Byron Ennis Hill

Brief Life History of Byron Ennis

When Byron Ennis Hill was born on 15 January 1880, in Highland Township, Jewell, Kansas, United States, his father, Elbridge Hill, was 32 and his mother, Lovisa Philania Moore, was 37. He married Lulu May Judy about 1905, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Manhattan, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 31 December 1944, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Byron Ennis Hill
1880–1944
Lulu May Judy
1882–1944
Marriage: about 1905
Dwayne Shelton Hill
1908–1983

Sources (11)

  • B E Hill, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Byron Ennis Hill, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Byron Ennis Hill, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages

Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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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