Monday 8 February 2010

Hill Ancestry, Glasgow, Scotland

This evening, I am posting information on Hill family history as sourced from a memorial stone at Glasgow's Necropolis. This records the deaths of:

  • Archibald Hill who died at Ashkum, Illinois, U.S.A. on Aug 15th 1858 and was buried there.
  • Jessie Orr Wylie, mother of R and A Wylie Hill, died Feb 10th 1885 age 60 years.
  • John Hill, died Feb 4th 1866 age 17 years.
  • Margaret Downie Hill, wife of William Rowat, died March 2nd 1873 age 28. Buried at Paisley.
  • Mary Smith Hill, died April 11th 1868 age 21 years.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Archibald Hill was the son of blacksmith John Hill & Mary Smith from Kilchenzie in Argyll.

Anonymous said...

Archibald Hill was the son of blacksmith John Hill & Mary Smith from Kilchenzie in Argyll.

Mark Stephens said...

Archibald's brother Donald also died in Ashkum soon after arriving with his wife and 8 children to join Archibald. Donald's widow and children all remained in the USA after his death.