Brief Life History of Charles Franklin
When Charles Franklin Hill was born on 9 September 1910, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States, his father, Charles Samuel Hill, was 25 and his mother, Laura Gearheart Slattery, was 20. He married Anna Bernice Hodgman on 9 September 1937, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Valley Center, San Diego, California, United States in 1920. He died on 6 July 1981, in Oceanside, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Charles F Hill, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles Franklin Hill - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth: 8 September 1910; Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
- Charles F Hill, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1914 · The Ludlow Massacre
On April 20, 1914, the Colorado national Guard and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards, attacked striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 25 people, including miners, women, and children.
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.
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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