Brief Life History of Olevia
When Olevia Hill was born on 10 November 1871, in Earlham, Madison, Iowa, United States, her father, William R. Hill, was 24 and her mother, Mary Coats Peacock, was 21. She married Jeptha Bailey Smith on 12 September 1889, in Madison, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Bugtown, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1950 and Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1964. She died on 23 March 1964, in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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- Olevia H Smith, "United States 1950 Census"
- Olive Hill, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Olevia Hill Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1872 · The First National Park
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1880
Historical Boundaries 1880: Ada, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Ada, Idaho, United States 1892: Canyon, Idaho, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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