Family pictorial biographies

Greek and Hill Family Biographies

This collection presents pictorial biographies of fourteen members of the Greek and Hill families, drawn from photographs, documents, and family recollection gathered over many years. The Greeks farmed in Gibson County, Indiana, near Princeton and Francisco, before moving west to Riverside County, California, in the first decades of the twentieth century. The two families joined with the marriage of Alice Marie Greek and George Eugene Hill.

Each biography includes photographs, dates, and an account of the person's life.

The Greek family

Claude Melvin Greek (1885–1945) — born in Gibson County, Indiana; railway carpenter, horse wrangler in the Riverside orange groves; buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, California

Mary Elizabeth "Mayme" (Sheridan) Greek (1880–1944) — married Claude in Princeton, Indiana, 1905; mother of nine

Charles Williford Greek (1884–1929) — eldest son of John Henry and Mary Elizabeth Greek; left Indiana for San Francisco at seventeen; streetcar conductor and ambulance driver

Carletta Margaret "Colette" Greek, a.k.a. Sister Mary Luke Greek, O.P. (1907–1929)

Irene Cecilia Greek, a.k.a. Sister Mary Colette Greek, O.P. (1909–2000)

Clarence Joseph "Bud" Greek (1910–1988)

Alice Marie (Greek) Hill (1912–2002)

Raymond Bernard "Ray" Greek (1916–2001)

Roland Edwin "Rolly" Greek (1921–2008)

William Leonard "Bill" Greek (1923–1971)

John Melvin "Jack" Greek (1928–1994)

The Hill family

George Eugene "Gene" Hill (1911–1996)

Frank Bernard Hill (1883–1967)

Ida Ellen (Kohlhaas) Hill (1878–1966)

Access

The biographies are kept in a family area of this site. If you believe you are connected to these families and would like access, please write to me at roger.hill.nm@gmail.com.