The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Curtis

William Wheaton Curtis

Born 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. Died 1983, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.

7 of 10 events rest on a record we have read; the rest come from compiled sources or are still to be documented.

Parents

Arthur Lee Curtis 1867–1955 and Helen Johanna Elias 1869– their family

Spouses and children

Life, as the records tell it

EventWhenWhereHow we know
Birth 8 Feb 1897 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States on record
Living at
Single; in the household as Son
1900 Chicago Ward 21, Cook, Illinois, United States on record
Military service
VA Master Index, residence Houston, Texas - the earliest Texas evidence, at age 21
14 Dec 1918 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States from a compiled source
Living at
Age 23, White, married, head of household; wife enumerated as Mamie T Curtis
1920 Harris, Texas, United States on record
Living at
Age 33, White, head of household; marital status DIVORCED. No other household member is indexed with him
1930 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States on record
Living at
Tract 6, Justice Precinct 1. Age 42, married, residence in 1935 'Same Place'; with Blanche and daughter Gertrude I
1940 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States on record
Living at
Named as 'William W. Curtis of Houston, Tex.' in his father's death notice
Feb 1955 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States on record
Death 24 Oct 1983 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States on record
Occupation
Employed by Armour & Co., Union Stock Yards, Chicago (1918)
. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States not yet documented
Burial
Plot: Eventide 14, Garden of the Urns (a columbarium plot - cremated)
. Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States from a compiled source

on record means we have read the original document. from a compiled source means an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so. not yet documented means it is in the family's record but no source is attached yet.

Sources

  • 1900 United States Federal Census — Birth, Living at
  • U.S., WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - William W. Curtis, Chicago Local Board 17, registered 5 June 1918 — Birth
  • U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 — Military service
  • 1920 United States Federal Census — Living at
  • 1930 United States Federal Census — Living at
  • 1940 United States Federal Census — Living at
  • Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 19 Feb 1955, p. 31 - death notice of Arthur L. Curtis — Living at
  • Find a Grave, William Wheaton Curtis Sr. (1897-1983), Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas — Death, Burial
  • FamilySearch Tree person LX3X-Z6N, William Wheaton Curtis Sr. (1897-1983) — Death
  • U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 — Death

Ancestors in time

Time runs down the page, oldest at the top. Each dot is a person at the year they were born (hollow where the year is estimated); curves run from a person up to their parents, pink for a woman, blue for a man. Hover for names and years; click a dot for that person's page or their own charts; drag to move, scroll to zoom, double-click to reset.

Line of descent

  1. Arthur Lee Curtis 1867–1955
    1. Thomas Day Curtis 1824–1896
      1. Waterman Curtis 1793–1859
        1. Jeremiah Curtis 1770–
          1. John Curtis 1746–1790
            1. Zebulon Curtis –1798
              1. Thomas Curtis 1680–1752
              2. Mary Kirkham Goodrich 1682–1730
            2. Lydia Cole 1709–1776
              1. Nathaniel Cole 1682–1743
              2. Elizabeth Woodford 1682–1749
          2. Mary Filley 1752–1815
            1. William Filley 1709–1756
              1. Josiah Filley 1675–1750
              2. Esther Hester Eggleston 1682–1761
            2. Abiah Drake Millington 1711–1784
        2. Mary Morton 1768–1816
          1. James Morton 1739–1801
            1. James Morton 1714–1745
            2. Mehitable Churchill 1716–1797
              1. Samuel Churchill
              2. Joanna Bryant
          2. Mary Holmes 1745–
            1. Jonathan Holmes 1709–1787
              1. Joseph Holmes 1665–1733
              2. Mary Brewster 1678–1761
            2. Mary Waterman 1716–1749
              1. Robert Waterman 1681–1749
              2. Mary Cushman 1682–1723
      2. Thirza Day 1802–
        1. Thomas G. Day 1772–1849
          1. Samuel Day
          2. Eunice Fay 1751–1808
        2. Catherine Dey 1773–
    2. Annis Wheaton 1827–1883
      1. Samuel Wheaton 1797–1831
      2. Salena Sherman 1806–1842
        1. Batchelder Sherman 1761–1828
          1. Henry Shearman 1730–1805
            1. Jabez Sherman 1700–1774
              1. Philip Sherman III 1676–1740
              2. Hannah Wilcox 1681–1744
            2. Jedidah Hawes 1709–1764
              1. Benjamin Hawes 1683–1722
              2. Dorcas Smith 1687–1730
          2. Ruth Akin 1731–1821
            1. James Akin 1706–1804
              1. John Akin 1663–1746
              2. Mary Briggs 1671–1708
            2. Amy Fish 1705–1748
        2. Waite Allen 1766–1850
          1. Elisha Allen 1722–1804
            1. Philip Allen 1684–1752
              1. Ebenezer Allen 1650–1725
              2. Abigail Hill 1651–1729
            2. Mary Mosher 1695–1769
          2. Elizabeth Fish 1736–1814
  2. Helen Johanna Elias 1869–
    1. Wilhelm Elias 1825–1916
    2. Margaretha Fuchs 1841–1903

Descendants in time

William Wheaton Curtis at the top; each descendant a dot at their birth year, joined to the parent they came through. A descendant who may still be living is shown only as "Living", at an estimated birth year, with no page of their own.

Descendants

  1. William Wheaton Curtis Jr 1944–2016
    1. children who may still be living
  2. children who may still be living
  3. Arthur Lee Curtis 1924–2005
    1. Danny Lee Curtis 1946–1965
    2. children who may still be living