Conrad Hilton was an American hotelier and the founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.Conrad Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico.
His father, Augustus Halvorsen Hilton (1854–1919), was an immigrant from Norway, and his Catholic mother, Mary Genevieve, was an American of German descent from Iowa.
Hilton had seven siblings: Felice A. Hilton, Eva C. Hilton, Carl H. Hilton, Julian Hilton, Rosemary J. Hilton, August H. Hilton and Helen A. Hilton. The Hilton name comes from the farm Hilton in Klofta, Norway, where Conrad’s father was born.
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