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Katherine Harper KEOGH (1862 - 1937)
Matthew HAMILTON (1827 - 1892)











Margaret HASTIE (1830 - 1882)












b. Jul 1852 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
m. 1879 Katherine Harper KEOGH (1862 - 1937) at Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia
d. 29 Aug 1942 at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia aged 90
Near Relatives of Thomas HAMILTON (1852 - 1942)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father Matthew HAMILTON 22 Sep 1827 Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland 13 Apr 1892 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 64
Mother Margaret HASTIE 1830 New Mill, Fife, Scotland 06 Feb 1882 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 52

Self Thomas HAMILTON Jul 1852 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 29 Aug 1942 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 90

Wife Katherine Harper KEOGH 1862 Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia 20 May 1937 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 75

Sister Catherine (Philip) HAMILTON 18 May 1854 Fife, Scotland 12 Sep 1938 West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia 84
Sister Margaret HAMILTON 1856 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 14 Jul 1903 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 47
Sister Marion HAMILTON 1858 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1944 Toronto, New South Wales, Australia 86
Brother John HAMILTON 28 Apr 1860 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 18 Jun 1935 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia 75
Sister Alison HAMILTON 15 Apr 1862 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 19 Feb 1956 Hurlstone Park, New South Wales, Australia 93
Sister Isabella HAMILTON 11 May 1864 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 24 Aug 1907 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 43
Brother James HAMILTON 22 Jun 1866 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 01 Dec 1940 Temora, New South Wales, Australia 74
Sister Jane HAMILTON 1868 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia Dec 1898 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 30
Sister Elizabeth HAMILTON 1870 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 26 Sep 1894 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 24
Brother Robert HAMILTON 14 Aug 1872 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 07 Feb 1956 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 83

Nephew Joseph SPEIRS 1877 Gilmour, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Robert SPEIRS 1878 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Margaret SPEIRS 1880 Gilmour, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mary SPEIRS 1881 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Walter James SPEIRS 1885 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew George William SPEIRS 1888 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1961 73
Nephew Andrew Campbell SPEIRS 1890 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Ernest John BRABIN 27 Sep 1879 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 27 Dec 1920 Nangus, New South Wales, Australia 41
Niece Ada Beatrice BRABIN 1881 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Lizzie Victoria Mayfield (May) BRABIN 1883 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 1954 Queensland, Australia 71
Niece Minnie Ellen BRABIN 1883 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 1951 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 68
Niece Alice Margaret BRABIN 1888 Junee, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Chesborough Herbert BRABIN 1890 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 1902 12
Nephew Thomas James BRABIN 06 Nov 1893 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 1937 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 44
Nephew George Douglas BRABIN 25 Sep 1895 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 1973 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 78
Nephew Jack Hamilton BRABIN 13 Apr 1898 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 1953 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 55
Niece Isabel May HAMILTON 1887 Albury, New South Wales, Australia 28 Jun 1930 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 43
Nephew John Robert HAMILTON 1889 Albury, New South Wales, Australia 1968 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 79
Nephew Thomas Alfred Bertram HAMILTON 1891 Albury, New South Wales, Australia 03 May 1917 France 26
Nephew Matthew Claude HAMILTON 1901 Junee, New South Wales, Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Robert HOUSTON 1885
Niece Elizabeth Jane HOUSTON abt 1887 03 Oct 1942 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 55
Nephew Matthew HOUSTON 1890
Nephew William HOUSTON 1893 15 Feb 1896 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 3
Niece Isabella HOUSTON 1896
Nephew Alfred HOUSTON 1898 28 Mar 1900 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 2
Niece Jessie HOUSTON 1900
Nephew James Matthew HAMILTON 13 Jun 1898 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 23 Dec 1959 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 61
Nephew Frederick Ernest HAMILTON 27 Feb 1900 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 15 Apr 1916 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 16
Niece Laurie May HAMILTON 11 Jul 1901 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 31 Jul 1929 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 28
Niece Margaret Elizabeth HAMILTON 01 Jan 1904 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Robert Gordon 'Bob' HAMILTON abt 1907 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 21 Jan 1992 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 85
Nephew Wallace Scott HAMILTON 18 Jan 1908 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 10 May 1997 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 89
Niece Edythe Florence HAMILTON 16 Jan 1910 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 01 Jan 2005 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 94
Niece Enid Joy HAMILTON 1913 Junee, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law Joseph SPEIRS 1854 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 17 Feb 1919 West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia 65
Brother in Law Thomas BRABIN 20 Jan 1854 Lancashire, England 07 Jul 1914 Eurongilly, New South Wales, Australia 60
Brother in Law Walter JONES
Sister in Law Anna BARLOW BENNETT 29 Sep 1850 Babow, Prussia 12 Oct 1940 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 90
Brother in Law John JAMIESON 27 Jun 1858 Brindister, Aithsting, Shetland, Scotland 25 May 1901 Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia 42
Brother in Law William BELL
Brother in Law William HOUSTON 1859 1924 65
Sister in Law Mary JARVIS
Sister in Law Florence ROBERTS 17 Sep 1871 Berrima, New South Wales, Australia 18 Mar 1930 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 58
Sister in Law Mary MCKINNON 1888 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 03 Jun 1971 Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 83
Events in Thomas HAMILTON (1852 - 1942)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Jul 1852 Thomas HAMILTON was born Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 71
1879 27 Married Katherine Harper KEOGH (aged 17) Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia 71
06 Feb 1882 29 Death of mother Margaret HASTIE (aged 52) Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 71
13 Apr 1892 39 Death of father Matthew HAMILTON (aged 64) Illabo, New South Wales, Australia 71
20 May 1937 84 Death of wife Katherine Harper KEOGH (aged 75) Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 76
29 Aug 1942 90 Thomas HAMILTON died Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 71
Personal Notes:
A man of great constitution and tremendous energy, Mr. Thomas Hamilton, of Sawtell, lived to celebrate his 90th, birthday a little over a month ago, but died in Coffs District Hospital on Saturday night. Throughout his life he enjoyed good health, and he retained his faculties until the last. He could converse intelligently about happenings of the past with a mind that was youthfully active.

Even in hospital a day or two before his death he joked with the nurses and seemed to be his usual happy self. He was so attentive to business affairs that before leaving his home for hospital a week ago he insisted upon writing cheques to cover his monthly accounts, not forgetting the wireless license.
In many ways he was a man of talent and outstanding personality whom it was a pleasure to meet. He really made a success of life. A few weeks ago deceased developed an abscess on his right forearm, for which he went to Coffs Harbour to consult a doctor. Then he developed a bad cold, which was the cause of his entry to hospital where he Remained for two days before death intervened.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, deceased came to Australia with his parents, Matthew and Margaret Hamilton at the age of three years. As a young man he served his time in a flour mill at Adelong, but did not stick to his trade as a flour miller for very many years.

The gold diggings at Lambing Flat (now Young) attracted him, and he went there to seek, with thousands of others the precious "metal”. Later he worked on the construction of the railway line from Blayney to Cowra. Next he went to New England where he heard of the rich lands of the North Coast and decided to try his luck here. He went into the timber business and worked at the first sawmill erected on the Bellinger at Repton.

In 1889 he decided to select land on the South Arm, near Urunga, and had to walk to Kempsey Land Office to do so. The settlers in those days often had to walk to Kempsey to transact such business and obtain food supplies when the sailing vessels found difficulty in getting into the Bellinger. Mr. Hamilton had the distinction of having walked from the Bellinger to Kempsey in one day, over bush tracks. Later he selected land at Gleniffer, which is now worked by his eldest son, Matthew. He also acquired land at the Upper Clarence, where, he lived for some years, and retained interests there up till the time of his death.

On the Bellinger he married Miss Katherine Keough, of Pine Creek, 63 years ago. She died about five years ago. It is about 20 years since he went to live at Sawtell, but although he was supposed to be retired he could not become inactive and was always busy about the home. He had been a Justice of the Peace for many years.

A family of five sons and four daughters survive— the sons are Messrs. Matt. Hamilton (Gleniffer), H. Hamilton (Tenterfield), and Oliver and Will Hamilton (of Ewingar, Upper Clarence). One son, John Thomas, died in infancy. Mesdames A. G. Henderson (Valla), L. B. Hunter (Rappville), Blackett (Tanamac Downs) and Miss Hamilton (Sawtell) are the daughters.

A brother (Mr. Bob Hamilton, Illabo) and a sister (Mrs. Bell, Ashfield) also survive . There are 34 grand children and 6 great-grandchildren. The funeral was at the Fernmount Cemetery on Monday, when the remains were laid to rest beside those of deceased's late wife.

MR. T. HAMILTON
Mr. Thomas Hamilton, aged 91 years who recently died in hospital at Coffs Harbor, came to Australia from Glasgow with his parents when he was 7 years of age. His wife died some years ago. He is survived by four daughters and five sons. Mr. Hamilton, of ‘Rose Vale' Illabo is a brother.

Gravesite Details
h/Katherine Harper
Source References:
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/
- Reference = 146 (Birth)
- Reference = 146 (Marriage)
- Reference = 146 (Death)
- Reference = 146 (Name, Notes)
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172006414/thomas-hamilton (Name, Notes)

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