Marie Agnes (Pilon) Hill (1904 - 1981)

Biography

Marie Agnes Pilon was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada on Aug. 15, 1904. She was the first child of Arthur Pilon, a telegraph lineman with the Grand Trunk Railway, and his wife Loretta Agnes Henderson, who were residents of Wingham, Ontario at the time of Marie's birth.^[1] By 1931, Marie, her parents and her younger sisters were living in Toronto, where she was working on her own account as a private nurse.^[2] She had graduated as a nurse from St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

During World War Two, she was a nursing sister with the rank of Lieutenant in the RCAMC (Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps) posted to a neurological plastic surgery hospital in Basingstoke, England. Post-war, she was in charge of Lyndhurst Lodge, a Toronto rehabilitation hospital for paraplegics. Prior to her July 26, 1951 marriage to Dr. Lawrence R. Hill (1895-1959),^[3] she was assistant matron at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, in charge of neuro-psychiatry. Following their marriage, Dr. & Mrs. Hill moved to Bruce Mines, Ontario, where she assisted him at the small hospital they established there.

The year after her husband's death, Marie moved to the United States, obtaining admission for permanent residency in 1960 and naturalization in 1962, at which time she was living in Phoenix, Arizona.^[4] By the Seventies, however, she had moved to San Jose, California, where she worked as a nurse^{[5][6][7][8][9]} until her death there on Nov. 2, 1981.^{[10] [11]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Delayed Registrations and Stillbirths, "50" Series, 1869-1911, 1913; Reel: 40; Record Group: Rg 80-2, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8838 #1005360 (accessed 10 January 2024)
2. ↑ "1931 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27302; Census Place: Toronto Northwest, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 2, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62640 #2791166 (accessed 10 January 2024)

   Arthur S Pilon    M    47    Head    Married    Ontario    Électricien

   Loretta Pilon    F    53    Wife    Married    Ontario    Homemaker

   Marie Pilon    F    26    Daughter    Single    Ontario    Nurse

   Kathryn Pilon    F    21    Daughter    Single    Ontario    Cashier

   Vivian Pilon    F    18    Daughter    Single    Ontario    Student

   Clare Mary Pilon    F    14    Daughter    Single    Ontario    Student

3. ↑ Aug. 1953 letter from Dr. Lawrence Hill in possession of Richard Hill
4. ↑ "Arizona, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1909-1991", The National Archives At Riverside; Riverside, California, Usa; Declarations of Intention For Citizenship, 1912-1972 (U.S. District Court For the Phoenix Division of the District of Arizona); NAI: 611026; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21; Declaration Number: 3742, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60614 #3748 (accessed 10 January 2024)
5. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: San Jose, California, City Directory, 1971, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #1449601413 (accessed 10 January 2024)
6. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: San Jose, California, City Directory, 1973, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #1429563444 (accessed 10 January 2024)
7. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: San Jose, California, City Directory, 1976, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #1428146121 (accessed 10 January 2024)
8. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: San Jose, California, City Directory, 1977, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #1395876304 (accessed 10 January 2024)
9. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", Original data: San Jose, California, City Directory, 1979, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2469 #1406197747 (accessed 10 January 2024)
10. ↑ "California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997", Place: Santa Clara; Date: 2 Nov 1981, Ancestry Record 5180 #3318084 (accessed 10 January 2024)
11. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014", Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry Record 3693 #27679834 (accessed 10 January 2024)

• The Sault Daily Star (Sault Ste. Marie, ON), 15 Jun 1959, p. 13