Husband Robert Lamberton 1 2 3 4
Born: 20 Mar 1809 - Gorton Raid, County Derry, North Ireland 3 5
Christened:
Died: 7 Aug 1885 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6 7 8
Buried: 9 Aug 1885 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Father: William Lamberton (1773-1846/1849) 1 4 9 10
Mother: Elizabeth Gilfillan (Abt 1786-1849) 1 4 9
Marriage: 6 Apr 1837 1 11 12 13
Wife Margaret Seaton 1 4 7 14 15 16
Born: 4 Feb 1815 - Westmoreland Co, PA 13 16
Christened:
Died: 2 May 1911 15
Buried: 5 May 1911 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Father: Thomas Seaton (Abt 1788-1841) 1 12 13 15
Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Mavis (1792-1852) 12 13 15
Children
1 M William John Lamberton 12 13 17
Born: 9 Jan 1838 12 13
Christened:
Died: 1892
Buried: 12 Aug 1892 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Sarah L. Raymond ( -Aft 1919) 13 17 18
Marr: 29 Apr 1869 12 13
2 F Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Lamberton 12 19 20
Born: 19 Sep 1839 12 20
Christened:
Died: 1900 21
Buried: 3 Oct 1900 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 22
Spouse: Calvin Willard Gilfillan (1832-1901) 12 20 23
Marr: 30 Nov 1858 12 19 20
3 M Lewis Thomas Lamberton 20 24
Born: 2 May 1841 12 20
Christened:
Died: 1931 21
Buried: 17 Jul 1931 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 22
Spouse: Martha A. "Mattie" Mitchell ( -1925) 20 24
Marr: 7 Oct 1862 - Pleasantville, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 12 20
4 M Samuel Harkness Lamberton 12 20
Born: 21 Dec 1844 12 20
Christened:
Died:
Buried: 24 Dec 1928 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Ann Eliza Smith ( -1926) 12 20
Marr: 12 Sep 1866 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 12 20 25
5 M Robert Gilfillan Lamberton 12 20 26
Born: 14 Feb 1848 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 12 20 26
Christened:
Died: 7 Nov 1923
Buried: 9 Nov 1923 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Luella J. Chess ( -1877) 20 26 27
Marr: 23 Dec or 30 Dec 1873 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 20 25 26
Spouse: Jessie King Judson (1852-1921) 20 27
Marr: 21 Oct 1880 20 26
6 F Marion Lamberton 12 20
Born: 26 Sep 1850 12 20
Christened:
Died: 17 Oct 1850 20
Buried: - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 F Margaret Jane Lamberton 12 20
Born: 10 Jun 1852 12 20
Christened:
Died: 1924 21
Buried: 22 Oct 1924 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: George Perkins Hukill (1848- ) 12 28 29
Marr: 6 Oct 1876 12 29
8 M Edwin Houston Lamberton 12 26 29
Born: 21 Oct 1854 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 12 26
Christened:
Died: 1938 21
Buried:
Spouse: Annie Carrier Kirker ( - ) 12 29
Marr: 16 Sep 1885 12 29 30
9 M Harry Lamberton 29 31
Born: 13 Feb 1858 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7 29
Christened:
Died:
Buried: 7 Sep 1932 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 22
Spouse: Virginia Ella Hughes (1867- ) 32 33
Marr: 17 Feb 1886 - ? Venango Co, PA 34
General Notes: Husband - Robert Lamberton
"The Lamberton farm, where Robert Lamberton was born, is situated on the left bank of the Foyle, about six miles from Londonderry, in County Derry. It is immediately south of Muff Glen, and about four miles distant from the Foyle. The country is gently undulating and in a good state of cultivation. The public highway passes through it and the scenery is delightful. On the margin is a stream of clear, sweet water, that at one point passes over a bluff, forming a charming waterfall. The old homestead where Judge Lamberton was born has long since passed away, and the present family reside in a stone house. About two miles away is the old church that he attended in his youth, and the old family pew is still in possession of the family it having been occupied by them for several generations. [LM, 24]
On reaching his majority emigrated to America.
He was one of the most successful merchants of Franklin, Pennsylvania. He was born in the neighborhood of Londonderry, Ireland, and came to Franklin in 1830. Soon afterward he commenced a little store that gradually increased. After some years he was in the iron business, and from 1860 to 1872 he conducted a bank. He was associate judge of the courts of Venango county from 1862 to 1866; also, for a long time was an elder in the Presbyterian church. [HVC 1890, 354]
He spent his early life on the home farm and enjoyed average advantages for the times and circumstances. His opportunities for obtaining an education were as good as the locality afforded, and his practical training was acquired assisting his father with the work of tilling the soil. When he reached his majority and started out on his own account he came to the United States, sailing to Quebec, and proceeding thence by boat, stage and on foot to Venango County, Pennsylvania, where he arrived at the home of his uncle, John Lamberton, in Plum Township, July 10, 1830. He farmed that season and then went to Franklin to find employment, becoming engaged as a laborer and later as a stonecutter on the Erie Canal. Then he worked for a year at the Sam Hays forge, the most irksome and laborious period of his whole life, and also the most unprofitable, for he lost his wages by the insolvency of his employer. After that he began to clerk for a Mr. Sage, in a store at the north end of the upper French creek bridge. At that time Franklin was a small village of about five hundred population, located on what was the site of Fort Machault in the period of the French possession and of the English Fort Venango, and later of the United States works. But apart from the fact that it was the seat of justice of Venango County it had no importance, and there was no promise of the development of natural riches which has since attracted enterprise and wealth to this region. The little stone courthouse and jail on the common was the principal building; there was not even a church in the town. From such primitive conditions Mr. Lamberton lived to witness the growth of a modern city, and few hands were as potent as his in shaping its future. Thrifty and frugal, he immediately began to save out of his earnings, and within a couple of years after reaching Franklin had acquired enough capital to start a small store, in partnership with a Mr. Lindsay, patronized at first chiefly by those employed on the canal. With this humble beginning he founded what was for many years the largest store at Franklin, a general establishment typical of the times, with a stock which included everything in demand in the homes and on the farms of the region, and where the local inhabitants brought the productions of their own labor for trade. For some years, at the outset of his business career, this store was Mr. Lamberton's principal interest, and he continued his connection with it for twenty-eight years, until he turned it over to his son, W. J. Lamberton. The original store, which stood on the west side of Thirteenth Street, on what afterward was the site of the Lamberton homestead, was destroyed by fire one night, with all the stock. But Mr. Lamberton, undismayed, saved enough to buy a lot on the southeast corner of Otter and Thirteenth streets (now occupied by the Lamberton block, a three-story brick building owned by his son, Harry Lamberton), and in 1835 started the mercantile business there on a small scale. The trade grew so rapidly that he removed in 1841 across the street to the corner rooms of the "National Hotel" building, which he erected in 1840-41, and which is now occupied by store rooms. He put up a number of other buildings in the town in the early days, with his own capital building enough dwelling houses and brick blocks to make a goodly sized village of themselves.
Meantime, as his means accrued, he was not indifferent to the other opportunities which the expanding life of the town and county presented. He established and carried on for some years branch stores at Cooperstown and Utica (also Dempseytown). By 1840 a number of iron furnaces had been set up in this section, and a rolling mill and nail factory were established in Franklin, in which Mr. Lamberton became interested in 1845, having these and a gristmill as well at the millsite in the Third ward, giving much of his time and attention to the successful operation of same in 1850-1856. In connection therewith he built the upper French creek dam, during the construction of which he so injured his health by over-exposure in the water and in all kinds of weather that he suffered to the end of his life as a result. About that time he also erected flour and lumber mills which were carried on successfully for several years, and he showed public spirit as well as business enterprise in his ventures, being identified with most of the projects designed to benefit the town. Under his skillful management they also brought profit to the investors who had the courage to support them. He labored zealously to secure good roads and bridges for the neighborhood, acting as bridge manager for over thirty years, and never failed to assist in such improvements financially even when his personal services were not enlisted.
When the development of the oil business brought hitherto undreamed of wealth into the county, with the accompanying demand for financial institutions and suitable facilities for its negotiation, Mr. Lamberton opened his first bank, in 1860, doing business as R. Lamberton, Banker. Later it became the Lamberton Savings Bank, in March, 1873. During the early days of the oil excitement some of the citizens of the county found it necessary to have a safe depositary for their money, and Mr. Lamberton owning a large safe they would bring it in to him, and he would give them credit for it on his store books. That was in 1859. With his characteristic shrewdness he saw that the community needed a bank, and when in 1860 he erected the old Lamberton homestead, on the present site of the Y. M. C. A. building, he built a banking room in the corner where he conducted a regular banking business under the name of R. Lamberton, Banker. This was the first bank in Venango County. Founded to meet the necessities of the period, it became one of the permanent establishments of the place, and from that time to the present the name of Lamberton has been associated with the most reputable financial operations in this part of Pennsylvania. The original bank organization was maintained until March, 1873, and during that time Mr. Lamberton operated the business with his own capital; after the bank had passed into other hands besides his own he remarked that there was never an hour in its history, while under his administration, that he could not have honored every call upon its capital from his private funds. During this period he also started a banking business at Oil City, Venango County, in company with his son-in-law, Calvin W. Gilfillan, and the out-growth of their institution, the Lamberton National Bank, is now the strongest bank in that city, its president being his son Robert G. Lamberton, and the cashier a nephew, Charles M. Lamberton. Upon Robert Lamberton's retirement from the bank in Franklin, because of ill health, he sold out to Mr. Gilfillan, R. L. Cochran and his son R. G. Lamberton.
With all his material interests, Mr. Lamberton never allowed his natural breadth of mind to become narrowed to their prosperity alone. Everything that bound him to his fellow men was a sacred responsibility which he regarded as seriously as he took his private affairs. He served in a number of public positions, for several terms as a member of the council, for one term as a school director, and as one of the trustees of the old Franklin Academy under the old law. In 1862 he was elected associate judge and served for five years, part of the time with Isaac G. Gordon and later with John Trunkey, both of whom were afterward distinguished members of the State Supreme Court. Meanwhile the Civil war was calling on all patriotic citizens for aid in preserving the Union, and though beyond the age of active service he did more than his share of home duties to show his allegiance to the government. His time and means were always given liberally in response to every call. He aided in fitting out volunteers for the army, and gave generous support to the Christian Commission and other organizations with similar purposes, helping the cause as truly as if he had gone to the front. Politically he was a Democrat, and firm in his adherence to the principles of the party, which he supported consistently. But in this, as in all things, he was tolerant of the opinions of others and respected their rights fully.
Mr. Lamberton was for many years one of the most prominent lay members of the Presbyterian Church in this part of Pennsylvania. He early joined the church at Franklin, with which he was connected for about fifty years, and not only took a sincere interest in its spiritual welfare but also helped freely to keep its material affairs in prosperous condition, so as not to hamper the efforts of the pastor and other workers by financial embarrassments. As trustee for many years he employed his best skill in guiding the business concerns of the church to the best advantage, with results that were highly gratifying to the congregation. But he was no less esteemed as one of the truest friends and cooperators in spiritual enterprises, and he was a ruling elder for many years. He was elected to the latter position in 1862, and accepted reluctantly, but having assumed the duties of the office he performed them with the highest regard for their importance, and not only attended the meetings of the session regularly but also went frequently to the presbytery and general assembly, where his opinion and advice were sought and valued as at home. For more than forty years he was a Sunday school worker, serving as teacher and superintendent, and after his retirement from the latter office was recalled, continuing the work until he felt he could serve no longer. But he subsequently attended as a member of the pastor's Bible class, giving up his connection with the Sunday school finally only because of the infirmities of age. [HVC 1919, 457]
General Notes: Wife - Margaret Seaton
Another source states that she was born in Centre County, PA.