Eighth Generation

11744. Gertrude M. Coffey was born on 12 August 1901 in Buncombe Co., NC. In census years 1910 and 1920, Gertrude lived with her parents in Leicester, Leicester Twp., Buncombe Co., NC. Gertrude died of shock on 21 June 1968 at the age of 66 at Memorial Hospital of Alamance County in Burlington, Alamance Co., NC and was buried at Green Hills Cemetery in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC on 24 June 1968.^33679,33680

Gertrude M. Coffey and Donald Walton Hamilton were married on 20 July 1934 in Buncombe Co., NC.³³⁶⁸¹ They³³⁶⁸¹ appeared in the census on 19 April 1940 in Raleigh, Wake Co., NC.³³⁶⁸² Donald Walton Hamilton was born on 7 July 1902. Donald enlisted in the US Army on 14 May 1942 and was discharged on 9 April 1946 with rank of Lt. Col. He died on 28 November 1958 at the age of 56 in North Carolina and was buried at Green Hills Cemetery in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC.^{33683,33684,33685}