Jane Anne Billups
Birth Name | Jane Anne Billups |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | 79 years, 3 months, 19 days |
Narrative
Jane Ann Billups was born, probably at home, in Yeagertown near Lewistown, Pennsylvania, "at 10 minutes past one, June 15" 1874, according to her parents' letters home to relatives. (Letters, # 12 and 13, June 14, 1874 and June 24, 1874, posted from Freedom Forge, PA.)
Her mother died when she was six and her father was forced to break up the family. Jane is said to have been raised by a Quaker family, possibly somewhere in eastern Pennsylvania. Her daughter-in-law Lucy Hamilton remembered Jane lapsing into "Quakerisms" like "thee" and "thou" in her speech from time to time. She kept her own surname and is not mentioned in the index to Quaker records for Pennsylvania.
When she was married on June 18, 1896, she was living at 4936 Harrison St. in Lawrenceville, the address of her father's sister Naomi Jackson and Naomi's husband Joseph. (Image of civil marriage license and record at Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, familysearch.org, accessed July 11, 2012.)
Later in life, seemingly when her sons were adolescents, Jane re-established contact with her two surviving brothers. Thomas may have been in Pittsburgh, since he was with his aunt Naomi Jackson's household there in 1880, or he might have been already working in Norristown. John Henry was likely in Philiadelphia, where he appears on the 1910 census with a wife and child. Jane's son Charles remembered going with her to eastern Pennsylvania. The locations of Norristown and Lewistown, PA, and Salem, NJ, all figured in the story somehow.
One of her obituaries says incorrectly that she was born in Salem, New Jersey. She died of sub-acute myocarditis on October 4, 1953. The granddaughter has a copy of Jane's death certificate also.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | June 15, 1874 | Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States | 1 2a | |
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Census (Daughter) | June 25, 1880 | Yeagertown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States | 3a | |
Event Note
1880 Census, Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Henry Billups, 35, widowed, axe grinder, born in England, parents also, was out of work 1 month this year |
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Baptism | November 30, 1890 | St John’s Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, United States | 4a | |
Event Note
St John's Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
Baptisms
Jennie Billups, born Louisville, KY, June 10, 1873, parents: Harry and Agnes Billups.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2451/40355_267577-00176/6266194 |
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Confirmation | April 13, 1890 | St John’s Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, United States | 4b | |
Event Note
St John's Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
Confirmed |
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Communicant | from 1891 to 1892 | St John’s Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, United States | 4c | |
Event Note
St John's Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey |
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Arrival | 1892 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 4c | |
Event Note
The record of St John's Episcopal Church in Salem, NJ, said Jane was dismissed to Pittsburgh in 1892. |
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Social Event (Guest) | March 6, 1896 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Event Note
The Pittsburgh Press, March 10, 1896 |
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Census | June 1, 1900 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 159 38th Street | 5 |
General
1900 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co., 15th Ward of Renting at 159 38th St.
Hamilton, James M., Jan 1872, 28, M3, PA PA PA, Machinist |
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Census | April 15, 1910 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 159 38th Street | 6 |
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1910 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co., 6th Ward of At 159 38th St.
Hamilton, James M., 37, M1, 13yrs, machinist, steel works, 4 wks unemployed |
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Residence | October 4, 1910 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 159 38th Street | 7a |
General
living on 38th St on October 4, 1910, when their twin daughters were born and died. |
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Residence | September 12, 1918 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 278? Main St | 8 |
General
278 Main Street was the address on Louis K and James M's WWI Draft Registration. Both listed their mother at the same address as their contact person. |
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Census | January 1, 1920 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 270 Main Street | 9 |
General
1920 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co., 9th Ward of Pittsburgh. Enum. Dist 460, Sheet 9A.
Hamilton, James M., 47, born in Pa, parents also, machinist, pipe shop All Hamilton children were born in Pa. "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFBQ-QBG : accessed 13 Feb 2014), James Hamilton in household of James Hamilton, Pittsburgh Ward 9, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet , family 180, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821520. |
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Property (Witness) | March 14, 1927 | East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 1374 East 141st | 10a |
Event Note
March 14, 1927 |
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Census | April 1, 1930 | Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 102 Seel Street | 11a |
General
1930 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co., Shaller Twp. owned the house at 102 Seel St. Worth $13,000. Owned a radio.
Hamilton, James A., 58, born in Pa, parents also, age when first married: 26, occupation: machinist, machine shop |
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Residence | from 1938 to 1939 | Etna Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 102 Seel Street | 12a |
General
1938 and 1939 Pittsburgh Directories |
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Census (Wife) | May 13, 1940 | Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | on Seel Street | 13a |
Event Note
1940 Census, Shaler Twp, Allegheny County PA, ED 2-494, Family 307, sheet 16B
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 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 |
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Residence (Wife) | 1945 | Etna Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 102 Seal St | 12b |
Event Note
1945 Pittsburgh Street Directory |
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Census (Wife) | April 4, 1950 | Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 102 Seel St | 14a |
Event Note
1950 Census, Shaler Township, Allegheny County, PA ED 2-735
James M Hamilton, 78, unable to work |
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Death | October 4, 1953 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 15 | |
General
The Pittsburgh Press HAMILTON--On Sunday afternoon Oct 4, 1953, at her residence, 264 Melwood St, Jane A Hamilton, wife of James M Hamilton, mother of Louis K. of Pittsburgh, Barrett of Buffalo, N.Y., and Charles E. of Cleveland, Ohio. Friends received at H Samson's 537 Neville St, (Oakland Civic Center) where services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Please omit flowers.
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Mrs Jane Hamilton Born in Salem, N.J., Mrs Hamilton was a member of the Church of the Ascension and the Order of Eastern Star, Augusta V Mendel Chapter 454. She leaves her husband, James M.; three sons, Louis K. of Pittsburgh, Barrett of Buffalo, and Charles E., of Cleveland; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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Burial | Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 16 | ||
General
Hamiltons in Homewood Cemetery |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Henry “Harry” Billups | September 29, 1845 | between September 29, 1891 and September 29, 1892 | |
Mother | Agnes Gratton | April 4, 1845 | March 13, 1880 | |
Brother | John Henry Billups | between October 1, 1871 and December 31, 1871 | December 3, 1916 | |
Jane Anne Billups | June 15, 1874 | October 4, 1953 | ||
Brother | James William Billups | August 11, 1876 | April 27, 1882 | |
Brother | Thomas Franklin Billups | September 9, 1879 | July 18, 1945 |
Families
Family of James Morris Hamilton and Jane Anne Billups |
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Married | Husband | James Morris Hamilton ( b. January 13, 1872 d. August 18, 1956 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Narrative |
Family Bible Record of James M. and Jane A. (Billups) Hamilton This is to certify that James M. Hamilton and Jane A. Billiups were united by me in Holy Matrimony at Pittsburg, Pa, on the 17 day of June in the year of our Lord 1896 in presence of Walter E. Rowe and Frances Sykes. Signed T. Jefferson Danner.
[Column Headings] James Morris Hamilton, Johnstown, Pa, January 13, 1872, June 17, 1896 Jane Ann Billiups, Lewistown, Pa, June 15, 1874, June 17, 1896 Louis Keil Hamilton, Pittsburg, Pa, November 18, 1897 James Morris Hamilton, Jr., Pittsburg, Pa, November 27, 1899 Barrett Earle Hamilton, Pittsburg, Pa, November 3, 1901 |
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Louis Kiel Hamilton | November 18, 1897 | July 22, 1976 |
James Morris Hamilton | November 27, 1899 | August 6, 1941 |
Barrett Earl Hamilton | November 3, 1901 | September 4, 1966 |
Daughter Hamilton | October 4, 1910 | October 4, 1910 |
Daughter Hamilton | October 4, 1910 | October 4, 1910 |
Pedigree
Source References
- Her parents' letters home to relatives. Letters, # 12 and 13, June 14, 1874 and June 24, 1874: "at 10 minutes past one, June 15." Posted from Freedom Forge, PA.
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Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 - 1950
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- Page: Allegheny Co, 21 Feb 1894, Clarke-Jackson
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1880 United States Census
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- Page: Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Village of Yeagertown, ED 173, sheet 102B
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Citation:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNV-FJT : 16 July 2017), Harry Billups, Derry, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 173, sheet 102B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,156.
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records
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- Page: St John's Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, baptism #125, image and page 177
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- Page: St John's Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, Apr 13, 1890
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- Page: St John's Episcopal Church, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
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- 1900 United States Federal Census
- 1910 United States Federal Census
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Pennsylvania Death Certificates
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- Page: Infant Hamilton, Oct 4, 1910, file number 105210, registered number 7958
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- World War I Draft Registration Cards
- 1920 United States Census
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Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer: Cuyahoga County Deeds
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- Page: Mar 14, 1927, sublot 53 etc, 1374 East 141st, E. Cleveland, Anna to Henry
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National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
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- Page: Pittsburgh, ED 0224, family 274
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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 .
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City Directories
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- Page: 1927 Dayton City Directory, page 630, image 322
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- Page: Pittsburgh, 1945
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1940 United States Census
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- Page: James Hamilton, Shaler Twp, Allegheny County PA, ED 2-494, Family 307, sheet 16B
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1950 United States Federal Census
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- Page: Shaler Township, Allegheny County, PA ED 2-735
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Citation:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/237581107:62308?_phsrc=tFw65&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=james+m&gsln=hamilton&ml_rpos=1&queryId=abbeaf4033d779ef34d12d76d2dce84d
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- Copy of death record in possession of descendant.
- Family information
- Family information, copy of church marriage record