John Hill

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John Hill, a builder, and his family were resident at No. 1 between 1869 and 1881.1 This was also the address of his business, John Hill & Sons. John Hill was born at Lasswade in 1815,2 son of Archibald Hill and Marion Paris. In 1841 he was described as a joiner.3 When the 1851 census was taken he was a master builder and wright living at Juniper Green, employing eight men.4 In the mid-1850s he moved into the centre Edinburgh, living at several addresses before taking up residence at No. 1 Malta Terrace. By 1871 his business had expanded to employ 22 people (six masons, four labourers, eight joiners and four boys).5 The family were enumerated at No. 1 Malta Terrace for the census on 03 April 1881 but soon moved to Rosehall Terrace (now Dalkeith Road),6 before returning to Hillmount, Juniper Green around the turn of the century. John Hill died there on 17 October 1901.7

On 28 November 1841 John Hill married Isabella Keay Dewar.8 She was born at Crieff, Perthshire on 09 June 1821, daughter of Peter Dewar and Catherine Nesbit.9 She died at Crieff on 01 July 1904.10 Their eight children were born before the family resided at No. 1 Malta Terrace. The family’s adherence to the Free Church may explain the absence of the children’s baptism records though all were recorded living at No. 1 in censuses.

  • Archibald Hill was born at Colinton about 1843. He was described as a builder in 188111 and died at Bank House, Morningside Drive on 03 October 1900.12
  • Marion P. Hill was born at Colinton in 1843. She was recorded at No. 1 Malta Terrace in the 1871 census13 and died there four years later, of enteric fever, on 07 June 1875.14
  • Peter Dewar Hill was born at Colinton in 1845. He was described as a builder in 188115 and died on 15 March 1921.16
  • Agnes (Nancy) Dewar Hill was born about 1852 at Colinton. She died on 30 March 1920, at Inverkip, Renfrewshire.17 In 1885 she married James Bannerman,18 minister of the Free Church at Inverkip.
  • James Cowan Hill was born in 1854 at Colinton. In census records his occupation was recorded as commission merchant.19, 20 He was later a grain merchant and for almost twenty years was a member of the Leith Dock Commission.21 He died on 07 January 1933, in Edinburgh.22 He married Mary Barker in 1892.23
  • Helen Anderson Hill was born on 02 April 1856 at Juniper Green, Colinton.24 She died on 04 October 1933 at Folkestone, Kent.25 She married Rev. George Gardiner on 24 January 1888 at 101 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh.26 He was minister of the United Free Church at Garmouth, Moray.27
  • Isabella Keay Hill was born at Leith in 1859. In 1884, she married Rev. Adam Baillie who was for many years United Free Church minister at Errol, Perthshire.28 She died in Edinburgh on 17 July 1941.29
  • Catherine Nisbet Hill was born at Colinton in 1851.30 She died at No. 1 Malta Terrace on 06 June 1878.31

References

  1. PO Directories 1869-70 to 1880-81.
  2. Year of birth estimated from age in census records and death registration.
  3. Census records. Scotland. Carrington and Penicuik, Midlothian. 06 June 1841. HILL, Archibald (Head). 697/ 05/ 20. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 13 December 2022.
  4. Census records. Scotland. Colinton, Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. HILL, John (Head). 677/ 04/ 24. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 13 December 2022.
  5. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. HILL, John (Head). 685/1 88/ 09. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 February 2011.
  6. PO Directory 1881-82.
  7. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Colinton, Edinburgh. 22 October 1901. HILL, John. 677/ 187. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 December 2022.
  8. Marriages index (OPR) Scotland. Crieff, Perthshire. 28 November 1841. DEWAR, Isabella Keay and HILL, John. 342/ 20 131. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 December 2022.
  9. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. Crieff, Perthshire. 09 June 1821. DEWAR, Isabel Key. 342/ 20 08. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 December 2022.
  10. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Confirmation. 03 December 1904. HILL, Isabella Keay. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 03 February 2024.
  11. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. HILL, John (Head). 685/1 117/ 09. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 15 December 2022.
  12. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Confirmation. 25 October 1900. HILL, Archibald. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 03 February 2024.
  13. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. HILL, John (Head). 685/1 88/ 09. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 01 February 2011.
  14. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 07 June 1875. HILL, Marion. 685/1 701. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 December 2022.
  15. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. HILL, John (Head). 685/1 117/ 09. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 15 December 2022.
  16. Probate records. Scotland. Confirmation. Edinburgh. 17 June 1921. HILL, Peter Dewar. Ancestry collection ‘National Probate Index’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 14 December 2022.
  17. Probate records. London. Confirmation. 24 June 1920. HILL, Agnes Dewar. Ancestry collection ‘England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 3 February 2024.
  18. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 1885. BANNERMAN, James and HILL, Agnes Dewar.  685/5 182. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 03 February 2024.
  19. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. HILL, John (Head). 685/1 117/ 09. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 15 December 2022.
  20. Census records. Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. HILL, James C. 685/5 83/ 02. Ancestry collection ‘1891 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 04 February 2024.
  21. ‘Death of Leith Grain Merchant.’ The Scotsman. 11 January 1933. p. 9 col. 3. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 03 February 2024.
  22. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Confirmation. 23 March 1933. HILL, James Cowan. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 04 February 2024.
  23. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 1892. HILL, James Cowan and BARKER, Mary A. C. 685/5 288. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 December 2023.
  24. Births (SR) Scotland. Colinton, Midlothian. 02 April 1856. HILL, Helen. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 December 2022.
  25. Probate records. England. London. Confirmation. 22 December 1933. HILL or GARDINER, Helen. Ancestry collection ‘England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 December 2022.
  26. Marriages (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 24 January 1888. GARDINER, George and HILL, Helen Anderson. Ancestry collection ‘Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 December 2022.
  27. ‘Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900.’ https://www.ecclegen.com/ministers-g/#GARDINER,%20GEORGE: accessed 16 December 2022.
  28. Obituary. Dundee Courier. 22 March 1929. BAILLIE, Adam. p. 03, col. 02. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 16 December 2022.
  29. Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. Morningside Cemetery. 17 July 1941. HILL, Isabella Keay. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178489412/adam-baillie: accessed 16 December 2022.
  30. Census records. Scotland. Colinton, Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. HILL, John (Head). 677/ 04/ 24. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 13 December 2022.
  31. Death announcements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 07 June 1878. HILL, Catherine Nisbet. p. 08, col. 06. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 16 December 2022.

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