Lillie Ethel Hill

Brief Life History of Lillie Ethel

When Lillie Ethel Hill was born on 9 May 1894, in Cleburne, Alabama, United States, her father, James Martin Hill, was 48 and her mother, Susannah A Durrett, was 42. She married Seaborn Rufus "Rufe" Smith on 19 May 1912, in Cleburne, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 1111, Carroll, Georgia, United States for about 10 years and Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, Australia in 1964. She died on 5 January 1964, in Carroll, Georgia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Sandy Flat Cemetery, Bowdon, Carroll, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Seaborn Rufus "Rufe" Smith
1891–1940
Lillie Ethel Hill
1894–1964
Marriage: 19 May 1912
Q. P. Smith
1914–1985
Lewis Clyde Smith
1916–1993
Sybil V Smith
1918–2019
Mabelle Helen Smith
1920–2008
Archie Earnest Smith
1922–1993
Jimmy Hill Smith
1929–1937
Bruce Hampton Smith
1933–1934

Sources (15)

  • Lilly E Hill in household of James T Hill, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Ethel Hill, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Lilly E Smith, "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998"

World Events (8)

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.

1906

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

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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