1861 Census at Campbells Croft with mother and sister Anne.
1871 Census when staying with his McKerlie grandparents at Whitecairn after the
death of his mother in 1865. He was a agricultural labourer.
Sometime after 1871 he probably went to Stranraer and learned to be a joiner.
1876-On marriage certificate to Fairley Wilson McQuaker he was a joiner.
1877-On James Hamiltons birth certificate he was a joiner.
1879-On Agnes Hamiltons birth certificate he was a joiner(journeyman)
1882-On Elizabeth Hamiltons birth certificate as above.
1885-On Lilian Hamiltons birth certificate he was an auctioneer.
1887-On Lilian Hamiltons death certificate as above
1891 Census Name: John Hamilton Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Relationship: Head Gender: Male Where born: Glenluce, Wigtownshire Registration Number: 644/11 Registration district: Hutchesontown Civil Parish: Glasgow Govan County: Lanarkshire Address: 333 Caledonia Rd Occupation: Confectioner's Salesman ED: 85 Household schedule number: 73 Line: 17 Living with children James,Agnes and Elizabeth.Also sisters-in-law Ellen and Jeannie McWilliam
1891-On marriage certificate to Ellen McWilliam he was a commercial traveller.
1891-On John Hamiltons birth certificate as above.
1892-On William Hamiltons birth certificate as above
1897-On Roberts death certificate he was an enamellers traveller
1899-On Ronald Hamiltons birth certificate he was a warehouseman
1900-On Esthers birth certificate as above
1903-On Herberts birth certificate he was a hardware merchant
1916-On death certificate he was an ironmonger
From Glasgow Post Office Directory.1903/4 ironmonger at 1345 Dumbarton Road.
and home address 47 Windsor Cottages.1905/17 ironmonger at 1381 Dumbarton Rd.
and home address 15 Heggie Terrace( 1393 Dumbarton Rd?)
!Will:Entry from Commissariot Records in Mitchell Library -
Hamilton,John,Hardware Merchant,5 Montgomerie Road,Scotstoun,Glasgow,died
9 March 1916,at Riccartsbar Asylum,Paisley,testate.Confirmation granted at
Glasgow,20 March,to Ellen McWilliam or Hamilton,1393 Dumbarton Road,
Scotstoun,Glasgow,his widow,Executrix nominated in Will or Deed,dated
16 February 1912,and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Lanark,
17 March 1916.Value of Estate #192,3s.1d.
Will SRO:SC.36/51/171 Glasgow not Lanark.
!Cause of death - Tumour of brain.
!1861 Census - Living at Whitecairn with his McKerlie grandparents.
!1881 Census - Living at 55 Sheuchan St.,Stranraer with his wife Fairley
Wilson and his children James(3) and Agnes(1).He was a house joiner.
1891 Census - Living at 333 Caledonia Rd.,Glasgow.He was a widower living with
his three children James(13),Agnes(11),Elizabeth(8) and his sister-in-law
Ellen McWilliam who was his housekeeper.He was a confectioners salesman.The best man at his 1st.marriage was William Lavery,who was either the husband
of Esther Reid(sister of Anne Reid) or a son of Esther Reid.
Greater Glasgow Health Board Records in Mitchell Library.
Dykebar Asylum. Register of admission and discharge AC18/4/1(1909-1923)
No ord ad: 864. Ad:24Jun1915. Prevoius address: 1393 Dumbarton Rd, Scotstoun.
Date of Sheriffs order: 25Jun1915. By whose authority sent: Patrick James Blair.
Dates of medical certificates and by whom signed: William Robertson Wylie and Jacob Mains both signed 23Jun1915.
Discharged 3Jan1916. Relieved. Transfered to Riccartsbar Asylum.
Dykebar Asylum Case Notes AC18/5/9(1909-1934) Two pages but too large to photocopy.
Riccartsbar Asylum AC17/3/28(1893-1931) Index of patients. Admission:3350 Deaths:802.
Riccartsbar Asylum AC17/3/5(1913-1927) Register of Admissions and Discharges.
Transfer. Date of Admission:3Jan1916. Pauper(this means not private).Age 63.Married.Ironmonger.Previous address:Dykebar Asylum.Bodily condition:Poor.Mental disorder:Delusional.
Riccartsbar Asylum AC17/4/7(1916-1953) Male Case Notes.Do not show case notes for this period, only record of admission.
1881 Census - Staying in Glenluce with her father,occupation not given.
Witness at wedding Agnes Hamilton,probably her husbands sister.
Owner of Lair Section B.Number 227 in Kilbowie Cemetery,Clydebank where Helen
and Herbert are buried.
She sold her husbands ironmongery to James Erskine,the brother of Jeanie Erskine who married William Wallace McWilliam.
1929 not at 1393 Dumbarton Rd or Archerhill Crescent.
1931 at Archerhill Crescent with son Ronald.
1932 was living at 38 Archerhill Crescent with son Ronald.Ronald's first child Ellen was born there Mar1933.Helen asked Ronald to get his own house.Ronald had moved by Feb1934 to 332 Alderman Road.