BIO: Ralph HILLIER, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dave Wilson Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************************** __________________________________________________________ McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 98. __________________________________________________________ RALPH HILLIER Huntingdon, Pa. Auto Mechanic: Ralph Hillier was born at 600 Warm Springs Ave., Huntingdon, Pa., January 28, 1905. He began his schooling at the Second Ward School, Huntingdon, Pa., and continued on until graduating from the High School in 1923. He is a son of William F. Hillier, now deceased. He was a printer for fifty years with the J.C. Blair Stationery Company, Huntingdon, Pa.; died November 30, 1929. He married Mary Ressinger; she resides at 600 Warm Springs Ave.; they belong to the Episcopal Church. Ralph Hillier was with the Penna. R.R., at Altoona, Pa., as a machinist for a period of six years; at present he is an auto machinist at Strait's garage. During the World War he was attending school. He belongs to the Masonic Fraternity, Mt. Moriah, No. 300, Huntingdon, Pa.; also the Harrisburg Consistory. Votes the Democratic ticket. Hs one brother, John F., married to Jane Billings, Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, Pa. Three sisters, Elizabeth, attending Juniata College, a Senior, will graduate in 1930; Catherine, a school teacher, taught at Barnesboro, Pa.; Louise, married to W.F. Strait, garage owner, of Huntingdon, Pa. One brother deceased, William C., aged thirty-seven years. Mr. Hillier is a young man, well liked, has many friends, an expert mechanic, who takes an interest in his work. He resides at 600 Warm Springs Ave., Huntingdon, Pa.