Hilton family

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The Hilton family is a successful American family founded by hotel magnate Conrad Hilton (1887-1979). His descendants continue to hold varying degrees of wealth and status as socialites, and some have become famous, such as great-granddaughter Paris Hilton.

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[edit] Norwegian Hiltons

The Hilton family farmed land near Ullensaker, Norway, where relatives still live.

  • Halvor Nilsen Hilton, m. Karoline Hansdatter “Kari” Holum.
  • Augustus Halvorson “Gus” Hilton (1854-1919), m. Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler (1861-1947).
  • Gus emigrated to the United States in 1870.
  • Conrad Hilton
  • Felice A. Hilton (1885 – 1968)
  • Eva C. Hilton (1889 – 1979)
  • Carl H. Hilton (1892 – 1957)
  • Julia Hilton (1895 – 1897)
  • Rosemary J. Hilton (1898 – 1995)
  • August H. "Boy" Hilton (1901 – 1929)
  • Helen A. Hilton (1905 – 2003)

[edit] Conrad Hilton descendants

  • By first wife Mary Adelaide Barron (m. 1925, div. 1934)
Conrad, Jr. was the first husband of Elizabeth Taylor.
Barron Hilton, who succeeded his father as President of Hilton Hotels and founded the Los Angeles Chargers, is a billionaires on the Forbes 400.
  • William Barron Hilton, Jr. (born 1948)
  • Hawley Anne Hilton (born 1949)
  • Stephen Michael Hilton (born 1950)
  • David Alan Hilton (born 1952)
  • Sharon Constance Hilton (born 1953)
  • Richard Hilton (born 1955), m. Kathy Richards
  • Daniel Kevin Hilton (born 1962)
  • Ronald Jeffrey Hilton (born 1963)
  • Eric Michael Hilton (b. 1932)
  • Constance Francesca Hilton (b. 1947)
Francesca is the only child born to any of the Gabor sisters.
  • No children by third wife Mary Frances Kelly (m. 1976).