Researching Polly Hill
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 76275 people with the Hill surname? In that year Hill was ranked number 26 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Polly means "Pet form of Molly" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Polly Hill on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Polly Hill and the Hill Family Tree
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Hill Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called Polly Hill
Polly Hill (horticulturist)
Mary Louise Butcher "Polly" Hill (January 30, 1907 – April 25, 2007) was an American horticulturist best known for testing how well plants could survive in cold climates. She founded the Polly Hill Arboretum on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, she graduated in 1928 from Vassar College. She went to Japan to teach English and learned about flower arrangement there. After returning to the United States, she studied botany and horticulture at the University of Maryland. She began her work in 1958 after inheriting what is now the arboretum from her parents.
Source: Polly Hill (horticulturist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPolly Knipp Hill
Pauline Knipp Hill (2 April 1900 – 22 February 1990) was an artist in the United States. Her work was shown April 7, 2012 – June 3, 2012 at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Georgia. She grew up in Urbana, Illinois.
Knipp and George Snow Hill were students of Carl Tracy Hawley in the College of Fine Arts at the Syracuse University. She followed Hill to Paris, France after graduation and they were married on November 16, 1925 in St. Luke's Chapel.
She produced etchings of European architecture early in her career and "satirical genre scenes that reflected American culture" later. Her work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
She died in 1990 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The estate and several of her and her husband's works were sold off after the death of their son George Jr. Myers Fine Art and Auction House purchased George Snow Hill's in 1990.
Source: Polly Knipp Hill, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hill
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