Joseph Hoopes Hilton

4 October 1868–4 May 1915 (Age 46)
Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Hoopes

When Joseph Hoopes Hilton was born on 4 October 1868, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Hilton, was 24 and his mother, Hannah Jane Darlington, was 20. He married Anna Mary Ashbridge on 27 January 1898. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in West Goshen, West Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 4 May 1915, in Quincy, Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hoopes Hilton
1868–1915
Anna Mary Ashbridge
1868–
Marriage: 27 January 1898
Stella A Hilton
1899–
Mary A. Hilton
1902–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 January 1898
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 2
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
    1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
    Age 9
    Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 13
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire):habitational name from any of various places called Hilton (e.g. in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, North Yorkshire, and Westmorland), most of which derive from Old English hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some come from Old English helde ‘slope’ + tūn.occasionally, as in the case of Ralph filius Hilton (Yorkshire 1219), perhaps from the personal name Hilton, itself a possible form of Norman Hildun, composed of the ancient Germanic elements hild ‘strife, battle’ + hūn ‘bear cub’. Compare Hilt . This English surname is present in Ireland (mainly taken to Ulster in the early 17th century, though recorded earlier in Dublin).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Hylton
    Hulton
    Hilt

    Sources (9)

    • Jos H D Hilton in household of Job G Darlington, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Joseph Hilton in entry for Ray Hartzel and Mary Hilton, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
    • Jos H Hilton, "United States Census, 1900"

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