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Hi Gam Yam thanks for looking for Esther, I've no idea what happened to her, she just seems to disappear. I have a copy of the baptism register for Margaret and Rebecca and also Hugh's burial.
Many thanks for trying.

Hugh & Esther's daughters, Margaret (my 2nd great grandmother) and Rebecca,  were baptised at St Mary's Carlisle on the 12 Feb 1832. Hugh is on the 1841 census living at Wigton not with Esther but Mary. Margaret & Rebecca are also on the census as are 2 other children, Jane & Elizabeth. I don't think these other 2 girls are Hugh's daughters but probably Mary's from a previous marriage as they were born in Belfast Ireland.
Esther must have died between 1832-1841, as there is only one Esther Hamilton in the death indexes which I now know to be the wrong one, she must have died before registration began and would either be in Carlisle or Wigton. Hugh died in Apr 1842 just a month after the birth of his son William. I can find no trace of a marriage between Hugh & Mary.

Hi, could someone look up a burial for me please, Esther Hamilton buried St Andrew's Penrith 9 Sep 1837. I'm looking for age and perhaps whether the register mentions if she was the wife of Hugh Hamilton. The transcription on Family Search only gives name and burial date.
Thanks
Coyote99

I've just found the article on Horden St Mary cemetery which was in The Sunderland Echo. There is a 49 page copy of the gravestone survey at Horden Library. If you contact them I'm sure they will be able to help.

Coyote99