Dave and Nancy Rice
1943 Family Picture
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday, in what was clearly a different kind of year.
Until we can all gather again, here are some pictures from Thanksgiving 1968.
Anne C. (Nancy) Nivison and Richard A. Hamilton’s Wedding Album
Just posted the wedding album of Anne C. (Nancy) Nivison and Richard Hamilton in the Documents section. They were married on September 23, 1935, at the 2nd Congregational Church in Waterville, ME.
In the bridal party was a Mrs. John Alden – which I found interesting given John Alden is the Mayflower descendent from which our family descends.
Samuel Woodward Dunham
Found this amongst Nancy Nivison’s records and thought it was interesting enough to share. It is an original photo (on metal) of Samuel Dunham, 1828-1918, with his son Linneus. The inscription on the back reads
Samuel Dunham with Linneus who died young – Samuel was father of Francis D. Hamilton.
Linneus was born in 1855 and died at 9 years old, so believe this photo is from between 1855 and 1860. Linneus was Samuel and Rachel Andrew’s 3rd child of 9. His youngest was our own Frances (Fannie, Gramma Hammie) Dunham.
Also added this to the Documents section.
Thomas and Sukey Hamilton
Hi all, been a bit quiet here as I have spent the last 6 weeks on Hamilton Shores. While here I raided my Mother’s basement which has all of Nancy Nivison’s (Aunt Nancy to many of you) records. She saved everything and was active researching our genealogy so lots of great stuff that I am slowly scanning into the Documents area of the website.
But perhaps the most interesting find were these pictures of Thomas Hamilton and Susan (Sukey) Carter, who together started the Tribe of Tom. Neither Duncan nor I have come across photos of them to date4 so we believe this is the first and only set in existence.
Both look like photos of pictures hanging on a wall. Anyone recognize them and know where they were (or are)?
Thomas Hamilton, 1810 – 1891 
Susan (Sukey) Carter, 1806 – 1881 Family Picture, 1949
Hamilton Family, 1949 This photo has the entire Nanna Hammie (Frances Fannie Dunham Hamilton) family, with her children seated in the same row as her, in order of birth – Charlotte, Catherine, Donald, Richard and Stewart Dunham (her nephew, who she adopted after the death of his parents, Charles and Mary Dunham).
Names for each as I understand them below. If there are any errors in naming the right person, spelling, naming conventions etc just comment below and we will get it fixed!
- Kenneth Harrison Rice, Jr.
- Dr. Kenneth Harrison Rice
- Walter Crane Gates
- Harry Hamilton (Hammy) Gates
- Richard (Dick) Gates
- Robert Hamilton
- Christine DeWolfe Hamilton
- Nancy Nivison Hamilton
- Julia Maude Simonds (wife of Stewart Dunham)
- Stewart P. Dunham Jr. (son of Stewart Dunham)
- Charlotte Hamilton Rice
- Catherine Hamilton Gates
- Frances Dunham Hamilton
- Barbara Hamilton Martin
- Donald Byard Hamilton
- Thomas Byard Hamilton
- Richard Andrews Hamilton
- Stewart Pratt Dunham
- David Hamilton Rice
- Rachel Rice Cook
- Margaret Hamilton
- Frances Hamilton
- Douglas Hamilton
2006 Photo
Just added this photo to the recent photos section. This is one of my favorite photos of my Grandmother, Nancy (Nivison) Hamilton, taken on the porch of HamDun Lodge in 2006.
HamDun Women, 2006 The photo includes Barbara (Hamilton) Martin, Peggy (Hamilton) Smith, Nancy, Megan (O’Keefe) Manzo, and Sarah (Parker) O’Keefe. The color coordination was a complete coincidence (or more likely a genetic fashion sense).
Nancy’s birth name was actually Anne Crichton Nivison (you can see her original birth certificate from 1912 below), but there were two Anne’s in the house, so she become known as “Anne C”. That eventually became Nancy, which she went by her whole life, although it’s unclear to me whether she formally changed it.
Nancy (Nivison) Hamilton’s Birth Certificate, 1912 Family Photos
You’ll see we made a change to the photos section, splitting it up into three sections:
- Older photos, generally before 1950
- Photos from 1950-2000
- And more modern photos, generally from 2000
All are works in progress and we need your help! If you have physical photos we can help you get them scanned, or always feel free to email digital copies. Just get in touch and we will make it happen.
Often we get photos with no known date so we are making estimates. If you see any that our in the wrong bucket, just let us know.
Here’s a fun more recently picture. This is from 2016, around the remembrance we had for Dave Rice.
Hamilton Family, 2016 Working from left to right, as best we can, we have:
- Tom Hamilton
- Joan (Streeter) Hamilton
- Brittany Hamilton
- Caitlin Hamilton
- Amity Hamilton
- Brooks Hamilton
- Jenna Hamilton
- Dan O’Keefe
- Sarah (Parker) O’Keefe
- Tim O’Keefe
- Mike Manzo
- Cameron Manzo
- Megan (O’Keefe) Manzo
- Tommy Gates
- Nathan Martin
- Harry Gates
- Duncan Hamilton
- Boe Hamilton
- Barbara (Hamilton) Martin
- Doug Hamilton
- Annabel Manzo
- Albie Smith
- Brad Gates
- Amy (Hamilton) Speth
- Peggy (Hamilton) Smith
- Emery O’Keefe
- Robert Speth
- Brian Corain
- Maggie (Smith) Corain
- Sarah (Rice) Castor
- Elise O’Keefe
- Todd Smith
- Charlotte Smith
- David Engel
- Ken Rice
- Cecila (Wanker) Smith
- Mark Engel
- Jack Engel
- Anne (Rice) Engel
- Peter Gates
- Adrien Gates
- Bill Gates
- Lynn (Rice) Whitehead
- Haley Whitehead
- Helen (Yuu) Gates
- Jeff Whitehead
- Sam Engel
Family Pic, 1973
We posted a new family photo to the photos section, this one from Catherine Lodge. Given Brooks is a newborn in the picture, I’m assuming this is from 1973.
Some of the Donald Hamilton Family, circa 1973 From left to right, it’s Tom, Joan with Brooks in her arms, Joan’s brother Jack Streeter, Christine and Donald, Andy, Amy, Ann, Bob, Duncan, Frances and Catherine (with Frances’ hands on her shoulders).
