Pennsylvania Families

1900 Census Rimersburg Borough, Toby Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania
ED 28, sheet 1, dwelling 6, family 6

[I don't see Rimersburg named on the sheet, but the enumerator was Frank H Rimer.]
Done June 8, 1900.

 

Hamilton, James, Head, Mar 1863, 37, married 17 years, born in Scotland, parents also, coal miner
Elizabeth, wife, Dec 1866, 34, married 17 years, 8 children, 6 alive, born in Scotland, parents also, no occupation
Agnes, daughter, Apr 1883, 17, single, born in Missouri, no occupation
James, brother, Apr 1885, 15, single, born in Pennsylvania, farm labor
Maggie G, sister, Oct 1888, 11, single, born in Scotland, at school
Lizzie, sister, July 1894, 5, single, born in Pennsylvania
Jennie, sister, Apr 1897, 3, single, born in Texas
Joseph, brother, Feb 1900 3m, single, born in Pennsylvania

The information said James owned the house free of mortgage. It was a farm. Information is on Farm Schedule 1.
[Note: Ancestry.com says the farm schedule for 1900 was destroyed by order of Congress.]

Both James and Elizabeth arrrived in 1881 and had been here 20 years. James was an alien

Did the oldest daughter provide the information? Why is everyone called a brother and sister, not son and daughter?
Where is Archibald, born Oct 1888?

United States Census, 1900, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M39L-JRD : accessed 07 Feb 2014), James Hamilton, Toby Township Rimersburg borough, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet , family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241395.

in Rimersburg on the 1900 Census

farm laborer

WWI Draft Registration

James Hamilton
address: W.E.M Co, Fire Dept, Turtle Creek, Alleg. Co, Pa
age 33, born Apr 22, 1885, native born
electrician for W. Elect & Mfg Co, East Pittsburgh, Pa
nearest relative: Archabald Hamilton, 220 Church, Turtle Creek, Alleg. Pa

 

Sept 12, 1918
East Pittsburgh, Pa

5 ft 7 in, 160 lbs, blue eyes, black hair

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6JP-LZ8 : accessed 10 Feb 2014), James Hamilton, 1917-1918; citing Allegheny County no 11, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 1852386.