1,173 documented Hamilton ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Scottish habitational name, originally from Hamilton in Leicestershire, England, before becoming a great Scottish name.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 1,160 Hamilton records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: William, John, Robert, James and Mary.
Of the 1,166 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Robert Hamilton, born 1768 in Kentucky.
Documented Hamilton families on this page come from Biographical Record of Columbiana County, Ohio, Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa and Portrait and Biographical Record of Franklin County, Ohio.
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Deceased Hamilton ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Scottish habitational name, originally from Hamilton in Leicestershire, England, before becoming a great Scottish name.
The documented line here reaches back to 1768. Most Hamilton lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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