Moses E Curtis I (1807 - 1853)

Born 3 Aug 1807 in Chislet, Kent, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Barnham) Curtis — married 30 Oct 1830 in Chislet, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1853 at age 46 in Lenawee Co., Michigan, USA

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Biography

Moses E CURTIS I was born ^[1] 03 Aug 1807 in Chislet, Kent, England. He was christened ^[2] 16 Aug 1807 in Chislet, Kent, England. He married ^[3] Elizabeth BARHAM 30 Oct 1830 in Chislet, Kent, England. Moses died 07 Oct 1853 in Lenawee Co., Michigan, USA.^[4]

1936 WPA Family Project: In 1853 Moses Curtis & his family came to America sailing on the "American Congress", the voyage requiring seven weeks and five days. Their journey was accompanied with many privations, their food becoming scare and other conditions contributing to the discomfort of the passengers. Arriving in New York, they took a steamboat to Albany and cars to Buffalo, going thence to Canada. About this time Harriette died. Oldest son Edwin recorded that he worked on a railroad and at ditching. From Canada the family came to Lenawee Co where several previous three brothers, Edward, Daniel & William had located. About ten days after their arrival Moses Curtis died. In 1854 the widow and her children went to Spring Arbor Twp, Jackson Co, Michigan remaining there about a year when they located on a farm in Tompkins Twp, between Tompkins Center and Rives Junction. Here the widow, Elizabeth Curtis, lived until her death in 1888.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNJ9-5GC : 30 December 2014), Moses Curtis, 16 Aug 1807; citing Chislet, England, reference DCb / BT 1/65/175; FHL microfilm 1,736,630.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNJ3-651 : 30 December 2014), Moses Curtis, 16 Aug 1807; citing Kent, England, reference 67/175a; FHL microfilm 1,736,630.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN61-Q2H : 10 December 2014), Moses Curtis and Elizabeth Barham, 30 Oct 1830; citing Chislett, Kent, England, reference 43; FHL microfilm 1,836,247.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17601909/moses-e-curtis: accessed 20 August 2022), memorial page for Moses E Curtis (3 Aug 1807–7 Oct 1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #17601909, citing Draper Cemetery, Rives Junction, Jackson County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Deb Hayes-Wolfe (contributor 46811474).

See also:

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ23-GVZ : 30 October 2015), Moses Curtis, Chislet, Kent, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:275V-567 : 20 February 2021), Moses Curtiss, 1853; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,486.

Acknowledgments

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