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Record for Jake Hamilton
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- [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 039551-042150.
Record for Dorthy May Hamilton
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Dorthy May Lattin Hamilton in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964
Name: Dorthy May Hamilton
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 21-9-1
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1921
Birth Place: Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 26 Apr 1943 00:50h
Death Place: Coudersport, Potter, Penn
cause of death: 1. Respiratory Failure, 1 day
2. Chario-ysitheliome
due to: following pregnancy, 1.5 years
code: 48B
coroner: H.C. Mosch, MD
Father: Walter A Lattin
Mother: Irene Jeron Marvin
Spouse: Jake
Certificate Number: 40376
burial: 4-28-43
Eulalia Cem.
registrar: Dorothy N. Jacobs
informant: Jake Hamilton
Coudersport
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Dorthy May Lattin Hamilton in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964
Name: Dorthy May Hamilton
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 21-9-1
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1921
Birth Place: Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 26 Apr 1943 00:50h
Death Place: Coudersport, Potter, Penn
cause of death: 1. Respiratory Failure, 1 day
2. Chario-ysitheliome
due to: following pregnancy, 1.5 years
code: 48B
coroner: H.C. Mosch, MD
Father: Walter A Lattin
Mother: Irene Jeron Marvin
Spouse: Jake
Certificate Number: 40376
burial: 4-28-43
Eulalia Cem.
registrar: Dorothy N. Jacobs
informant: Jake Hamilton
Coudersport
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA;
Certificate Number Range: 039551-042150
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Dorthy May Lattin Hamilton in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964
Name: Dorthy May Hamilton
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 21-9-1
Birth : 25 Jul 1921
Coudersport, Penna
Death : 26 Apr 1943 00:50h
Coudersport, Potter, Penn
cause 1. Respiratory Failure, 1 day
2. Chario-ysitheliome
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- [S2595] census 1950 USA PA, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: 3363; Sheet Number: 6; Enumeration District: 53-8.
Record for Jake Hamilton (17) facts
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Jake Hamilton in the 1950 United States Federal Census
date: Apr 3rd, 1950
Anna Fickler
Name: Jake Hamilton
Age: 31
Birth : abt 1919 West Virginia
Gender: Male
Relation: Head
Home: Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Dwelling: 55
Farm: No
Acres: No
Occ: Working
Last Week: No
Seeking Work: No
Employment Status: No
Worker Class: Private
Household Members
Jake Hamilton 31 Head
Luella M Hamilton 32 Wife
Jerry L Hamilton 2 Son
Fay J Hamilton 8 Daughter
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- [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 016501-019200.
Record for Jake Hamilton (9) facts
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Jake Hamilton in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970
Name Jake Hamilton
Gender Male
Race White
Age 35y
married
veteran
occ Dealer
Ferguson Tractor & Implements
ssn 169-01-9161
res Port Allegany Rd, Rte 6
Coudersport
Birth 12 Jul 1918
Daybrook, West Virginia
Death 6 Feb 1954
rural Coudersport, Potter, Penna (1 day)
(Route 6, Eulalia twp)
cause coronary occlustion
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signed Walter E. ?
Coudersport
Father William Hamilton
Mother Lucy Tennant
attest Mrs Luella Hamilton
Coudersport
burial 2/10/54
Eulalia Cemetery
Coudersport
registrar Dorothy N? Kellner
Certificate Number 17247
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 016501-019200
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
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Jake Hamilton in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970
Name Jake Hamilton
Gender Male
Race White
Age 35y
married
veteran
occ Dealer
Ferguson Tractor & Implements
ssn 169-01-9161
res Port Allegany Rd, Rte 6
Coudersport
Birth 12 Jul 1918
Daybrook, West Virginia
Death 6 Feb 1954
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- [S1259] FaceBook- Coudersport, Abbotts Cream Cheese Plant at Coudersport 11/13/1941. Lanny Nunn/Coudersport...
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Abbotts Cream Cheese Plant at Coudersport
11/13/1941
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Debbie Lewis Lamantia
Where was this located?
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Gerry Hamilton
My father Jake Hamilton began working for Abbotts cheese factory in 1939 as a cream cheese printing-wrapping machine operator. Job description: Form cream cheese into blocks, wrap blocks in wax paper and foil, operate printing-wrapping machine. He worked until 21 May 1944, when he was supervising 33 in the operation of five machines. He entered the Marines on June 1, 1944. He suffered a minor wound during the Battle of Iwo Jima. After the war, Dad returned to Abbotts. Attached: Feb 1949 photo showing my Dad dressed for work. I am 13 months old in this photo.
May be a black-and-white image of child, standing and road
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Amy Dwyer-Kelly
Gerry Hamilton great story!!! Greatest Generation
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Brenda Kenealy Williams
Great photo. Great info????
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Paul Lynn Gardner
Thanks for this story, Gerry. So many of us who grew up in South Coudersport remember the last few years that this factory operated.
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Colleen Predmore Majot
Located on Locust Street across from PennDot.
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David Schaub
LH Lincoln & Son used the building for storage also. Thomas T Shirey and I spent time working in that building unloading box cars and unloading sheep pancreas glands to put in the freezer housed in the building. We also spent some time on the roof slapping tar like in the Shawshank Redemption movie.
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Richard Neefe
David Schaub It is also a place where a man named Louie meet a young lady named Louise who was working there at the time.
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David Schaub
Richard Neefe thank you for sharing.
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Thomas T Shirey
note the small building beneath the water tank,,,we moved that to Lincolns...it became our lunch room.
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John Setzer
Thanks everyone - Great Coudersport History!!
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George Dubots
Awesome ????
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Sharon Baldwin Fitzgerald
It's so hard to believe that all these great industries have come and gone through our little town.
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Abbotts Cream Cheese Plant at Coudersport
11/13/1941
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Debbie Lewis Lamantia
Where was this located?
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Gerry Hamilton
My father Jake Hamilton began working for Abbotts cheese factory in 1939 as a cream cheese printing-wrapping machine operator. Job description: Form… |
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- [S460] FaceBook-, (Location: www.facebook.com;), Jake Hamilton and Melvin Setzer, US Marines in the Pacific, World War II.
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Gerry Hamilton
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The Setzer surname is on the fringe of my tree by a marriage. The marriage didn’t go well, but it was a good excuse to include an old family friend on my family tree. Melvin Jay Setzer (1921-2016) was probably my father’s best friend. My father was Jake Hamilton (1918-1954). During World War II, both served in the 4th Division of the US Marines. Both were wounded on Iwo Jima.
I have memories of my family watching Friday night boxing on TV in the Setzer home (wife Virginia and two daughters). That was 1953. At age 5, I wasn’t much interested in the fights, but I remember the commercials for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Gillette razor blades. The best part was watching “Life of Riley” on those Friday nights. I think the series came on before the fights.
When I visited Melvin in 2008, I asked what his middle name was. “J” he answered. “No I meant your full middle name,” I said. He gave one of those good-natured Setzer laughs and said Jay was his middle name. I got it that time.
We talked about his war experiences. Some details had faded from his memory, but it was clear some details were still vivid. He told me he was wounded when his company was attacking a hill. An enemy mortar shell struck nearby and he was hit with shrapnel. The wounds were serious. He had tears in his eyes when he said, “A lot of good Marines died on that hill.”
The Battle of Iwo Jima is the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history. Almost half of the men in the 4th Division were killed or wounded. My father’s wounds were not serious, and he returned to the battle after 10 days of treatment. Melvin was away from his unit for about nine months for treatment and rehabilitation.
Melvin said he was born at Dry Run near Hebron Center, Potter Co. He was a son of Harry Virgil Setzer and Alice Bertha Wilburn.
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Brenda Kenealy Williams That's a great memory!
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- US Marine Privates Melvin Jay Setzer and Jake Hamilton.The photo was taken in 1944 before they went overseas. - at Camp Lejeune, NC.
- Jake Hamilton (let) and Melvin Jay Setzer enjoy cigars probably before the Battle of Iwo Jima. - at Somewhere in the Territory of Hawaii.
- Melvin Jay Setzer gave me this photo in 2008. He said, "This is a contraption some of the boys made to wash their clothes." He identified the men (from left) BACK Guy R. Haskell (Vermont), Richard J. “Dick” Foley (Ulysses), Melvin; FRONT Jake Hamilton (Coudersport), unknown Brehm. All were members of the 4th Division, U.S. Marine Corps. The division was based on Maui between battles on Pacific islands. - at Maui, World War II base for 4th Div., USMC.
- Melvin Jay Setzer awarded Purple Heart 1945.
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November 11, 2021 at 12:47 PM ·
Jake Hamilton and Melvin Jay Setzer joined the US Marine Corps on May 31, 1944. Jake was my father, and Melvin became his best friend. They were among four Potter County, PA, men who joined the Marines that day.
All four were assigned to the 4th Division and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, which began on Feb. 19, 1945. All four were wounded. My father was hit by a small piece of shrapnel on Feb. 25. He was out of action until March 6, when he returned to combat. My father was lucky. Melvin was not so lucky. He was seriously wounded by shrapnel from an enemy mortar shell on March 2. He was in treatment and rehab for 87 days.
Attached is a photo of Jake (left) and Melvin, who are enjoying cigars somewhere in the Territory of Hawaii, which was not yet a state. The photo was probably taken before the battle. The 4th Division was based in Hawaii during the war. The Battle of Iwo Jima was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history. The 4th Division had 9,098 casualties, which was almost half of the division. See less
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Kathy Hoban Chorney
Love that pic
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Dale Mitchell
It was a great picture of your father and his friends. At a time when none of us will fully understand
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Ruthann Aurentz
So, grateful
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Kathy Hoban Chorney
Bull, you need that shirt and a stogie
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Gerry Hamilton
The stogie would be OK as long as nobody lights it. These days I think I would turn green if I puffed on a cigar.
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US Marine Privates Melvin Jay Setzer and Jake Hamilton.The photo was taken in 1944 before they went overseas. - at Camp Lejeune, NC.
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Jake Hamilton (let) and Melvin Jay Setzer enjoy cigars probably before the Battle of Iwo Jima. - at Somewhere in the Territory of Hawaii.
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Melvin Jay Setzer gave me this photo in 2008. He said, "This is a contraption some of the boys made to wash their clothes." He identified the men (from left)
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Guy R. Haskell (Vermont),
Richard J. “Dick” Foley (Ulysses),
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Melvin Jay Setzer awarded Purple Heart 1945.
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- [S1721] Public Member Tree- Hamilton-Mitchell Family Tree??hamilton1948.
Record for Lucy Tennant (46)
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WHO WAS HELEN J. PARKS (b abt 1935 WV)?
Posted 26 jul 2015 by hamilton1948
WHO WAS HELEN J. PARKS (b abt 1935 WV)?
The 1940 US Census for Clay District, Monongalia Co., WV, has the following entry for the William and Lucy Hamilton household (enumerated 12 Apr 1940 as of Apr 1):
Parks, Helen J., granddaughter, female, white, age 6, single, attended school since 1 Mar 1940,
She was born in West Virginia and lived in the same house on 1 Apr 1935.
So, who was Helen J. Parks?
She does not appear in any other family records. If you have any information, please contact me.
The census listing means that she was a granddaughter of William Hamilton.
She could also have been a grandaughter of Lucy Tennant.
If Helen was a granddaughter of both, who was the mother?
With a given age of 6, she would have been born in 1934 or 1935.
In those years Bettie was about age 5, Ruie was about 12 and Wilma was about 17.
Wilma would have been old enough to give birth. Ruie might have been old enough.
However, the granddaughter could have been using her mother's last name.
In this case, most of the Hamilton boys, including C. Ward, could have been the father.
Marshall and Delmar would have been too young.
Also it is possible that William fathered a child before he married Lucy, and that child is a parent of Helen J.
There are other possibilities including mistaken information given to the census taker.
The 1940 census for Clay District also shows three persons named Park (no s) also in the district.
They are Leroy A ., 75, and Minnie, 60, Park in one household, and Bonnie Park, a 22-year-old divorced daughter in the household of Mac and Stella Steele.
However, there is no information that would connect Helen J. Parks to the three Park individuals.
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On the reverse side: "Mom's Leona, Lucy's Ward. Coleman Ward Tennant was the first child of Lucy Hamilton. The WV birth certificate lists John Hoskins as the father.
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Cropped from a picture of Lucy and daughter Bettie.
The photo was probably taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s -- Betty was at least a teenager.
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Gerry Hamilton
3 hrs 07 January 2018
Earlier this weekend, I joined this group and read with great interest the messages that have been posted.
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- Went to Coudersport Area Junior - Senior High School
- Lives in State College, Pennsylvania
- From Coudersport, Pennsylvania
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Gerry Hamilton
3 hrs 07 January 2018
Earlier this weekend, I joined this group and read with great interest the messages that have been posted.
My main maternal lines are the ancestors, descendants and in-laws of:
--Mahlon Mitchell Jr. (1806-1889) and Elizabeth Gilbert (1815-1877), my 2nd great grandparents.
She is a 6th generation Mayflower descendant of Edward Fuller.
This Mitchell family’s reunion started in 1923. (I am reunion president, because none of my cousins want the title.) The 2018 reunion is scheduled for July 21 at the Mitchell Pavilion at Coudersport Area Recreation Park. (The pavilion is named after an unrelated Mitchell. For many years the group met at Mitchell Park, also named after an unrelated Mitchell.)
Their son George Washington Mitchell (1844-1915) is my great grandfather.
--Charles L. Vergason (1833-1924) and his second wife Cynthia Maria Strong (1835-1915), my 2nd great grandparents. Their daughter Lydia Eliza is third wife of George Washington Mitchell and my great grandmother.
Today’s Mitchell reunion was originally the Mitchell-Vergason Reunion in 1923, and Charles attended. All branches of the family are welcome at our reunions.
--Charles W. Thompson (1868-1939) and Ada Dell Toles (1873-1963), my great grandparents. There are at least two different and apparently unrelated Toles lines in Potter Co. Both are in my tree.
My main paternal line is the Hamilton line, which came to Potter Co. from Monongalia Co., WV.
My father was Jake Hamilton (1918-1954).
Two of his brothers also settled in Potter Co.
-- Harry Kimble “Johnny” Hamilton (1914-1967) and
-- Marshall Hamilton (1924-1991).
The three brothers had 12 children in Potter Co., and most of them settled in the Coudersport area.
Two of my first cousins are
- Larry Kimble Hamilton (1944-1994) and
- Thomas Howard Hamilton (1947-2006).
My all-male Hamilton line descends from Henry Hamilton (1742-1828), who came to Monongalia Co., from Northern Ireland.
My Hamiltons also descend from the large Tennant and Haught families of Monongalia Co. in the 1700s.
My mother was Luella Mae Mitchell (1917-2010). Mom and Dad owned the Coudersport Service Station business (known as the Corner Store at the corner of Main and Chestnut) from about July 1950 to about June 1952. I have a few memories. Mom was a cashier at the Coudersport elementary school cafeteria for many years.
Other Potter Co. surnames in the tree include:
Ayers, Baker, Bennett, Clark, Clinton, Cornelius, Dingman, Foster, Gilbert, Hackett, Haskins, Hauber, King, Knowlton, Lattin, Matteson, Russell, Snyder, Tauscher (Teuscher), Toombs.
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Dianne Hostetlar
Gerry Hamilton I’m not sure if you’re related to Arron (Bernie) Haskins from Emporium/Austin area. I am his grand daughter. My dad is Leon (Butch) Haskins which lives in Eldred. Kind of fun to chat with those who may have known my relatives even if we aren’t related directly
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Larry Herbstritt
Hi Gerry Hamilton, I’m wondering for your Mitchell Ancestry would include Isaac and Mary Klesa Mitchell
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Tammy J Ostrander-Price
Larry Herbstritt my Great grandmother was Anna F. Klesa Coons Seefeldt.
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Tammy J Ostrander-Price
Joseph and Minnie Klesa would have been my great-great grandparents.
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Larry Herbstritt
Without looking, I’m assuming your Anna Klesa was the daughter of Albert and Mary Valenta from Bohemia
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Tammy J Ostrander-Price
No she was the daughter of Joseph and Minnie Klesa.
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Tammy J Ostrander-Price
Joseph was the son of Albert and Mary.
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Larry Herbstritt
Tammy J Ostrander-Price then you’re related to the Coudersport Corey family and the Halloran family
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Tammy J Ostrander-Price
I’ll let my sister DeAnna Ostrander know- she’s working on that side of the family history. Thank you for the info
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Larry Herbstritt
Isaac and Mary Klesa Mitchell’s daughter, Jesse, married Fred Baker Corey
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