Robert Hamilton (1849 - 1924)

Born 11 Nov 1849 in Ballybay, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza Jane (Clarke) Hamilton — married 1 May 1895 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1924 at age 75 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Robert Hamilton was born on 11 November 1849 in Ballybay, Ireland, son of Martha (Parks) Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton.^{[citation needed]}

He married Eliza Jane Clarke on 1 May 1895 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia.^{[citation needed]} Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• Alexander Thomas Hamilton (1896–1939)
• Elsie Margaret Hamilton (1900–1980)
• Robert Clarke Hamilton (1901–1988)
• Mary Helene Hamilton (1903–1988)
• William Norris Hamilton (1910–1993)

Robert died on 15 November 1924 in Newstead, Victoria, aged 78.^[1]

Research Notes

No sources provided for children named in profile. More research needed.

Robert's certificates state being born in 1846, but church records state his baptism date as November 11, 1849 (this date used). He emigrated to Victoria in 1878 and worked at station 'GLENGOWER' and married the owner's daughter at age 49 (?). Became a farmer at Sandon near Newstead in Central Victoria. He died aged 78 (81?) in 1924 of a heart muscle complaint (Myocarditis) after a long illness of three years. His death certificate states 55 years in Australia, but this is incorrect. No photograph has been located. They lived in a home called 'Leumeah', now owned by a relative Jim Ebery, who bought it from Alex's estate in 1942. Robert's wife Jeanie had sold it to her eldest son Alex in 1928.

Grave of Robert Hamilton

Sources

1. ↑ Death record: 15561 / 1924. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Robert HAMILTON); (Place of death: NEWSTEAD); (Age at death: 78); (Mother: Martha THOMPSON); (Father: HAMILTON Alexander)

• Certificates.