Julia Adeline Wilde

Brief Life History of Julia Adeline

When Julia Adeline Wilde was born on 2 September 1833, in Boonville, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Horace Wild, was 38 and her mother, Sally Ingersol Colburn, was 28. She married Levi Curtis in 1857, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 28 February 1871, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Levi Curtis
1835–1916
Julia Adeline Wilde
1833–1871
Marriage: 1857
Levi Horace Curtis
1854–1927
William Henry Curtis
1858–1930
Charles Edward Curtis
1861–1936
Alpheus Gardner Curtis
1863–1949
George Wallace Curtis
1865–1935
Julia Adeline Curtis
1868–1945
James Curtis
1871–1871

Sources (25)

  • Julia A Curtis in household of Levi Curtis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Julia Adeline Wyld Curtis, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Adeline Wild in entry for Levi Curtis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (7)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

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

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

Irish, English, and German: variant of Wild . This is the usual form of the surname in Ireland.

Dutch: variant of De Wilde .

History: The writer Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was born in Dublin, Ireland, descended from Ralph Wilde, a builder from Walsingham near Durham, England, who had moved to Ireland in the 17th century. Richard Henry Wilde (1789–1847), born in Dublin, emigrated to Baltimore, MD, in 1797 and was raised in GA, where he became a congressman (1815–17, 1827–35). He moved to New Orleans, LA, in 1843 and was a professor at the University of LA (now Tulane).

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

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Levi Curtis...A Colorful Personality

I heard lots of stories about Levi Curtis from my grandmother, Belle Thomas. According to her, he was one of the more colorful personalities in Springville . He drank whiskey and smoked cigarettes whi …

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