Stella Hill

1880–1973 (Age 92)
Tennessee, United States

The Life of Stella

Stella Hill was born on 30 November 1880, in Tennessee, United States as the daughter of Joseph Mitchell Hill. She married Blake Lillard about 1898, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Wise, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 24 August 1973, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stella Hill
1880–1973
Blake Lillard
1878–1904
Marriage: about 1898
Zack Ford Lillard
1899–1902
Ruth Lillard
1900–1969

Spouse & Children

  • Stella Hill

    Female1880–1973Female

  • Blake Lillard

    Male1878–1904Male

MARRIAGE
about 1898
Texas, United States
children

(2)

  • Zack Ford Lillard

    Male1899–1902Male

  • Ruth Lillard

    Female1900–1969Female

Parents & Siblings

  • Joseph Mitchell Hill

    Male1855–1922Male

siblings

(4)

  • Stella Hill

    Female1880–1973Female

  • Ray E Hill

    Female1886–Female

  • Charles Richard Hill

    Male1891–1973Male

  • Vera K Hill

    Female1897–Female

World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Age 1

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 1

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Age 25

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

Name Meaning

1 English and Scottish: extremely common and widely distributed topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, Middle English hill (Old English hyll).2 English: from the medieval personal name Hill, a short form of Hilary ( see Hillary ) or of a Germanic (male or female) compound name with the first element hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’.3 German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing Germanic hild as the first element.

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Stella Allen in household of Emmett Allen, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Stella Allen in household of Emmet O Allen, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Stella Allen in household of E O Allen, "United States Census, 1910"

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