Louis Hillebrand

Private Louis Francois Hillebrand was a Dutch-born soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born on 22 November 1877, in Amsterdam, the son of Johanness and Dorothea Helena Hillebrand (née D'Einville)."Netherlands, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X173-T82 : accessed 15 August 2015), Dorothea Helena D Einville in entry for Louis Francois Hillebrand, 22 Nov 1877; citing Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; FHL microfilm 253,472. Hillebrand emigrated at some point to Britain, settling in London as a hairdresser and marrying Selina Young in 1905. That year, on 30 March, he was naturalized as a British subject.The London Gazette (27789), p. 3171. 2 May 1905, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
Hillebrand died on 22 May 1918, in England, of wounds received on the Western Front while serving with the 18th (Service) Battalion (3rd City), The Manchester Regiment.Private Louis Francois Hillebrand – 17th Manchester’s Dutchman Died 22/5/1918, 17thmanchesters.wordpress.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
He is buried in Paddington Cemetery.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Hillebrand, Louis Francois, cwgc.org. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
Category:1877 births
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