Curtis Children

Links to details about the Curtis children, their marriages, and descendants were originally included in the sidebar of the blog. I moved the information and links to this tab for easier access.

1st Child - Cyrus Jerome Curtis, 1852-1922
Cyrus married Annie Christine Johnson, and their children were:

Rene Cyrus Curtis (1890-1956)

Ruben Benjamin Curtis (1892-1955)

Mabel Claire Curtis (1898-1989)

Charlette Etna Curtis (1901-1978)

2nd Child - Friend Charles Curtis, 1853-1921

Friend married Mary Catherine Burrell, and their children were:

Friend William Curtis (1890-1957)

James Conrad Curtis (1891-1891)
Beatrice Curtis (1892-1971)
Madge Armanda Curtis (1894-1971)
Edith Mae Curtis (1896-1896)
Alta Lavantia Curtis (1901-1920)

3rd Child - Sarah Ellenor Curtis, 1856-1933

Sarah married George Robert Reynolds, and their children were:

Leila Belle Reynolds (188701981)

George Benjamin Reynolds (1891-1973)

Card Lee Reynolds (1895-1958)

Villa Philena Reynolds (1897-1989)

Wiley Bradley Reynolds (1898-1953)

4th Child - Oscar Benjamin Curtis, 1858-1921

Oscar married (1st) Julia Amelia Anderson, and their children were:

Oscar Andersen Curtis (1907-?)

Child Curtis (1908-1908)

Jetta Lorraine Curtis (1910-1951)

Oscar married (2nd), Esther Mary Thompson, and their children were:

Munson Clyde Curtis (1884-1949)

Cora Lavantia Curtis (1885-1912)

Minnie Belle Curtis (1887-?)

Benjamin W. Curtis (1888-?)

Mary L. Curtis (dates unknown)

Lyman Card Curtis (1890-1961)

Sherman James Curtis (1892-1970)

Fredrick Dubois Curtis (1894-1972)

Ruth Ester Curtis (189-1896)

5th Child - Cora Belle Curtis, 1861-1932

Cora married Herbert Jonathan Porter on 4 October 1879 in Cedar Sprints, Kent County, Michigan. They had no issue

6th Child - George Leslie Curtis, 1860-1931

I have not found a picture of George Curtis, so I'm using his headstone picture instead. George married Emily Faith Ash, and their children were:

George Cleveland Curtis (1894-1955)

Leslie Leo Curtis (1886-1949)

Harvey Benjamin Curtis (1888-1956)

Sophia Curtis (1890-1890)

Cora Emily Curtis (1898-1901)

7th Child - William Rushmer Curtis, 1866-1938 (my great-grandfather)

William married Ella May Canfield, and they had 12 children:

Rushmer Guy Curtis (1890-1977)

Lovantia Curtis (1892-1977)

Grace Adaline Curtis (1893-1947)

Florence Albertha Curtis (1895-1973)

Floyd Augustus Curtis (1897-1899)

Luella Curtis (1899-1965)

Delbert Canfield Curtis (1901-1968)

Ada Curtis (1902-1993) my grandmother

Reed Josiah Curtis (1904-1987)

Etta May Curtis (1906-1998)

Ina Curtis (1907-1999)

Orpha Curtis (1910-1965)

8th Child - John J. Curtis

John was born 22 June 1868 in Tallmadege, Ottawa, Michigan. He died 6 January 1873 in Lamont, Ottawa, Michigan. He was buried in the Maplewood Cemetery located in Lamont, Ottawa, Michigan, but a headstone does not exist. 

9th Child - Mary Lavantia Curtis, 1871-1958

Mary married James Conroy Hobbs, and their children were:

Phyllis Lovantia Hobbs (1895-1980)

Iris Ann Hobbs (1896-1952)

Ilah Rose Hobbs (1897-1959)

Horace James Hobbs (1898-1899)

Noble Curtis Hobbs (1901-1924)

10th Child - DeWilton Emory Curtis, 1873-1952

I do not have a picture of DeWilton, so I have used a headstone photo for night now. His living descendants do not have a photograph of DeWilton either. He was an accomplished musician, which gives hope to finding a photograph of him in a newspaper or some other publication. DeWilton married Audeca Etta Brower, and their children were:

Grace Curtis (1902-1960)

Loretta Curtis (dates unknown)