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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Robert Adolph Hillman
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Robert Adolph Hillman
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| LAST NAME: Hillman
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FIRST NAME: Robert
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MIDDLE NAME: Adolph
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| BORN: 21 Nov 1931
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DIED: 31 Aug 1939
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BURIED: Sep 1939
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| BIRTH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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Name of father Adolph Hillman
Maiden name of mother Margaret Winkelman
[Grandson of Carl and Emma Winkelman]
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH (Marion County 1939) #739 - Robert Adolph Hillman, male, single, b. 21 Nov 1931 in Salem, Oregon, d. 31 Aug 1939 in Salem, Oregon (Pringle Creek) at the age of 7 y's 9 m's 10 d's, name of father Adolph Hillman (b. Germany), maiden name of mother Margaret Winkelman (b. Alberta, Canada), interment IOOF 9 Sep, undertaker Clough-Barick, informant A. Hillman of Salem.
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OBITUARY:
Note: Robert Hillman and a friend, Bobby Ethell, disappeared on August 31. There are several lengthy articles in the Oregon Statesman from 2 September through 8 September when their bodies were discovered in Mill Creek
MILL CREEK YIELDS TWO BODIES
Ethell, Hillman Youths Drown at High Street
Spaniel Dog Finds Body in 14-foot Depth, Other Near by; Week’s Mystery Closed; Coroner Plans no Formal Inquest.
The week-old mystery surrounding disappearance of Bobby Hillman, 7, and Bobby Ethell, 8, was cleared yesterday at 4:30 p.m. when police removed two small bodies from a 14-foot hole in Mill creek a few yards west of the South High street bridge.
Discovery of the bodies was made when a small spaniel dog belonging to Paul, 10, and Charles Bales, 6, of 437 South Liberty street, dragged the body of the Hillman boy to shore while swimming in the stream with his masters and with William, 9, and Richard Shirley, 11, of 555 South Commercial.
The Bales and Shirley boys, when they realized what the dog, "Dixie," had in its teeth, called to Dick Bennett, 10, who was across the stream. He notified police, who arrived shortly after to discover the body of the Ethell lad.
Fathers Ascertain Boys’ Identification
Identification was made later by the fathers, Adolph Hillman, 2170 Berry street, and Kenneth Ethell, Route 5. Coroner L. E. Barrick stated definitely last night that all evidence pointed to death by drowning, from the condition of the bodies, on the day of their disappearance, August 31.
According to authorities who made a brief examination of the bodies, no external marks of violence could be found on either.
Bare Feet Factor in Swimming Theory
This, and the fact that the feet of both boys were bare, lent foundation to an unofficial suggestion that they had drowned while wading. Lack of evidence of external concussion seemed to rule out the possibility that they had fallen while crossing or playing on the unfinished High street bridge structure only 10 yards away. Coroner Barrick indicated last night that there would probably be no formal inquest.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. The Hillman and Ethell boys disappeared a week ago yesterday, the day on which a circus was showing in Salem. When they failed to return after remarking to their parents that they intended to visit the circus, a general search was begun of all county roads, streams, departing railroad cars and other places. Yesterday the report was current that they were in Portland, possibly living in a transient’s jungle. They were said to have been positively identified in Canby and Oregon City and later to have been seen on Portland streets. The sheriff’s office, which directed a volunteer search party last week, issued thanks last night to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and to the general public for their assistance.
Oregon Statesman 8 Sep1939 1:1
Robert Adolph Hillman, in this city August 31, at the age of 8 years. Survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hillman of Salem; sister, Irma of Salem; grandmothers, Mrs. Augusta Herman of Portland and Mrs. Emma Winkleman of Salem. Services will be held from the Clough-Barrick chapel Saturday, September 9, at 10 a.m., with Rev. Irving A. Fox and Rev. J. G. Olthoff officiating. Interment in IOOF cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 9 Sep 1939 5:1
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INSCRIPTION:
Robert A. Hillman
1931 - 1939
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OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1939) #737
S&H p. 73
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OS 8 Sep 1939 1:1
OS 9 Sep 1939 5:1
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| LOT: 682
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SPACE: 3 SE
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.192'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.925'
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