Thomas H. Hamilton

Brief Life History of Thomas H.

When Thomas H. Hamilton was born on 4 October 1884, in Richmond Township, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Henry Hamilton, was 36 and his mother, Ann Elizabeth Good, was 32. He lived in Carleton, Ontario, Canada in 1901.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Hamilton
1848–1921
Ann Elizabeth Good
1851–1933
Magdelane Hamilton
1873–
Emma Magdalene Hamilton
1874–
William Henry Hamilton
1875–
Agness Mable Hamilton
1877–1940
Jamima Alma Gertrud Hamilton
1879–
Robert Lorne Hamilton
1881–1916
John G. Hamilton
1882–
Thomas H. Hamilton
1884–
Agnes Hamilton
1885–
Elgin Ross Hamilton
1887–
Myrtle Hamilton
1889–
Harold Rushton George Hamilton
1891–

Sources (1)

  • Thomas H. Hamilton in household of Anna E. Hamilton, "Canada Census, 1901"

World Events (8)

1886 · First Workmen's Comp Act

In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.

1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

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.

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