McHamiltons from The Shetlands

[Banks2233]

Hi,
   I have on my Ancestry tree the above surname (they are few and far between) but going back I have hit a brick wall. John Harold McHamilton (Snr) B-1870 Shetlands D-1958 Australia. He married Rosa May Callander B-1879 Maldon,Vic D-1968. As far as I know 1 child JH McHamilton (Jnr) B-1910 D-1989. Would you be able to search to see if there are other McHamiltons in the UK, and they seem to be seamen also. I do have their war records for Australia, but I think the UK will show more records??
Jan 
I found a record with the place of birth as being "Shetland"

[goldie61]

IS this the record you found for John Harold?
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8055925

It's his medal card from the First World War Mercantile Marine Medals records.
Does it not tell you any further details?

[goldie61]

There is a really good site here or Shetland research
https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/searchform.php
but I can't find any reference to the McHamiltons on it - it might come in useful in the future - you
never know!


You can search Merchant NAvy Seamen Records 1835 - 1941 here:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1762440

[Banks2233]

Hi goldie61,
     Yes it's the same thing I found, but I haven't paid to look further, as I am helping a lady from England who messaged me through Ancestry. I have the same surname on my tree also, in fact they are buried near to where I live in Sydney. I think I will pass on this information you gave me.
Jan

[whiteout7]

John Harold McHamilton's 1958 NSW death entry says his father was John James McHamilton and his mother was named Hettie.

(Hettie? Esther?)

[whiteout7]

Possible father from the Familysearch records??
John James Hamilton
1881 Scotland Census in Sandwich & Cunningsburgh RD, Shetland
John James Hamilton age 51 b Kirkcudbright

[Banks2233]

Hi whiteout7,
     Was Hettie a second wife of Snr?  I have her name as Rosa May Callander. John Harold McHamilton Jnr married Elizabeth Walker Ritchie and then Albert Edgar Thrush, the latter two buried in the same plot.
      With your second post, have they dropped the Mc, which I guess is quite possible.
Jan

[whiteout7]

No

Hettie is the mother of John Harold McHamilton.

New South Wales Death Registration:
MCHAMILTON  JOHN HAROLD 11744/1958 (Father)JOHN JAMES (Mother)HETTIE (death registration district) PETERSHAM

John James McHamilton and Hettie probably lived in Shetland at some point ......


Rosa May McHamilton <-----John Harold McHamiltons wife
New South Wales Death Registration:
MCHAMILTON  ROSA MAY 13836/1968 (father)ROBERT (Mother)FANNY (death registration district) KOGARAH

[MonicaL]

From whiteout7's earlier mention of a possible 1881 census entry in the Shetlands, this looks to be the family's entry:

John James Hamilton 51, mine manager b. Kirkcudbright
Mary Hamilton 39 b. Brazil
Mary H Hamilton 17 b. Chile
Ellen Hamilton 14 b. Chile
George Hamilton 12 b. Chile
...and two house servants

Address: Leebitton, Dunrossness, Shetland

No sign of a John born 1870 here 

Monica

PS: This is the official pay to view site for Scottish BMDs www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk  There are no M*cHamilton BMDs entries showing on it.