Beth Durward EATON

1920 - 2013  (93 years)

• Name	Beth Durward EATON
  Birth	3 Jan 1920	Niskayuna, Schenectady, New York, USA
  	USA census entries
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1950	50 West Cedar street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	1 Mar 2013	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  	Name: Beth D Hill. Birth Date: 4 Jan 1920. Birth Place: Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York, USA. Death Date: 1 Mar 2013 Death Place: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. Cemetery: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Burial or Cremation Place: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. Has Bio?: N. Spouse: George Alfred Hill Jr http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114681141&ref=acom
  Notes	Beth (Eaton) Hill, 93, of Concord, MA died March 1, 2013 in Concord. Born in 1920 in Niskayuna, New York she was the daughter of John D. and Isabella (Duncan) Eaton. Her father, not a believer in higher education for women, offered her a chance to travel around the world rather than go to college. Beth chose, instead, to attend Stoneleigh Junior College. From there she went to Beaver College (now Arcadia University) and then to Simmons School of Social Work. She worked for a number of years as a social worker at the Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary. At the wedding of James and Trynie Hawks (also of Concord), she met her future husband, George A. Hill, Jr. They married in 1950 and settled in Harvard, MA where they raised their two daughters, Nancy and Betsy. Soon after the death of her husband in 1984, Beth moved from Chatham to Concord and continued to divide her time between Massachusetts and her summer residence on Bailey Island in Maine. The island was her true home and she devoted many years to writing a history of it. Her book, The Evolution of Baileys Island, was published in 1992. An accomplished watercolorist, she also wrote and illustrated many wonderful childrens books which, while unpublished, were enjoyed by her grandchildren. Later in life she took her fathers advice and traveled the world visiting many islands in the Caribbean, Egypt, Italy, Portugal, England, Scandinavia, China and Mexico. Beth's life touched many people and she will be missed. She is survived by her family: her daughter, Nancy Hill Butman, and her husband, John; her daughter Betsy Hill Williams, and her husband, Glenn; and her four grandchildren: Jeremy and Henry Butman and Dan and Emily Williams. Memorials: Contributions in her memory may be made to Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, PO Box 359, Harpswell, ME 04079. Service: A memorial service will be held on March 23rd at 11AM at the Duval Chapel of the New England Deaconess Association, 80 Deaconess Road, Concord. A summer memorial on Bailey Island is also being planned. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, PO Box 359, Harpswell, ME 04079. Source: Beth Hill in the United States Obituary Collection. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-concord/obituary.aspx?n=beth-hill&pid=163466361
  Person ID	I7985	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	John EATON,   b. 25 Jun 1883, The Schoolhouse, Craigie Logie Pert, Forfar, Scotland, UK d. UNKNOWN, USA
  Mother	Isabella Margaret DUNCAN,   b. 26 Apr 1883, Aberayon, Glamorgan, Wales, UK d. 5 Sep 1963, Brayton, Warren, New York, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1911	50 Wellington St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  	1911 marriages in the district of Blythswood in the Burgh of Glasgow No 900, Seventh July at 50 Wellington Street, Glasgow by declaration in presence of David Eaton, school teacher and Herbert John Alexander Duncan, electrical engineer: John Eaton, electrical engineer, bachelor, aged 28, of 17 Standby St West, Glasgow, son of John Eaton, school teacher and Sarah Eaton. M.S. Durward and Isabella M. Duncan, spinster, aged 28, of Chelwood Gate, Sussex, dau of Alexander Duncan, hotel proprietor (deceased) and Hellen Duncan M.S. Silver
  Family ID	F2672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Alfred HILL,   b. 2 Mar 1921, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Apr 1984, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1950	St Stephen's Episcopal Church, Schenectady, New York, USA
  	Miss Beth Durward Eaton of Boston, Mass., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Eaton of Troy road, became the bride of George Alfred Hill Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Alfred Hill of Concor, Mass., on Friday, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Rev. Tom Moss officiated in the presence of the immediate family. White delphinium, regal lilies and lighted candles were used in church decoration. Robert Boenig played the wedding marches. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a street length dress of white linen and champagne eyelet organdy and a white French straw tricorner hat with a champagne veil. Her boquet was of white orchids and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Edward Wardwell of Glens Falls, matron of honor for her sister, wore a pink and gray Liberty linen gown with a white hat trimmed with white and gray. She carried a nosegay of sweeheart roses. Peter Hill of Concord was the best man. A wedding breakfast followed at the home of the bride's parents. To live in Boston After a wedding trip the couple will reside at 50 West Cedar street, Boston. Mrs. Hill is a graduate of Stoneleigh Junior College and Beaver College, Simmons College School of Social Work. She is a member of the Schenctady Junior League and is a medical social worker at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mr. Hill attended Amherst College and was a navy carrier commander in the Pacific area during World War II. He is owner of the Concordian Shoe Co. at West Concord, Mass. Schenectady Gazette, 10 Jul 1950: http://tinyurl.com/ox5aljz
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2025

  
  

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