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Obituary of George Hamilton of Auburn died January 1949CLINTON - January 1949The funeral of the late George Hamilton, highly esteemed resident of Auburn, who died at his home Sunday evening January 9, in his 85th year, was held from St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Auburn, Tuesday afternoon, January 11, conducted by Rev. J.H.L. Henderson. Interment was in Colborne Cemetery.Deceased had been in failing health for some time. He was a son of the late Thomas Hamilton and Elizabeth Jane McCann Hamilton and was born on the 8th concession of Colborne Township on January 28, 1864. He attended No. 3 school , Colborne. In 1896 Mr. Hamilton contracted the gold fever, and decided to go prospecting in the Yukon. He got in touch with Duncan Matheson, who had come home from Montreal to visit relatives in Goderich before going north. Mr. Hamilton joined the same company which employed Mr. Matheson, and set off for Montreal the middle of March. There he found a party of gold seekers waiting, and after outfitting in Montreal the men journeyed to Edmonton. There they completed their outfits, and then proceeded along the Athabaska trail to Athabaska Landing. Their 12 tons of provisions were taken thus far by teams. There Mr. Hamilton became a ship carpenter and from lumber purchased from the Hudson’s Bay Company build three sturdy flat-bottom boats. The party then proceeded down the Athabaska River through Lake Athabaska and down Slave River to Great Slave Lake. At Hoy River the voyagers paused long enough to build a church for an Anglican missionary. The Arctic Circle was crossed, the party continuing downstream until within 90 miles of the mouth of the Mackenzie River and the Arctic Ocean. Here the group entered the Peel River, proceeding upward toward the height of land on top of the Rockies which separated them from the Yukon River. After ten days down stream the party came to the mouth of the Old Crow River on Oct. , and as ice was beginning to form it was decided to make camp on a well wooded island where the abundance of timber would provide logs for a building and a cabin. The long Arctic winter passed in comparative comfort. The time was spent in hunting game and in prospecting for gold, but only on one occasion did any yellow dust appear. The trip down the Porcupine River to the Yukon was made without mishap. At Fort Yukon, which is 400 miles north of Dawson, the party broke up, divided the supplies and from there each one paid for his own transportation to Dawson by steamer, arriving there in June, 15 months after leaving Montreal. Mr. Hamilton remained there until 1900 when he returned home. He married Belle Wilson, Auburn and they returned to the Yukon, where they remained until 1910 when they returned to Auburn and farmed until two years ago when they retired to Auburn. He was a valued member of St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Auburn. Surviving are his widow; one son, Thomas, Goderich; seven grandchildren; one brother, David, West Wawanosh; and three sisters: Mrs. S.H. Johnston, St. Marys, Mrs. Albert Goldthorpe, and Mrs. J.J. Robertson, Goderich. Submitter Janice Hamilton Howe Durham, North Carolina Note: This obit is the sibling of Dr. Benson Hamilton (my grandfather). She also submits obits for her grandmother Ella Ross Hamilton wife of Benson Hillyard Hamilton, as well as her father John Ross and her mother Jane Robson Ross. |
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