Harriet Lena Bills

Brief Life History of Harriet Lena

When Harriet Lena Bills was born on 5 July 1896, in Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Gordon Silas Bills, was 42 and her mother, Ellen Gatherhood Holt, was 37. She married Hyrum Hilton on 30 June 1948, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Utah, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. She died on 8 June 1959, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hyrum Hilton
1892–1986
Harriet Lena Bills
1896–1959
Marriage: 30 June 1948
Ida Fae Hilton
1929–2019
Robert Hugh Hilton
1935–2015

Sources (16)

  • Harriet B Hilton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Harriet Bills Hilton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Harriet Lena Bills, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1897 · The Utah State Historical Society

The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): variant of Bill 1 and 2, with, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dutch: from bijl ‘axe’, used to denote someone who made or used axes.

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

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Information from Findagrave.com about Gordon Silas Bills

Gordon Silas Bills Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about sponsoring this memorial... Birth: Mar. 18, 1854 West Jordan Salt Lake County Utah, USA Death: Mar. 20, 1932 Riverton …

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