Pennsylvania Families

1850 Federal Census, PA, Cambria Summerhill Twp
Series M432, Roll 761, Page 97
(HeritageQuestOnline.com)

Hamilton James 32 M Carpenter Cape Island
-----, Mary A. 27 F Pa
-----, Joseph 4 M Pa
-----, Maria 2 F Pa
Newkirk, Hiram 27 M Cabinet maker Germany

1860 Federal Census, PA, Cambria County, Wilmore Boro
Series M653, Roll 1088, Page 582 (HeritageQuestOnline.com)
Line 32, ff.

Hamilton, Jas D., 42, M, Landlord, personal worth $500
Hamilton, Mary A., 37, F
Hamilton, Joseph, 14, M, School
Hamilton, Maria C.,12, F, School
Hamilton, Ann, 3, F

All birthplaces: Pennsylania
Many boarders listed on next page.
Remarks in margin: "Public Boarding House"

1869 Johnstown City Directory

Hamilton James D., bill poster, 226 and 228 Washington street.
http://www.camgenpa.com/books/1869CD/JT.html

1870 Census: 2nd Ward, Johnstown
Series M593, Roll 1317, page 212
Census page 16, line 37, (HeritageQuestOnline.com)

Hamilton, J. D., 49, M, W, Hotel Keeper, real estate $0, personal estate $900
--------, M. A., 45, F, W, keeping house
--------, Anna , 13
--------, Emma, 5
All Birthplaces: Pennsylvania

With a Ellen and Julia Crouse (mother and daughter)
Frank and Mary Wilkerson, (husband and wife.) A civil engineer
Mary Helstein, 18, Domestic servant.

1876 Johnstown City Directory

Hamilton James D., janitor, Broad near Franklin.
Hamilton Joseph, brakeman, 161 Franklin.
http://www.camgenpa.com/books/1876CD/Jtown2.html

1880 United States Census
3rd Ward, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania
Series T9, Roll 1110, Page 40, ED 182, sheet 14

HAMILTON, J. D., Self, M, Male, W, 61, Janitor & Bill Poster, born in PA, parents in NJ
------, Mary A., Wife, M, Female, W, 57, Keeping House, born in PA, parents also
--------, Annie, Dau, S, Female, W, 23, At Home, born in PA, parents also
---------, Emma, Dau, S, Female, W, 14, At Home, born in PA, parents also
Robert Smith, 35, male, single, carpenter, born in PA, parents also
Thomas J Lee, 34, male single, carpenter, born in PA, parents also
Thomas Sherrons?, 39, male single, carpenter, born in MD, parents also
R H Hughes, 44, male, single, carpenter, born in NJ, parents also
C W Shivers, 59, male, but both listed as married, plasterer, born in NJ, parents also
E M Shivers, 47, male, but both listed as married, plasterer, born in NJ, parents also

Last six were all boarders. None of the boarders were the ones listed at 136 Jackson in the 1889 City Directory.

Altoona Times, May 25, 1885, page 1
Mrs Mary A Hamilton
Mary A Hamilton, widow of the late James D Hamilton, of Johnstown, died at the residence of her son in law, David H Edwards, No. 1422 Tenth avenue, of cancerous tumor, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was born at Wilmore, Cambria county, in the year 1825, and at the time of her death was aged 60 years 3 months and 25 days. The remains will be taken to Johnstown on the 7.25 train tomorrow morning. Funeral services will be held at the English Lutheran Church and the interment will be in Sandyvale cemetery, Johnstown.

Dear is the spot where Christians sleep,
And sweet the strains that angels pour.
Oh! why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost but gone before.

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Altoona Tribune, May 28, 1885, page 3
Death of Mrs Mary A Hamilton
Sunday morning, at 5 o'clock, Mrs Mary A Hamilton, widow of the late James D Hamilton of Johnstown, died in this city at the residence of her son in law, David H Edwards, No. 1422 Tenth avenue. The deceased was born at Wilmore, Cambria county, in the year 1825, and at the time of her death was aged 60 years 3 months and 25 days, and had been a kind mother and loving wife, as well as a true Christian woman. Her death was caused by a cancerous tumor.

Sandyvale Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
HAMILTON, Mary A. 24 May 1885 Age 60y 3m 25d; w/o Major James D. Hamilton; d. Altoona

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