Hilton family

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The Hilton family is a prominent Norwegian American and German 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-granddaughters Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.

Contents 1 Family tree 1.1 Norwegian Hiltons 1.2 Conrad Hilton descendants 2 Sources

[edit] Family tree

[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 (1887 – 1979)
• 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 (January 30, 1906–February 22, 2003)

[edit] Conrad Hilton descendants

• By first wife Mary Adelaide Barron (m. 1925, div. 1934)

• Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr. (1926–1969), m. Patricia "Trish" McClintock. He was also the first husband of Elizabeth Taylor.

• Conrad Nicholson Hilton, III (born 1960)
• Michael Otis Hilton (born 1961)

• William Barron Hilton (b. 1927), m. Marilyn Hawley. Barron Hilton, who succeeded his father as President of Hilton Hotels and founded the Los Angeles Chargers, is a billionaire on the Forbes 400.

• William Barron Hilton, Jr. (born 1948)
• Hawley Anne Hilton (born 1949)
• Stephen Michael Hilton (born 1950)

Nicholas Conrad Hilton (b. 1984)

• David Alan Hilton (born 1952)
• Sharon Constance Hilton (born 1953)
• Richard Howard Hilton (born 1955), m. Kathy Richards

• Paris Whitney Hilton (b. 1981)
• Nicholai Olivia Hilton (b. 1983)
• Barron Nicholas Hilton II (b. 1989)
• Conrad Hughes Hilton (b. 1994)

• Daniel Kevin Hilton (born 1962)
• Ronald Jeffrey Hilton (born 1963)

• Eric Michael Hilton (b. 1932)

• By second wife Zsa Zsa Gabor (m. 1942, div. 1946)

• Constance Francesca Hilton (b. 1947)

Francesca is the only child born to any of the Gabor sisters. She has no children.

• No children by third wife Mary Frances Kelly (m. 1976).

[edit] Sources

• Ancestry of Paris Hilton

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