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Maria <I>Van Bergen</I> Curtis

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Maria Van Bergen Curtis

Birth
Catskill, Greene County, New York, USA
Death
7 Dec 1878 (aged 79)
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Maria Van Bergen Curtis was the daughter of William J. (bpt 1778-1820) and Neeltje Van Dyck Van Bergen. She married Newman Curtis on June 9, 1818 in Catskill Landing, NY. They lived in Dalton, MA until 1830, then moved to Shelby Township, NY. They built the Curtis Manor House, south of Millville, which still stands.

In the 1850's, the Curtis family bought land in Bremer County, Iowa, the first recorded land record in the county. After 1856, the family moved to Buchanan County, northwest of Independence, Iowa. One son, Lyman, settled on the Bremer County land. Newman Curtis died from injuries suffered in a fall. Maria Curtis became blind but remained on the family farm until her death.

Newman and Maria had 14 children: Catherine (Nash), Lyman J., Ann E. (Whitney), William V., Harriet V. (Post), Newman, Jr., John L., Martha J. (Carl), Edwin G., Elinor A. (Hart), Lora D., Mary E. (Whaite), Henry C. and Wilbur F.

Source: The Curtis Book by Rozetta and Leo Guess
Maria Van Bergen Curtis was the daughter of William J. (bpt 1778-1820) and Neeltje Van Dyck Van Bergen. She married Newman Curtis on June 9, 1818 in Catskill Landing, NY. They lived in Dalton, MA until 1830, then moved to Shelby Township, NY. They built the Curtis Manor House, south of Millville, which still stands.

In the 1850's, the Curtis family bought land in Bremer County, Iowa, the first recorded land record in the county. After 1856, the family moved to Buchanan County, northwest of Independence, Iowa. One son, Lyman, settled on the Bremer County land. Newman Curtis died from injuries suffered in a fall. Maria Curtis became blind but remained on the family farm until her death.

Newman and Maria had 14 children: Catherine (Nash), Lyman J., Ann E. (Whitney), William V., Harriet V. (Post), Newman, Jr., John L., Martha J. (Carl), Edwin G., Elinor A. (Hart), Lora D., Mary E. (Whaite), Henry C. and Wilbur F.

Source: The Curtis Book by Rozetta and Leo Guess

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