Aurelia Peckham Jackman

Brief Life History of Aurelia Peckham

When Aurelia Peckham Jackman was born on 20 September 1820, in Alexander, Genesee, New York, United States, her father, Levi Jackman, was 23 and her mother, Angeline Myers, was 31. She married Moses Curtis on 30 May 1839, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salem, Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 30 August 1883, in Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Eden Cemetery, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Curtis
1816–1907
Aurelia Peckham Jackman
1820–1883
Marriage: 30 May 1839
Moses Monroe Curtis
1840–1929
Angeline Curtis
1842–1848
Francis Argyle Curtis
1846–1876
Eveline Madora Curtis
1850–1900
Delia Elizabeth Curtis
1853–1907
Levi Nahum Curtis
1855–1903
Mary Melvina Kempton Curtis
1857–1876

Sources (56)

  • Orilla Curtis in household of Moses Curtis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Auretia Jackman, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for the servant of someone who bore the personal name Jack , from Jack + man.

English (of Norman origin): from Old French Jaquemin and Jacquemon, pet forms of Jacqueme, a Picard form of James (from Latin Jacomus). Jacqueme is also found as a female name. The surname was probably also spelled Jakeman and Jakemon.

Americanized form of French Jacquème (see James ).

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

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Aurelia Jackman Curtis, History

AURELIA PECKHAM JACKMAN CURTIS Aurelia Jackman was born on Sept. 20, 1820 in Alexander, New York to Levi Jackman and Angeline Myers Jackman. The Jackman family moved to Portage, Ohio in 1830. In the w …

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