Daniel Brice Hill

Brief Life History of Daniel Brice

When Daniel Brice Hill was born on 8 May 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Daniel Currie Hill, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Bryce, was 30. He married Jane Leishman on 20 January 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900 and Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 22 July 1922, in Darby, Teton, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Driggs-Darby Cemetery, Teton, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Brice Hill
1845–1922
Jane Leishman
1845–1910
Marriage: 20 January 1865
Violet Jane Hill
1865–1928
Elizabeth Bryce Hill
1867–1948
Martha Ann Hill
1868–1951
Margaret Leishman Hill
1871–1953
Daniel Leishman Hill
1873–1952
John Leishman Hill
1875–1876
Rebecca Leishman Hill
1877–1952
baby boy Hill
1878–1878
William Henry Hill
1879–1920
Matilda Leishman Hill
1882–1957
Rose Emma Hill
1884–1949
Comilla Leishman Hill
1888–1937
Cordelia Leishman Hill
1890–1919

Sources (103)

  • Daniel Hill, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Daniel B. Hill, 'Idaho, Deaths and Stillbirths' on MyHeritage
  • Daniel B Hill, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated

On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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