Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Hill was born on 17 October 1841, in Washington, Ohio, United States, her father, Abraham Hill, was 54 and her mother, Mary Britton, was 47. She married Luther McVay on 2 May 1854, in Washington, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Lawrence Township, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Monroe Township, Perry, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 5 October 1926, in Corning, Perry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84.
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- Martha I Hill in household of Abraham Hill, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Jane Hill, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Martha June Hill, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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