James Allan Hamilton (1919 - 1979)

Born 16 Aug 1919 in Spring Valley, Rockland, New York, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Pearl Mackay — married 17 Jun 1948 in New City, Rockland, New York

Died 10 Nov 1979 at age 60 in Hamlet, Richmond, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Summit Park Cem, Rockland, New York, USA

User ID

User ID: 4B3CA25DB9207E45BBEE399FD2FD18C24C2A

Note

Note:  !DEATH: per Social Security Death Index: SSN=130-07-9300 (NY) b. 16 Aug 1919 d.

Nov 1979 last payment zip code= 28379 (Hamlet, Richmond, NC). Killed in car wreck. Truck made left turn in front of him. He was driving a 1969 VW beetle.

 !MILITARY: as told by James Hamilton over the years and recalled by Bruce Hamilton: US Navy 1942-1945. Basic training at Great Lakes near Chicago. Shipped out through Treasure Island (San Francisco). USS Hector (repair ship), machinist's mate. Behind combat lines all over the Pacific: Hawaii, Saipan, Eniwetok, Yap, Truk, Leyte...

 !EDUCATION: LaFayette College, Easton, PA, BS Chemistry 1950.

 !EMPLOYMENT:

c. 1937-1941, teller, First National City Bank, New York City.

1946 Lederle Labs, Pearl River, NY

1950-1967 extractive metallurgist, National Lead Co., Sayreville, NJ 1967-1968

Vanadium Corp. of America, Shiprock, NM (acquired by Foote Mineral Co.) 1968-c.1975 Foote Mineral Co., Kings Mt., NC

 !RESIDENCE:

Phillipsburg, NJ 1948-50

207 Main St., Keyport, NJ, Jun 1950-Feb 1955 (upstairs in 2-unit house) 60 Harvey Ave., Lincroft, NJ 07738, Feb 1955-Feb 1967

Had a large vegetable garden. Raised strawberries, tomatoes, squash,

blueberries,... Enjoyed construction projects such as putting in a

new front sidewalk, rear patio, grape arbor.

3401 Edgecliff Dr., Farmington, NM 87401 Feb 1967-Aug 1968.

1202 Farmington Lane, West Chester, PA 19380, Aug 1968-1972.

Kings Mt., NC 1972-c.1975.

 !VEHICLES:

1939 Ford

1952 Ford

1958 black VW bettle

1961 red and white VW camper, which went through 2 engines and a transmission in only 40,000 miles.

1964 Dodge van, bought empty and built out to resemble the 1961 VW camper.

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Date: 8 JUL 2011

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Sources

• WikiTree profile Hamilton-1741 created through the import of bhamilt.ged on Jul 10, 2011 by Bruce Hamilton. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bruce and others.