When Paul Witter Curtis was born on 3 July 1897, in United States, his father, John Alasco Curtis, was 27 and his mother, Emma Eberetta Ellis, was 30. He died on 10 August 1899, in Donakonda, Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh, India, at the age of 2.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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