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Created page with "'''Robert E. Hamilton''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1856 in Ireland, coming in 1876 to Santa Cruz. After ten years of farming, he became junior partner to Henry F. Parsons in the firm of Parsons & Hamilton, manufacturers of soap and glue. Hamilton's wife Elizabeth ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274230158/elizabeth-franziska-hamilton 1860-1960]) was a Parsons daughter. Robert's older brother William ([https://www.fin..." |
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'''Robert E. Hamilton''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1856 in Ireland, coming in 1876 to Santa Cruz. After ten years of farming, he became junior partner to [[Parsons, Henry F.|Henry F. Parsons]] in the firm of Parsons & Hamilton, manufacturers of soap and glue. Hamilton's wife Elizabeth ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274230158/elizabeth-franziska-hamilton 1860-1960]) was a Parsons daughter. Robert's older brother William ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25534604/william-j-hamilton 1850-1920]) also came to Santa Cruz. | '''Robert E. Hamilton''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1856 in Ireland, coming in 1876 to Santa Cruz. After ten years of farming, he became junior partner to [[Parsons, Henry F.|Henry F. Parsons]] in the firm of Parsons & Hamilton, manufacturers of soap and glue. Hamilton's wife Elizabeth ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274230158/elizabeth-franziska-hamilton 1860-1960]) was a Parsons daughter, born in Scotts Valley (per Find-a-Grave). Robert's older brother William ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25534604/william-j-hamilton 1850-1920]) also came to Santa Cruz. | ||
* [[History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903)]], p.508. | * [[History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903)]], p.508. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:50, 23 October 2025
Robert E. Hamilton (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1856 in Ireland, coming in 1876 to Santa Cruz. After ten years of farming, he became junior partner to Henry F. Parsons in the firm of Parsons & Hamilton, manufacturers of soap and glue. Hamilton's wife Elizabeth (1860-1960) was a Parsons daughter, born in Scotts Valley (per Find-a-Grave). Robert's older brother William (1850-1920) also came to Santa Cruz.
- History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.508.
- A note on Elizabeth's Find-a-Grave page states that Robert died in 1918.
- For further research: did Parsons & Hamilton take over the soap/glue business established by Johann Kunitz?