Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEdward CURTIS, 1C3R
Birth18 Nov 1866, Cottingham, Northamptonshire, England
Death8 Nov 1949
OccupationDraper - Decorator
FatherCharles CURTIS (~1835-1896)
MotherSarah DEXTER (~1831-1919)
Spouses
Birth19 Nov 1864, Burton Latimer, Northampshire
Baptism4 Jun 1865
Death16 Apr 1943, Leicester, Leicestershire
MotherElizabeth
Marriage1889, Leicester, Leicestershire
ChildrenLeonard Randolph (1898-1952)
 Marie Louise (1901-1986)
 Olive (1905-1990)
Notes for Edward CURTIS
In the 1871 census High Street, Cottingham, Northamptonshire.
Head Charles Curtis, age 35, shoemaker, born Cottingham.
Wife Sarah Curtis, age 40, born Middleton, Northamptonshire.
Daughter Elizabeth Curtis, age 8, scholar, born Middleton.
Son Thomas H. Curtis, age 6, scholar, born Cottingham.
Son Edward Curtis, age 4, scholar, born Cottingham.
Mother in Law, Hannah Dexter, widow, age 81 annuitant, born Wilbarston, Northamptonshire.
In the next house
Head Elizabeth Curtis, widow, age 63, annuitant, born Cottingham.
Daughter Hannah Curtis, unmarried, age 43, machinist, born Cottingham.
Son James Curtis, age 29, unmarried, agricultural labourer, born Cottingham.

In the 1881 census High Street, Cottingham, Northamptonshire.
Head Charles Curtis, age 45, boot maker, born Cottingham.
Wife Sarah Curtis, age 50, born Middleton, Northamptonshire.
Son Thomas Henry Curtis, age 16, boot maker, born Cottingham.
Son Edward Curtis, age 14, born Cottingham.
Daughter Elizabeth Ann Curtis, unmarried, age 18, born Middleton.
Visitor Emily Ann Curtis, unmarried, age 22, dress maker, born Manchester. [Emily Ann Curtis must be the niece of Charles Curtis, daughter of his brother Benjamin. If so, she is listed twice in this census.]

In the October to December 1889 marriage index Edward Curtis and Fanny Elizabeth Green, Leicester, Leicestershire, volume 7a, page 539.

In the 1901 census 50 Abbey Street, Leicester, Leicestershire.
Head Edward Curtis, age 34, draper - shopkeeper, own account, born Middleton, Northamptonshire.
Wife Fanny Curtis, age 35, born Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.
Son Leonard Curtis, age 13, born Leicester.
1 servant a housemaid.

In the 1911 census 14 Grafton Place, Leicester, Leicestershire.
Head Edward Curtis, age 44, draper, own account, born Cottingham, Northamptonshire.
Wife Fanny Curtis, age 45, married 22 years, 6 children born alive 3 still living, assisting in business, worker, born, born Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.
Son Leonard Curtis, age 13, school, born Leicester, Leicestershire.
Daughter Marie Curtis, age 9, school, born Leister.
Daughter Olive Curtis, age 5, school, born Leicester.
1 boarder, 1 servant.
The house has 7 rooms.

1939 England and Wales Register
5 Guilford Road, Leicester, Leicestershire
1. Edward Curtis, born November 18 1866, married, draper - decorator
2. Fanny E. Curtis, born November 19 1865 [should be 1864], married, unpaid domestic duties
3. Leonard R. Curtis, born February 8 1898, single, draper - decorator
4. Marie L. Curtis [later Belcher], born November 29 1901, single, unpaid domestic duties
5. Olive Curtis [later Brown], born Jul 3 1905, single, unpaid domestic duties
6. Florence A. Hardy [later Pollard], born October 15 1908, single, domestic servant

National Probate Calendar
Edward Curtis of 5 Guilford-road Leicester died 8 November 1949 Probate Leicester 7 June 1950 to Leonard Randolph Curtis [son] company director Marie Louise Belcher [daughter] (wife of Victor William Belcher) Olive Brown [daughter] (wife of Frederick Thomas Brown) and William Herbert Rhodes incotporated accountant. Effects 40 938 pounds
Notes for Fanny Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
In the October to December 1864 birth index Fanny Elizabeth Green, Kettering, Northamptonshire, volume 3b, page 153.

Parish Records Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire
Baptism June 4 1865 Fanny Elizabeth Green parents John and Elizabeth Green, of Burton Latimer, father is a labourer, ceremony performed by F. B. Newman

In the 1871 census Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.
Head John Green, age 31, agricultural labourer, born Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.
Wife Elizabeth Green, age 30, born Pytchley, Northamptonshire.
Son William Green, age 9, scholar, born Pytchley, Northamptonshire.
Daughter Fanny Green, age 7, scholar, born Burton Latimer.
Son Joseph Green, age 3, scholar, born Burton Latimer.
Daughter Louisa Green, age 9 months, born Burton Latimer.

In the 1881 census Bath Hotel, Bath Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire.
Servant Fany [as spelled] Green, age 16, general servant, born Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.
She is staying with the Thomas Fiddler, licensed victualler and family.

National Probate Calendar
Fanny Elizabeth Curtis of 5 Guildford-road Leicester (wife of Edward Curtis) died 16 April 1943 at The Central Nursing Home 6 University-road Leicester Administration Leicester 7 August 1943 to the said Edward Curtis company director. Effects 922 pounds
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