Person:Moses Hill (6)

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Name Moses Hill
Gender Male
Birth[4][5] 26 Aug 1844 Whitchurch, York, Ontario, Canada
Marriage 21 Jul 1868 Ontario, Canadato Mary Jane Wideman
Census[1] 2 Apr 1871 Whitchurch, York, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada 1871
Census[2] 4 Apr 1881 Harwich, Kent, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada 1881
Census[3] 31 Mar 1901 Whitchurch, York, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada 1901
Census[4] 11 Jun 1911 Whitchurch, York, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada 1911
Death[5] 13 Dec 1925 Stouffville, York, Ontario, Canada

Ancestry contains notes from other people tracing this family to the effect that the three sons all went to the United States and that Moses and Mary Jane were there for the 1900 US Federal Census. One of the twin daughters reports on her marriage registration that she was born in Michigan.

References
  1. Canada. 1871 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-9965 District 43, SubDistrict 3-b, page 43, family 150, 2 Apr 1871.

    C-9965 District 43, SubDistrict 3-b, page 43, family 150
    Whitchurch, York, Ontario, Canada
    Moses Hill, m, head, m, 26, b Ontario, farmer
    Mary Jane Hill, f, wife, m, 21, b Ontario
    Almina Hill, f, daughter, s, 2, b Ontario

  2. Canada. 1881 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-13278, District 180, SubDistrict 3, page 32, family 140, 4 Apr 1881.

    Harwich, Kent, Ontario
    Moses Hill, m, head, m, 37, b Ontario, farmer
    Jane Hill, f, wife, m, 33, b Ontario
    Allmina Hill, f, daughter, s, 11, b Ontario
    John Hill, m, son, s, 9, b Ontario
    Robert Hill, m, son, s, 2, b Ontario
    Albert Hill, m, son, s, 6/12, b Ontario

  3. Canada. 1901 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    T-6487 District 99, Subdistrict f-3, page 6, family 57, 31 Mar 1901.

    Whitchurch, York, Ontario, Canada
    Moses Hill, m, head, m, 28 Sep 1844, 56, b Ontario, farmer
    Mary J Hill, f, wife, m, 28 Sep 1849, 51, b Ontario
    Myrtle M Hill, f, daughter, s, 12 July 1887, 13, b Ontario
    Mabel M Hill, f, daughter, s, 12 July 1887, 13, b Ontario

    Usually one would depend on the birthdate given in the 1901 census to ascertain birthdates before vital registration commenced in 1869, but in this case the birthday was the same for both husband and wife, raising suspicions that the enumerator had made an error. Moses Hill's death registration contained the age at death to the day, and this, backed up by the data in the 1911 census, has been used as the source of his birthdate.

  4. 4.0 4.1 Canada. 1911 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    T-20411 District 137, SubDistrict 26, page 3, family 27, 1 Jun 1911.

    Whitchurch, York, Ontario, Canada
    Moses Hill, m, head, m, Aug 1844, 66, b Ontario, farmer
    Mary Jane Hill, f, wife, m, Sep 1849, 61, b Ontario
    Mable Hill, f, daughter, s, Jul 1887, 23, b Ontario
    Mairtle Hill, f, daughter, s, Jul 1887, 23, b Ontario
    Ivor Brooks, m, adopted son, s, May 1892 19, b England, emigrated 1905
    Joseph Randall, m, lodger, s, May 1893, 17, b England, emigrated 1908

  5. 5.0 5.1 Reg'n 037230/25, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    MS935; Reel: 331, p 379, 15 Dec 1925.

    13 Dec 1925 at [street address], Stouffville
    Moses B Hill, male, married, aged 81 years, 3mths, 17 days, born Whitchurch, 13 Dec 1844, retired farmer. 7 years, 7 months at place of death, lifetime in Ontario.
    Son of Alexander Hill and Mary Newton. Informant: John R Hill of Harbor, Oregon, son. Registered 15 Dec 1925