Brief Life History of Cornelia Maria
When Cornelia Maria Hill was born on 1 May 1845, in Camden, Preble, Ohio, United States, her father, Nicholas R Hill, was 23 and her mother, Phebe Harriet Allen, was 23. She married Olney Hawkins Richmond on 13 May 1866, in Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Pierson, Pierson Township, Montcalm, Michigan, United States in 1880 and Florence, Fremont, Colorado, United States in 1900. She died on 15 August 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Cornelia M Richmond in household of Olney H Richmond, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nellie M. Hill, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"
- Cornelia Maria Richmond, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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