Category: Albury

A Quick Glimpse: Mr Samuel Hill

My 3x Great Grand Uncle

Samuel was the brother of my 3x great-grandmother, Hannah Hill. Hannah was, of course, married to my 3x great-grandfather, John Hugh Macvean.

This is Samuel:

Samuel Hill, undated
Figure 1: Courtesy of the Macvean Family Archives,
Generously shared by Sally M (Cousin)
Hannah Macvean née Hill, undated
Figure 2: Courtesy of the Macvean Family Archives,
Generously shared by Sally M (Cousin)
John Hugh Macvean, undated
Figure 3: Courtesy of the Macvean Family Archives,
Generously shared by Anne M (Cousin)

I knew next to nothing about Samuel until I started researching information for part two of my posts on the Rooksdale Estate and then I stumbled onto this.

Figure 4: Courtesy of Trove, National Library of Australia
Figure 4a: Courtesy of Trove, National Library of Australia

Wow, what a way to go and when you think about it, it was probably a task that Samuel had done a thousand times before with no worries.

Samuel was staying at first with his daughter Margaret Hill and son-in-law, John Hugh Cameron at Howlong and then come out to John and Hannah’s place at Albury where he died.

Margaret Cameron, née Hill, undated
Figure 5: Courtesy of the Macvean Family Archives,
Generously shared by Sally M (Cousin)
John Hugh Cameron, undated
Figure 6: Courtesy of the Macvean Family Archives,
Generously shared by Sally M (Cousin)

I was very lucky that on our family visit to Albury Pioneer Cemetery back in 2018, we found Samuel’s resting place. At that stage I didn’t know anything about his story.

Figure 7: Courtesy of the Macvean Family Archives