Brief Life History of Harry or Harvey
When Harry or Harvey Hill was born in 1882, in Sussex, Delaware, United States, his father, Benjamin Hill, was 35 and his mother, Amelia Hitchens, was 32.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Harry (Harvey) Hill - Government record: birth-name: Harry (Harvey) Hill
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1893 · First U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
The first time that the rank of Ambassador was used was in 1893. When on March 30, 1893, Thomas F. Bayard was appointed Ambassador to Great Britain.
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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