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NameMabel Hamilton 
[27, LG of Ireland 1958, Hamilton article, p. 347], [3, Death, Q2 of 1947, Chichester dist, vol 5H, p. 430], [4, 1939 ref:]
[27, LG of Ireland 1958, Hamilton article, p. 347], [3, Death, Q2 of 1947, Chichester dist, vol 5H, p. 430], [4, 1939 ref:]Birth10 Jul 1864
Death27 Apr 1947, St Richards Hospital, Chichester, Sx
General1st dau. d.unm. & sp. Only found in 1939 Register and her death index.
FatherCapt Thomas Rice Hamilton (1827-1879)
MotherAnne Brumbach (1833-1906)
Notes for Mabel Hamilton
Living in 1958 in Rustington, Sussex.
She appears for the first time on any record in the 1939 census, where the birth dates are exactly those in Burke’s Landed Gentry of 1958:
Claremont Broadmark Lane , Worthing R.D., Sussex, England
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
Mabel Hamilton 10 Jul 1864 Female Independent Retired Single 97 2
Ethel K Hamilton 07 May 1866 Female Independent Retired Single 97 1
Lily A Peacock (Porter) 08 Oct 1920 Female Domestic Servant Single 97 3
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In fact she died in 1947 in the same house that her sister Ether had been living in prior to death, as found from the probate records. Note that her birth year is two years out on the death index:
First name(s) MABEL
Last name HAMILTON
Gender Female
Birth year 1862
Age 85
Death quarter 2
Death year 1947
District Chichester
County Sussex
Volume 5H
Page 430
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
The error in her birth year is likely because she was the last of her generation to die so the informant may simply not have known when she was born.
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She appears for the first time on any record in the 1939 census, where the birth dates are exactly those in Burke’s Landed Gentry of 1958:
Claremont Broadmark Lane , Worthing R.D., Sussex, England
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
Mabel Hamilton 10 Jul 1864 Female Independent Retired Single 97 2
Ethel K Hamilton 07 May 1866 Female Independent Retired Single 97 1
Lily A Peacock (Porter) 08 Oct 1920 Female Domestic Servant Single 97 3
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In fact she died in 1947 in the same house that her sister Ether had been living in prior to death, as found from the probate records. Note that her birth year is two years out on the death index:
First name(s) MABEL
Last name HAMILTON
Gender Female
Birth year 1862
Age 85
Death quarter 2
Death year 1947
District Chichester
County Sussex
Volume 5H
Page 430
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
The error in her birth year is likely because she was the last of her generation to die so the informant may simply not have known when she was born.
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Will notes for Mabel Hamilton
her probate index:
HAMILTON Mabel of Valkyrie Broadmark Way Rustington Sussex spinster died 27 April 1947 at St Richards Hospital Chichester Administration Winchester 1 October to Maurice Montaudevert Hamilton Neill of no occupation.
Effects £4797 12s. 11d.
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HAMILTON Mabel of Valkyrie Broadmark Way Rustington Sussex spinster died 27 April 1947 at St Richards Hospital Chichester Administration Winchester 1 October to Maurice Montaudevert Hamilton Neill of no occupation.
Effects £4797 12s. 11d.
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