Erwin P Hilts1

#24379, (29 April 1883 - 21 October 1939)
Father*Christopher E Hilts2 (1842 - 1928)
Mother*Elizabeth Laumeier3 (c 1843 - )

Family

Queenie Rumsey b. 1879, d. 1946
Child 1.Erwin Rumsey Hilts8 (1911 - )
Birth*29 April 1883He was born on 29 April 1883 at St. Louis, Missouri; (but 29 Apr 1881 in passport application, 1922.)1 
6 June 1900He appeared on the census of 6 June 1900 in the household of Christopher E Hilts at 2804 Morgan Street, St. Louis, Missouri, age 19, b. MO Apr 1881, father b. NY, mother b. MO, at school.4 
Marriage*circa 1906He married Queenie Rumsey, daughter of Moses Rumsey Jr. and Marion Van Court, circa 1906.5 
15 April 1910He and Queenie Rumsey appeared on the census of 15 April 1910 at 4624 Berlin Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri.6 
10 January 1920He and Queenie Rumsey appeared on the census of 10 January 1920 at 14 Hortense Place, St. Louis, Missouri.7 
Death*21 October 1939He died on 21 October 1939 at 14 Hortense Place, St. Louis, Missouri, at age 56.1 
Burial*23 October 1939He was buried on 23 October 1939 at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.1 

Citations

  1. [S1399] Missouri Death Certificates (1910- ), State File 34452, Rer. No. 8990. Erwin Philip Hilts, b. St. Louis 29 Apr 1883, son of Christopher E Hilts and Elizabeth M _____, both b. US; husb. of Queen R Hilts, retired capitalist, res. 14 Hortense Place, St. Louis MO; d. at res. 21 Oct 1939, age 56y 5m 12d, embolus middle cerebral artery; inf. Erwin R Hilts [Jr], same res.; bur. Bellefontaine Cemetery, 23 Oct 1939, online http://s1.sos.mo.gov/mdh
  2. [S1399] Missouri Death Certificates (1910- ), State File 38592, Reg. No. 11215. Christopher E Hilts, b. Dansville NY 16 Nov 1842, son of Leonard Hilts, b. Germany, and unk. mother; retired shoe merchant, wid. of Elizabeth M Hilts, res. 14 Hortense Place, St. Louis; d. at Jewish Hospital 16 Noc 1928, age 86, arteriosclerosis; inf. Erwin P Hilts, same res.; bur. Bellefontaine Cemetery 19 Nov 1928.
  3. [S1399] Missouri Death Certificates (1910- ), Death Cert. of Erwin Philip Hilts, 1939, son of Christopher E Hilts and Elizabeth M _____, q.v.
  4. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Christopher E (57), wid., b. NY Nov 1842, parents b. Germany, shoe merchant.
  5. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census.
  6. [S8] 1910 U.S. Federal Census. Erwin P (28), b. and mother b. MO, father b. NY, own income; Queen (25), b. MO, father b. NY, mother b. WI, no children; marr. 4 yrs.
  7. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Erwin R (38), b. and parents b. MO, stock broker; Queen R (34), b. and father b. MO, mother b. WI.
  8. [S2123] The Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, 1767-1970, online Ancestry.com, Manhattan > Church of the Epiphany > 1896 - 1927, img. 104/294. Baptism Register, sh. 160. Erwin Rumsey, b. St. Louis MO 20 May 1911, bapt. 10 Dec 1921, son of Erwin P Hilts and Queen R Hilts; sponsors Pierre Cartier, Elma Cartier and Marion R Delavan.