Friday 18 January 2019

The Story of a Marry-In


Sidney Clyde Hill is a marry-in.  He married into our family via Elizabeth Gale, the daughter of John Gale & Natalie Kemp ~ via the Kemp and the Johnson families, Natalie is a descendant of Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.

Sidney was the son of George Hill & Grace Fuller and was born 29 Aug 1918 at Winnebago, NE.  He married Betty in 1946 already a military man for 6 years.
Douglas C54 Skymaster - Wiki

While on exercise in Newfoundland, the plane Sidney was on crashed – it appears that the plane was coming in too low for the terrain.





Unknown Paper Jan 1953
courtesy of Jeff Gragg - Find A Grave
Capt S C Hill, 34, one of 14 killed in a crash of a C-54 military transport in Newfoundland Jan 16, will be buried in Greenwood after funeral services at 10 am, Thursday in Oakhurst Presbyterian Church. Hill, son of Mrs Grace F Hill of 1013 N Riverside Dr, had been station at Harmon Air Force on the west coast of Newfoundland. Mrs Hill and Herbert, their 4 year old son, arrived here last week and will live with Hill's mother. Lucas Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Elizabeth remarried and their son Herbert died in 1992

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