Edward Nathan Currier

Brief Life History of Edward Nathan

When Edward Nathan Currier was born on 4 July 1858, in Perry, Wyoming, New York, United States, his father, Nathan Porter Currier, was 39 and his mother, Frances A. Cook, was 33. He married Margaret Canavan on 28 April 1882, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Perry, Perry, Wyoming, New York, United States in 1860 and Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 June 1902, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Nathan Currier
1858–1902
Margaret Canavan
1858–1906
Marriage: 28 April 1882
William Edward Currier
1883–
Arthur Beverley Currier
1887–1902
Harold Thomas Currier
1889–1939
Caryl Nathan Currier
1892–1936
Francis Porter Currier
1895–1939

Sources (27)

  • Edward W Currier, "United States, Census, 1900"
  • Edward N. Currien, "Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940"
  • Edward Nathan Currier, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1860 · Perry Monument on Public Square

The Perry Monument was erected at the center of Public Square to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry. It was Ohio's first monumental sculpture. It has since been moved to Fort Huntington Park.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a person who dressed leather after it was tanned, from Middle English curr(e)iour (Old French conreeur ‘currier’).

Americanized form of French Caillé (see Caille 3) and Carrière (see Carriere ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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He married Margaret C. Canavan on April 25, 1882, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Edward was killed when a train struck his carriage in Cleveland, Ohio. He was survived by his wife and five sons, Willli …

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