Karen Yvonne Hamilton, 2025

Robert Joseph HAMILTON was born on November 6, 1910, in Chokoloskee, Florida, to John Leon HAMILTON (1885-1964) and Sarah Elizabeth JOHNSON (1889-1963). 

Leon and Sarah (JOHNSON) Hamilton

SIBLINGS

  • Mary Frances was born on January 14, 1906, in Florida.
  • Eva Margaret was born on December 10, 1909, in Key West, Florida.
  • Henry Gilbert was born on October 15, 1915.
  • Adeline Agnes was born in 1915.
  • Elizabeth Ann”Lizzie” was born on June 25, 1917, in Collier, Florida.
  • Raymond was born in 1930.

MARRIAGE

Robert married Lola Lee CARRAWAY on January 6, 1926, in Tallahassee, Florida. Lola Lee was born in Wakulla County in 1911 to Laborn Maxwell “Buster” Carraway and Lular Eva Brooks Carraway. Lola Lee was previously married to Edwin Bryant Smith, 7 April 1931, in Franklin County, Florida. Family lore says that Lola Lee was found by police dead in an alley, year unknown.

Lola Lee CARRAWAY Hamilton and baby Lula May HAMILTON

CHILDREN

Lula May HAMILTON was born on January 15, 1927, in Wakulla, Florida.

Lula May HAMILTON

In April of 1930, Robert sailed with Joaquin (King) Gomes aboard the USS Gov Cobb from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida.

In June 1930, Robert lived with his parents and siblings (line 24-29) on Lostmans River in the Florida Everglades. His grandfather, Richard (Robert) Hamilton and uncles lived nearby.

1930 US Census

DEATH 

Robert disappeared in the Everglades islands in February 1932 with his cousin, William ‘Buddy’ HAMILTON. Their bodies were never found, and they were presumed murdered. Robert was 21 years old.

SOURCES

1930 United States Federal Census; Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982; Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations 1300s-Current; Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists 1930; Ancestry.com profile of Iris Williams.

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