When Charles Hildebrand was born on 10 August 1841, in Switzerland, his father, John Hilderbrand, was 42 and his mother, Therezer Winkler, was 32. He married Wilhelmina Staheli in 1867, in Santa Clara, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He lived in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1880 and San Gabriel Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1900. He died on 1 May 1909, in Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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German, Swedish, and English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hildebrand (Old Norse Hildibrandr), composed of the elements hild ‘battle’ + brand ‘sword, firebrand’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
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