Maria Hill, 'yar Regiment

**Maria Hill** (  1791 - 11 ga Satumba, 1881), wacce ta yi zamani da Laura Secord, jarumar Kanada ce ta yi yaƙe-yaƙe da dama a Yaƙin Anglo-American na 1812, ciki har da Yaƙin Queenston Heights, Yaƙin Lundy's Lane da Yaƙin Chippawa . Ta kasance mataimakiyar likitan tiyata, yayin da mijinta ya yi yaƙi a yaƙin. Bayan yaƙin, ta zama baƙuwa ta farko a Ottawa, Ontario kuma ta yi wa Gwamna Janar na Kanada, Charles Lennox, Duke na 4 na Richmond hidima lokacin da ya mutu a ƙauyenta na Richmond, Upper Canada .

## Shekarun farko
Ba a san shekarunta na farko ba, amma ana kyautata zaton an haife ta ne a Maria Woods a Winwick, Warrington, Lancashire, Great Britain ga Dr. & Mrs Woods  a 1791. Mahaifin Woods ya mutu tsakanin 1791 da 1799. Mahaifiyarta ta sake yin aure da wani Mr. Greenhall, mai daukar ma'aikata a rundunar sojojin Birtaniya . A 1799, mahaifiyarta ta mutu a Tuam, Ireland . Greenhall ta kawo Woods zuwa Birtaniya ta Arewacin Amurka a 1803. An kira ta da "'Yar Rundunar" saboda hidimar da iyayenta suka yi wa rundunar sojojin Birtaniya da kuma yadda ta girma a sansanin sojojin Birtaniya na yankin Niagara.

## Zuwan Kanada da Yaƙin 1812
Bayan ta isa Kanada, Woods tana zaune a Amherstberg, Ontario (mai yiwuwa a Fort Malden ). A ranar 5 ga Mayu 1811, tana da shekaru 20, ta auri Andrew Hill na Rundunar Kafa ta 100. Richard Pollard ne ya yi auren a Cocin Anglican na St. John, Sandwich a gaban Edna Lee Croft da George Ironside (mai kula da shago).  Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, rikici ya barke a kan iyakar Detroit/Sandwich kuma aka kira Rundunar Kafa ta 100 don yin yaƙi.

A cikin littafin, "Imani na Ubanninmu, labarin [Anglican] diocese na Ottawa", an bayar da labarin hidimar Hill a lokacin yaƙi ta hanyar wani cocin yankin Maria na dogon lokaci,

## Shekarun bayan yaƙi
Bayan yaƙin, a shekarar 1818, an ruwaito cewa Hill da mijinta suna shiga jirgin ruwa don komawa Ingila lokacin da aka ba su ƙasa da tanadi na tsawon shekaru don samar da matsuguni ga tsoffin sojoji na rundunar ƙafa ta 100. Andrew Hill ya kula da yanke hanya (wanda daga baya aka sanya wa suna Richmond Road (Ontario) ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin hanyoyi a Ottawa ) daga Richmond Landing don zama a Richmond, Ontario. Hanyar asali, ta bi tsohuwar hanyar Chaudière portage da kuma hanyar Richmond Road ta yanzu. [1] , [2]

Daga baya Hill da mijinta suka buɗe wani masauki da gidan shayi   a Richmond, Ontario a 3607 McBean St  inda har yanzu akwai gidan hayaki kuma harsashin gidan shayin yana ƙarƙashin gidan da ke akwai. A can ne Charles Lennox, Duke na 4 na Richmond, ya yi safiyarsa ta ƙarshe, yana cin abincin karin kumallo da Hill ya shirya masa kuma yana yi mata korafin wani irin yanayi na daban a makogwaronsa, kafin ya mutu sakamakon ciwon daji sakamakon cizon dila watanni biyu da suka gabata.  Bayan rasuwarsa a gidan Collis, tsohon likitan tiyata a rundunar, an dawo da gawar Duke zuwa gidan shayi inda Hill ya shirya Duke don tafiyarsa ta ƙarshe zuwa birnin Quebec don binne shi ta amfani da murfin gadon Duke a matsayin mayafi.  Bayan ziyarar, an canza sunan gidan shayin Hill daga 'Masonic Arms' zuwa 'Duke of Richmond Arms' don girmama ziyarar.

Hill da mijinta suna da 'ya'ya biyu, Jessie da Margaret Lindsey Hill. Andrew Hill ya mutu a shekara ta 1830. Daga nan Hill ya auri Andrew Taylor, wani Sajan daga ƙafa 100th. Sun rayu sauran rayuwarsu a Richmond, Upper Canada. Andrew Taylor ya mutu a ranar 29 ga Maris, 1879, yana da shekaru 79, Maria Woods Hill Taylor kuma ta rasu a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1881, tana da shekaru 90. Ta bar gidanta zuwa Cocin Anglican na St. John da ke Richmond don sabon coci .  Daga ƙarshe an binne Maria da mazaje biyu a Makabartar Beechwood ta Ƙasa da ke Ottawa a cikin gidan surukinta na Edward Malloch na Biyu.

## Mutanen da ke da Muhimmancin Tarihi na Ƙasa (Kanada)
An gabatar da Maria Hill a matsayin Mutum Mai Muhimmancin Tarihi a Ƙasar Kanada a ranar 8 ga Agusta 2013, (Lambar Fayil: N-1232(P)) kuma an musanta.

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