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British Families in Southern Patagonia
John HAMILTON, b. 1860, Wick, Caithness; 1880 emigrated to Falklands
[Malvinas], as farm labourer/shepherd on contract basis with the Falkland Islands
Company; 1885 to Punta Arenas; 1887 to Pale-Aike, Santa Cruz; pioneer sheep
rancher, Ea. Punta Loyola; d. 1945, Buenos Aires; [at mid-20th century, John
Hamilton Estates owned 3 of the Falkland islands: Weddell, Beaver and Saunders.]
m. 1904,
Oliva HEAP, b. Scotland;
Children:
1. Oliva
2. Penelope
Subsequent families: not identified