Ancestors of Jonathan Bird CURTIS
Reverend Moses CURTIS Sr.
(1777-1853)
Mary ALLISON
(1782-1864)
Reverend Jonathan BIRD
(1764-1848)
Angelica BANNING
(1775-1863)
Josiah Askew CURTIS
(1812-1866)
Elizabeth BIRD
(1811-1909)
Jonathan Bird CURTIS
(1846-1921)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Lydia Jane ALLEN

  • Charles William CURTIS+
  • Martha Elizabeth CURTIS
  • Anna Bell CURTIS+
  • George Baxter CURTIS+
  • John Spencer CURTIS+
  • Margaret Everline CURTIS+
  • Mary Jane CURTIS+
  • Robert Allen CURTIS+
  • Cora Bird CURTIS+
  • Thomas Edward CURTIS+

Jonathan Bird CURTIS 1 2

  • Born: 6 Apr 1846, Macon Co, NC
  • Married: 22 Feb 1872, Franklin, Macon, NC
  • Died: 28 Nov 1921, Patterson, Stanislaus, CA
  • Buried: 30 Nov 1921, Hills Ferry Cemetery, Newman, Stanislaus, CA 3

   General Notes:

{Original source was Lorene Fowler Nickerson, Granddaughter, 2/28/30; recopied by Wm. Fowler, Jr 8/24/39 (59?); recopied by Laverna Eckels Stillwell 7/14/77; copies rec'd from Evelyn Goodwin 1989.}
"History of Stanislaus Co. ...." by Geo. H. Tinkham p 849 - Came to CA from TX in 1910, member of Pottsboro, TX Masonic Order, lived on Almond Ave in Patterson Distr. for 7 yrs and in CA for 11 yrs, occupation was farmer.
Death Certificate. Buried 11/30/21 in grave 3 or 5? next to Lydia Jane (Allen). Time of death 2020.
1880 Census Smith's Bridge, Macon Co, NC;
John B. and L. J. Curtis belonged to the Confidence ME Church South, Young Cane, Union Co, GA Mar, 1884;
1896-9 Union Co, GA Voters' Registrations-John B, Dist 1050 LyCane, age 50, farmer; 1900 Census Pct 8, Grayson Co, TX;
1910 & 1920 Census Newman, Stanislaus Co, CA; in 1910 census living with son John Spencer and in 1920 was living at 383 Almond Ave.
"A Curtis Genealogy" by F Bogy p250 & 257. 4

Jonathan married Lydia Jane ALLEN, daughter of William Marion ALLEN and Martha M. CARSON, on 22 Feb 1872 in Franklin, Macon, NC. (Lydia Jane ALLEN was born on 1 Dec 1852 in Macon Co, NC, died on 7 Jan 1943 in Red Bluff, Tehama, CA 5 and was buried on 9 Jan 1943 in Hills Ferry Cemetery, Newman, Stanislaus, CA 3.)

Sources


1 Nickerson, Lorene Fowler. Family births, marriages, and some deaths were recorded. Copied from the originals owned by Lydia Jane Curtis nee Allen by granddaughter, Lorene, February 28, 1930. Recopied by William Oran Fowler, Jr., August 24, 1959. Copies have been passed on to family members including Laverna Stillwell, Evelyn, and Clarence Goodwin.

2 1880 Macon Co, NC Census.

3 Lenard Hewson, Gravestone Photo Dec 1998.

4 Braffitt, Donald, (http://willbraffitt.org/roots/).

5 Tehama Co., CA Recorder.


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