Brief Life History of Hannah Hood
When Hannah Hood Hill was born on 9 July 1842, in Tosorontio Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, her father, Archibald Newell Hill, was 25 and her mother, Isabella Hood, was 21. She married Miles Park Romney on 10 May 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1910. She died on 29 December 1928, in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 86, and was buried in Colonia Juárez Cemetery, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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- Hannah Ramely in household of Miles P Ramely, "United States Census, 1870"
- 1842 Canada Family Data Collection Birth of Hannah Hood Hill
- 1862 Utah Family Data Collection Marriage of Miles Park Romney & Hannah Hood Hill
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1843
Santa Anna chosen as president of Mexico.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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Autobiography of Hannah Hood Hill
AUTOBIOGRAPHY HANNAH HOOD HILL ROMNEY (Hannah H. Hill is the daughter of Archibald N. Hill and Isabel Hood Hill, born in Canada near Toronto, July 9, 1842. This history was written by her in her eight …
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