Dora Leona Hill

Brief Life History of Dora Leona

When Dora Leona Hill was born on 6 September 1888, in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Burton Walter Hill, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Alfine Nurse, was 30. She married Harry Dow Shaw on 8 February 1905, in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States in 1900. She died on 22 November 1958, in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Dow Shaw
1875–1937
Dora Leona Hill
1888–1958
Marriage: 8 February 1905
Harry Dow Shaw Jr.
1907–1993
Mrs. Etta Leona Shaw
1910–1996
Perley Hill Shaw
1914–2000

Sources (21)

  • Dora L Woodbury, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Hill, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Dora L. Hill, "New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1905 · Treaty of Portsmouth Signed

The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on September 5, 1905 and officially brought a conclusion to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

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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