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Parents:
William B HAMILTON
 
Dr George Fowler BODINGTON MD MRCS FRCS LSA
(1829 - 1902)
Janet C CAMPBELL
 
Caroline Mary EATON
(1825 - 1867)

Married: 10 April 1888; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lauchlan Alexander HAMILTON
(1852 - 1941)
Constance Eaton BODINGTON
(1862 - >1941)
 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.  26 Sept 1862; Stockton, Middlesborough, UK
 dd.  After 1941, age about 78
 edu.  Mason Science College, 1882-83, Birmingham UK
 rel.  Anglican
 res.  Canada
 src.   [350],[372],[393]
Spouses: 1, 2

Gravestone, Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton b.1852

 Constance Eaton BODINGTON (b.1862)


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.

Sources

176.  Email, Ann Johnston, 2 December 2007
350.  Document, Ann Johnston, 2 December 2007
372.  Document, Vancouver City archives
393.  Public archive, Peter Vessey, 02 April 2021, Former students of the University of Birmingham and its predecessors

Family record last updated: 26 April 2023

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