| Birth: | Dec. 25, 1887
San Antonio (Socorro County)
Socorro County
New Mexico, USA | | Death: | Jan. 3, 1979
Santa Monica
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Businessman. He was born in New Mexico Territory to Augustus and Mary Hilton, who ran a small family inn. He purchased his first hotel in Cisco, Texas in 1919 after returning from service in World War I. He quickly acquired other hotels, and formed Hilton Corporation in 1946. His first luxury Hilton Hotel was built in 1925 in Dallas Texas, and his empire has expanded to include over 2000 hotels and properties around the world. His autobiography "Be My Guest" is considered to be required reading for anyone in the hotel management field. (bio by: MichelleW)
Family links:
Parents:
August Halvorsen Hilton (1854 - 1919)
Mary Genevive Laufersweiler Hilton (1861 - 1947)
Spouses:
Mary Barron Saxon (1906 - 1966)*
Mary Frances Kelly Hilton (1915 - 2006)*
Children:
Conrad Nicholson Hilton (1926 - 1969)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Conrad Hilton | | | Burial:
Calvary Hill Cemetery
Dallas
Dallas County
Texas, USA
Plot: Section D |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 483 |
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