When Bertha Elnora Hill was born on 3 June 1916, in Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Thomas Oliver Hill, was 32 and her mother, Esther Lena Dow, was 20. She married LeRoy Johnston on 3 June 1934, in Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Judicial Township 15, Fresno, California, United States in 1920 and Klamath, Oregon, United States in 1930. She died on 25 September 1981, in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon, United States.
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U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Thousands of soldiers were assigned to the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division to provide wood for airplanes and ships during World War I. Poor working conditions in 1917 caused the men to strike which slowed the logging production in the area. The demands of the strikers were rejected by the lumber companies. As the need was ever-present for lumber during the war, the government stationed soldiers to do the work. Over 230 spruce soldier camps were built and occupied throughout the Pacific Northwest at this time.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
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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