Pennsylvania Families

Elsie Dornberger was a resident of Chambersburg when she married.

1930 Federal Census, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Microfilm Series T626, Roll 1977
Enum Dist 224, Sheet 18A.
owns the house worth $20,000 at 1201 Denniston Street
owns a radio

Hamilton, Louis K., M, 33, W, Head, born in Pennsylvania, father in NJ, mother in Pennsylvania
Hamilton, Elsie D., F, 39, W, Wife, born in Pennsylvania, father in Germany, mother in Pennsylvania
Hamilton, George D., M, 3, born in Pennsylvania
Hamilton, Margery L., F, 1, born in Pennsylvania
Hamilton, Charles B., M, 1, born in Pennsylvania
Catterawl, Emma, housekeeper, F, W, 63, Wd, born in Pennsylvania, father in Irish Free State, mother in Pennsylvania

 

 

1940 Census, Pittsburgh, PA
May 9, 1940
renting for $85/month at 335 Linden Avenue

Louis K Hamilton, 42, 8 years school, born in Pennsylvania, secretarial clerk, piping factory, worked 40 hours last week, worked 52 weeks last year for $5000+
Elsie D Hamilton, 40, 8 years school, born in Pennsylvania
George E Hamilton, 13, 7 years school, born in Pennsylvania
Charles B Hamilton, 11, 5 years school, born in Pennsylvania
Margery Hamilton, 11, 5 years school, born in Pennsylvania

all lived in Pittsburgh in 1935

Are any of these Elsie (Dornberger) Hamilton?
Mrs Elsie W Hamilton, stenographer Brookline Savings and Trust, home 530 Clemesha Avenue Tel Lehigh 9775 [in bold]. not at this address in 1944
or
Elsie M Hamilton, employee Hotel William Penn, home 6803 Hamilton Avenue. not at this address in 1944
or Elsie Hamilton, buyer, resides 1516 Termon Avenue. not at this address in 1944

1950 Census Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, ED 77-213
April 6, 1950

Elsie D Hamilton, 59, divorced, no occupation
George D Hamilton, 23, school
Marjerie Hamilton, 21, school
Charles B Hamilton, 21, school
all born in Pennsylvania

for Elsie: lived in this house a year ago. father born in Germany, mother in US, completed 12 years of school, but did not finish the 12th year

 

Indiana Death Certificates
died January 30, 1976, Fort Wayne
Elsie D Hamilton, 85, born October 23, 1890, Pennsylvania, widowed
died at University Park Nursing Home, Fort Wayne
residence: 5501 Old Dover Blvd
parents: Leonard Dornberger and Elizabeth Bert
informant: Margery Strotz, daughter, 5501 Old Dover Blvd
Buried: Norland Cemetery, Chambersburg, PA
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SSDI:
ELSIE HAMILTON 23 Oct 1890 Jan 1976 46805 (Fort Wayne, Allen, IN) SSN: 186-30-5248, Issued: Pennsylvania

 

 

Chambersburg, PA Public Opinion, 31 January 1976, page 8
Mrs Elsie D Hamilton
Mrs Elsie Dornberger Hamilton, 84, 5101 Old Dover Blvd, Fort Wayne, Indiana, died Thursday evening in University Park Nursing Home, Fort Wayne.

Mrs Hamilton was born October 23, 1890, in Chambersburg, daughter of the late Leonard and Elizabeth Bert Dornberger. She was a member of St Alban's Episcopal Church of Fort Wayne and Order of Eastern Star of Pittsburgh.

Surviving are a daughter and two sons: Mrs Margery H Strotz, Fort Wayne, with whom she resided for eight years; George Hamilton, Mahwah, NJ; Charles B, Fort Wayne, and nine grandchildren.

Funeral 10 am Monday. Burial Norland Cemetery [Chambersburg]