William Robert Hilton (1920 - 2007)

Born 23 Jun 1920 in Tyrone, Grant County, New Mexico

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Biography

Bill was born June 23, 1920 in Tyrone, New Mexico. He lived in Manhattan Beach and Torrance, California for the past 65 years. Died from cancer on March 31, 2007. Bill leaves behind his three sons, Bill Jr., Don and Rick; two granddaughters, Alison and Courtney. A commercial fisherman out of San Pedro and Redondo Beach, Bill was known by many as not only an excellent fisherman and small boat builder, but also as a loyal friend to many. His ashes, along with those of his wife of 61 years, Elizabeth Anne, will be put to sea off Manhattan Beach where together they will rest in peace. Please sign the guest book at www.dailybreeze.com/obits. To send the family a message or share a memory, please go to White & Day Mortuary's website, www.LAfuneral.com

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Sources

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8R-KSH : accessed 30 August 2018), Marvin N Hilton, South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1345, sheet 11A, line 31, family 305, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 171; FHL microfilm 2,339,906.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WZ-ZKF : accessed 30 August 2018), Harriette Hilton in household of Marvin M Hilton, Tract 521, South Gate, San Antonio Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-591, sheet 6A, line 22, family 126, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 247.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK2K-CGTY : accessed 2 September 2018), William Robert Bill Hilton, Torrance, California, United States, 08 Apr 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Breeze, born-digital text.

The Whitehills in America (Heroes and Heroines) written and edited by Samuel Milliken Whitehill, Jr., Patricia Whitehill Halter, and Cassius Furman Whitehill, Jr. (Family Heritage Publishers) p. 320

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