Laura Caroline Graves

Brief Life History of Laura Caroline

When Laura Caroline Graves was born on 7 April 1904, in Lincoln, Washington, United States, her father, James Harvey Graves, was 61 and her mother, Loretta Maria Drum, was 31. She married Newton Earl Hamilton on 26 June 1924, in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dent Judicial Township, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1930 and Okanogan Election Precinct 2, Okanogan, Washington, United States for about 5 years. She died on 5 August 1943, in Okanogan, Washington, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Omak, Okanogan, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Newton Earl Hamilton
1899–1989
Laura Caroline Graves
1904–1943
Marriage: 26 June 1924
Jack Arthur Hamilton
1925–2018
George Walter Hamilton
1926–2008
Elsie Marie Hamilton Hendricks
1929–2015
Faye Lorraine Hamilton
1931–

Sources (11)

  • Laura Hamilton in household of Earl Hamilton, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Laura Groves, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Laura Graves, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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Name Meaning

English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .

Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.

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

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