William Hill

[rotosis]

Sorry not much information but could someone try an look up for William Hill, he was supposed to be born in Antrim, Ireland in abt 1867...........at leaset registared there anyway.  he emigrated possibly with a sister to New Zealand, that is about all i know.

thanks for any help offered.

Claire

[stevenson]

The only William Hill I found recently was William born 1765 with lots of sons one being William born 1800 living in Ballycor Antrim in 1813.
 
children Agnes, Robert, William ,David ,Hugh,Jennet,John
wife Rachel

might not be much help to you at the moment but a least you now know there were William's in Antrim.

Steve

[Tees]

Hi Claire,

Doesn't the NZ certificate(s) list a person's parentage?

This name you gave us is awfully common--no offence intended!

I found two William Hill(s) born in the year of 1867 but it does not guarantee that one of them is yours. In early years of Civil Registration in Ireland, many births were not registered.

What's his sister's name so we can confirm which parentage is likely to be his?

Here are two births I found in the year of 1867:

1) William Hill 11 Apr 1867
    Born in Aghalee, Co Antrim
    Parents: James Hill & Susanna Thompson

2) William Hill 04 Feb 1867
     Born in Larne, Co Antrim
     Parents: John Hill & Eliza Lough

If you confirm one of these births, I will try and find his parents' marriage record (better chance if they are Protestant) and other possible siblings' births.

Await your further information from any NZ records you may have on him.

Kind regards,

Tees

[rotosis]

Thank you both for your replies to my William Hill search.  Yep he is not a good name to find, there are alot of them in Ireland.  I will have to do some more digging here in NZ, however from what i have found so far, there is nothing about who his parents or sister may have been (YET).  I will keep searching and be in touch hopefully with a decent answer.

Once again many thanks.

Claire

[jsimmons55]

Hello Claire,  I have been researching the elusive Antrim Hill family for many years.  I do have a William Hill b. 1843 who immigrated to NZ some time before 1900 with a sister Mary and brother Isaac.  My G Gr. father was the youngest brother George b. 1852.  There were also 2 older brothers James & Robert.  Their father was Robert Hill, mother unknown, but it was the 2nd marriage for Robert.  No children from the 1st. Robert Sr. was destined for the Anglican church, but became a Farmer instead.  If any of this sounds familiar, please contact me. ~ Judy

[rotosis]

Hi Tees & J Simmons

Tees i have finally found out that my William Hill is the son of John Hill and Eliza Lough, which is the 2nd William Hill that you mentioned.  I would love to have more information on Williams parents as i think from what i have found out it seems that Eliza didn't come to NZ, i think they came here in about 1875.

William had a sister Jane and two brothers that have been found were Robert and James............William was the youngest.

J Simmmons.........Sorry we don't have the same Hill family, there are a lot of William Hill....here which is what made it so confusing.  If you would like me to llok for info for you and can give it ago as Isacc is not that common a name.

Thanks for your contact and good luck with your search

Thanks to all

Claire

[jsimmons55]

Claire, thanks for getting back to me.  I know very little about the 3 Hill's that went to NZ.  The story goes like this:  When my g gr.father died at age 53, my grandmother was in attendance, and the only regret that her father had was that his 3 siblings left for NZ and were never heard from again and he wished he knew what happened to them.  Now that alone could suggest that they never even made it.  My grandmother was never really forth coming when it came to genealogy, when one of her daughters was making a trip back to Ireland and wanted family information, my grandmother replied "Leave it alone, all you'll find is a bunch of horse thieves!" Well, lo and behold that is what I did find on the Hume side.  They were Scottish boarder reivers Thanks for your offer to look for them, but with so little sketchy information, I believe it is hopeless. ~ Judy

[maryderry]

marriage, JOHN HILL TO ELIZA LOUGH 7-8-1851 @BALLYCARRY PRES. CHURCH TEMPLECORRAN, LARNE, ANTRIM.


                        regards mary.

[rotosis]

Hi Mary

Thanks for that, it is nice to secure a date of marriage, i have always found it hard to search the irish records...........especially with all the usual surnames that everyone seems to have.

Claire