Hill Manson Family History
Herbert Blackith Hill
1880 - 1968 (87 years)-
Name Herbert Blackith Hill Birth 17 Apr 1880 Madras, India 
- Rowland Hill's occupation is listed as Deputy Superintendent of the Government Press, on Herbert's birth certificate
Christening 19 May 1880 St Thomas' Church, San Thome, Madras Gender Male Death 10 Mar 1968 Person ID I14 Hill Last Modified 4 Feb 2021
Father Rowland Hill, b. 20 Oct 1843, Bolton-Le-Moors, Lancashire, England d. 1910, Plymouth, England (Age 66 years) Mother Ann Harrison Blackith, b. 5 Dec 1846, Whaplode,Lincolnshire d. 23 Jul 1935, 18 Thorby Street, Wellington,New Zealand (Age 88 years) Marriage 4 Oct 1873 Thorney Parish Church, Lincolnshire Notes - The Hill brothers were educated at Spalding Grammar ('The Queen Elizabeth Royal Free Grammar School Spalding') in Spalding, Lincolnshire, until 1888 when the family moved to Edinburgh so that the sons could attend George Watson College.
Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Erskine Manson, b. 4 Sep 1880 at 6.30pm, 9 Trafalgar Street, Leith, Scotland d. 30 Mar 1962, Taumarunui Hospital Marriage 3 Aug 1907 Edinburgh - "Darling's Regent Hotel was started c 1867 at 20, Waterloo Place as Temperance Hotel run by Mr James Darling. It continued to be run and expanded by the family it occupied 17-22, Waterloo Place. After his death, his daughter Jane ran with other members of the family until she died inthe '30s when it was bought by North British Hotels who continued running it until 1976. Sometime afterwards it became Council Offices and finally it has reverted to a hotel, a Travelodge from where I am writing this email.
Mr. Darling also acquired the premises in South St. Andrews St. which became the St. Andrews Hotel, again Temperance. This was run by his niece, Isabella, until her death in 1942 but continued in the family for another two generations. I am currently researching both these hotels plus a couple of others that may have been connected with the Darlings and other members of my tree."
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Children + 1. Annie Manson Hill, b. 16 Apr 1909, Ohakune, New Zealand d. 15 Mar 2015, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 105 years)+ 2. Isabella Erskine Hill, b. 28 Apr 1911, Ohakune, New Zealand + 3. Rowland Blackith Hill, b. 5 May 1913, Ohakune, New Zealand d. 23 Nov 1995, Taumarunui (Age 82 years)+ 4. Herbert Thomas Hill, b. 25 May 1915 + 5. John Arthur Hill, b. 12 Dec 1918 Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Nov 2012
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Photos 
Picnic by the Wanganui River
Rear: Edward Arthur Hill, Herbert Blackith Hill
Front: Ann Harrison (Aunt Nancy Hill),Ann Harrison Hill (Mrs Rowland Hill senior), Elizabeth Erskine Hill,Herbert Hill, John Hill, Annie Hill,Dorothy Hill, Rowland Hill, Isabelle Hill
Woolshed built by Hill Brothers 
Ohakune
Circ. 1905
Hill Family, Golden Jubilee
Back Row: Herbert, Rowland, John
Front Row: Isabelle, Elizabeth, Herbert snr, Annie
Golden Wedding Jubilee Herbert Blackith Hill 
Herbert Blackith Hill family 
Herbert Blackith Hill and family 
Herbert Blackith Hill
Seated at left, in Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia) while working there for the Chartered Bank (later to become Standard Chartered Bank)
Kaitieke County Council, 1934
Back Row: L. McKenzie ("Press"),W.W.Stanton (Engr),W Thomas("Press"),J Wark (Health Insp), J H Delves (Traffic Insp), H B Hill (Clerk)
Front Row: D Treacy,J W Hutson, A H BArker, T H Crocker (Chairman), S A Morris, W Fursdon
Golden Wedding Jubilee 
House built for Herbert Blackith Hill and family
Otunui, near Taumarunui
The house was built in 1917, and was just about ready when they arrived. At least it had a roof by that stage, though they camped in the garden to start with. It was a couple of weeks, or longer before the Kitchen range was fitted. Mum remembers the day it arrived, by river boat, and of course enormously heavy, so it…
Darling's Regent Hotel, 20 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh
Location of wedding between Herbert Blackith Hill and Elizabeth Erskine Manson, 3 August 1907. Darlings Hotel was a temperance hotel then.
On leave from war in the Pacific
Rowland Blackith Hill, Elizabeth Hill, Robyn Benn, Isabella Benn (nee Hill), Herbert Blackith Hill
Believed to be taken when Rowland was on leave from the 35th Battalion, 3rd Division of the NZ Army. At this point he had already served with the battalion as a private in a mortar platoon in Fijji. In december 1942 he would return to active duty…
Aerial view of Hill Brothers' farm in Otunui
pink - Herbert and Elisabeth Hill
yellow - William ('Harry') and Kate Hill
green - Arthur Hill
red - woolshed
Google Maps view of Hill Brothers farm, Otunui 
Herbert and Elizabeth's house at Otunui
view from road 2024
Documents 
Transfer of Land
LAND BOARD
Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 54, 27 November 1919, Page 10
Transfer of section 19, BLock VIII, Makotuku S.D., 06a,. Herbert Blackith Hill to Anthony Leo Gould and George Douglas Blacklock (discharged soldiers), approved subject to loan being granted.
Bankers Institute of Scotland
Membership of Herbert Blackith Hill, The National Bank of Scotland Ltd., Leith Walk, Leith
Marriage Certificate
Herbert Blackith Hill, Elizabeth Erskine Manson, married at Darling Regent Hotel, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh according to the forms of the United Free Church
Education
The Hill brothers were educated at Spalding Grammar ('The Queen Elizabeth Royal Free Grammar School Spalding') in Spalding, Lincolnshire, until 1888 when the family moved to Edinburgh so that the sons could attend George Watsons College.
1901 Census London - 24 Parliament Hill
with Anne Harrison Hill (nee Blackith) and Herbert Blackith Hill
Headstones 
Elizabeth Erskine Manson and Herbert Blackith Hill 
Herbert Blackith Hill and Elizabeth Erskine Manson
Histories 
Recollections of early days in New Zealand, by Annie Blackwood (nee Hill)
30 December 2012 05:50
From: Liz Ramsay
To: George Hill
Hi George,
I have typed out some of the chat that Mum and I had when I was with her before Christmas. Her memory is failing somewhat but there is still a wealth of detail there, and even Mum now says "it was such a long time ago"! There's lots from Mum in the Otunui book too...... Much…