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Parents:
William B HAMILTON
 
 
 
Janet C CAMPBELL
 
 
 

Married: 15 Sept 1880; York, Ontario, Canada
Lauchlan Alexander HAMILTON
(1852 - 1941)
Isobel LEASK
(~1858 - 1881)
 bd.  20 Sept 1852; Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
 dd.  11 Feb 1941, age 88; Toronto, Canada
 occ.  Surveyor for Canadian Pacific Railway
 res.  Canada
 src.   [176]
 bd.  About 1858
 dd.   Oct 1881, age about 23
 brd.   Oct 1881; Beechwood Cemetery Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 res.  Canada
 src.   [350]
Spouses: 1, 2

Gravestone, Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton b.1852

Child:

Isobel Ogilvie HAMILTON (1881 - 1962)

Notes for Lauchlan Alexander HAMILTON

CPR land commissioner and surveyor who established prairie town sites near US/Canadian border. 1883: Vancouver; surveyed and named streets. 1885: surveyed CPR English Bay to Hastings Street. 1886: surveyed Liverpool area after fire of 13 June 1886. Proposed Stanley Park and laid out perimeter. Noted amateur photographer. Hamilton Street named for and by him.

Notes for Isobel LEASK

First wife of Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton.

Sources

176.  Email, Ann Johnston, 2 December 2007
350.  Document, Ann Johnston, 2 December 2007

Family record last updated: 26 April 2023

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