by Karen Yvonne Hamilton, 2024

Mary Agnes HAMILTON was born on November 2, 1895, to Richard HAMILTON (1840-1944) and Mary Apolonia WEEKS (1859-1917).  

In 1900, she is listed as living in Chokoloskee with her parents, Richard and Mary, and her siblings, Walter, Eugene, Leon, Mary E, and Ann E. In 1910, she is listed as living on Summerland Key with her mother, Mary, her sister Annie Eliza, her adopted brother, Marion McCloud, and a hired man named William Bayley. 

In 1914, Mary Agnes married Marion MCCLOUD. She then married Alvin WIGGINS on December 5, 1932, in Florida. They had two children, Manuel and Curtis, during their marriage. 

In 1935, she lived at 830 Olivia St. in Key West with her husband, Alvin WIGGINS, her father, Richard HAMILTON, and her sons, Manuel and Curtis WIGGINS.

MEMORIES FROM DESCENDENTS: 

Gerry Patureau, “When I was a young child, we called Mary Agnes “Aunt Susie”. I never really knew why. I didn’t know her as Mary Agnes until I heard someone call her that years later. I know she loved children and was always smiling and happy. She loved to fish!” 

Mark Daniel Patureau, “She was very well read, as a matter of fact she could read upside down.”

Rita Patureau, “She was always smiling and a happy person loved us and children so much, everyone loved aunt Susie!! She and mama used to wash and iron clothes for families that worked and they had the whitest sheets and shirts in Ft Myers. I can still see them blowing in the wind in our backyard clothesline!! And do you remember that you never saw aunt Susie in anything but black pants and white shirts ? That’s all she ever wore ! I and everyone loved our aunt Susie!!!”

She died on January 28, 1970, in Lee, Florida, at the age of 74. Mary was buried in the Fort Myers Cemetery.

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