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Gavin Hamilton

Birth: 1 Jan 1836
Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Death: 30 Jul 1909 (aged 73)
Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Burial: Ross Bay Cemetery

Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Show Map GPS-Latitude: 48.4112473, Longitude: -123.3433616
Memorial ID: 88043245 View Source

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In Memory Of
Gavin Hamilton
A Commissioned Officer
of the Hudson's Bay Co.
and for 53 years
A resident of BC
Born in Stromness
Orkney Islands Jan 1, 1835
Died in Victoria Jul 30, 1909
After life's fitful fever, he sleeps (well?)
L. Stewart

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John Macaulay Hamilton

1800–1872
Marion Sibbald Rae Hamilton

1808–1890

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Margaret Julia Ogden Hamilton

1845–1918

Siblings

Marion Johanna Hamilton Baker

1833–1903
John Rae Hamilton

1838–1887
Helen Babington Macaulay Hamilton Begue

1840–1922
Margaret Glen Rae Hamilton Locke

1842–1918
Catherine Jane Glen "Katie" Hamilton Begg

1844–1899
Thomas Macaulay Hamilton

1846–1901
Jessie Stewart Franklin Hamilton Scarth

1849–1932

Children

Peter Ogden Hamilton

1863–1933
John Rae Hamilton

1864–1950
Thomas Macaulay Hamilton

1865–1955
Colin Alexander Hamilton

1866–1952
Charles Ogden Hamilton

1868–1954
Richard Rae Hamilton

1870–1927
Gavin Gaston "Gavie" Hamilton

1871–1957
Hamilton Moffatt Hamilton

1872–1971
Margaret Jessie Hamilton

1874–1958
William Rae Hamilton

1875–1953
Rae Hamilton

1877–1953
Isaac Ogden Hamilton

1881–1963
Helen Rae "Kate" Hamilton Park

1883 – unknown
Theodore Begue "Ted" Hamilton

1892–1967

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GAVIN HAMILTON (1835-1909)

"A pioneer among pioneers, and one of the notable factors of the early Hudson Bay days of the province of British Columbia" [From the Biography published by the Victoria Daily Colonist on 31 July 1909. Reprinted in The Children of Fort Langley] http://www.fortlangley.ca/Hamilton.html

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Grave site for Gavin Hamilton, son of Dr. John Macaulay Hamilton and Marion Sibbald Rae. Gavin came to Canada in 1853 aboard the Norman Morison, beginning as an apprentice clerk for the HBC at Fort Langley. He later became Factor at Fort St. James.

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Victoria Daily Times, July 31, 1909, pg. 2

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John Macaulay Hamilton

Marion Sibbald Rae Hamilton

Margaret Julia Ogden Hamilton

Marion Johanna Hamilton Baker

John Rae Hamilton

Helen Babington Macaulay Hamilton Begue

Margaret Glen Rae Hamilton Locke

Catherine Jane Glen "Katie" Hamilton Begg

Thomas Macaulay Hamilton

Jessie Stewart Franklin Hamilton Scarth

Peter Ogden Hamilton

John Rae Hamilton

Thomas Macaulay Hamilton

Colin Alexander Hamilton

Charles Ogden Hamilton

Richard Rae Hamilton

Gavin Gaston "Gavie" Hamilton

Hamilton Moffatt Hamilton

Margaret Jessie Hamilton

William Rae Hamilton

Rae Hamilton

Isaac Ogden Hamilton

Helen Rae "Kate" Hamilton Park

Theodore Begue "Ted" Hamilton

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