sir CHARLES, naval officer and governor of Newfoundland; b. 25 May 1767, elder son of Sir John Hamilton

. 1882 at Hamilton, Ont. Adam Hope came from a well-known Scottish agricultural family; his father’s farm, Fenton Barns, was noted as a model of

Sarah Frances — ; m. first 2 June 1870 Morton Burdett Birge (d. 1873) in Hamilton, Ont., and they had a son; m. secondly there 29 April 1879 Thomas Henry Pratt; d. there 21

WINGFIELD, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, mechanic, landing-waiter, and poet; b. 1 Aug. 1828 in Blantyre, Scotland; m. Margaret

they had four daughters and one son; d. 15 June 1903 in Hamilton, Ont. John James Mason’s father abandoned his practice in Kilsby the year

daughter and a son; d. 23 March 1900 in New York City and was buried in Hamilton, Ont. Richard Mott Wanzer came from a Quaker family

HAMILTON, ROBERT, businessman, politician, judge, and office holder; b. 14 Sept. 1753 in Bolton, Scotland, son of John

at Hamilton, Ont. Calvin McQuesten graduated with a teaching certificate from Bradford Academy, Bradford, Mass., in 1825 and taught school for two

Canada, son of Charles Theaker, a farmer, and Mary Ann Mills; m. 20 May 1891 Mary Elizabeth Evans in Hamilton, Ont.; they had no children; d. there 3 Nov. 1915

Ambrose*, and two daughters; d. 31 March 1908 in Hamilton, Ont. Robert Ambrose grew up in Chelmsford and attended the parish

, all of whom were trained for the stage; d. 22 Dec. 1892 in Hamilton, Ont. John Townsend began his career in the theatre at age 12 by

Janet—; m. Martha Diana —, and they had five sons and three daughters; d. 5 April 1905 in Hamilton, Ont. Alexander Aitchison’s

 Jan. 1903 in Hamilton, Ont. Thomas McIlwraith pursued a double career, his work in public utilities and trade set against a lifelong devotion to

. 1847 Margaret Switzer; d. 10 May 1855 in Hamilton, Upper Canada. Robert Reid Smiley immigrated with his parents to Kingston, Upper

HAMILTON, PETER STEVENS (he published a book of poetry under the name Pierce Stevens Hamilton), lawyer, journalist

Mercy Neal; m. 14 Nov. 1867 Wilson McNeilage Mills in London, Ont., and they had six sons and one daughter; d. 27 Feb. 1932 in Hamilton, Ont., and was buried in Hamilton Cemetery

Varnham, and they had eight children; m. secondly 1846 Mrs Ann Gardner in Hamilton, Upper Canada; d. 12 March 1857 near Hamilton

George* and William Hamilton to supply oak and elm timber, including deals, in exchange for mercantile goods, to be sold at Hawkesbury, and a series of mortgages and advances to finance their operation

of William Fearman, a shoemaker, and Elizabeth Calver; m. first 16 Dec. 1851 Elizabeth Holbrook in Hamilton, Upper Canada, and they had eight sons and three daughters; m. secondly 5

.” Unable to establish a new settlement but retaining his passionate interest in black welfare in the Niagara and Gore districts, Brown gravitated to Hamilton. The flourishing state of Hamilton in the late

John Gibson (1842–1929) identified himself with progressive reform in Hamilton, Ont. Valuing hard work and perseverance, he

Laidlaw; m. 31 Oct. 1891 Mary Andrewina Wood in Hamilton, Ont., and they had a daughter; d. there 25 Feb. 1926. Robert Hobson

BEEMER, SARA GALBRAITH (Calder), philanthropist; b. 19 Aug. 1846 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, daughter of Levi Beemer, a

” Willson*; d. in New York City, 29 April 1880. Hugh Bowlby Willson was educated at the Gore District grammar school in Hamilton and

. 1845 Emma Wyatt at Wellington Square (Burlington), Upper Canada, and they had two sons and four daughters; d. 2 March 1859 in Savannah, Ga, and was buried in Hamilton, Upper Canada

and Johannah — ; m. 6 Sept. 1866 Herman Levy (d. 1902) in Metz, France, and they had three sons and a daughter; d. 14 Jan. 1916 in Hamilton, Ont

HAMILTON, JAMES, educator, painter, and businessman; b. 1810, likely in London, England, son of James Matthew

had no children; d. 26 March 1926 in Hamilton, Ont. Frances Higgins, who had immigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1837

 15 for a “year in hard scholastic work,” probably in Chatham. In 1861 or 1862 he moved to Hamilton and was soon articled to his elder brother, David, a lawyer. According to his own account in 1886

Hamilton, Canada West; d. there 18 June 1886. Katie McVicar, daughter of a poor Scottish tinsmith and his English-born wife, joined two older

the Gore District Grammar School in Hamilton. The trustees disagreed over the choice from among the three applicants, one of whom was John Rae

they had six sons and four daughters; d. 7 April 1917 in Hamilton, Ont. George Richard Robinson joined the band of the 1st Battalion