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(December 25, 1887 -
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(married 1976).
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January 3 1979) was an
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and founder of the Hilton Hotel
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chain.
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He and Barron had three
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sons, _________ Nicholson
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He was born Conrad
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Hilton, Jr. (1926 -1969);
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______________ Hilton in
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__________ Barron Hilton
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_____ ___________, New
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(born 1927); and _______
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Mexico Territory, the
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Michael Hilton (born 1932).
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son of Augustus _________
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He and Gabor had one
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(later Hilton) and Mary
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daughter, ___________
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Laufersweiler.
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Francesca Hilton (born 1947),
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who is the only child
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born to any of the
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three Gabor sisters.
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His father, Augustus, who
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was born on the Hilton family
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________ near Kløfta in the
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municipality of Ullensaker,
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__________, where relatives
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Hilton's autobiography,
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still live, emigrated to
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___ ___ ______, was published
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the United States. Conrad's
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in 1957 by Prentice Hall.
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mother was the daughter
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He was a very successful
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of a German-born merchant.
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______________ and an
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example of the prototypical
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American business tycoon.
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Conrad was educated at
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_________ _____________
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__________ (now the College
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(automobiles), Morgan
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of Santa Fe), and at the
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(___________), Rockfeller
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New Mexico School of
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(______________), Du Pont
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Mines. In his early twenties,
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(armament and chemicals),
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he was a representative in
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Disney (entertainment),
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the first state _____________
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Hughes (____________),
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of the newly-formed State
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Stanford (railroads),
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of ______ ___________.
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Carnegie (steel), and
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Duke (__________).
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He entered the hotel business
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by buying the _________
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Hotel in Cisco, ________,
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Conrad Hilton died in
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in 1919. The first hotel
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_______ ________, California
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he had built was the
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at the age of _______-_____.
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_________ _________, which
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He is interred at Calvary
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opened on August 2, 1925.
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Hills Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
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His estate founded the
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He formed the Hilton
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Conrad N. Hilton
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Hotel ______________
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______________ Prize.
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in 1946. The company
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He left ________ to his
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expanded into credit cards,
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children or other descendants,
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car rentals, and other
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but his son, Barron Hilton,
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travel services.
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___________ the will
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and won in 1988. The net
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Hilton had three wives,
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worth of Barron, and his
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________ _________ ________
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descendants, then jumped
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(married 1925-divorced 1934),
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to over $335,000,000.
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actress _____ ______ ________
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(married 1942-divorced 1947)
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and _______ __________
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