Muriel Louise (Thompson) Curry (1880 - 1960)

Born 8 Dec 1880 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Caleb Thompson and Affie Sarah (Russell) Sawyer

Wife of Thomas Jenkins Curry — married 28 Jul 1898 (to 1931) in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1960 at age 79 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Muriel (Thompson) Curry is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Muriel Louise Thompson was born 8 December 1880 in Key West, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of Caleb Thompson^[2] and Affie Russell.

Louise married Thomas Jenkins Curry on 28 July 1898 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Rev. S. Kerr at St. Peter's Episcopal Church.^[3] They divorced in 1931 in Key West.^[4]

Louise died 22 September 1960 in Key West,^[5] and she is buried in the Key West Catholic Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Louise's full date of birth appears on her grave stone. RosalieAnn, "M Louise Curry," Memorial no. 64253781, posted 15 January 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CU&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSsr=6001&GRid=64253781& : accessed October 2015).
2. ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 28.2 cM X-DNA match from 141792772 to 154551755 between David Freeman GEDmatch A248056 and his fifth cousin once removed Charles Carey GEDmatch T839727
3. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 5: 63, Thomas J. Curry and Louisa Thompson, 28 July 1898; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YXN?i=107&cat=341167 : accessed November 2015); citing FHL microfilm 0945905.
4. ↑ Florida Divorce Index, 1927–2001, Thomas J. Curry and Muriel Louise Curry, 1931, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK45-MPQ : accessed October 2015).
5. ↑ "Mrs. Louise Curry," obituary, The Key West Citizen, 22 September 1960, p. 7. RosalieAnn, "M Louise Curry," Memorial no. 64253781, posted 15 January 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CU&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSsr=6001&GRid=64253781& : accessed October 2015).
6. ↑ RosalieAnn, "M Louise Curry," Memorial no. 64253781, posted 15 January 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CU&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSsr=6001&GRid=64253781& : accessed October 2015).

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch autosomal DNA match of 14.1 cM on the X chromosome between David Freeman, GEDmatch kit # A248056, and Paul Pengelly, his 3rd cousin, GEDmatch kit # YV1829469. Their most-recent common ancestor is Richardson Russell, the 2x great grandfather of both David Freeman and Paul Pengelly.
• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between David Freeman , GEDmatch kit # A248056, and Chris Haines, GEDmatch kit # T109230, (compare kits), his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Caleb Thompson and Affie Russell, the great grandparents of David Freeman and great great grandparents of Chris Haines. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: GEDmatch, based on sharing 54.73 cM across 5 segments.