52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #49 Marion Service

This is my forty-ninth posting for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge

This posting is about my great-great-great grandmother, Marion Service. Her first name is sometimes written/indexed as Marrion.

Using calculations based on the 1851 and 1861 census, Marion was born about 1790 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. If that information is correct, she was most likely the daughter of James Service and Agnes Cunningham. Their daughter Marion was born 23 February 1790 and baptized 28 February 1790.

She married Adam Hamilton on 2 October 1813, in  Kilwinning Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. They had nine children. 

The first child was John  born 6 July 1814 in Kilwining, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was baptized 31 July 1814. 

The rest of the children were baptized in the Parish Church of Ardrossan. Next came, James born 15 April 1816 and was baptized 28 April 1816. Next they had another son, Adam. He was born 14 July and baptized the 20 July 1817.

Their first daughter was Agnes, my great-great grandmother. She was born 14 July 1819 and baptized 1 August of that year. Next came another son, also named James. He was born 4 May 1821 and baptized on the 13th. Their second daughter was Marion born 16 August 1823 and baptized 30 August 1823. Their seventh child and another daughter was Barbara. She was born 18 August 1825 and baptized 4 September 1825. Child number eight was Thomas. He was born 28 July 1827 and baptized on 12 August. Their last child was Robert who was born and baptized 18 October 1829.

Marion outlived her husband. Ancestry only has the index and extractions from the census. In 1841, she and five of the children were living on Montgomery Street Lane in Ardrossan. The census listings give them as follows: Marion 50 (50-54), Agnes 20 (20-24), James 20 (20-24), Marion 20 (age 20-24), Thomas 13 and Robert 11. 

In 1851, it looks like Marion, aged 61, was living or visiting with her daughter, Marion and family. The family is living on Glasgow Street. In the Ancestry index her surname has been transcribed as Hamitton. Marion (the daughter) is 28 and her husband Robert Dempster is 28. There are two children: William, 3 and Adam, 1. There is a marriage of Marion Hamilton and Robert Dempster 19 July 1847 in Ardrossan. 

In 1861, Marion, aged 72, was either living with or visiting another one of her sons. James was living in Dalry. James is 40. His wife, Margaret is 44 and born in Saltcoats. The children are Adam 17, Helen 15, Agness 11, James 9 and Margaret 3. There is also a nephew of James, John Reid, aged 25. 

Sources


Several years ago when I was in Salt Lake City, I looked at parish records. For some reason, I don't have photos of several. Perhaps, the copies were not readable in the photos that I took. For those, I have shared the information from Family Search indexes.

"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTVY-WVT : accessed 15 December 2014), Marrion Service, 23 Feb 1790; citing , reference 2:16FGL4M; FHL microfilm 1,041,389.

John Hamilton 31 July 1814 Kilwinning. Ayrshire Scotland [#1041389] "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTVB-962 : accessed 12 December 2014), John Hamilton, 06 Jul 1814; citing , reference 2:16FHX23; FHL microfilm 1,041,389.

 James Hamilton 28 April 1816 born 15 April 1816 Ardrossan [#1041327] "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTVQ-FP1 : accessed 12 December 2014), James Hamilton, 15 Apr 1816; citing , reference 2:16BZSF9; FHL microfilm 1,041,327.

Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Ardrossan (Ayrshire). Parish registers for Ardrossan 1734-1854, entry for  Adam Hamilton, microfilm 1041327, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Ardrossan (Ayrshire). Parish registers for Ardrossan 1734-1854, entry for Agnes Hamilton , microfilm 1041327, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Ardrossan (Ayrshire). Parish registers for Ardrossan 1734-1854, entry for James Hamilton, microfilm 1041327, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTV3-TJF : accessed 15 December 2014), Marion Hamilton, 16 Aug 1823; citing , reference 2:16C0KNM; FHL microfilm 1,041,327.

Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Ardrossan (Ayrshire). Parish registers for Ardrossan 1734-1854, entry for Barbara Hamilton, microfilm 1041327, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Ardrossan (Ayrshire). Parish registers for Ardrossan 1734-1854, entry for Thomas Hamilton, microfilm 1041327, Family History Library, Salt Lake City Utah

Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Ardrossan (Ayrshire). Parish registers for Ardrossan 1734-1854, entry for Robert Adam Hamilton , microfilm 1041327, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1841 Census Scotland, Aryshire, Ardrossan, Parish #576, ED: 4; Page: 10; Line: 320 entry for Marion Hamilton and family; index, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 10 December 2014)

1851 Census Scotland, Ayrshire,  Ardrossan  ED: 11; Page: 11; Line: 1; entry for Robert Dempster household Roll: CSSCT1851_128; index, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 10 December 2014).

"Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910," index, FamilySearch  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTRY-79V : accessed 15 December 2014), Robert Dempster and Marion Hamilton, 19 Jul 1847; citing Ardrossan, Ayr, Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,041,327.

1861 Census Scotland, Ayrshire, Dalry   ED: 2; Page: 17; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1861_84, entry for James Hamilton; index, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 10 December 2014) 

© 2014 Janet Iles

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #48 Adam Hamilton

This is my forty-eighth posting for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge

This week my focus is Adam Hamilton, my great-great-great grandfather. I do not know too much about him.

Adam Hamilton was born  in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland in about 1789.

He married Marion Service 2 October 1813, in  Kilwinning Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.

In the baptismal registers listing the baptisms of their children, his occupation is listed as Smith. 

It would appear that Adam died prior to the 1841 census. 

Source:

Adam Hamilton and Marion Service banns and marriage 02 October 1813 Kilwinning Ayr, Scotland microfilm #1041389, Family History Library, Salt Lake City.

© 2014 Janet Iles

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #30 Agnes Hamilton

This is my thirtieth  posting for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge.

Agnes Hamilton, my great-great grandmother, began her life in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Adam Hamilton and Marion Service. Her parents brought her to the Parish church of Ardrossan for baptism on 1 August 1819.

She met Thomas Love and they were married about 26 March 1842 before coming to Canada. The first Canadian record for them is the 1851/2 census in West Flamboro, Wentworth County, Ontario. By this time, she and Thomas had two children: Robert and Thomas.

My grand-aunt Margaret Love wrote in a booklet that prior to Robert she had a pair of triplets and three pairs of twins but they all died. In her son, James Love's obituary, it states that Agnes had eleven children in her first marriage. I have found no evidence of this.

According to Mary (Little) Love, Agnes worked in a glove factory in Dundas, Ontario (Smith glove factory?) Mary Love had a quilt made by Agnes that was made from the trimmings of the linings of the gloves.

Family lore says that several months after the birth of her son in  March 1852, James, her husband died.

Several years later, Agnes married Henry Vincer. Henry was originally from Herne, Kent County, England. Together they had four children: William, Agnes, Sarah and Mary.

In September 1870, her sons went to work in the lumber camps at Michael's Bay. While there, they bought farm land on Lake Mindemoya. Tragedy struck when Robert drowned when the Sea Horse, the boat, he was travelling on went down off Fitzwilliam Island (near Manitoulin Island). He was going back to Southern Ontario to get her, his step father and half-sisters. The date we have for this is 17 October 1871. The Sea Horse was a schooner built in 1859. The boat was carrying cargo, quite possibly lumber. 

The family moved to the Manitoulin Island. Agnes died 17 May 1885. Henry lived another 12 years. He died 11 January 1897. Both are buried in the Mindemoya Cemetery.

2014 Janet Iles