Born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Daughter of William Wright
and Janet (Steen) Wright
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Hamilton
— married
1881 in Blantyre or Hamilton, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
William Edward Hamilton, Janet (Hamilton) Gillies, Anna Beatrice (Hamilton) Burns and Margaret Hamilton
Died
at age 85
in Export, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Created 3 Oct 2015
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Biography of Janet Wright Hamilton
Janet Wright was born on March 27, 1860, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
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| James and Janet Hamilton |
Janet Wright married James Hamilton in 1881 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, when she was 21 years old. Her son William Edward "Will" was born on May 4, 1882, in Wishaw, Lanarkshire. After his birth, in 1884, she and her husband and young child, left their homeland in Scotland to emigrate to America. They arrived somewhere between 1884 and 1885.
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| Hamilton Family |
The small family settled first in Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania which is recorded in the 1900 Census. The family grew in Pennsylvania as they had four more children. Jane (1885-1946), Anna Beatrice (1887-1934), Margaret (1889-1928), and Mary (1890-1900) rounded out the family. By that time they had settled in the town of Export also in Westmoreland County. According to the 1900 US Census, James was a coal miner. Janet Hamilton died on September 13, 1945, in Export, Pennsylvania, at the age of 85, and was buried in Madison, Pennsylvania.
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| James and Janet Hamilton's Grave |
Sources
- 1900 United States Federal Census
- 1910 United States Federal Census
- 1920 United States Federal Census
- 1930 United States Federal Census
- 1940 United States Federal Census
- Ancestry Family Trees
- Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Janet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Janet:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Janet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Janet:
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~12.50%
50.00%
Bill Hamilton 
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