Hilton Leroy Piper

Brief Life History of Hilton Leroy

When Hilton Leroy Piper was born on 3 June 1903, in Oxford, Ontario, Canada, his father, Herbert Isaac Piper, was 33 and his mother, Lotta Edith Vroman, was 32. He married Wilhelmina Masterman on 4 October 1930, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1903 and Dereham Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He died on 27 September 1963, in Oxford, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 60.

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Hilton Leroy Piper
1903–1963
Wilhelmina Masterman
1908–1969
Marriage: 4 October 1930

Sources (4)

  • Hilton Le Roy Piper, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • Hilton Leroy Piper, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  • Leroy Piper in household of Herbert I Piper, "Canada Census, 1911"

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World Events (4)

1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election

George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.

Name Meaning

English (mainly southern): occupational name for a player on the pipes, Middle English pipere, sometimes a paid town musician.

English: sometimes a variant of Peppard .

English: perhaps occasionally an occupational name from late Middle English piper ‘repairer or layer of pipes; plumber’.

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

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