Bruce Ivan Hillman

Bruce Ivan Hillman was born on October 12,1921 the youngest son of William Wallace Hillman and Corlena Peckham. He died in a train accident at Lawrence Station on July 14, 1945 just a month or so after he returned home from service overseas.

In the late 1930’s and the early 1940’s Dutton was a hockey powerhouse in the Ontario Rural Hockey League. Bruce was very much with his brother John Arnold Hillman a part of the Dutton Thistles' success. I have included a photo of the Dutton High School hockey team that won a championship in the 1940/41 hockey season. Bruce is the goalie though that was never his favorite position.

He joined the Royal Canadian Air force on May 6 1941. He trained as a pilot in London, Aylmer, Trenton, and Hagersville. He left oversees Feb. 18 1943 and was attached to the RAF’s 65th squadron, where he flew Spitfires and Hurricanes.
He married Betty Alice Horsburgh Jan.1, 1945 while stationed in England.
The middle photo is of members of the 65th squadron taken sometime in 1944.

James Hillman

James Hillman (George Hillman and Elizabeth Harman)was born on Jan. 12, 1821 in Westbury, England and died on Mar. 17, 1900 in Michigan, US. He married #Mary May Before 1851. Mary was born in 1827 in Scotland and died on Sep. 4, 1898 in Michigan, US.

Children of James Hillman and Mary May:
Mary J. Hillman was born in 1850 and died on Nov. 28, 1880 in Emmett, St. Clair Co, Michigan.
George Henry Hillman was born on Apr. 15, 1851 in Euphemia, Ontario, Canada and died on Mar. 17, 1938 in Deford, Novesta Twp, Tuscola Co, Michigan..
James Hillman was born in 1855 and died on an unknown date.
John Alexander Hillman was born in 1857 and died on an unknown date.
Daniel Hillman was born in 1859 in Michigan, US and died on an unknown date.
Isaac Hillman was born in Aug. 1860 in Emmet, St. Clair Co, Michigan and died in 1936 in michigan, US.
Jacob Hillman was born in Aug. 1861 in Emmet, St. Clair Co, Michigan and died After 1938.
Wellington Hillman was born on Jul. 24, 1864 in Emmet, St. Clair Co, Michigan and died on Feb. 24, 1914 in Evergreen Twp, Sanilac Co, Michigan..
Washington Hillman was born in Aug. 1864 in Emmet, St. Clair Co, Michigan and died After 1938.
The birth dates for Wellington &Washington are not set in stone as I suspect that they are twins. Even in the 1881,1991, and 1901 census they cannot seem to agree on their birthdates.
Isabella Hillman was born in 1867 in Michigan, US and died Before 1938.

Hugh Hillman

#HUGH HILLMAN was born on Feb. 11, 1844 in Ontario and died on Jun. 3, 1894 in Aldborough Tp.., Elgin County. He married #SARAH CAMBELL on Nov. 30, 1870 in Wardsville, Ontario. Sarah, daughter of #James Campbell and #Catherine, was born on Jul. 9, 1851 in Aldborough Tp. and died on an unknown date.

Children of HUGH HILLMAN and SARAH CAMBELL :
HUGH ALBERT HILLMAN was born in 1872 and died on an unknown date.
WILLIAM ARTHUR HILLMAN was born on Jul. 13, 1877 in Ontario and died on an unknown date. He married #Laura Maude Pearl Page on Dec. 2, 1903 in Aldborough Tp.., Elgin County. Laura Maude Pearl, daughter of #William Page and #Nancy Amanda, was born in 1878 in Fingal, Elgin County and died on an unknown date.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH KATIE HILLMAN was born in 1877 in Ontario and died on an unknown date.
BELLA HILLMAN was born on Jan. 15, 1879 in Aldborough Tp. and died on Mar. 16, 1881 in Aldborough Tp..
ARDELLA HILLMAN was born on Sep. 22, 1881 in Aldborough Tp. and died on an unknown date.
INFANT HILLMAN was born on Aug. 10, 1883 in Aldborough Tp. and died on Aug. 10, 1883 in Aldborough Tp..

New York New York part2

The prices on the menu are great fun to read. The most expensive item is $1. Oh how things have changed.

New York New York 1945

Also found in my father's things were two playbills of the musicals Bloomer Girl and Up In Central Park. Along with a menu from Club Ritz which must have been somewhere close to the theaters on Broadway. I suspect that they belonged to my mother(Audrey June Steele of London, Ontario). My father John Arnold Hillman would have still have been in the airforce hospital recovering from injuries sustained after his brother's car hit a train at Laurence Station. Besides which they were not married until 1947, and father is more of the beer and hockey type.

Dutton High School Newsletter part3

Dutton High School Newsletter part2

Dutton High School Newsletter part1

While going through my father's things I found a student newsletter dated June 1940.
The three-floor central portion of the high school was built in 1927 and served as a high school until June, 1952. Both my father and his brother Bruce Ivan Hillman attended Dutton High School. This newsletter would have belonged to Bruce(more about Bruce Ivan Hillman in a future post).