The story
What we know about this family, told in their own words.
Verbatim excerpts from the source memoirs and interview notes, organized chronologically. Each citation points back to the page in the original.
- 1945 to 2025
Bill Hindman, 1945 Syracuse to 2025 Fountain Hills
William John 'Bill' Hindman was born 12 December 1945 at Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Onondaga County, NY. His father Boyden William was a Precision Casting Co. engineer; his mother Barbara F Rice traced back through 12 generations of the Rice line to Edmund Rice, Sudbury 1638. Middle of three siblings: Bob (1940 Connecticut), Bill (1945 Syracuse), Brenda. Bill grew up, lived a life, raised his own family, and ended his days in Fountain Hills, Arizona. He died in 2025. Brant Hindman, his son, is the spearhead of this memorial site, the documented endpoint of the line that runs from a Reverend John Hindman in Ireland around 1720, through Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, New York, and Arizona, and from Edmund Rice in Sudbury in 1638, through Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Manhattan, Virginia, Oak Park, and the same Arizona endpoint. This site was started in June 2026 to hold all of it in one place.
Anchored to William John HindmanSource: Brant Hindman spearhead attestations during the 2026-06-04 site-build sessionResearch lead: Brant has the family knowledge that primary documents have not yet captured: Bill's career, his other family details, photographs, stories. This story will grow as Brant adds it.