Nancy Louisa Curtis

Brief Life History of Nancy Louisa

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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Family Time Line

Stephen Goodrich Thornton
1834–1918
Nancy Louisa Curtis
1837–1915
Marriage: 1 July 1856
Louisa Nancy Thornton
1857–1937
Sarah Elizabeth Thornton
1858–1902
Stephen Geroy Thornton
1861–1916
Ezra Gardner Thornton
1863–1937
William Uriah Thornton
1865–1953
Horace H Thornton
1868–1871
Serepta Luella Thornton
1871–1958
Nelson Stratton Thornton
1871–1949
Edwin Eli Thornton
1875–1940
George Homer Thornton
1877–1945
Donald Carlos Thornton
1882–1943

Sources (43)

  • Nancy Curtis in household of Gardener Curtis, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy Curtis Thornton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Nancy Curtis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

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

Name Meaning

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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Nancy Louisa Curtis, by Shauna Dalton Hart

Name: CURTIS, Nancy Louisa Date born: 1 May 1837 Place born: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Ind …

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