Genealogy Chat

i am looking for any information on children of margaret kennedy and francis hamilton in the middlesbrough area. births/baptisms/deaths/burials.
i have found margaret all through her life , she was born in Eston Yorks. 1866-1924.But her husband francis 1867-1923 was Irish and i cant find him before 1891 when he was living as a boarder in .Grangetown Eston Yorks.
They dont appear to have had any children, but im wondering if they had any that died in infamcy.

Just for our info. Do you have them 1911?

1901

Name: Francis Hamilton
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Maggie Hamilton
Birth Place: Ireland
Civil Parish: Eston

Ecclesiastical parish: South Bank St John
Town: North Eston
County/Island: Yorkshire

Registration district: Middlesbrough
Sub-registration district: Ormesby

Francis Hamilton 33
Maggie Hamilton 33

he must have still been in ireland before 1891

married in 1897

I presume their deaths? If nothing else can be found out, you could risk getting Margaret's death cert to see who registered the death, as it's usually a family member - a VERY long shot though!

Deaths Mar 1923 (>99%)
HAMILTON Francis 54 Middlesbrough 9d 616

Deaths Mar 1924 (>99%)
Hamilton Margaret 54 Middlesbro' 9d 830

yes i have this info thank you, i was wondering about children who may have died in infancy. i can find some Hamilton births on the GRO but cant verify. Does anyone have access to local baptisms etc?

Still births would not have been recorded, and obviously there would have not been any baptisms. In addition, still births were not treated very well at that time ........... the baby's body was often just put in someone else's coffin, and there may or may not be a record of that


Mother's maiden name does not appear on GRO registrations until mid-1911, so that method of searching is out.

You can order certificates from GRO, using the information you've found, but specify that the father's name is Francis Hamilton and mother Margaret Kennedy ..................


they will look at the certificate and will not send it if the names are not correct ........... and I believe they also refund your money.

It's a pity no one can find their 1911 census entry. If they'd completed it correctly that would have shown how many children had been born alive and died.

1911?
Name Margaret Hamitton
Age in 1911:44
Estimated birth year:abt 1867
Relation to Head:Wife
Gender:Female
Birth Place:
South Bank, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish:Eston

Francis Hamitton 44
Margaret Hamitton 44 -
Margaret Hamitton 10 Neice - Kennedy on image
Joseph Hamitton 36 Brother in Law- Kennedy on image

Married 13 years; no children

thank you.

no i could no find them in the 1911.
i have had trouble searching recently as the site i use for searching has changed their layout/format.
:-)

no i could no find them in the 1911.
i have had trouble searching recently as the site i use for searching has changed their layout/format.
:-)

Probably been because of the misspelling of Hamilton 'Hamitton' .

Good find Potty :-)

i have another question about the hamiltons. margaret was supposedly buried 6 july 1924. i have searched for her death, but only find 2 matches, one for middlesbrough, which is where her husband was buried the year before (1867-1923). also one for chester le street. But these were both march 1924. Can anyone find a burial anywhere for margaret hamilton born c1866 . i am searching for a relative in the USA, and she was given the info of the burial being 6 July. I have asked of the origin of the info, but havent received a reply. i suggested it could be 6 Jan if its a handwritten burial entry?

mystery solved it was actually 6 Feb, but misread as i suspected. Because of the curly old fashioned writing, and also it was abreviated to Febry
:-)