Brief Life History of James Gilbert
When James Gilbert Hill was born on 25 July 1926, in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Oscar Gilbert Hill, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Daisy Redic, was 19. He lived in United States in 1940. He died on 8 February 1976, in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States.
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Sources (8)
- James Hill in household of Oscar Hill, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Gilbert Hill - Memory of Someone: birth-name: James Gilbert Hill
- James Gilbert Hill, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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