The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Dey · ◉ direct ancestor

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♀Catherine Dey

Born about 1773, Vermont, British Colonial America. Died between 1850 and 1855, Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States (unconfirmed).

Known as Caty. Also recorded as Caty Day.

Catherine Dey (about 1773 – after 1850) was a native of Vermont who lived in Chenango County, New York, and outlived her husband, Thomas G. Day (1772–1849); in 1840 their household at Norwich held a girl in her late teens whom none of the family’s records identify. She was the third great-grandmother of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), through her daughter Thirza Day (born 1802).

Marriage and family

No record of her parents has been found, and her own family name is not known: the one record that names her, the federal census of 1850, calls her “Caty Dey”, a spelling of her husband’s surname. The family tree gives her marriage to Thomas G. Day as about 1796, but no record of the marriage has been found. The tree records three children for the couple, born between 1802 and 1806; the placing of Jahaziel and Orrena in the family rests on a compiled family tree. The census of 1840, which names only the head of each household, counts three people in Thomas G. Day’s house at Norwich: a man and a woman each aged between sixty and seventy, the ages of the couple, and a girl aged between fifteen and twenty. The couple’s three recorded children were all in their thirties by then, and the census cannot say who she was.

Later life and death

Thomas G. Day died on 17 June 1849. When the census was taken at Smyrna on 13 July 1850, “Caty Dey”, aged 77 and born in Vermont, was living in the household of Waterman Curtis and his wife Thirza. That census gives no relationships, but her age, her birthplace and her place in the household fit Thirza’s widowed mother. No record of her death or burial has been found. She is not among the recorded burials at the Woods Corners burying ground in Norwich, where her husband’s gravestone stands, nor at Earlville Cemetery, where Waterman Curtis was later buried, and no probate for her has been found in Chenango County. The family tree places her death at Smyrna between 1850 and 1855, as a likely inference rather than a record.

Family time line

◉ Catherine Dey abt 1773–1850/1855 ▦
◉ Thomas G. Day 1772–1849
Married abt 1796
◉ Thirza Day 1802–
○ Jahaziel J. Day 1803–1875
○ Orrena Day 1806–1885
○ Calvin Day 1810–1891
○ Charlotte Day 1813–1875

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth abt 1773 Vermont, British Colonial America on record
Death bet 1850 and 1855 Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States not yet documented
Living at 1850 Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States on record
17731850 1780179018001810182018301840

Sources

  • 1850 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at, name

Borders as they stood about 1763 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Descendants

  1. Thirza Day 1802–
    1. Thomas Day Curtis 1824–1896 ☘⚭
      1. Alphonse Curtis 1849–1851 ✧
      2. Alfred Curtis 1849–1850 ✧
      3. Mary Ada Curtis abt 1850–1934
        1. Ada Cone Williams abt 1877– ⚭
      4. George Day Curtis 1852–1922
        1. George Albert Curtis 1878–1925
      5. Frank Lionel Curtis abt 1855–1934 ⚭
        1. Edward Day Curtis 1880–1966
        2. Kenneth W. Curtis 1884–1885 ✧
      6. Salenia Curtis 1858–1862 ✧
      7. Cristabel Curtis 1859–1862 ✧
      8. Albert Waterman Curtis 1860–1930
      9. Florabel Curtis abt 1863–1885
      10. Bertha E. Curtis 1863–1917
      11. Orcus Allen Curtis 1865– ⚭
        1. Lionel Allen Curtis 1895–1962 ⚔⚓⚭
      12. Arthur Lee Curtis 1867–1955
        1. William Wheaton Curtis 1897–1983 ⚔
        2. Hubert A. Curtis 1898–
        3. Helen Margaret Curtis 1901–1999
      13. Hubert Orestes Curtis 1868–1922 ⚔
        1. Bessie Wheaton Curtis 1901–1980
        2. Frederic Arthur Curtis 1903–1990
      14. Thomas Curtis 1872–1872 ✧
    2. Almira Curtis abt 1826–
    3. Jerusha Curtis 1828–1900
      1. Silas Harvey Chapman 1846–1864 ⚔
      2. Adis E. Young abt 1854–
      3. Alonzo Young 1857–
      4. Frank D. Young
    4. Maria Curtis abt 1831–
      1. Lewis Nash abt 1862–
    5. Jeremiah Curtis 1833–1856
    6. Lauren Curtis 1835–1865
    7. Alfred Curtis 1839–
    8. Junia Curtis abt 1841–1912 ☘
    9. John Samuel Day
  2. Jahaziel J. Day 1803–1875
    1. George R. Day 1831–1874 ☘
      1. Frank G. Day 1857–1925 ☘
    2. Betsey A. Day
      1. Alice M Brown 1848–1889
      2. Celestia Calista M Brown 1851–1869
      3. Frances E. Brown 1853–1939
      4. Ida A Brown 1859–
      5. Harvey J Brown 1861–1929
        1. Lovell Harvey Brown 1887–1950
        2. Bessie Alice Brown 1889–1929
        3. Vera P Brown 1892–1964
        4. Gladie M Brown 1898–1982
      6. Joseph E Brown 1864–1923
      7. Frederick A Brown 1866–1880 ✧
      8. Lillie M Brown 1869–1870 ✧
    3. Emily R. Day
    4. Laura J. Day
    5. Electa A. Day
    6. Allen E. Day
  3. Orrena Day 1806–1885
    1. James C. Jr. Orr 1827–1910
      1. Elmer Nathaniel Orr 1856–1931 ⚭
        1. Gertrude A Orr 1880–
      2. Gertrude Amelia Orr 1863–1938
      3. Melvin Weston Orr 1867–1934
        1. Jim J Orr 1902–1987
        2. Melvin Edward Orr 1903–1958
        3. Katharine Louise Orr 1909–1981
      4. Sabrin Orr 1868–1879 ✧
    2. Calvin Day Orr 1829–1909
      1. Andrew Orr 1853–1854 ✧
      2. Orrenia L. Orr 1855–1875
      3. Herbert E Orr 1858–1895
        1. G. Ethyl Orr 1890–1891 ✧
        2. Charles B. Orr 1892–1966
      4. Frederick Bion Orr 1860–1896
        1. Merton Eugene Orr 1881–1938
        2. Mason Frederick Orr 1883–1962
        3. Clarabelle Orr 1886–1965
        4. Arthur Calvin Orr 1888–1956
        5. Edith May Orr 1893–1976
    3. Nelson Orr 1830–
    4. Sarah C. Orr 1831–1908
      1. Albert Smith 1851–
      2. Elbert Smith 1852–
      3. Roderick C Smith 1854–1926
        1. Elmer L. Smith 1881–
        2. Albert T. Smith 1883–
        3. Carlton Rex Smith 1889–1956
        4. Rosellen Smith 1891–
      4. Adelia Smith 1860–1929
        1. Ethel S Dinninny 1883–
        2. George L Dinninny 1887–
        3. Philip E Dinninny 1891–1938
      5. Nancy Smith 1860–
      6. George B Smith 1865–
    5. Joseph J. Orr 1835–1910
      1. Edna Orr 1855– ⚭
        1. Sarah Elizabeth Sears 1875–1910
        2. Raymond Joseph Sears 1876–1977
        3. Bertha F Sears 1878–1968
        4. Effie Sears 1880–
        5. Ethel L Sears 1881–1942
        6. Edna Orr Robinson 1896–1984
      2. Celia Orr 1859–1915
      3. Luna M. Orr 1864–1934
        1. Edith R. Hill 1888–1963
        2. Guy Carlton Hill 1890–1970
        3. Celia E Hill 1894–1976
        4. Marjorie Hill 1897–1981
        5. Esther M. Hill 1901–1904 ✧
        6. Asa E. Hill 1902–1904 ✧
        7. Basil Seward Hill 1907–1958
      4. Edwin S. Orr 1866–1924
        1. Kathryn M Orr 1892–1984
        2. Joseph Lorenzo Orr 1902–1980
        3. Beatrice E Orr 1905–
      5. Clara B. Orr 1870–1954
        1. Orra E Meade 1894–1975
        2. Helen G Meade 1895–1966
        3. Horace Joseph Meade 1897–
    6. Oliver J. Orr 1845–1924
      1. Wallace E. Orr 1866–1869 ✧
  4. Calvin Day 1810–1891
    1. Calvin Day 1830–
    2. John Day 1833–
    3. James Day 1835–
    4. Jane Day 1836–
    5. Lewis Day 1840–1904
      1. Frederick L Day 1882–1950
        1. Mary Charlotte Day 1920–2021
      2. Sarah L Day 1883–1949
        1. Ward Day Stone 1908–1977
        2. Eleanor Jane Stone 1910–1996
      3. Curtis Day 1886–1939
    6. Albert Day 1843–
    7. Frederick Day 1844–
    8. Harriet F Day 1847–
  5. Charlotte Day 1813–1875
    1. Catherine Jones 1842–
    2. Sophia Polly Jones 1845–1888
      1. Charlotte C Duvall 1863–1891
      2. William E Jones 1864–1931
        1. Esther Jones 1899–1940
        2. Mary Ann Jones 1900–1995
        3. Bertha M Jones 1908–2000
        4. John E Jones 1910–
        5. Helen Louise Jones 1915–1999
      3. Nettie A. Duvall 1867–1913
        1. John M Stapleton 1887–1963
      4. Morgan R. Duvall 1869–1932 ⚭
        1. Florence Mae Duvall 1894–
      5. Mary J. Duvall 1872–1960
        1. Etta Almeda Sweeney 1892–1977
        2. James Ray Sweeney 1895–1931
        3. Charles Henry Sweeney 1903–1974
        4. William M. Sweeney 1905–1968
        5. Clara Belle Sweeney 1908–1959
        6. Bernice Sweeney 1910–2000
        7. Nettie Arlen Sweeney 1913–1995
        8. Ernest Earl Sweeney 1917–1986
    3. Hellen L Jones 1849–1899
      1. Augustus Morgan Aldrich 1870–1940
        1. Josephine C Aldrich 1896–2000
        2. Helen Elizabeth Aldrich 1900–1931
        3. Richard Henry Aldrich 1901–1990
        4. Gech R Aldrich 1903–1904 ✧
        5. Flossie Mae Aldrich 1905–1973
        6. Gertrude E Aldrich 1907–
        7. Glenn E Aldrich 1909–1980
        8. Edna Viola Aldrich 1911–1991
        9. Ernest L Aldrich 1913–1990
        10. Harley Howard Aldrich 1916–1998
        11. Florence Aldrich 1918–2004
        12. Arloween Aldrich 1922–2000
        13. Donald Leroy Aldrich 1929–2000