Hill Manson Family History
Rowland Blackith Hill
1913 - 1995 (82 years)-
Name Rowland Blackith Hill Nickname Rowley Birth 5 May 1913 Ohakune, New Zealand 
Gender Male Death 23 Nov 1995 Taumarunui Burial Manunui Cemetery Person ID I19 Hill Last Modified 7 Dec 2012
Father Herbert Blackith Hill, b. 17 Apr 1880, Madras, India d. 10 Mar 1968 (Age 87 years) Mother 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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Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ruth Barker d. 3 May 2002, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton Children 1. Richard John Hill, b. 6 Mar 1949, Te Awamutu d. 26 Apr 1990, Taumarunui (Age 41 years)+ 2. Living Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 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 
Annie Manson Hill, Rowland Blackith Hill, Isabelle Erskine Hill 
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
Ohakune
Circ. 1905
Hill Family, Golden Jubilee
Back Row: Herbert, Rowland, John
Front Row: Isabelle, Elizabeth, Herbert snr, Annie
Golden Wedding Jubilee 
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Rowland Blackith Hill 
Herbert Blackith Hill family 
Herbert Blackith Hill and family 
Golden Wedding Jubilee 
Rowland Hill and Sophie Hill
On farm at Meads Rd., Taumarunui
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…At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. Richard John Hill
Manunui Cemetery
38°54'07.2"S 175°20'31.8"E
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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…Rowland Blackith Hill
Documents 
Letter from Rowley Hill, Pacific Islands, World War II
To sister Isabel, and brother-in-law Austin. Mentions visiting cousin Doug Hill, and hearing from sister-in-law Dorothy (niece Anne)
Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/174224?n=Rowland+Hill&from=%2fwar-memorial%2fonline-cenotaph%2fsearch&ordinal=12#imagesWar record as written by Rowland Blackith Hill
Headstones 
Rowland Blackith Hill, Ruth Hill (nee Barker)