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Mary C.D. Hamilton -any biographical details?


MichaelBully

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Good evening.

 

Lucy London, who runs the 'Female Poets of World War 1 ' and  'Forgotten Poets of World War 1 ' blogs has a question for GWF pals. 

 

" I am trying to find information about one of the female poets on my list - Mary C.D. Hamilton - who wrote the words to a hymn to aviators in 1915.   She seems to have been born in Edinburgh in around 1850/1851 and lived in Sussex in 1939, where she died in 1943.
 
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry 1848 - 1918 wrote the music to the hymn and Mary C.D. Hamilton the lyrics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Parry " 
 
Many thanks
 
 
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1891 census (Freecen) has her living with 4 visitors and 2 servants in East Preston, Rustington Parish. Confirms birth in Edinburgh and gives age as 41 but omits initials.

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Full name Mary Christian Dundas Hamilton

Info from baptism record

 

First name(s)    Mary Christian Dundas
Last name    Hamilton
Gender    Female
Birth year    1850
Birth place    , Edinburg
Baptism year    1850
Baptism date    06 Jun 1850
Baptism place    COYLTON, AYR, SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)    John
Father's last name    Hamilton
Mother's first name(s)    Catharine Barbara
Mother's last name    Stobart
Residence    Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Place    Coylton
County    Ayrshire
Country    Scotland

 

Census records to follow

 

Regards Ray

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1901 census

The Marigolds, Rustington, East Preston, Sussex, England

First name(s)    Last name    Relationship    Marital status    Gender    Age    Birth year    Occupation    Birth place     
Mary C D    Hamilton    Head    Single    Female    50    1851    Living On Own Means    Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland    
Alice    Olive    Servant    Single    Female    25    1876    Cook Domestic    Chailey, Sussex, England   
Elizabeth    Fergusson    Servant    Single    Female    26    1875    Lady's Maid Domestic    -   
Florence    Lomas    Servant    Single    Female    12    1889    Kitchen Maid Domestic    Walworth, Surrey, England

 

Regards Ray

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Probably Mary Christian Dundas Hamilton, born Edinburgh 24th May 1850. Parents John Hamilton, Landed Proprietor,  and Catherine Barbara ?

In September 1939 she was living at 9 Cambridge Road, Worthing. She was described as being of 'Private means'.

Mary died in Worthing, 10th June 1943. She had never married, and left an estate worth £5,807.16s.8d., later revised to £5,781.10s5d.

 

Regards,

 

Alf McM

 

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!911 census
Rustington House Near Worthing Rustington Sussex
Marital Status:    Single:    

Mary Christina Dundas Hamilton    60
Leila Margaret Hamilton    44
Louisa Rawlins    30
Ada Barnes    24
Mary Ives    19
Rose Gennie Gumbrel    15
Emma Elizabeth Rowell    56
Alice Caroline Melvill    47
Kathleen Frances Irwin    48
 

 

Regards Ray

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Thanks for much indeed. Will forward the information to Lucy London and I am sure that Lucy will give a credit to the GWF.  Appreciate your help. 

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