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Cornelia A. <I>Jordan</I> Hill

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Cornelia A. Jordan Hill

Birth
Death
20 Aug 1923 (aged 86–87)
California, USA
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Bullville, Orange County, New York, USA Add to Map
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1870 United States Federal Census
about Cornelia A Hill Name: Cornelia A Hill
[Cornelia A Hill]
Age in 1870: 34
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Wallkill, Orange, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Middletown
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Hill 34
Cornelia A Hill 34
Emma Hill 14--died Feb. 27, 1873, buried Bullville
Ida Hill 13--died Feb. 21, 1879, buried Bullville
Mary C Hill 11
Anna W Hill 8 --died Feb. 19, 1876, buried Bullville
Lizzie J Hill 6--died March 26, 1880 buried Bullville
Margaret Tiemey 30
Agnes Davey 31
James Galligen 23
Emily A Mc Gowan 24
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Financial success and personal tragedy shape the stories of the people who lived at Kimberly Crest, the 116-year-old showplace that remains very much at the center of community life in Redlands, but their focus on the future created happy endings for many who came after them.
Over several years in the 1890s, Cornelia A. Hill of Middletown, N.Y., lost her husband and four of their six daughters to tuberculosis. At the time, the West was being promoted as a more healthful environment than the cities of the East, and she and her husband had visited Redlands with thoughts of relocating. In 1896, she made the move.

For $3,000, she bought 3 acres in the Bellview tract from Redlands pioneer E.G. Judson. She hired Los Angeles architectural firm Dennis and Farwell to design a petite chateau like those she had seen on a recent trip to the Loire Valley in France. Contractors Daniel and Davis Donald built the 7,000-square-foot house, and horticulturist Franz P. Hosp laid out the grounds. Cornelia Hill took up residence in 1897.

The 1900 U.S. Census shows four people living in the house: Cornelia Hill, 63; granddaughter Annie R. Cary, 14; granddaughter Olive E. Cary, 10; and cook Lee Hong Chang, 37.

Cornelia Hill enjoyed Western-style art and furnishings and emphasized Native American themes in her d cor. She took an active part in the life of Redlands, and in 1904 put her house on the market and built another home closer to the center of town. She later moved to Carlsbad.
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1870 United States Federal Census
about Cornelia A Hill Name: Cornelia A Hill
[Cornelia A Hill]
Age in 1870: 34
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Wallkill, Orange, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Middletown
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Hill 34
Cornelia A Hill 34
Emma Hill 14--died Feb. 27, 1873, buried Bullville
Ida Hill 13--died Feb. 21, 1879, buried Bullville
Mary C Hill 11
Anna W Hill 8 --died Feb. 19, 1876, buried Bullville
Lizzie J Hill 6--died March 26, 1880 buried Bullville
Margaret Tiemey 30
Agnes Davey 31
James Galligen 23
Emily A Mc Gowan 24
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Financial success and personal tragedy shape the stories of the people who lived at Kimberly Crest, the 116-year-old showplace that remains very much at the center of community life in Redlands, but their focus on the future created happy endings for many who came after them.
Over several years in the 1890s, Cornelia A. Hill of Middletown, N.Y., lost her husband and four of their six daughters to tuberculosis. At the time, the West was being promoted as a more healthful environment than the cities of the East, and she and her husband had visited Redlands with thoughts of relocating. In 1896, she made the move.

For $3,000, she bought 3 acres in the Bellview tract from Redlands pioneer E.G. Judson. She hired Los Angeles architectural firm Dennis and Farwell to design a petite chateau like those she had seen on a recent trip to the Loire Valley in France. Contractors Daniel and Davis Donald built the 7,000-square-foot house, and horticulturist Franz P. Hosp laid out the grounds. Cornelia Hill took up residence in 1897.

The 1900 U.S. Census shows four people living in the house: Cornelia Hill, 63; granddaughter Annie R. Cary, 14; granddaughter Olive E. Cary, 10; and cook Lee Hong Chang, 37.

Cornelia Hill enjoyed Western-style art and furnishings and emphasized Native American themes in her d cor. She took an active part in the life of Redlands, and in 1904 put her house on the market and built another home closer to the center of town. She later moved to Carlsbad.
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