Brief Life History of Mary Caroline
When Mary Caroline Hillhouse was born on 18 October 1822, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, her father, George H. Hillhouse, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Dobbins, was 41. She married William Murell on 25 March 1845. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Mount Pleasant Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1860. She registered for military service in 1846. She died on 11 June 1893, in Lawrence, Missouri, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Boucher Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Caroline Hillhouse in entry for Lenora Adaline Flora, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Mary C Murrell in household of John Hillhouse, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary C Murrell in entry for Cary Boucher, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
Spouse and Children
1812–1869 Male
1822–1893 Female
Children (5)
1854–1929 Female
1856–1930 Female
1859–1942 Female
1861–1953 Female
1864–1943 Female
Parents and Siblings
1777–1834 Male
1781–1850 Female
Siblings (13)
1808–1894 Female
1810–1860 Female
1811–1876 Female
1813–1899 Male
1815–1902 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 3
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 13
1846
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English or early modern English hill + house ‘house on the hill’. In Yorkshire the surname may arise from the name of a farm in Fartown, Pudsey (Yorkshire).
Scottish (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire) and English: habitational name from any of several minor places in Ayrshire and elsewhere in Scotland, probably named with Middle English, Older Scots hill + house ‘house on the hill’.
History: Rev. James Hillhouse, the first minister of Montville, CT, came to North America from County Londonderry, Ireland, c. 1720. His grandson James Hillhouse was a Federalist congressman from CT and treasurer of Yale College from 1782 to 1832.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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