Born about in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Wilfred Smith
and Marie Anne Philomene (Robillard) Smith
Wife of
Henry Waldo Curtis II
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
[private son (unknown - unknown)], Henry Waldo Curtis III and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 68
in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Oct 2011
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Biography
1940 U.S. census:[1] 256 Carpenter Street, rented; Henry Curtis, head, age 28, born RI, polisher, jewelery mfg; Ida (x) Curtis, wife, age 25, born RI; Henry W. Curtis, son, age 8, born RI; Everette Curtis, son, age 5, born RI; David Curtis, age 2, born RI.
Obituary[2] Ida L. Curtis-Durkin, 68, of Mapleroot Village died Thursday [20 January 1983] at Kent County Memorial Hospital after an illness of a year. She was the wife of Frederick F. Durkin. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Wilfred J. and Maria Ann (Robillard) Smith, she lived in Coventry two years. She previously lived in Paris, Maine, and Providence. She retired in 1965 as an inspector for the Adams Mfg. Co., Johnston. Before that she worked for various jewelry manufacturing companies. Besides her husband she leaves three sons, Henry W. Curtis of Oceanside, Calif.; Everett F. Curtis of North Scituate and David R. Curtis of West Greenwich; two sisters, Yvonne Bernard and Rita Boulter, both of Coventry; 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held Monday [24 January 1983] at 8 a.m. from the Robert A. Iannotti Funeral Home, 415 Washington St., Coventry, with a Mass of Christian Burial at SS. John & Paul Church, South Main Street, at 9. Burial will be in St. Ann's Cemetery, Cranston.
She is the daughter of Joseph Smith and Marie Robillard. [3]
Sources
- Bill Jones, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bill and others.
- ↑ 1940 U.S. census, Providence County, Rhode Island, pop. sched., Ward 13, Providence, ED6-242, sheet 8A, household no. 145, Henry Curtis household; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-03780-00180 : accessed 15 May 2021); NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3780.
- ↑ "Ida L. Curtis-Durkin," obituary, Providence (Rhode Island) Journal, 22 January 1983, p. A4; digital archive, Providence Journal Archives, NewsBank subscription website.
- ↑ Entered by Bill Jones, Oct 2, 2011
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