David Wayne Hill

Male13 January 1954–21 January 1956

Brief Life History of David Wayne

When David Wayne Hill was born on 13 January 1954, in Alabama, United States, his father, Walter Louis Hill, was 25 and his mother, Bobby Faye Edge, was 21. He died on 21 January 1956, in Greenville, Butler, Alabama, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Georgiana, Butler, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Louis Hill
1928–2007
Bobby Faye Edge
1932–1961
David Wayne Hill
1954–1956

Sources (2)

  • David Wayne Hill, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  • David Wayne Hill, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (3)

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Age 1

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

1955 · To War in Vietnam

Age 1

The Vietnam War was another civil war brought about from the Cold War. It was fought between the North Vietnamese, who were supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies, and the South Vietnamese, who were supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war caused two more civil wars in Laos and Cambodia and resulted in all three countries becoming communist states.

1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act

Age 2

With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.

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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