John Hamilton (2)
c.1841 Born in Glasgow[1]
1868 Married Clara Denny in Dumbarton[2]
1870 Birth of son James Denny Hamilton[3]
1871 John Hamilton 30, retired ship builders, lived in Logie, Perthshire with Clara Hamilton 25, James S Hamilton 5 Months, Jessie Hamilton 24 and his brother James Hamilton 22, ship draughtsman[4]
1877 John Hamilton, James Hamilton and Alexander Carnegie Kirk purchased the shipyard and engine works of Robert Napier and Sons for the sum of £270,000 and carried on the business under the old title[5].
1910 Partner in Robert Napier and Sons[6]