Anna Hamilton(Crabtree)

PIONEER RESIDENT SUMMONED FRIDAY Funeral services for a pioneer resident of the Lynden district were held Monday when friends gathered at the Gillies Funeral Home to pay their final respects to Mrs. Anna May Hamilton, who passed away Friday after an illness of four years' duration. The Rev. E. G. Copely of Bellingham officiated at the funeral services assisted by the Rev. C. Gustafson of Lynden. Burial was made in the family plot in the Lynden Cemetery. Mrs. Hamilton had spent the last half-century in Lynden and the neighboring districts. She had scores of friends throughout the county who were saddened to learn of her passing. Born in Iowa in 1870, Mrs. Hamilton went to Minnesota with her family while still a young girl. She lived in that state for a number of years and in the latter part of 1888, the family moved to Whatcom County. She was married on December 1, 1889, to the late Lee Hamilton, who passed away more than twenty years ago. Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton lived in Lynden and in the Sumas district. Many years ago, the pioneer couple moved to the farm in the Northwood district, one mile west of the Northwood School, in which Mrs. Hamilton was living at the time of her passing. At the time of her death, Mrs. Hamilton was 68 years, eight months and seventeen days old. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Mrs. Weldon Sims, Bellingham, Route 1, and Mrs. Joe Burlin, Bellingham, Route 2; eight sons, George, Edwin and Lauren, all of North Bend, Lester of Orting, John and Harry of Anacortes, Robert of Seattle, and Stanley of Lynden, Route 2; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Elliott, Eugene, Oregon; two brothers, B. C. Crabtree of Lynden and William Crabtree of Iowa, and eleven grandchildren. (From The Lynden Tribune, December 8, 1938) Submitted by site coordinator.

HAMILTON, Anna M. (d. 1938)

PIONEER RESIDENT SUMMONED FRIDAY Funeral services for a pioneer resident of the Lynden district were held Monday when friends gathered at the Gillies Funeral Home to pay their final respects to Mrs. Anna May Hamilton, who passed away Friday after an illness of four years' duration. The Rev. E. G. Copely of Bellingham officiated at the funeral services assisted by the Rev. C. Gustafson of Lynden. Burial was made in the family plot in the Lynden Cemetery. Mrs. Hamilton had spent the last half-century in Lynden and the neighboring districts. She had scores of friends throughout the county who were saddened to learn of her passing. Born in Iowa in 1870, Mrs. Hamilton went to Minnesota with her family while still a young girl. She lived in that state for a number of years and in the latter part of 1888, the family moved to Whatcom County. She was married on December 1, 1889, to the late Lee Hamilton, who passed away more than twenty years ago. Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton lived in Lynden and in the Sumas district. Many years ago, the pioneer couple moved to the farm in the Northwood district, one mile west of the Northwood School, in which Mrs. Hamilton was living at the time of her passing. At the time of her death, Mrs. Hamilton was 68 years, eight months and seventeen days old. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Mrs. Weldon Sims, Bellingham, Route 1, and Mrs. Joe Burlin, Bellingham, Route 2; eight sons, George, Edwin and Lauren, all of North Bend, Lester of Orting, John and Harry of Anacortes, Robert of Seattle, and Stanley of Lynden, Route 2; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Elliott, Eugene, Oregon; two brothers, B. C. Crabtree of Lynden and William Crabtree of Iowa, and eleven grandchildren. (From The Lynden Tribune, December 8, 1938) Submitted by site coordinator.