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Marriage record, Harwich Twp, Kent Co., ON, from Mary Crandall's site:
4759-78 (Kent Co): Robert TAYLOR, 25, farmer, Ontario, Harwich, s/o Robert & Elizabeth, married Louisa HAMILL, 22, Ontario, Harwich, d/o Robert & Sophia, witn: John & Sophia NELSON of Harwich, 30 Jan 1878 at Harwich.

United Presbyterian Church of Blenheim & Harwich, Marriages 1854-1894, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Hamil Robert, 25, born Harwich, lives Harwich, s/o Robert Hamil and Sophia Germage;
Manifold Kitty, 19, born Harwich, lives Harwich, d/o Richard Manifold and Christianna Fletcher;
Married 5 Nov 1879; Witnesses: Neil Watson and Mary L. Baird.

1881 personal census, Harwich Twp, Kent Co., ON, LDS 1881 Can census household record:
Hamil Robert, M, Married, 58, born Ireland, origin: Irish, C Methodist, Farmer;
Sophia, F, Married, 48, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Amelia, F, 23, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Methodist;
William, M, 20, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Methodist, Farmers Son;
Emma, F, 17, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Methodist;
Mary, F, 15, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Methodist;
Edith, F, 10, born Ont, origin: Irish, C Methodist;
Johson John, M, 20, born Ont, origin: Irish, Baptist, Laborer.

Marriage record, Blenheim, Kent Co., ON, from Mary Crandall's site:
5181-81 Henry HAMILL, 29, farmer, Ontario, Harwich, s/o Robert & Sophia, married Barbara WATSON, 23, Ontario, Harwich, d/o James & Mary, witn: Angus & Mary WATSON of Harwich, 7 Dec 1881 at Blenheim.

United Presbyterian Church of Blenheim & Harwich, Marriages 1854-1894, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Hamil Wm. James, 26, born Harwich, lives Harwich, s/o Robert Hamil and Soph Gammege;
Baird Mary J., 23, born Harwich, lives Harwich, d/o James Baird and Mary Laird;
Married 25 Dec 1888; Witnesses: John Baird, Harwich and Mary Hamil, Harwich.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 735-736:
     Robert Hamil, a prosperous retired farmer of Ridgetown, County Kent, was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in May 1824, a son of Joseph and Jane C. Hamil, both natives of Ireland, who came to the Dominion as early as 1831. They first settled near Kingston, where they lived until the Rebellion, when Joseph Hamil sold and moved to the township of Harwich, County of Kent...
     Robert Hamil was only seven years of age when the family located in County Kent, and he grew up to young manhood in Harwich township, where he was educated, and where he has practically spent his entire life.
     In September, 1851, Mr. Hamil married Miss Sophia Gammage, daughter of William and Rachel D. Gammage, both born and reared in England, but came to Brantford, Ont., as early as 1830. Later they moved to Simcoe, where Mrs. Hamil was born in 1832. She was educated in Harwich, where her parents lived for a great many years, and then located in the vicinity of Chatham, where her father lived a retired life until his death, the wife and mother surviving him for several years.
     Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gammage, four are still living: William, now a resident of Michigan; Thomas, a farmer of Harwich; Edwin, a merchant of Chatham; and Mrs. Hamil; while those deceased are: Eliza, Louisa, Emma, Amelia, Ellen and Albert.
     Robert Hamil brought his bride to a farm, which he had purchased adjoining his father's and he has become one of the most prosperous farmers of Harwich township. He erected a large brick house and outbuildings, and now owns 150 acres of rich land in County Kent. In 1888 he bought real estate in Ridgetown, where he built a fine brick residence, on the corner of Richard street; there he now lives, retired from active work.
     The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hamil: (1) Henry, born in 1852, in Harwich township, married Barbara Watson, settled on a farm purchased by his father, and has four children, Guy, Roy, May and Veda. (2) Robert, born in 1854, married (first) Katie Manifold, who died, leaving him two sons, Orin and Ivan, and he married (second) Alice Coyn (no children); they reside in Harwich on a farm. (3) Louisa, born in 1856, married Robert Taylor, a farmer in Harwich, and has four children, Arthur, Ernest, Ethel and Edith. (4) Amelia, born in 1858, married Angus Watson, a farmer in Harwich township, and has four children, Robert, May, Estell and Neal. (5) William, born in 1860, now lives on the old homestead; he married May Baird, of County Kent, and has two children, Edna and Gladys. (6) Emma, born in 1863, married Dr. Albert Lusty, a practicing physician of Dundee, Michigan, and has two children, Hazel and Frank. (7) Mary, born in 1865, married Rev. Daniel Martin, minister of the Methodist Church, stationed at Brownsville, Ont. (8) Edith, born in 1869, married Rev. John Bell, of Glencoe, Ont., where he is stationed as a Methodist minister, and they have two daughters, Eloise and Grace. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Hamil are consistent members of the Methodist Church, in which they have held membership for over fifty years. Mr. Hamil has been steward of the Harwich Church for a great many years. Politically he has always been a staunch Conservative, and taken an active part in his party. Both Mr. Hamil and his wife are members of old pioneer families, and have themselves borne useful parts in the development of County Kent. They have been useful church members, and kind, generous neighbours, and few people are more highly respected.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 44-45:
David Hamil... The first of the family of whom we have any definite data is Joseph Hamil, who passed his whole life in Ireland... His son Daniel was married to Martha Stuart, and had a family of seven daughters and one son, Joseph, who married Jane Crosier, daughter of Robert Crosier. The children born to Joseph Hamil and his wife were as follows: Mary Ann, Jane, Elizabeth, Joanna, and Joseph, John, Robert, William and David. They lived in the Emerald Isle until 1831...
     Joseph Hamil ... settled in Harwich township, County of Kent, on Lot 15, Concession 10, where he bought farms for himself and his sons... Robert married Sophia Gammage and their family consisted of three boys and five girls... Joseph Hamil, Sr., died in 1858, at the age of seventy-five; his wife survived him ten years, dying at the age of eighty.