Mary Rebecca (Smith) Hamilton (1888 - 1986)

Born 29 Apr 1888 in Saxton, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Danford Blair Smith and Mary Frances (Miller) Smith

Wife of William Edward Hamilton — married 24 Feb 1909 in Tucker County, West Virginia

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1986 at age 97 in Export, Pennsylvania, USA

The Biography of Mary Rebecca "Mayme" Smith Hamilton

Danford Smith and 4 Children

Mary Rebecca Smith was born on April 29, 1888, in Saxton, Pennsylvania. Her father was Danford Smith and her mother was Mary Frances Miller. ^[1]

When she was growing up, her family moved to Davis, West Virginia when her father took a job as a foreman to a lumber company. ^[2][3]

On 24 Feb 1909 she married William E. "Will" Hamilton in Tucker, West Virginia. ^[4] For a short while, the young family lived with Mayme's parents, the Danford Smith's. Their first child, Lettie Maxine Hamilton was born there in October, 1909. ^[5] They moved to Export, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1910 and 1920 where Will worked in a coal mine. ^[6] Their son, Ronald Guy Hamilton was born in 1911 and their second daughter, Virginia Lee Hamilton was born in 1924. ^[7]

I visited Aunt Mayme's house many times with my grandmother and father. They still had an outhouse, a two-seater, in the backyard. There was no indoor facilities. I remember a photograph of the Dionne quintuplets hanging on the wall in the outhouse. In the kitchen, Mayme had a sink that had a pump handle to pump the water into the sink. Her "living" room did not have a typical sofa with cushions. Instead it was a wooden bench with pillows on it. Mayme always had projects that she was working on. Quilts and dolls made with painted wooden spools were among them. I loved the dolls! Another thing that I remember about her kitchen, which was the hub of the home, was that she hung pictures that her grandchildren drew and colored on the walls. It was very homey! ^[8]

Mayme's 90th Birthday!

Mayme served for over 45 years as Democratic Committeewoman. She died on February 23, 1986, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at the age of 97, and was buried in Delmont, Pennsylvania. ^[9]

Mayme and Will Hamilton Grave

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950
2. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census
3. ↑ Firsthand information from my grandmother, Frances Smith Hart
4. ↑ West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
5. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census
6. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census
7. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census
8. ↑ Firsthand information
9. ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

• 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Davis, Tucker, West Virginia; Roll: 1773; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1241773
• 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Davis, Tucker, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1697; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0145; FHL microfilm: 1375710
• 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Export, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1663; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 98; Image: 374
• 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Export, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2155; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0028; Image: 789.0; FHL microfilm: 2341889
• 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Export, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3629; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 65-41
• Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2JV-9MZ : 9 December 2014), Mamie Rebecca Smith, 29 Apr 1888; Birth, citing Saxton Boro, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 331,352.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #30925686
• U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  • Name: Mayme Hamilton
  • SSN: 178-20-1563
  • Last Residence:
  • 15650 Latrobe, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
  • BORN: 29 Apr 1888
  • Died: Feb 1986
  • State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

Photographed Sources

• West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971

Mayme and Will Hamilton's Marriage License

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by comparison between second cousins Nikki (Barr) Byer (GEDmatch A649209) and Bill Hamilton Jr. (GEDmatch M912123); they share 9 matching segments greater than 7 cM each across 7 different chromosomes for a total of 236.7 cM.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by comparison between second cousins Nikki (Barr) Byer (GEDmatch A649209) and Bill Hamilton Jr. (GEDmatch M912123); they share 9 matching segments greater than 7 cM each across 7 different chromosomes for a total of 236.7 cM.