Charles Hildebrand

Brief Life History of Charles

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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Family Time Line

Charles Hildebrand
1841–1909
Wilhelmina Staheli
1849–1915
Marriage: 1867
Mary Elizabeth Hildebrand
1867–1868
Rachel Salena Hildebrand
1869–1957
Emma Wilhelmina Hildebrand
1871–1961
Sophia Matilda Hildebrand
1873–1970
Julia Amanda Hildebrand
1876–1960
Dora Georgiana Hildebrand
1878–1961
Charles George Hildebrand
1881–1944
Barbara Caroline Hildebrand
1884–1973
Alice Elmira Hildebrand
1886–1967

Sources (34)

  • Charles Hildebrand, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Charles Hildebrand, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
  • Charles Hildebrand, "California Great Registers, 1850-1920"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848

New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

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).

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

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