Dear all Two of my great-great-grandfather's brothers emigrated from Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England to PA in the late 1870s. Hippisley CURTIS b1853 lived in Scranton and Charles CURTIS b1861 lived in Carbondale. I believe Hippisley married but I don't know the identify of his wife; Charles married Kate c1886 and had ten children, only six of which I know about - Charles, Philip, Ethel, Niles, Omer and Pearl. I don't know when either Hippisley or Charles died, or Charles's wife Kate or their children, though Kate is shown as a widow in 1910. I have found Hippisley in the 1910 census, Charles in the 1900 census and the widowed Kate in the 1910 census, but have not found them in any other censuses. There is an Ipsley Curtis shown in Luzerne, PA born England 1857 in the 1900 census but I can't access this record. I'd like to find out who Hippisley married and also a marriage record for Charles and Kate. I'd like to find birth records for Charles and Kate's children, including the ones I know nothing about, and also death records for Hippisley, Charles and Kate. Of course it would be brilliant to find living descendants of Charles and Kate, but I realise that's a trifle optimistic! I live in the UK so accessing US records is difficult, though I'd be happy to pay for a researcher to do some work on my behalf. Any help/advice/info would be much appreciated. best wishes Mike Matthews Bristol, UK
in the 1900 census the Ispley Curtis is a boarder at 132? (hard to read house #) W. Ridge Street in the Naticoke Borough of Luzerne. Date of birth looks like Jan. 1857. Widowed. Day Laborer. 1881 immigration year. Born in England. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Matthews<mailto:mike@boddyparts.co.uk> To: PALACKAW@rootsweb.com<mailto:PALACKAW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:58 AM Subject: [PALACKAW] CURTIS family in Carbondale and Scranton Dear all Two of my great-great-grandfather's brothers emigrated from Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England to PA in the late 1870s. Hippisley CURTIS b1853 lived in Scranton and Charles CURTIS b1861 lived in Carbondale. I believe Hippisley married but I don't know the identify of his wife; Charles married Kate c1886 and had ten children, only six of which I know about - Charles, Philip, Ethel, Niles, Omer and Pearl. I don't know when either Hippisley or Charles died, or Charles's wife Kate or their children, though Kate is shown as a widow in 1910. I have found Hippisley in the 1910 census, Charles in the 1900 census and the widowed Kate in the 1910 census, but have not found them in any other censuses. There is an Ipsley Curtis shown in Luzerne, PA born England 1857 in the 1900 census but I can't access this record. I'd like to find out who Hippisley married and also a marriage record for Charles and Kate. I'd like to find birth records for Charles and Kate's children, including the ones I know nothing about, and also death records for Hippisley, Charles and Kate. Of course it would be brilliant to find living descendants of Charles and Kate, but I realise that's a trifle optimistic! I live in the UK so accessing US records is difficult, though I'd be happy to pay for a researcher to do some work on my behalf. Any help/advice/info would be much appreciated. best wishes Mike Matthews Bristol, UK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message