When William Hill was born in October 1859, in Studley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Hill, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Milward, was 19. He married Emma Adams on 31 December 1883, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 7 April 1938, in Chadderton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hollinwood Cemetery, Hollinwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
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