The Hilpert family
Reinhold Hilpert
March 14, 1870 – September 30, 1954
Reinhold Hilpert was born on March 14, 1870, in Centralia, Washington. His father, David, was 42 and his mother, Magdalena, was 28. He was named after his cousin in Germany, Reinhold Leukroth (1850–1920).
- Parents
- David August Hilpert & Magdalena Hilpert
- Spouse
- Lilla Dora Harrison
Married October 29, 1906 - Children
- Hamlet · Lowell · Eileen (died in infancy) · Shirley
He married Lilla Dora Harrison in Chehalis on October 29, 1906, two months after his father’s death. They lived on the family farm and had four children: Hamlet, Lowell, Shirley and Eileen. Eileen died shortly after her birth.
Hamlet and Garnet Lenore Perkins had one son, David Cary Hilpert. Lowell and Doris Althea Rutherford had three children: Renee, Gregory and Michelle. Shirley and Steven Fuller had a daughter, Marise.
Reinhold died in Centralia on September 30, 1954, at age 84, and was buried there.
Reinhold and an unidentified friend
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Portraits for Lilla
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Reinhold and Lilla’s children were Hamlet (1907–2007), Lowell (1910–1992), Eileen (1913–1913), and Shirley (1917–2013).
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Reinhold Hilpert
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Otto’s sibling
Family connections
Otto · Selma Anna Hilpert · Phillip Henrich Hilpert · Elizabeth Hedwig Hilpert · Pauline Magdalena Hilpert · Hannah Hilpert Schaefer · Helena Christina Hilpert
Photographs and memories
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- The Hilpert family outside their log house in 1892
- The Hilpert family, taken July 10, 1892
- About 1897 - The Hilpert Boys: Otto, Phillip, Reinhold, Carl Pitzer Sr. (?), & David August Hilpert.
- Reinhold at about 12.
- Reinhold and Lilla Harrison.
- June 17, 1923: Hoggens Beach: Bill Wagner, Reinhold, Hamlet, Lilla Hilpet<?Milly & Otto, Front row: Lowell Hilpert, Hattie Teeter, Sig Thorlakson, Selma Wagner, Pa Dortzbach, Bob Teeter Shirley Hilpert, Lona Thorlakson and probably Kryl Thorlakson.
- Aug. 1926: Selma, Helena, Reinhold, Hannah, Otto, Pauline, Phillip, Hattie.
- July, 1930: Hey Otto, here comes a big load, ready-go. Uncle Pete, Al, Reinholt and Otto.
- At Otto & Milly’s home, July 1930. Herb Schaefer, Milly, Lillian Gavic, Reinhold & Otto Hilpert., Ma & Pa Dortzbach, Carl Gavic, Al Honore, Hattie & Al Roland (teachers from California) Mr. & Mrs. Schaefer (Herb’s parents, Bob Teeter & Hattie, Helen Honore, Helen Schaefer, Eileen & Albert Honore.
- At Otto & Milly’s home, July 1930. Herb Schaefer, Milly, Lillian Gavic, Reinhold & Otto Hilpert., Ma & Pa Dortzbach, Carl Gavic, Al Honore, Hattie & Al Roland (teachers from California) Mr. & Mrs. Schaefer (Herb’s parents, Bob Teeter & Hattie, Helen Honore, Helen Schaefer, Eileen & Albert Honore.
- 1937: Reinhold Hilpert, Helen Schaefer, Pa Dortzbach’s back & Eileen.
- 1937: Reinhold Hilpert, Helen Schaefer, Eileen, Grandpa Dortzbach’s back and Otto hiding.
- At Uncle Otto’s--Centralia, WA. Sept. 19, 1947. Rheinhold, Otto, Selma, Pauline and Helen.
- On the farm, afternoon Sept. 19, 1947. Lilla Hilpert, Selma Wagner Otto, Rheinhold & Milly Hilpert, Pauline Reece and Helen Schaefer.
- Rheinhold and Otto Hilpert in front of Otto’s pump house. Sept. 19, 1947.
- On the farm. Afternoon of September 19, 1947. Milly & Otto, Selma Wagner, Reinhold Hilpert, Pauline Reece, Lilla Hilpert, and bending over is Helen Schaefer calling Skippy.
Stories and captions drawn from Eileen Townsend’s family album.