Hill Manson Family History
Elizabeth Erskine Manson

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Name Elizabeth Erskine Manson Birth 4 Sep 1880 at 6.30pm 9 Trafalgar Street, Leith, Scotland Gender Female Death 30 Mar 1962 Taumarunui Hospital Person ID I16 Hill Last Modified 28 Jan 2020
Father John James Manson, b. 13 Jul 1847, Unst, Shetlands d. 11 Jun 1909, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
(Age 61 years)
Mother Ann Love, b. 1851 d. 18 Nov 1919 (Age 68 years) Marriage 23 Sep 1875 10 Union Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Herbert Blackith Hill, b. 17 Apr 1880, Madras, India d. 10 Mar 1968 (Age 87 years)
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
- "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.
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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 HillOhakune
Circ. 1905Hill Family, Golden Jubilee
Back Row: Herbert, Rowland, John
Front Row: Isabelle, Elizabeth, Herbert snr, AnnieGolden Wedding Jubilee Elizabeth Erskine Manson Herbert Blackith Hill family John Manson and family Herbert Blackith Hill and family Golden Wedding Jubilee Elizabeth Erskine Manson
Second from right, in second row from front
(Possibly taken at Yardheads School, Henderson St., Leith? See inscription in book dated 1892/93)Postcard of Ohakune, sent to Mrs Herbert Hill circ. 1910
"With best wishes for a Happy Christmas from Fred and I. This is a nice view of the mountains, but nothing can compare with the reality."Former Yardheads School, Henderson Street, Leith
" A school designed for the Leith School Board by the town architect, James Simpson, and erected in 1875 as part of major street improvements. Simpson was responsible for several notable buildings in Leith, including Leith Town Hall (now Leith Police Station) in Queen Charlotte Street and the old Leith Hospital between King Street and Mill Lane.…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…Herbert and Elizabeth's house at Otunui
view from road 2024
Documents Marriage Certificate
Herbert Blackith Hill, Elizabeth Erskine Manson, married at Darling Regent Hotel, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh according to the forms of the United Free ChurchPresented to Lizzie Manson
Inscription in front cover of copy of The [Collected] Works of William Shakspere
Leith School Board
Presented to Lizzie Manson by the Governors of Bells Trust, Leith, for regular attendance, good conduct, and passing the examinations of Her Majesty's Inspector in the following subjects:
Magnetism & Electricity, Bookkeeping and…
Headstones Elizabeth Erskine Manson and Herbert Blackith Hill Herbert Blackith Hill and Elizabeth Erskine Manson