SECOND GENERATION

6 v. William Hamilton was born on 13 Jun 1841 in Gore Township, District 17, Quebec. He first appears in the census of 1851. He was not noted in family histories.

>From the St. Jerome Anglican records:
William, son of James Hamilton of Gore and of his wife Mary Hammond was born on the thirteenth of June one thousand eight hundred and forty one and was baptized on the tenth day of August in the same year by me ? Innes McMaster Minister Sponsors Joseph Boyd, Jane Hammond and Matthew Hammond.

The last time we see him is in the 1861 census as labourer on his fathers farm in the Gore. He is not mentioned as moving to Compton with the rest of the family in 1865 and 1871 and is not seen in the census of 1871 with his parents or on his own. Then several years later I did find him in the 1870 Census for Vermont at the farm of Eugene Chase and his wife Betsy. They are relatives of Irene Pierce who's mother was a Chase. There were 2 other Hamilton Boys besides William age 29, that are listed as labourers on the farm. They were, John age 24 and James age 16. It is interesting that John and James are not known in my line of Hamilton's so there appears to be another Hamilton Family connection that we do not know about yet. There are other Johns and James but none fit the age profileof James' and Mary's children of that name.

In the Autobiography of William's brother Rev Joseph Hamilton we found mention of William's death in Wisconsin which lead us to his family in the 1880 census of Wisconsin. In his brothers autobiography on page 93 Joseph says he died on November 27th 1887 of Typhoid Fever.

1880 United States Federal Census about Wm. Hamilton Name:Wm. Hamilton Home in 1880:Clintonville, Waupaca, Wisconsin Age:39 Estimated birth year:abt 1841 Birthplace:Canada Relation to Head of Household:Self (Head) Spouse's name:Matilda Hamilton Father's birthplace:Ireland Mother's birthplace:Ireland Neighbors:View others on page Occupation:Farmer Marital Status:Married Race:White Gender:Male Cannot read/write: Household Members:NameAge Wm. Hamilton39 Matilda Hamilton40 Leslie Hamilton7 Grace Hamilton5 Nina Hamilton2 View Original Record View original image View blank form Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Clintonville, Waupaca, Wisconsin; Roll 1451; Family History Film: 1255451; Page: 86D; Enumeration District: 169; .

William was married to Maria Estella Plopper (Matilda) On July 10th 1870 in Clintonville, Wisconsin she was born in 1840 in New York,

William and Matilda had the following children

+ i  Leslie Hamilton was born about 1873 in Wisconsin

+ ii Grace May Hamilton  was born 6 Dec 1874 in Clintonville, Waupaca Co. WI USA she married John Charles Martin on 29 Aug 1906 in Cedar Rapids Iowa, he was born 26 Dec 1880 in Solon Iowa Grace and John had the following children

• Ruth Martin
• John Ronald Martin was born 26 Feb 1908 in Cedar Rapids Iowa
• Robert Hamilton Martin was born 21 July 1909 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He married Medora Elizabeth Kaminer
• Royal Bernard Senior Martin was born 25 Feb 1913 in Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA He married Margaret Mary Hennelly
• Rex Leslie Martin was born 25 March 1915 in Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA He married Harriet Mabel Ohman on 8th OCt 1938 in Cook Co. IL. USA

+ iii Nina Hamilton was born about 1878