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Despite being referred to routinely as "half-Irish" and claiming that his father immigrated from Ireland at age 12, publicly available information strongly suggests that Henry Hill was not half Irish, and that his father was not an Irish immigrant. Rather, it seems plain that Henry Hill was multiracial
According to Hill's Findagrave page, he was the son of Henry J. Hill Sr. The names on the gravestone suggest that this is indeed our man. According to this gravestone, Henry J. Hill Sr. was the son of Moses Hill, born in 1873, died in 1930, and buried in Calvary Cemetery, and Marie Hill, the latter born in 1884 and died in 1969. According to New York City Municipal Deaths Records, this Moses Hill was Black. In addition, the 1920 U.S. Federal Census records describe Henry Hill Sr., as well as both Moses and Marie, as "mulatto". However, it appears (contrary to my earlier mistaken impression) that Findagrave.com is not a reliable source for Wikipedia editing, and, without the Findagrave data linking Henry Hill Jr. to Henry Hill Sr. and thence to Moses Hill, the claim of Black ancestry is a non-starter for editing purposes. I leave this information here on the off chance that others with access to more comprehensive data, or more reliable sources, will be able to use it to make progress in any further investigations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.201.106 (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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