Elizabeth Shipton Giles (1825 - 1861)

Born 1825 in New York, United States

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Died 17 Mar 1861 at about age 36 in Paris, Seine, France

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Biography

Elizabeth Shipton [Giles], 35 year-old native of New York, wife of Joseph Davis Beers Curtis, daughter of Georges Washington Giles Shipton [sic] and Elizabeth Ogden, died on 17 March 1861 in the eighth arrondissement of Paris.^[1]

Obituary.^[2]

Name: Elizabeth Shipton Giles Curtis

Birth Year: abt 1825

Event: Death

Spouse: Joseph D B Curtis

Death Date: 17 Mar 1861

Death Place: Paris

Age at Death: 36

Newspaper: New York Evening Post

Publication Date: 15 Apr 1861

Publication Place: New York, USA

Call Number: 83432

Research Notes

A review of the marriage acts of Elizabeth's daughters indicates that the family name is more likely Giles than Shipton and that the death act recorded her last name as Shipton in error.

Sources

1. ↑ acte de décès: Archives de Paris, Arrondissement 08, Décès, Commence à 8 février 1861, Termine à 21 mars 1861, Cote V4E 879, acte 447, vue 28, consulté le 18 janvier 2021
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Digitized Content is licensed from the American Antiquarian Society ("AAS") and may not be reproduced, transferred, commercially or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, outside the terms and conditions of this service without the express written consent of AAS. All rights reserved.