George B Hamilton

Male23 April 1883–5 August 1915

Brief Life History of George B

When George B Hamilton was born on 23 April 1883, in Mississippi, United States, his father, George E Hamilton, was 35 and his mother, Amanda Annette Avent, was 26. He lived in Panola, Mississippi, United States in 1900. He died on 5 August 1915, in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

George E Hamilton
1847–1915
Amanda Annette Avent
1856–1903
Minnie Elizabeth Hamilton
1878–1961
John West Hamilton
1880–1957
George B Hamilton
1883–1915
R A Hamilton
1885–1889
Hettie Hamilton
1887–1960
C. B. Hamilton
1888–
William Edward Hamilton
1889–1965
Arthur Garland Hamilton
1891–1984
Annie M Hamilton
1893–1981
James Monroe Hamilton
1896–1946

Sources (3)

  • George B Hamilton in household of George Hamilton, "United States Census, 1900"
  • G B Hamilton, "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943"
  • G. B. Hamilton, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1886

Age 3

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

Age 3

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 13

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from what is now a deserted village in the parish of Barkby, Leicestershire. This is named from Old English hamel ‘crooked’ + dūn ‘hill’. Hamilton near Glasgow was founded by the English Hamiltons and named after them, and later bearers took their surname from the Scottish place. In the north of Ireland, where many Hamiltons settled in the 17th century, this surname may sometimes have been adopted for Hamill . It has also been adopted as an Anglicized form of southern Irish Ó hUrmholtaigh.

History: This name is borne by one of the most distinguished families of the Scottish nobility; they hold many titles, including marquessate and dukedom of Hamilton, the marquessate of Douglas, the dukedom of Abercorn, and the earldom of Haddington. They are descended from Walter FitzGilbert de Hameldone, a Norman baron who gave his support to Robert the Bruce in the 13th century. A member of this family was Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), a British diplomat and archaeologist, whose wife, Lady Emma Hamilton (c. 1765–1815), became the mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson. A branch of the family was established in Ireland by Sir Frederick Hamilton (died 1646), who served in the Swedish army of Gustavus Adolphus. He later became governor of Ulster, and his descendants were created viscounts Boyne. The family have given their name to Newtownhamilton and Hamiltonsbaron in County Armagh. Another branch of the family were to be found in Denmark, where Henrik Albertsen Hamilton (1588–1648) was a noted Latin poet. A 17th-century example of a Hamilton from Glasgow, Scotland, is recorded in the Netherlands, where the name is found in the form Hamelton. Another Scottish Hamilton, James, went to the West Indies in the 18th century and was the father of Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), who arrived in NY in 1772 and became the first US secretary of the Treasury.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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