When Martha Rovilla Hill was born on 26 April 1865, in Gentry, Missouri, United States, her father, William Logan Hill, was 43 and her mother, Mary Hurst, was 38. She died on 14 May 1865, in her hometown, at the age of 0.
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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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