When Wilford B Hilton was born on 20 March 1892, in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, John Hugh Hilton, was 34 and his mother, Maria Parker, was 29. He married Vera Snow on 10 August 1921, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Delta Election Precinct, Millard, Utah, United States in 1940 and Delta, Millard, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 18 October 1950, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Delta City Cemetery, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States.
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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.
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
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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).
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Possible Related NamesGrandpa Hilton died before I was born. As a child I remember that I felt I could never do anything wrong because Grandpa was in heaven and he would know and be disappointed in me. I still made plenty …
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