When Dora Emma Hillman was born on 4 January 1909, in Bremen, her father, Heinrich Hillman, was 22 and her mother, Emma Lockmann, was 21. She married Russell about 1933. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1928 and lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 8, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1940. She died on 7 May 1982, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Big Trees, Calaveras, California, United States.
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Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
English: topographic name for someone who lived or worked on or near a hill or slope, or in hilly country, from Middle English hil(le) ‘hill’ or helde ‘slope’ + -man. Compare Hellman .
Americanized form of German Hillmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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