The Kirkman Family Over 600 Years of History ....The Facts & Legends
  • Welcome
  • Whats in a Name?
  • The 1700's - Denmark
    • 1707 - 1758 Niels Knudsen Kirkman
    • 1739-1801 Knud Nielsen Kirkman
    • 1769 - 1837 Leopold Christopher Knudsen Kirkman
    • 1795 - 1851 Niels Albrecht Kirkman
  • The 1800's - Denmark to America
    • 1828 - 1900 Christian Wilhelm Kirkemann (The Captain) >
      • The Captains Ladies >
        • The Captains 2nd & 3rd Child
    • 1853 - 1924 Nelson Kirkman (The Captains First Son) >
      • Nelsons Children
    • 1880-1937 Christian William Kirkman II (The Captains Grandson)
    • 1882 - 1950 Christian William Kirkman III (The Captains Son) >
      • Chris III's Daughter Elinor >
        • Elinor's Daughter (Terrific Toni)
  • The 1900's - United States
    • 1906 - 1946 Christian William Kirkman IV (Baseballer) >
      • 1935 - 1993 Don's Sister Edith Kirkman Bielski
    • 1914 - 1977 Ellen Bonn Burleson Guild (Gene Burleson's Mother)
    • 1927 - William "Bill" Kirkman
    • 1929 - 2001 Donald C. Kirkman >
      • 1933-2008 Natalie Ann De Blasio Kirkman >
        • 1960 - Kathryn Ann Mostrom Kirkman
    • 1931 - Gene Edward Burleson
    • 1933 Engineer & Artist George R. Kirkman
    • 1958 - Christian William Kirkman V
  • WWII Kirkmans
  • Notable Kirkmans
  • The British Kirkmans
  • Kirkman Generals
  • The Early American Kirkmans
  • Revolutionary War Kirkmans
  • Other Early Arriving Kirkmans to America
  • Migration to North Carolina
  • The Civil War Kirkmans
  • Col. H. Neil Kirkman
  • Other Tarheel Decendants
  • Kirkman Soap Company
  • Kirkman Piano's
  • Behind Every Good Man
  • Commentary by Don Kirkman
  • Chart of the Kirkman Family
  • The Detectives
PictureToni Fitts
In a family that has an astonishing number of beautiful women Elinor Kirkman Hellman’s exquisite daughter Toni Fitts is the queen of them all and the family’s most successful and affluent business woman. Born April 15, 1944 in Huntington Park, CA, Toni is a great-granddaughter of Capt. Christian WilliamKirkman.She’s also the wife of hotel executive John Fitts, co-CEO of OLS Co. of Encino, which owns 10 hotels and manages another 30. Toni and John reside in Beverly Hills, CA, have homes in Palm Springs, CA and Maui, Hawaii and are frequent world travelers. Toni has a 21-year-old stepson, John Bennett Fitts. 

Like her mother, Toni is an avant garde feminist. Raised in California, Connecticut and New Jersey, Toni graduated from West Covina (CA) High School in 1962, began fashion modeling when she was 13, then was one of the first women to enroll in formerly all-male Cal Poly-Pomona University. She won her interior design degree from Woodbury School of Design in Los Angeles.

With Elinor’s urging, Toni posed for Playboy and at age 19 became the magazine’s February 1963 centerfold (as Toni Thomas) and its Playmate of the Decade in 1969. She’s one of Playboy’s most distinguished alums and a leading light of the Playboy Centerfold Alumni Association. She’s frequently called upon to participate in Playboy philanthropic events, has made several TV appearances, written a health and fitness book called "Life Force" and recently filmed a health and fitness TV video for middle-aged women. Toni’s picture (above, taken in 1995) clearly shows she’s a living example of the video’s message. Photographs and stories about Toni have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the National Enquirer and other newspapers.

Toni was first married to Derold Peck, owner of an L.A. construction firm, then to John Fitts at Lake Tahoe, CA in 1985.




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