Thomas Veosman Curry (1887 - 1960)

Born 17 May 1887 in Tawas Township, Iosco, Michigan, United States

Husband of Harriet Louise (McAuliff) Curry — married 4 Jan 1911 in Tawas Township, Iosco, Michigan, United States

Died 25 Nov 1960 at age 73 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States

Biography

The son of Thomas Curry (b. Gore, Québec, 1842-1917) and Catherine Josephine Schenberger (1853-1934), Thomas was born in Tawas Township in 1887.^[1] His father, the son of Irish immigrants to Canada and who immigrated to the United States in 1866, settled in Tawas, Michigan, in Iosco, County to farm.^[2] His siblings included:

1. Charles Curry (1874-1933)
2. Vina May Curry (1878-1931)
3. Lillian Currey (1881-1965)
4. Waldo I. Curry (1884-1959)
5. Johanna Helen Curry (1893-1980)

Thomas married Harriet (McAuliff) Curry in East Tawas on January 4, 1911.^[3] He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, and claimed a physical debility. He was described at a tall, slender man with dark brown hair and blue eyes.^[4]

They made their home in Lapeer, Michigan where, in 1920, Thomas was not employed.^[5] They moved back to East Tawas before 1930, and Thomas began an ice delivery service.^[6] Sometime before 1940, the family went west, settling in Seattle, Washington, where Thomas operated a fuel delivery service.^[7] He registered for the draft again when he was 54, registering in Seattle on April 25, 1942. He stated that his employment was with the Army Transport Service, and he was described at that time as being 5'10" tall and 185 pounds, with a scar on the back of his left hand and on his left middle finger, and a birthmark under his left eye.^[8]

He passed away in Everett, Washington at the age of 73.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4G7-XP8 : 17 January 2020), Thomas V. Curry, .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMV-BRD : accessed 28 September 2020), Thomas Currey in household of Thomas Currey, Tawas township (excl. Tawas City), Iosco, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 4B, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,718.
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCXG-WJ1 : 17 January 2020), Thomas O. Curry, 1911.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6X8-5VC : 24 August 2019), Thomas Veosman Curry, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQW-NYJ : accessed 28 September 2020), Thomas Curry, Lapeer Ward 4, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing ED 51, sheet 3A, line 9, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 781; FHL microfilm 1,820,781.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYD-CSP : accessed 28 September 2020), Thomas V Curry, East Tawas, Iosco, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 4A, line 3, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 983; FHL microfilm 2,340,718.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K933-HM9 : 6 December 2019), Thomas V Curry, Tract B-3, Seattle, Seattle Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-33A, sheet 11B, line 43, family 268, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4374.
8. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-6PQF : 8 May 2020), Thomas Veosman Curry, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Ancestry Record 60229 #362009114177