Person Index

Hill, Silvanus Cotterell

Silvanus Cotterell Hill
b: 1850
d: 25 DEC 1926
Biography
Colonist 29 October 1912
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Mrs Hill leaves a surviving family of five daughters and three sons, viz., Mrs D. Buick (Palmerston North), Mrs G. Macmahon (Tapawera), Mrs. A. Bosworth (Christchurch), Mrs G. W. Sare (Dunedin), Mrs Emerson (Nelson), and Messrs S. C. Hill (Christchurch), Fred Hill (Wellington), and M. Hill (Timaru).

There are 26 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Birth Details
1850/2796, NR Hill, Mother: Mary, Father: Isaac Mason

Marriage Details
1881/1373, Bride: Alice Helena McDavitt, Groom: Silvanus Cotterell Hill - Date of Marriage 26/4/1881 from Marriage Registration

Colonist 7 May 1881
HILL - McDAVITT.- April 26, at Greymouth, by the Rev. J. P. Kempthorne, Silvanus Cotterell, second son of Issac Mason Hill, of Nelson, to Alice Helena, eldest daughter of John McDavitt, Greymouth.

Death Details
1926/9032, Sylvanus Cotterill (sic) Hill, Aged: 76Y - Date of Death 25/12/1926 from Death Registration

Chistchurch City Council Cemeteries Database Records
Surname: Hill
First name(s): Sylvanus (sic) Cotterell
Date of death: Saturday, 25 December 1926
Cemetery: Bromley
Date of burial: Monday, 27 December 1926
Block number: 39
Plot number: 193
Age: 76 years
Address: 87 Cambridge Tce, ChCh
Occupation: unknown
Place of birth: Nelson, NZ
Years in New Zealand: 76

Probate Sylvanus Cotterill (sic) Hill, Place: Christchurch, Occ: Civil Servant, CAHX CH171 2580, Filed: 11/12/1952 (sic), Intestate, Archives NZ, Christchurch

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Death Details
1940/25672, Alice Helena Hill, Aged: 83Y - Date of Death 14/6/1940 from Death Registration

Chistchurch City Council Cemeteries Database Records
Surname: Hill
First name(s): Alice Helena
Date of death: Friday, 14 June 1940
Cemetery: Bromley
Date of burial: Monday, 17 June 1940
Block number: 39
Plot number: 193
Age: 83 years
Address: 34 Stoneyhurst St, ChCh
Occupation: Widow
Place of birth: Australia
Years in New Zealand: 73

Probate Alice Helena Hill, Place: Christchurch, Occ: Widow, CAHX CH171 20769, Filed: 1/7/1940, Will, Archives NZ, Christchurch
Facts
  • 1850 - Birth -
  • 25 DEC 1926 - Death -
Ancestors
   
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Isaac Mason Hill
1816 - 31 AUG 1885
  
  
  
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Silvanus Cotterell Hill
1850 - 25 DEC 1926
  
 
  
Thomas Avery
1802 - 20 JUN 1870
 
 
Mary Avery
1828 - 28 OCT 1912
  
  
  
Elizabeth Dapson
1800 - 22 SEP 1877
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Isaac Mason Hill
Birth1816
Death31 AUG 1885
Marriage1845to Mary Avery
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Mary Avery
Birth1828
Death28 OCT 1912
Marriage1845to Isaac Mason Hill
FatherThomas Avery
MotherElizabeth Dapson
CHILDREN
FGeorgina Bertha Hill
Birth1860
Death25 NOV 1938
Marriage15 FEB 1888to George Watford Sare
FMary Ann Hill
Birth1852
Death1 AUG 1917
Marriage5 JUN 1876to David Buick
FCaroline Elizabeth Hill
Birth1856
Death4 JUN 1929
Marriage13 SEP 1887to George MacMahon at Cathedral, Nelson
FLouisa Ellen Hill
Birth1859
Death23 JUN 1936
Marriage8 OCT 1881to Arthur Henry Bosworth at Residence Of Isaac Mason Hill, Waimea Street, Nelson
FPhoebe King Hill
Birth1864
Death11 AUG 1945
Marriage26 APR 1886to Charles S Emerson at Christ Church, Nelson
MSilvanus Cotterell Hill
Birth1850
Death25 DEC 1926
Marriage26 APR 1881to Alice Helena McDavitt at Greymouth
MFrederick Tuckett Hill
Birth1871
Death7 JUL 1953
Marriage31 DEC 1900to Catherine Evett Stewart
MIsaac Mason Hill
Birth1873
Death
FDeborah Grace Mason Hill
Birth1846
Death11 MAY 1912
Marriage26 FEB 1869to William Bayly at Residence Of Isaac Mason Hill, Waimea Street, Nelson
FHenrietta Maria Hill
Birth1862
Death25 MAR 1885
MCharles James Hill
Birth1847
Death4 OCT 1893
Marriage23 MAY 1873to Agnes Sherratt at Christ Church, Nelson
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Silvanus Cotterell Hill
Birth1850
Death25 DEC 1926
Marriage26 APR 1881to Alice Helena McDavitt at Greymouth
FatherIsaac Mason Hill
MotherMary Avery
PARENT (F) Alice Helena McDavitt
Birth1857
Death14 JUN 1940
Marriage26 APR 1881to Silvanus Cotterell Hill at Greymouth
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
Descendancy Chart
Silvanus Cotterell Hill b: 1850 d: 25 DEC 1926
Alice Helena McDavitt b: 1857 d: 14 JUN 1940
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