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Nellie Elizabeth Guilmenot Hilliard
July 24, 1894 Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
September 27, 1961 Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas
Buried Rose Hill Park, Corpus Christi, Texas
Residence at time of death: 1810 Palm Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas
Parents:
George Guilmenot (March 17, 1883 - January 24, 1960, Corpus Christi,
Nueces County, Texas)
Mary Riley Guilmenot (c1858 - November 15, 1938) daughter of Robert
and Susan Turner Riley
Both are buried
Old Bay View Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
1900 Census Texas Nueces County Corpus
Christi
George Guilmenot, head, b June 1844, age 56?, married 20 years, b MS
Mary Guilmenot, wife, b July 1854, age 45, married 20 years, 5
children/5 living, b TX
Claud Guilmenot, son, b Aug 1881, age 18, b TX
George Guilmenot, son, Mar 1883, age 17, b TX
Nellie Guilmenot, daughter, b July 1885, age 14, b TX
Alfreda Guilmenot, daughter, b May 1888, age 12, b TX [also taught in
Matagorda County]
Clementine Guilmenot, daughter, Oct 1891, b TX
1910 Beaumont, Texas City Directory
Nellie E. Guilmenot teacher North End School (Live Oak Ave northwest
corner Gulf)
home 1450 Gladys Ave., Beaumont, TX
1914 Beaumont, Texas City Directory
Nellie Guilmenot, teacher North End School
boards at 1398 Gladys Ave
1916 Beaumont, Texas City Directory
Nellie Builmenot, teacher Woodson Pipkin School
boards at 1447 Ash Avenue
Nellie married J. E. Hilliard on February 6, 1919 in
Matagorda County. He was also a teacher in Matagorda County.
It is likely that her husband was Joseph E. Hilliard, the son of Bunk
and Mary Tatum Hilliard, and the brother of Asa Grant Hilliard I.
Joseph Hilliard was born c 1882 - 1884 and died between 1919 and 1930 as
Nellie was listed as a widow on the 1930 census.
He had been previously married to Cressie [Christine?] Hasley in
Matagorda County on January 2, 1909. They had one son, Ralph born c
1910.
1920 Census - Texas - Matagorda
County - Bay City
J. E. Hilliard, head, age 36, married, b Texas, teacher
Ralph Hilliard, son, age 10, single, b Texas
[Nellie not enumerated with her husband and step-son.]
1930 Census Texas Nueces County Corpus Christi
Mary
Gillamont, head, age 65, widowed, born Texas
Nellie Gillamont, daughter, age 30 widowed, born Texas, teacher, city
schools
Jeorge Gillamont, son, age 25, single, born Texas, waitress, hotel
Clementine Gillamont, daughter, age 23, single, born Texas, teacher,
city schools
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Mrs. Nellie Hilliard
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Funeral arrangements for
Mrs. Nellie E. Hilliard, 74, of 1810 Paul, are incomplete
and will be announced by Maxwell P. Dunne Funeral Service.
Mrs. Hilliard died at 1:30
p. m. yesterday in a local hospital following a short
illness.
A native of Corpus Christi,
she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George
Guilmenot. Mrs. Hilliard was a graduate of Solomon Coles
High School.
A teacher in Texas for more
than 50 years, she was principal of the Idlewild High
School, Idlewild Mich. She retired about eight years ago and
had been a piano teacher since her return to Corpus Christi.
She was a church musician and concert pianist.
Mrs. Hilliard was a
graduate of Tillotson College, Austin, and received a
master's degree from Prairie View College.
Her husband, the late Joe
Hilliard, also was a teacher. He died about 20 years ago.
Surviving are one adopted
daughter, Mrs. Mary Laura Kay of Refugio and one sister,
Miss Clementine Guilmenot.
Corpus Christi
Caller-Times, September 28, 1961
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