Davie Hamilton - played for Celtic !

[berniemc]

hi Hels,

my mum is also Davie's granddaughter - her mum is his daughter Mary-Ann,   (the poster Marvin is my sister)

Who do you descend from ?  As you seem to know Sean Im guessing its one of the boys !   

We dont know much about them but mum kept in contact with Nan and Jeannie all her life (Davie's three daughters all stayed very close to each other in Glasgow and all lived in the Calton all their lives) - my mum and her brother moved to London with my dad and we are in Buckinghamshire now - I've never been to Glasgow but hope to come one day and see where my mum grew up :-)

[Hels13]

Hi Sean, Hels13 is my Aunt Helen. this is me now! This is great! Good work cuz! X x x

[Camillo]

We have been trying to find out the occupants of Davie's lair and had confirmation from the archdiocese today that Section 15 - Lair 1819 was bought by David on 7/8/1915 which was the day of Mary's Funeral.  In those days The Archdiocese's offices for Dalbeth were within the Cemetery itself and that tended to be the way things were done.

So Mary Ann and Davie rest in the same lair.

[3789ft]

Thanks for the information Camillo, it is nice to know they are at rest together.
It is nice to put faces to a story so here is a picture I sent to Hammy and Marvin a while back.
The picture is of Davie Hamilton his wife Mary Ann and their children taken around 1914-15.  Sadly, Mary Ann died not long afterwards of tuberculosis in august 1915.
John Joseph who is Hels13 (Helen) and my Grandfather as well as being Hammy's and Helena's (Hels13 also) Great Grandfather is standing at the top left of the photo.  Mary, who is Marvin's and Berniemc's Grandmother is standing in front of him.  The other children are Nan (Annie) standing in the middle, David and Jeannie (bottom right). 
p.s Hi Helen and Helena hope you and the rest of the family are keeping well.  The family is going to have to get together sometime and meet.......

[wytcher]

Hello Marvin, Camillio and any other contributors to this site regarding Davie Hamilton. I believe I am related to Davie Hamilton and hoped that you fellas might be able to help me fill in some blanks or bring some clarity. My dad was born in 1934 and lived out his youth for the most part in Maryhill. My dad was originally registered at birth as David Hamilton though the surname changed when he was about 6 when my Gran married. My Gran was originally a Hamilton and her first name was either Jeannie or Jane ( she was just Gran to me and sadly passed away in the 90s.). My dad passed away over a dozen years ago and only really shared snatches of his family history. I am fairly sure he said Davie Hamilton the famous Celtic footballer was my Gran' s uncle (?), certainly a close relation. Interestingly my dad also made reference to Nan (a name given to one of DH' s daughter's on this site), he may have said Aunt Nan, I can not remember. So, does any of this information make sense to any of you and if so what can you tell me? I may be talking myself into this, but even though she is a child in the photo of DH and his family (page 4 of this site) Jeannie looks an awful lot like my Gran who I am guessing would have been born some time on or before 1910. I will be grateful for Any info, thank you

[MonicaL]

Hi wytcher

Welcome to RootsChat 

Likely the best way to be certain and from that work back would be to check your Gran's marriage cert, circa early 1940s from what you say, if she married a few years after your Dad was born in 1934.

This date would be after the cut off when you can view images online on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and would need to be ordered. Alternatively, if you live around the Glasgow area for example, the Genealogy Centre at the Mitchell Library would let you view more modern certificates for a daily access fee (see www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/family-history/Pages/home.aspx)..

Monica

[jr9355]

I'm sorry this is bringing up an old thread, but I hope that one day Davie's survivors will find it. 

I happened to be in Saint Peter's Dalbeth cemetery (London Road, next to celtic park) on the hunt for some graves of my relations and the groundsman was very helpful.  As soon as I said I was a Celtic fan, he took me around all the graves. 

I do some contribution for FindaGrave.com and I updated the records for all the Celtic players, chairmen and co-founders that are interned there. 

I hope it's of some use.

Davie Hamilton was a legend of his time and not forgotten in the community.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=170175365

(Hail Hail!)