This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curtis, Shackford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TmQ.2ACIB/2114.2 Message Board Post: "A Genealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis Family of Stratford, Connecticut A Supplement to the 1903 edition", by Harlow Dunham Curtis gives this Gram Curtis' date of birth as May 2, 1844 (not Jan 31, 1844) in New York City, but gives no additional information except what you state. Additional information is provided by another reply to your post by Joanne Parkes.