Gibbs Family Tree
George Hill
1802 - 1883 (81 years)
Generation: 1
1. George Hill was born on 25 Mar 1802 in Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (son of William Hill and Mary Johnson); died on 19 Jul 1883 in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Butcher; landowner; local government councillor; local government head
Notes:
George Hill (1802-1883), butcher, alderman and sporting patron, was born on 25 March 1802 at Parramatta, the eldest son of William Hill and Mary Johnson. His father, transported for life for felony, reached Sydney in the Ganges in 1797. Next year his mother arrived in the Britannia on a seven-year sentence. William became superintendent of the government slaughter-house, had an absolute pardon in 1813 and was a butcher in Pitt Street in 1828.
See Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hill-george-3769
Died:
horse-drawn vehicle accidentGeorge married Jane Binnie on 24 Mar 1841 in St. James, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Jane was born in 1812 in England; died on 25 Jan 1896 in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary Jane Hill was born on 30 May 1842 in New South Wales, Australia; died on 25 Aug 1924 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2. William Hill was born in 1799 in Leicester, Leicestershire. William married Mary Johnson in 1818 in of Leicester, Leicestershire. Mary was born in 1799 in Leicester, Leicestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Johnson was born in 1799 in Leicester, Leicestershire. Children:
- 1. George Hill was born on 25 Mar 1802 in Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died on 19 Jul 1883 in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia.