Hannah
Great great great great great grandmother
Born 1772, England.
Tried Staffordshire, 1802. Sentence - 7yrs
Arrived Australia, 24 June 1804, aboard the Experiment II".
Married George HOWELL, 1805, NSW, Australia.
Died 1851, NSW, Australia
Hill
Definition:
- One who lives on or near a hill, derived from Old English "hyll."
- Corruption of German "hild," meaning "battle."
Surname Origin:
- English
Alternate Surname Spellings:
- HILLS
- HILLE
- HYLL
- HYLLE
What does the name mean?
Last Name: Hill
- English and Scottish: extremely common and widely distributed topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, Middle English hill (Old English hyll).
- English: from the medieval personal name Hill, a short form of Hilary (see Hillary) or of a Germanic (male or female) compound name with the first element hild "strife", "battle".
- German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing Germanic hild as the first element.
- Jewish (American): Anglicized form of various Jewish names of similar sound or meaning.
- English translation of Finnish Mäki ("hill"), or of any of various other names formed with this element, such as Mäkinen, Heinämaki, Kivimäki.