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HILL, Katherine "Freda"

Female 1902 - 1980  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  HILL, Katherine "Freda" was born on 09 Jan 1902 in Alexanderdorf, Terek-Gebiet [Terek region], Russia (daughter of HILL, Jacob and BöTTCHER, Katherina Elizabeth); died on 26 Dec 1980 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, USA; was buried on 30 Dec 1980 in Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Oregon, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Frieda Hill
    • Name: Katherine "Freda" Bruce
    • Name: Katherine Hill
    • Naturalization: 18 Nov 1943, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, USA
    • Obituary: 29 Dec 1980, Oregonian, p26, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Parochial Certificate, original in posession of Caroline Shapka, Calgary. Apr 2013 Also is age 9 on 1911 census, born Jan 1902. Mar 2013. Also is age 14 on 1916 census. Ancestry.com Feb 2013.

    Name:
    on Parochial Certificate

    Naturalization:
    Applied 21 Nov 1923. Source: The National Archives at Seattle; Seattle, Washington; RG 21 United States District Courts; Volume: Petitions for Naturalization. Ancestry.com, June 2013.

    Obituary:
    Freda Katherine BRUCE, survived by husband John, son Gordon of Tualatin, daus Mildred K Vaden of Portland, & Millicent R. Howard of Seattle, brother Henry HILL of Calgary, sister Molly SHAPKA of Calgary. Genealogybank.com June 2013.

    Died:
    BRUCE, Freda Kat, spouse John, record # 80-21285. Source: Oregon State Library; 1966-1970 Death Index; Reel Title: State of Oregon Death Index; Year Range: 1971-1980. Ancestry.com. Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. June 2013.

    Buried:
    obit.

    Katherine married BRUCE, John on 06 Jan 1920 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. John was born on 18 Apr 1897 in Ciechanów, Austria; died on 14 Oct 1981 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, USA; was buried on 17 Oct 1981 in Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    "HILL" family book by Harold B. Hill, 1972. Original owned by Carolone Butlin (nee SHAPKA). May 2013.

    Married:
    appear to have been remarried. witnessed by Gordon Bruce. Ancestry.com. June 2013

    Children:
    1. BRUCE, Bernice Rona was born on 09 Dec 1920 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died before 1940 in Oregon, USA.
    2. BRUCE, Mildred Katherine was born on 12 Apr 1924 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 13 Aug 2006 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, USA; was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, USA.
    3. BRUCE, Millicint Rosine was born on 12 Apr 1924 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died est 2000.
    4. BRUCE, Gordon John was born on 10 Jun 1936 in Portland, Oregon, USA; died on 05 Jun 1994 in Apache Junction, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  HILL, Jacob was born on 13 Sep 1865 in Alexanderdorf, Terek-Gebiet [Terek area], Russia (son of HILL, Heinrich and DENHOFF, Eva); died on 15 May 1935 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1935 in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Emigration: 04 Mar 1904, Lebow

    Notes:

    was given a Parochial Certificate, issued by F. Snyder, a Minister of this church. Northwest Canada Conference, addressed to Pastor F. Kerig.

    A Heinrich HILL announced he would open a German butchershop in Calgary. from http://www.ualberta.ca/~german/PAA/Calgary1914.htm . Mar 2013.

    Dresden St. later changed to 6th St NE from McDougal to 5th Ave. Census: District explanation: 001-56 Calgary - Riverside, blocks 1 to 5 east of Edmonton Trail and the first 12 blocks of Bridgeland
    001-57 Calgary - The remaining portion of Bridgeland Estate and the General Hospital

    on Census, next door is the family of Frederich & Susannah HILL, by age and living next door, I would presume them to be related to Jakob Hill, possibly an Uncle. Feb 2013.

    Birth:
    Parochial Certificate, original in posession of Caroline Shapka, Calgary. Apr 2013 Originally from LDS submission by tprince860470 [no email available] new familysearch.org Trees, [this is same family, as mother Eva. Mar 2013. Age 45 on 1911 census, born Apr 1865. Mar 2013. Also is age 50 on 1916 census. Ancestry.com Feb 2013.

    Emigration:
    "Mr. Henry Hill died in Russia and several years later Mrs. Eva Hill, on March 4, 1904 with son Jacob and family, daughter Susan and family, and son John travelled from Lebow [no known place of this name] through the Baltic Straits to Winnipeg, Canada. They left Winnipeg to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where they spent two years. They arrived in Calgary, Alberta, October 1906." Copied from HILL book , in posession of Caroline Shapka of Calgary. April 2013.

    Died:
    List of children of Henry & Eva Hill, Copied from HILL book , in posession of Caroline Shapka of Calgary. April 2013.

    Buried:
    On the cemetery listing of the Alberta Family History Society, online, there is a Jacob HILL, 1865-1935, section M. Feb 2013.

    Jacob married BöTTCHER, Katherina Elizabeth on 18 Feb 1885 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia. Katherina (daughter of BöTTCHER, Lawerance) was born on 07 Dec 1866 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 18 Apr 1919 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  BöTTCHER, Katherina Elizabeth was born on 07 Dec 1866 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia (daughter of BöTTCHER, Lawerance); died on 18 Apr 1919 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Katherina Elizabeth Hill

    Notes:

    Name:
    Bettcher surname from LDS submission of tprince before 2001. Originally from 1904 Border Crossing manifest: husbands Bro-in-law stated as Peter Stettimer. Mar 2013.

    Birth:
    LDS submission of tprince before 2001 gives date, place, and father. Also is age 44 on 1911 census, born Dec 1866. Mar 2013. Also is age 44 on 1916 census. Ancestry.com Feb 2013.

    Died:
    HILL Family book, in posession of Caroline Shapka, April 2013. Originally in an LDS submission of tprince before 2001 gives date, but no place [have assumed Calgary] . Mar 2013. Originally had assumed is same person as buried at Burnsland. Feb 2013.

    Buried:
    Date from tprince LDS submission, so do not know where buried. Originally had assumed was in the cemetery listing of the Alberta Family History Society, online, there is a Kate HILL, 1879-1946, section P. Feb 2013.

    Notes:

    Married:
    LDS submission of tprince, pre 2002, gives date & place. Mar 2013.

    Children:
    1. HILL, Alexander was born on 18 Mar 1886 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 20 May 1958 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Mountain View, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    2. HILL, Pauline was born on 03 Feb 1890 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 17 Jun 1944 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    3. HILL, Jakob 'Jack' was born on 12 Feb 1894 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 22 Jan 1973 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    4. HILL, Juliana "Julia" was born on 03 Sep 1897 in Alexanderdorf, Terek-Gebiet [Terek region], Russia; died before 26 Dec 1980 in Alberta, Canada.
    5. 1. HILL, Katherine "Freda" was born on 09 Jan 1902 in Alexanderdorf, Terek-Gebiet [Terek region], Russia; died on 26 Dec 1980 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, USA; was buried on 30 Dec 1980 in Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Oregon, USA.
    6. HILL, Ammaly "Molly" was born on 15 Jul 1904 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA; died on 20 May 1990 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1990 in Mountainview Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    7. HILL, Heinrick 'Henry' was born on 01 Apr 1906 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA; died est 1984 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    8. HILL, David was born on 23 Jan 1912 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1962 in Alberta, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  HILL, Heinrich was born about 1839 in Walter Chutor, Georgia, Russia (son of HILL, Unknown); died in 1893 in Russia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    LDS submission of tprince, pre 2002, gives name. Mar 2013.

    Birth:
    LDS submission of tprince, pre 2002, gives date & place of Waltercutter (sic), plus death date. Mar 2013.

    Died:
    LDS submission of tprince, pre 2002, gives date & place plus death date. Mar 2013.

    Heinrich married DENHOFF, Eva est 1860 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia. Eva was born on 05 Apr 1843 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 09 Jan 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  DENHOFF, Eva was born on 05 Apr 1843 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 09 Jan 1915.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Eva Hill

    Notes:

    Name:
    surname from LDS submission of a tprince. Mar 2013.

    Birth:
    Parochial Certificate, states birthplace as Denhof [however it is likely an error in transcription, and should meam her maiden name?] original in posession of Caroline Shapka, Calgary. Apr 2013 Also LDS submission of tprince, pre 2002, gives date & place of Alexanderdorf plus death date. Mar 2013. Also age 61 on 1904 Border Crossing manifest. Ancestry.com. Mar 2013.

    Died:
    LDS submission of tprince, pre 2002, gives date & place plus death date. Mar 2013.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage in Alexanderdorf is taken from HILL book , in posession of Caroline Shapka of Calgary. April 2013.

    Children:
    1. HILL, Emma was born est 1864 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died est 1930.
    2. 2. HILL, Jacob was born on 13 Sep 1865 in Alexanderdorf, Terek-Gebiet [Terek area], Russia; died on 15 May 1935 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1935 in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    3. HILL, Catherine was born est 1866 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died est 1930 in Canada.
    4. HILL, Alex was born est 1874 in Alexanderdorph, Georgia, Russia; died est 1935 in Russia.
    5. HILL, Johannes 'John Henry" was born on 27 Feb 1885 in Alexanderdorph, Georgia, Russia; died before 04 Apr 1930 in Washington, USA.
    6. HILL, Carl was born about 1887 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died in 1893 in Georgia, Russia.
    7. HILL, Susan was born est 1888 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died est 1930.

  3. 6.  BöTTCHER, Lawerance was born est 1840 in Russia; died est 1900 in Russia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Parochial Certificate, original in posession of Caroline Shapka, Calgary. Apr 2013 Originally from LDS submission by tprince860470 [no email available] new familysearch.org Trees

    Children:
    1. 3. BöTTCHER, Katherina Elizabeth was born on 07 Dec 1866 in Alexanderdorf, Georgia, Russia; died on 18 Apr 1919 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  HILL, Unknown was born est 1830; died est 1880.
    Children:
    1. 4. HILL, Heinrich was born about 1839 in Walter Chutor, Georgia, Russia; died in 1893 in Russia.
    2. HILL, Friedrich was born in Jul 1847 in Russia; died in 1920 in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1920 in Strathmore Cemetery, Strathmore, Alberta, Canada.


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