When Vera A. Hill was born on 24 March 1916, in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States, her father, Merkley Robertson Hill, was 26 and her mother, Lulu Ellsworth, was 21. She died on 11 June 1916, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Sugar City, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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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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