When Nancy Louisa Curtis was born on 1 March 1837, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States, her father, Benjamin Gardner Curtis, was 34 and her mother, Maria Dunn, was 28. She married Stephen Goodrich Thornton on 1 July 1856, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 6 September 1915, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesName: CURTIS, Nancy Louisa Date born: 1 May 1837 Place born: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Ind …
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