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Myrtle Brock (Ashley) Curtis (1885 - 1981)

Myrtle Brock Curtis formerly Ashley
Born in Ellis, Texas, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , and
Wife of — married 1904 in Texas, United Statesmap
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Died at age 95 in Richards, Grimes, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Myrtle (Ashley) Curtis was a Texan.

Myrtle was born in 1885 and passed away in 1981. Buried in the Fields Store Cemetery in Fields Store, Waller County, Texas.

Acknowledgement

Ashley-1538 was created by Jackie Ashley through the import of ASHLEY_BARFIELD_JAN14.ged on Jan 11, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Issue: Wiley(1905); Reba (1906){m Don Q. Adams}; Lucile(1908){m RC Alford}; Elliott George(1910); Geo Wallace(1910); Robert Pier (1914); Wilson Ashley (1918);Lee Roy (1921); LaVerne (1921){m Lanier R. Bishop}.

SS Record: Individual: Curtis, Myrtle; Birth date: 25 Sep 1885; Death date: Jun 1981; Social Security #: 456-17-7283 Last residence: TX 77873; State of issue: TX

Name

Name: Myrtle Brock- /Ashley/[1]

[2] [3] [4]

Name: Myrtle /Curtis/[5]
Name: Myrtle /Curtis/[6]
Name: Myrtle /Curtis/[7]
Name: Myrtle /Curtis/[8]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Myrtle Brock- /Ashley/.

Birth

Date: 25 SEP 1885:: Place: Ellis Co, TX[9]

[10]

Date: ABT 1885:: Place: Texas[11]

Death

Date: 18 JUN 1981:: Place: Liberty Co, TX[12]
Date: 18 JUN 1981:: Place: f.r. Richards, Grimes Co, TX[13]

[14] [15] Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 18 JUN 1981Array

Event

Event:
Type: *mtDNA
Place: T2 - MBXCX (www.MitoSearch.org)
Event:
Type: Social Security #
Place: 456-17-7283 TX
Source:
Event: Myrtle had a stroke abt age 55, damaged use of one side, but she was still able to talk & use cane & wheelchair
Type: Fact
Date: ABT 1941
Event: White
Type: Race[16]

[17][18]

Burial

Burial: Find A Grave Memorial# 16204569
Date: ABT 20 JUN 1981
Place: New Hope Cem, Fields Store Community, Waller Co, TX[19]

Residence

Residence: Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Date: 1930
Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda Co, TX[20]
Residence:
Date: 1900
Place: JP 7, Falls Co, TX[21]
Residence: Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Date: 1930
Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda Co, TX[22]
Residence: Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Date: 1910
Place: Justice Precinct 2, Jackson Co, TX[23]
Residence: CURTIS, George W. 39 TX... Myrtle 34TX Cook...Enumerated w/ Hanks, Archie R, Baptist Old Ministers Home
Date: 1920
Place: Justice Precinct 3, Matagorda Co, TX[24]
Residence:
Date: 1935
Place: Liberty, Texas[25]
Residence: Age: 55; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Date: 01 APR 1940
Place: Liberty, Texas, United States[26]
Residence: Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Date: 1930
Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas[27]

Marriage

Husband: GEORGE WASHINGTON Barfield- Ashley
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Brock
Child: Robert Franklin Brock- Ashley
Child: Myrtle Brock- Ashley
Child: WILLIAM WASHINGTON Brock- Ashley
Child: Henry Lee Brock- Ashley
Child: Oscar Ross Brock- Ashley
Marriage: [5c]
Date: 18 JAN 1883
Place: Ellis Co, TX[28]

[29]

Event:
Type: Unknown-Ending
Place: Married at "Elder Brock's home", Ellis Co, TX

Notes

Note N241(Myrtle information from Mrs. RP Curtis.) Issue: Wiley(1905); Reba (1906){m Don Q. Adams}; Lucile(1908){m RC Alford}; Elliott George(1910); Geo Wallace(1910); Robert Pier (1914); Wilson Ashley (1918);Lee Roy (1921); LaVerne (1921){m Lanier R. Bishop}.
= 1900 TX Census: Falls Co: p290B; Sheet 15;SD 9;ED 26; Prct 7; 19/Jun/1900 #308/308 ASHLEY, G. W. Head w m Jul 1860 39 mar 17 yrs GA/GA/GA Mary wife w f Jan 1853 47 " " " MS/MS/MS Robert son w m Oct 1883 16 TX/GA/MS
*MYRTLE dau w f Sep 1885 14 TX/GA/MS William son w m Apr 1890 10 TX/GA/MS Oscar son w m Aug 1892 7 TX/GA/MS ....
......... 1910 TX Census: (not yet searched)
......... 1920 TX Census: Matagorda County Vol 122 ED 138 Sheet 4 Line 16: Baptist Old Ministers Home; C632 CURTIS, George W. 39 TX Manager; Myrtle 34TX Cook...Enumerated w/ Hanks, Archie R, Baptist Old Ministers Home

Myrtle had a stroke in about 1941, when she was 55 years old that damaged the use of one side, although she was still able to talk and used a cane and wheelchair

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S488 Page: 1920 Matagorda Co, TX; Baptist Old Ministers Home; Vol 12, ED 138; Sheet 4, Line 16 Data: Text: C632 CURTIS, George W. 39 TX Manager; Enumerated with Hanks, Archie R; CURTIS, Myrtle 34 TX; Cook; CURTIS, George W. Jr 7 TX Boarder; CURTIS, Wilson A. 8/12 TX Boarder (found each person under Soundex CURTIS - did not check main HANKS census -JPace)
  2. ↑ Source: #S2405
  3. ↑ Source: #S144 Page: Falls Co, TX: Prect 7, SD 9, E.D. 26, pp. 290B; Sheet 15: 19/Jun/1900 Data: Text: "Ashley, Myrtle dau w f Sep 1885 14 TX/GA/MS"
  4. ↑ Source: #S488 Page: 1910 - not searched yet
  5. ↑ Source: #S2927 Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Curtis
  6. ↑ Source: #S2850 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Liberty, Texas; Roll: T627_4094; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 146-8 Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Curtis
  7. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Robert Curtis
  8. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Lavaine Curtis
  9. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Wilson Curtis
  10. ↑ Source: #S2690
  11. ↑ Source: #S2850 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Liberty, Texas; Roll: T627_4094; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 146-8 Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Curtis
  12. ↑ Source: #S2927 Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Curtis
  13. ↑ Source: #S2255 Data: Text: MYRTLE CURTIS 25 Sep 1885 Jun 1981 77873 (last residence Richards, Grimes, TX) (none specified) 456-17-7283 Texas
  14. ↑ Source: #S2439 Data: Text: "Curtis Myrtle 06-18-1981 LIBERTY F"
  15. ↑ Source: #S626 Page: 1/Apr/1998 Data: Text: "Myrtle (Ashley) Curtis d 18 Jun 1981 in Liberty, Liberty Co, TX, & was interred beside her husband, Geo Walker Curtis, in New Hope Cemetery at the Fields Store community in Waller Co, TX. Although the death certificate name the cemetery as Fields Store Cemetery, it is known in the Fields Store Community as the NEW HOPE CEMETERY.'
  16. ↑ Source: #S2850 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Liberty, Texas; Roll: T627_4094; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 146-8 Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Curtis
  17. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Robert Curtis
  18. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Lavaine Curtis
  19. ↑ Source: #S2760 Page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=curtis&GSfn=myrtle&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScnty=2756&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16204569&df=all&
  20. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Lavaine Curtis
  21. ↑ Source: #S2722 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Falls, Texas; Roll: T623_1632; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 26. Data: Text: Record for G W Ashley
  22. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Wilson Curtis
  23. ↑ Source: #S2925 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Jackson, Texas; Roll: T624_1567; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0104; FHL microfilm: 1375580 Data: Text: Record for George W Curtis
  24. ↑ Source: #S2972 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas
  25. ↑ Source: #S2850 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Liberty, Texas; Roll: T627_4094; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 146-8 Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Curtis
  26. ↑ Source: #S2850 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Liberty, Texas; Roll: T627_4094; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 146-8 Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Curtis
  27. ↑ Source: #S2786 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Matagorda, Texas; Roll: 2375; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2342109 Data: Text: Record for Robert Curtis
  28. ↑ Source: #S2442 Data: Text: "G.W. ASHLEY - Mary BROCK - 18 Jan 1883 - Ellis Co, TX"
  29. ↑ Source: #S2442 Data: Text: "G.W. ASHLEY - Mary BROCK - 18 Jan 1883 - Ellis Co, TX"

[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with C, Date of Import: 14 Sep 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.49713.195] Individual: Curtis, Myrtle; Birth date: 25 Sep 1885; Death date: Jun 1981; Social Security #: 456-17-7283 Last residence: TX 77873; State of issue: TX

  • Source: S144 Title: Ashley, Geo W 1900 Census Repository: #R29 NOTESource Medium: Census ASHLEY, G. W. head w m July 1860 39 Mar 17 yrsv Farmer/rents GA/GA/GA; Mary wife w f Jan 1853 47 mar 17 yrs MS/MS/MS; Robert son wm Oct 1883 16 TX/GA/MS; Myrtle dau w f Sep 1885 14 TX/Ga/Ms; William son w m Oct 1887 12 TX/Ga/MS; Henry son w m Apr 1890 10 TX/GA/MS; Oscar son w m Aug 1892 7 TX/GA/MS. (this is next door to Family #307: E.L. Brock, prob Mary's 1/2 brother, Enos Lee Brock)
  • Repository: R29 Name: p p. 290B; Sheet 15; Supv. Dist. 9, E. D. 26, Precinct 7; #309/308 Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S2255 Title: SS Death Index: RootsWeb
  • Source: S2405 Title: Tradition NOTESource Medium: Other
  • Source: S2439 Title: TX Death Records 1964 thru 1998 Repository: #R585 NOTESource Medium: Other
  • Repository: R585 Name: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S2690 Title: www.findagrave.com
  • Source: S2722 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R6 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900
  • Repository: R6 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S2760 Title: FIND-A-GRAVE Publication: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16204569/myrtle-brock-curtis
  • Source: S2786 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,; Repository: #R644
  • Repository: R644 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S2850 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R6 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940
  • Source: S2925 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R23
  • Repository: R23 Name: ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S2927 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R23
  • Source: S2972 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R23
  • Source: S488 Title: Census listings NOTESource Medium: Census
  • Source: S626 Title: CURTIS, Rosalee Morris NOTESource Medium: Letter




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