Godfrey Hilts and his Canadian Descendants

I have been told about this book and was thrilled when I found a copy at the Salt Lake City Family History Library several years ago. This book was compiled by Charlotte Hilts Steele and Harry Doner and assisted by Many Others.

I hope to write many blog posts using the information found in this book and hopefully find some documents to support the facts reported in this book.

But first a little about the compilers of this book.

Charlotte Hilts was born Aug 15, 1908 in North Dakota the daughter of William Henry S Hilts and Isabell Jane Anderson. On December 24, 1938 in Multnomah, Oregon she married Oscar C Steele who born Jul 24, 1899 in Oregon, the son of Wellington R Steele and Emma Effenhes. Oscar died on Feb 11, 1988 and is buried in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens located in Albany, Linn County, Oregon. Charlotte died shortly after on Feb 22, 1988 and buried by his side.

Sources:

• Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 (Ancestry.com); Certificate: 88-03526 Charlotte Hilts Steele
• Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 (Ancestry.com); Certificate: 88-02865 Oscar Wellington Steele
• Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009 (Ancestry.com); Oscar C Steele and Charlotte S Hilts
• Oregon, County Marriage Records, 1851-1975 (Ancestry.com); W D Steele and Emma Effenhes FHL #001838393
• Memorial ID 96782356 (findagrave.com) Charlotte H Steele
• Memorial ID 96782355 (findagrave.com) Oscar W Steele

Harry Doner was born Jan 28, 1895 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. He was the son of Samuel Doner and Louisa Huth. He also co-authored the book “The Doners in Canada 1806-1974”. He married Dorothea Swanson who was born 1898 and died in 1945. Harry died in 1982. Both are buried in Stayner, Simcoe County, Ontairo, Canada.

Sources:

• Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 (Ancestry.com); Harry Doner
• Memorial ID 128979497 (findagrave.com) Harry Doner
• Memorial ID 125397956 (findagrave.com) Dorothea Swanson Doner