ID: ind03061
Name: Hamilton Giles FONDA
Given Name: Hamilton Giles
Surname: Fonda
Sex: M
Birth: 1821 1
Death: 17 NOV 1864
Age: 43y
Note: b. NY; 1850 US Federal Census, Hastings, Oswego Co., NY (Joshua W H Fonda); 1860 US Federal Census, Ava, Jackson Co., IL (Hamilton Foudy); d. Du Quoin, Perry Co., IL; bur. IOOF Cemetery, Du Quoin, Perry Co., IL; o. Physician; [moved family to IL between 1855 and 1860, where Hamilton died soon thereafter]; [US Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 - Name: H Fonda; Congr. Dist.: 13th; Res.: IL; Race: White; Class: 2; Est. Birth: 1823; Marital Status: (none)]; [NYG&B] Record 57:180 (Dr. Giles H. Fonda); [R044] Innes Getty Collection: Jellis Douwse Fonda; [History of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 1651-1958 - On June 1, 1863 the twenty-one cells that were to make the ship rise and stay in the air were filled with hydrogen, and the Aereon ("Age of Air") was pulled out of the building on to the Common behind the Barracks. Next the basket was fastened to the hundreds of small ropes. (Dr. Solomon) Andrews got into the basket. On signal Ellis C. Waite, Architect, and Hamilton Fonda cut the ballast ropes and Perth Amboy saw the first airship flight in history.] >> www.fonda.org <<
Father: Giles Hanson FONDA b: 13 JUN 1789
Mother: Maria Bauer DOCKSTADER b: 09 JAN 1791
Marriage 1
Elizabeth STEELE b: 06 JAN 1811
- Married:
1844
Religious Marriage
- Note: m. IL
Children
Mary Elizabeth FONDA b: 1844 Julia C. FONDA b: 14 NOV 1845 Wesley Hamilton FONDA b: MAY 1847 Charles A. FONDA b: 1850 Frank L. FONDA b: 1851 Sources:
- Title: Innes Getty Collection: Jellis Douwse Fonda
Fonda Family Publication: New York, NY Publisher: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Publication Date: 1957 Issue: F12 Note: FondaJellis
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