Grave of James and Mary Hamilton in Maple Leaf Cemetery near Randboro Compton County Quebec photo October 2000. There are no known pictures of James and Mary or of their other children even though they died at a time when pictures were possible.

Matthew Hamilton's family taken sometime in the mid 1890's Hattie, Frank, Hugh, Justin, Effie, Irene, Bertha, Matthew missing is Lelia who died in 1884 at 8 years 10 months old and Eva Mayo Irene's daughter by her first husband. Bertha was born in 1888. Bertha died in 1902 at age 13 yrs 6 mo. photo from Bernardston collection

Lelia Rose shown here in a tintype photo in the early 1880's with her brother Justin and her grave marker in Johnville Cemetery Compton County, Quebec tintype from Bernardston Collection marker October 2000

Bertha about 1890 and 1900 from Bernardston Collection marker in the Sherbrooke Cemetery in  October 2000

Effie and Frank Stanley married in Compton County and had had four children that I know of Irene, Howard, Ernest and Edna, but nothing more. They ran the general store in the Hamilton Block in Sidney MB from 1900 to 1916 but after that I do not know where the moved to. .

Hattie and George Greenley had two children that we know of Vivian and Hazel. The one birth was announced in the Toronto Paper. We have other documents and photos that show them in Vancouver BC and have found relatives living in Manitoba in 2003.

I have now discovered who Frank married and where he married. I know he was sickly and died in Unity in middle age. His wife ran a tea room for awhile so I am told. He had three children that I know of Alice, Florence and Charles.

Lakefield, Gore township, Argentuil County, Quebec. It is near this village where in 1832 James brought his bride to his farm on lot 1 of range 3 to the west of Lakefield. They were squatters initially on this land but were later granted ownership by the Crown.

Randboro, Compton County, Quebec where James brought his family in 1865. East Clifton, Compton County, Quebec where Matthew set up his first Farm. He later lived in Johnville, Compton County, and Sherbrooke.

This is Matthews barn, the house is gone taken down when the highway was put through, we are just east of East Clifton on the road to Sawyerville.
 

Midred said this Alexander Apple Tree stood at Matthew's Kitchen door

Matthew's Home in East Clifton near Sawyerville photo from Mildred Waldron

and this was the view in 2001 from where the house stood looking south across the valley

The church at East Clifton

View of St. Isadore across the valley from East Clifton Church. The church is located South of Matthew's Farm on the road from Sawyerville.

Matthew's Johnville home from the Bernardston collection. We have not located this house in the current village of Johnville which we visited in October of 2000.

John's daughters the picture from collection of Paul Montgomery

John's sons from the collection of Paul Montgomery

John's home on Parker Hill near Randboro, picture taken Thanksgiving Day 2000 on a tour of the area given by Mildred Waldron. It is believed to have been his father home before they retired from the farm and move into Randboro.

James's ;ater tpo become his eldest sons home on Parker Hill taken on Thanksgiving Day 2000. We collected some pine cones from the big pines at the corner of the house (These big trees wer gone by 2004)

The day we visited the ownership of the home was changing hands with the previous owner from Montreal vacating and allowed us to see inside the house

rear view of the house note snow ladder in place on roof

view from kitchen window across the valley to hills west of Randboro and the NH border

John and Martha's Marker in the Maple Leaf Cemetery south of Randboro

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Sydney Manitoba lies between Portage La Prairie and Brandon on the TransCanada highway

Hugh's Store in Sidney Mb. in 1900 on South Railway Street between Oak and Maple Streets.

This is the sign from the top of the two story building in the previous picture.

Frank Stanley is Running the store at the time of this picture, Hugh has a office on the side and sells real estate and insurance. note telephone poles in this picture missing from earlier ones below

This is the  intersection of South Railway St. and Maple St just east of the store.

Picture of South Railway St looking from top of elevator west from intersection with Maple St. Store has carriages in front of it.

Hugh's home in Sidney, MB about 1900 from collection of Julie Hamilton.

Matthew's home in Sydney Manitoba from the Bernardston Collection of Eunice (Streeter) Randall

Matthew's old home as it looks in September 2003

Egbert Cairns and family home in Sydney Mb from the Bernardston Collection

located on corner of Maple and Cypress and across the street from Matthew's home

 September 2003 view of the church which started as a Methodist Church and then became a united Church and today the building is used as a museum by the Historical Society of Sidney.

This is the South Railway street of Sidney Mb about 1900 looking west from east end of village.

Matthew's cottage in Unity. picture was taken in august 2000 and I was shown the location by Sally Neigum who worked for Justin and his wife on their farms near Unity. Much smaller home than the one he had in Sidney.

Hugh and Fanny (Carr) Hamilton taken in Unity about 1938. Hugh died in 1941. After Hugh's death Fanny lived with her son Lyle in Pitman NJ until her death in 1969

After her death in 1969 the family had her ashes returned to be buried beside her Husband in the family plot in Pleasantview Cemetery in Unity Saskatchewan. Their markers are on the far end of the plot. Matthew's stone is the large one in the center and Justin and his wife are on this side of Matthew. It is believed that Frank and his wife lie in this plot as well though unmarked.

Hugh's home in Unity is surrounded by a large hedge but my finger also got in the way. NW corner of 3rd Ave and 1st St. East. House was for sale in 2003. Picture was taken in 2000.

The rear of the house of 1st St. East.

This is the building that served as Hugh's Massey Ferguson, and Dodge dealership so my mother says but I found evidence that he sold Pontiac's in 1935 and was a Frontenac Gas retailer

These pictures were taken in August 2000 while visiting Don Wallace and his family who shares with me Matthew as a great grandfather.

This is Graham and Ella Hamilton, Graham is Justin and Ella's son, this was taken in 1956 and came from the collection of Betty, Graham's wife 

 
Justin and Ella (Jackson) Hamilton, youngest son of Matthew and Irene Hamilton on their farm near Unity.

 
Taken in Dec 1948 Justin and Ella Hamilton.

 
This is the entrance to Justin's dairy farm and original homestead property at the northwest corner of the town of Unity SK. This picture was taken while visiting Don Wallace and his family in Unity in August 2000. The farm was sold in 1944 I am told.