Brief Life History of Thomas Blanchard
When Thomas Blanchard Hilton was born on 15 December 1893, in De Soto, Louisiana, United States, his father, Soloman A. Hilton, was 42 and his mother, Sarah E. Loflin, was 37. He married Ola Berta Wood on 8 September 1926, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Los Angeles Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 1 April 1973, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Tom Hilton in household of Pat H Hilton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thomas B Hilton, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Thomas Blanchard Hilton, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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.
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