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Joseph William and Jesse Hamil
Jesse Hall was born in Columbus Ohio on March 25, circa 1880 ( Ada thinks between 1879 to 1881.) She was the daughter of
Truman Hall
and Ada
Smith
Hall. She taught school. She married Ray Forcum of Whitefish Montana.
They had two children, Lucille
and Forrest
. Ray died from a hunting accident shortly after Forest was born.
Joseph Hamil
and
Ray
Forcum
worked as firemen for the Great Northern Railroad. Jesse and Joseph Hamil were married in 1913.
Joseph William Hamil was one of fifteen children of Peter and Winifred Hamil who immigrated from Ireland and settled in Wisconsin. He left home at the age of 10. He was in the Spanish American war. He and Jesse had three children. Joseph Frank, Ada and Mary
Their daughter, Ada Freese (nee Hamil), wrote Judy Lundquist (nee Hamil)
a letter that has some of the family history
. I have made links to specific pages relating to these photos.
Jesse,
Arthur, and Winifred Hamil