I am looking for any information on virgil hamilton.

1920 census
madison illnois
charles hamilton 27 (my greatuncle)
maude wife 28
virgil son 4
charles son 1 *1/2
john (22) my grandfather

1930 census
madison illnois
maude hamilton (divorced)
virgil hamilton

Maude (Dupponcier, I believe) was the first wife of my great-uncle Charley Hamilton. Was told that she died and he remarried, however that has proven to be false. He remarried and Maude and Virgil dissappeared. I dont know if Virgil was Uncle Charles son or not but I know he was still caring the Hamilton name in 1930. Any information about Virgil or his mother would be greatly appreciated. Its just one of many family mysteries I am working on.

Thanks
Ron

Sorry I couldn't find anything on Virgil. But I found a
Maude Hamilton
Date if Death: 5-3-1931 Madison County Granite City..

Maybe if you try and get an obituary on her, that might lead to you find your Virgil.

Not related just trying to help....

If you are interested in her obit, please let me know and I'll stop by the library and check.

Vicki
vjmccauley@charter.net

I would love to have her obit if you have time. Thanks so much.

Ron
RHamilton_inc@hotmail.com

Ron,
I will check either today or tomorrow for Maude's obit. I'm assuming (may not be correct) this could be the Virgil Hamilton your trying to gather info on.

SSDI:
Virgil P. Hamilton 25 Jan 1916 17 Oct 1987 Bethalto, Madison, Illinois

From the info below and the SSDI listing, I will check to see if a volunteer in the Alton area is still offering to do lookups and request the obit for Virgil P Hamilton.

Info from the Edwardsville Intelligencer newspaper (Edwardsville, IL) lists the following:
Ancestry.com Historical Newspaper

June 10, 1931 - Court Records
Virgil P Hamilton minor letters of guardianship issue to Alton Banking and Trust Co without bond petition of Nettie N Weeks for letters of guardianship dismissed by petitioner.

(two paragraph down)
Maude Hamilton deceased letters issue to the Alton Banking and Trust Co without bond.

March 3, 1937 - Probate Court Proceedings (Entered Mar. 1)
Virgil P Hamilton, minor, guardian's final report approved.
Virgil P. Hamilton of lega majority guardian is discharged as to him.

April 9, 1966
Springfield, MO. - Linda Hamilton, duaghter of Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Hamilton, Bethalto is on the fall semester Evangel College honor roll.
A Sophomore, she has a grade point average of 2.31 out of a possible 3.00. She is majoring in mathematics education at
Evangel.
Miss Hamilton is a graduate of Civic Memorial high school Bethalto.

May 13, 1971 (not the full article)
Schulte-Hamilton Vows Are Recited

Deborah Hope Schulte, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Howard Schulte of Moro, became the bride of Robert Eugene Hamilton Saturday in a 2 p.m., double-ring ceremony in Bethalto Presbyterian Church.

The groom is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Hamilton of Bethalto.

The Rev. Clarence Patton officiated at the ceremony.

Rick Hamilton served as best man for his brother. Groomsmen were Mike Gammel, the groom's brother-in-law, and Larry Earle and Terry Campbell.


July 17, 1972
Births -
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hamilton of Bethalto are the parents of their first child, an 8-pound 4-ounce boy, named Robert Wayne. Mrs. Hamilton is the former Debbie Schulte. Grandparents are Mr. & Mrs. Howard Schulte of Moro and Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Hamilton of Bethalto. The baby was born Friday.

Here is the obit for Virgil Hamilton

Virgil Pete Hamilton
Virgil Pete Hamilton, 71, of
Bethalto, died at 7:10 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 17, 1987, at his residence,
after a lengthy illness.
Hamilton was employed by
Alton Waste Paper Co. for 32
years as a chauffeur and retired
in 1978.
The World War II Army veteran
was born in St. Louis, son of
the late Charles -and Maude
(Scherfy) Hamilton.
He married the former Mildred
Gaither on June 24, 1945, in Alton.
Surviving are his wife; three
sons, Robert Hamilton of Bethalto,
David Hamilton of Meadowbrook
and Ricky Hamilton of
New Orleans, La.; and five
grandchildren.One daughter,
Linda Gammel,
preceded him in death.
Visitation will be from 4 to 9
p.m. today at Smith Funeral
Home in Bethalto. Services will
be at the funeral home at 10:30
a.m. Tuesday with the Rev.
Randy Copeland officiating.
Burial will be at Rose Lawn
Memory Gardens in Bethalto.
Memorials may be given to the
chair lift fund at the Bethalto
Assembly of God Church, where
Hamilton was a member.

Thank you so much for taking time to check for his obit. I do believe this is his Virgil Hamilton from the info I found on Ancestry (Edwardsville Intelligencer) - the dates are such a good match.
Now I need to make it to the GC library for his mother's obit. I've been on Grandma duty most of the week:)
Thank you again!
Vicki

You're very welcome!

carol

Sorry it has taken this long to check for Maude's obit - its attached.
Vicki

I am so sorry. I got so excited about all the information I was getting from you and others that I forgot to say thank you.

Thank you once again. I know what become of young Virgil and have contacted his relatives.
sincerely
Ron