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Nancy Josephine <I>Gordon</I> Hilton Dix

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Nancy Josephine Gordon Hilton Dix

Birth
Lane County, Oregon, USA
Death
21 Jan 1939 (aged 74)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 18,J Lot 254, sp 2.
Memorial ID
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"Nancy ... was born in Oct 1864 somewhere in Oregon (date is per the 1900 and the 1910 Census, and she was probably born in either the mountains east of Springfield in Lane County or in Portland) ... middle sister of the three oldest sisters: Margaret-Nancy-Rachel, born in two-year intervals." - Contributed by J Johnson, via email June 12, 2021.

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy Hilton Age: 55 [53] Birth Year: abt 1865 [abt 1867] Birthplace: Oregon Home in 1920: Chico, Butte, California White Female Head Widowed. Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes. Nancy Hilton.

M2) September 1923 • Butte County, California - Commodore Palmer Dix (1861–1929)

Note ... The California Death Index shows "Nancy J Dix Birth Year abt 1866 Death Date 21 Jan 1939 Age at Death 73 Death Place Butte, California." HOWEVER, interment records show burial under surname Hilton. Remember: her surviving adult child would have had control over where she was buried - next to his father - and probably used Hilton for convenience.
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73-year-old Nancy Josephine Hilton was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on January 26, 1939.
"Nancy ... was born in Oct 1864 somewhere in Oregon (date is per the 1900 and the 1910 Census, and she was probably born in either the mountains east of Springfield in Lane County or in Portland) ... middle sister of the three oldest sisters: Margaret-Nancy-Rachel, born in two-year intervals." - Contributed by J Johnson, via email June 12, 2021.

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy Hilton Age: 55 [53] Birth Year: abt 1865 [abt 1867] Birthplace: Oregon Home in 1920: Chico, Butte, California White Female Head Widowed. Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes. Nancy Hilton.

M2) September 1923 • Butte County, California - Commodore Palmer Dix (1861–1929)

Note ... The California Death Index shows "Nancy J Dix Birth Year abt 1866 Death Date 21 Jan 1939 Age at Death 73 Death Place Butte, California." HOWEVER, interment records show burial under surname Hilton. Remember: her surviving adult child would have had control over where she was buried - next to his father - and probably used Hilton for convenience.
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73-year-old Nancy Josephine Hilton was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on January 26, 1939.


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