Betty Eskrigge

1924 - 2020  (96 years)

• Name	Betty Eskrigge  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	9 Aug 1924	Wallasey, Cheshire, England   [2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Arrival	1927
  Residence	1930	Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA
  Departure	15 Aug 1931	Liverpool, England   [9]
  Residence	1935	Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi   [2]
  Arrival	17 Sep 1935	New York, New York, USA   [10]
  Residence	1940	Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  NaturalizationPetition	26 Sep 1945	Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA   [8]
  Arrival	18 Jun 1956	Liverpool, England   [7]
  Departure	Liverpool, England   [10]
  Departure	Montréal, Québec, Canada   [7]
  Death	13 Aug 2020	Dallas, Dallas Co., TX   [3]
  Burial	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States of America   [3]
  Person ID	I30672	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Joe McFarland Hill, RoM02,   b. 26 Dec 1923, Dallas, Dallas Co, Texas, Baylor Hosp. d. 12 Feb 1999, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1964	Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas   [4]
  Married	20 Mar 1964	Dallas, Texas
  Family ID	F5374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Betty Eskrigge came to America with her parents in 1927. Her father came to New Orleans to take over his Uncle Bob's business as a cotton broker. They settled in Clarksdale Mississippi, where Betty graduated from high school in 1942. She then went to Mississippi State College for Women, where she earned her degree in physical education in 1946. She worked in various places, Portsmouth, VA, St Mary's Junior College in Maryland, Brenau College in Gainesville GA then finishing her Master's at Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee in 1953. Betty was hired to teach P. E. in Dallas, Texas in the fall, 1953, at South Oak Cliff High School. She became a counselor in 1962 and married Joe McFarland Hill, who was the R.O.T.C. instructor at South Oak Cliff in 1964. In 1968, she began counseling at Richardson Jr. High, where she remained until her retirement in 1984.

  
  

• Sources

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