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Josephine Hill

1881 - 1952

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Josephine Hill

1881 - 1952

Grave site information of Josephine Hill (1881 - 1952) at Bromley Cemetery in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand from BillionGraves

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Josephine Hill

Born: 1881

Died: 1952

Bromley Cemetery

128 Keighleys Road

Christchurch, , Canterbury

New Zealand

Headstone Description

Surname: Hill
First name(s): Herbert
Date of death: Friday, 7 March 1952
Cemetery: Bromley
Date of burial: Thursday, 3 April 1952
Block number: 7
Plot number: 455
Age: 68 years
Address:
Occupation: Retired Storeman
Place of birth:
Years in New Zealand: 68

Surname: Hill
First name(s): Josephine Ada
Date of death: Tuesday, 24 June 1952
Cemetery: Bromley
Date of burial: Thursday, 3 July 1952
Block number: 7
Plot number: 455
Age: 71 years
Address:
Occupation: Widow
Place of birth:
Years in New Zealand: 71
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Bromley Cemetery

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http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/

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128 Keighleys Road
Christchurch,Canterbury
New Zealand

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Josephine Hill was born in 1881

Josephine Hill was 17 years old when Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions led to its involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately in the Philippine–American War.

Josephine Hill was 24 years old when Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

Josephine Hill was 31 years old when The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive. RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. It was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.

Josephine Hill was 47 years old when Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy". Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

Josephine Hill was 58 years old when Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people. Adolf Hitler was a German politician, demagogue, and Pan-German revolutionary, who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As dictator, Hitler initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and was central to the Holocaust.

Josephine Hill was 64 years old when World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and Asia. It was fought over a vast area that included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South-East Asia, and in China.

Josephine Hill died in 1952 at the age of 71

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