Places in a Life
Follow recorded birthplaces and homes through the years. Numbers connect the map to dated records; gold marks a birthplace. Markers show approximate towns or regions, not exact houses. A recorded year does not establish an uninterrupted stay.
Otto Hilpert
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The public family photograph is headed At home and identifies Otto among the Hilpert children. Marker precision: town area; farm sites are not pinpointed.
Source for this placeIda’s linked biography dates the grandparents joining Otto and Milly’s home to 1929. Established home by 1929, not a move date. Marker precision: town area; farm sites are not pinpointed.
Source for this place
David’s biography gives Otto’s birth year as 1881 but does not expressly give his birthplace; no exact birthday or birthplace was inferred from the farm upbringing.
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The Hilpert family
Otto Hilpert
Otto was a son of David August and Magdalena Hilpert and the father of Eileen Townsend. His life with his wife Milly is remembered in the family book Eileen made for her children.
- Parents
- David August Hilpert & Magdalena Hilpert
- Spouse
- Milly Dortzbach
- Children
- Eileen Marie Hilpert Townsend
Their letters
Read and listen to Otto and Milly’s correspondence, from their first exchanges through their married life.
In the family album
Explore the photographs and memories in The Lives of Otto and Milly.
More photographs and stories will be added as we bring the family’s collection together.
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