Brief Life History of Donald Bernard
When Donald Bernard Hill was born on 31 July 1894, in East Rochester, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, his father, Arthur James Hill M.D., was 22 and his mother, Nettie Rebecca Taylor, was 19. He married Myra H Sanor on 17 February 1915, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1950 and Fenton, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1993. He died on 19 August 1993, in Fenton Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Fenton Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States.
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- Donald B Hill, "United States 1950 Census"
- Dan B. Hill, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Donald B. Hill, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1913 · Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded as a trust from Hinman Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley. It is to be known as the fourth-wealthiest art museum in the United States. The museum opened its doors to the public on June 6, 1916, and is free to the public to come and enjoy the diverse collections inside. Today the museum can be found as the center piece of Wade Park and both are on the National Register of Historic Places.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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