Dorothy Ada Hamilton

Birth Name Dorothy Ada Hamilton
Gender female
Age at Death 88 years, 1 month, 2 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth March 22, 1922 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States   1 2 3a
Census April 1, 1930 Clearfield Borough, Pennsylvania, United States 420 West Locust St 4a
General

1930 Census, Clearfield Borough, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Enum Dist 17-15, Sheet 1A
Microfilm Series T626, Roll 2017
April 4, 1930

Renting at 420 West Locust St.($40/mo), does not own a radio.

Barrett Hamilton, 32, 1st married at 22, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, printer, stationery factory, veteran of WWI
Theresa Hamilton, 29, 1st married at 19, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Dorothy A Hamilton, 8 born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Betty J Hamilton, 6 born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania
Ruth E Hamilton, 3 born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHDM-TDQ

Census (Granddaughter) May 13, 1940 Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States on Seel Street 5a
Event Note

1940 Census, Shaler Twp, Allegheny County PA, ED 2-494, Family 307, sheet 16B
May 13, 1940
indexed as Hamleton at myHeritage.com, haven't yet found it at familysearch.org or ancestry.com
owns the house worth $12,000 on Seel Street

James M Hamilton, head, 65, married, 5 years of school, born in Pennsylvania, lived in the same house in 1935, foreman, machine [something], worked 40 hours last week, worked 52 weeks in 1939 for $1920
Jennie Hamilton, wife, 63, married, 5 years of school, born in Pennsylvania, lived in the same house in 1935
Tressa Hamilton, daughter, 38, married but living apart from her husband, 2 years school, born in Pennsylvania, occupation: maid, hotel, worked 40 hours last week, worked 52 weeks in 1939 for $624
Dorothy Hamilton, granddaughter, 18, 3 years high school, born in Pennsylvania
Betty Hamilton, granddaughter, 15, 1 year high school, born in Ohio
Ruth Hamilton, granddaughter, 13, 7 years school, born in Ohio

Tressa and her daughters were living in New York state in 1935

Jennie Hamilton provided the information.

indexed as Hamliton at familysearch.org and ancestry.com

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQXK-8C9

Residence April 1943 Etna Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States 102 Seel Street 3a
Event Note

Dorothy was living at 102 Seel St, Etna, when she entered active service in WWII.

Military Service from April 20, 1943 to March 2, 1946 United States Navy Waves 3a
Event Note

Naval Training School at Hunter College, NYC and at Stillwater, Oklahoma
Left service at the Naval Station in Great Lakes, Illinois

Residence June 1950 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States Apt 714, 2970 Sheridan Rd 3a
Event Note

Dorothy was living in Chicago when she applied for her Pennsylvania WWII Veteran's Compensation.

Residence 1966 Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States   6a
Event Note

1966 Honolulu City Directory, page 349, image 667
Dorothy A Hamilton, secretary, Kaiser Hawaii-Kai Development Co, home 6266 Keokea Place

Death April 24, 2010 Mililani, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States   2
General

SSDI

HAMILTON, DOROTHY ADA
born: 22 Mar 1922
died: 24 Apr 2010 (P)
age: 88
last res: 96789 (Mililani, Honolulu, HI)
issued: Pennsylvania 181-16-7627

Event Note

website of her niece says Dorothy's ashes were scattered off the coast of Honolulu

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Barrett Earl HamiltonNovember 3, 1901September 4, 1966
Mother Theresa E PilarJanuary 29, 1901February 2, 1955
         Dorothy Ada Hamilton March 22, 1922 April 24, 2010
    Sister     Betty Jane Hamilton July 30, 1924 December 26, 2017
    Sister     Ruth E Hamilton October 19, 1926 October 2014

Source References

  1. 1930 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Clearfield Co., Clearfield Borough Microfilm Series T626, Roll 2017, Enum Dist 17-15, Sheet 1A.
  2. Social Security Death Index
  3. Pennsylvania, WWII Veterans Compensation Application Files
      • Page: Dorothy Ada Hamilton, June 22, 1950, from Illinois
      • Citation:

        https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3147&h=269543&tid=&pid=&queryId=59a1cdb960fbfd7d2ee5b8248b88605f&usePUB=true&_phsrc=est3&_phstart=successSource

  4. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: Pittsburgh, ED 0224, family 274
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCCD-7YJ : accessed 14 Feb 2014), Louis K Hamilton, Pittsburgh (Districts 1-250), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0224, sheet , family 274, NARA microfilm publication .

  5. 1940 United States Census
      • Page: James Hamilton, Shaler Twp, Allegheny County PA, ED 2-494, Family 307, sheet 16B
  6. City Directories
      • Page: 1966 Honolulu City Directory, page 349