Mary J Curtis

Mary Jane Curtis

(11 October 1840 - May 1867)

Mary Jane Bland, nee Curtis
Unknown photographer and date, but c1867.
(Photo courtesy of S Houston.)

Curtis Ancestry
The earliest Curtis ancestor presently known, was John Curtis (1733 - 19 February 1766) who was born in Ugley, Essex, England. He married Elizabeth Stubbings (1728 - 4 September 1788) also of Ugley, on 11 August 1751. It appears that John and Elizabeth lived in Ugley all their lives and raised their family there. One of their children was a son also named John Curtis, born 15 Mary 1752.

John Curtis (15 May 1752 - 21 February 1830) married Jane Boyton (25 December 1752 - 27 May 1798) who was born in Wicken Bonhunt, Essex. John and Jane married in Essex on 12 April 1773. John and Jane's son, Richard Curtis was born on 26 November 1784.

Richard Curtis (26 November 1784 - 11 September 1831) was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. Richard married Frances (Fanny) Judd (2 April 1782 - 22 September 1849) at the St Michael's Anglican Church, Bishops Stortford on 10 August 1809. Frances was from Birchanger, Essex. The children of Richard and Frances were:

• William Curtis (26 January 1812 - March 1887)
• Charles Curtis (12 February 1814 - 21 December 1867) 
• Eliza Curtis (christened 17 March 1816)
• Hannah Curtis (11 October 1818 - 27 March 1819)
• Dinah Curtis (28 May 1820 - March 1858)
• Died in London
• Sarah Curtis (23 December 1821 - 25 September 1823)
• Richard Curtis (Unsure of dates, either christened 29 August 1824 or born 11 June 1824)
• George Curtis (Unsure of dates, either christened 17 December 1826 or born 21 March 1826)

Charles Curtis (12 February 1814 - 21 December 1867) was also born in Bishop's Stortford, just like his mother. He married Esther Gillett (25 July 1819 - January 1869) who was born in Little Hadham Hertfordshire. They married on 26 January 1839 at the St Michaels Anglican Church, the same church that Charles' parent's married in. Charlies worked as a brewers labourer. Their eldest daughter was Mary Jane Curtis, later Bland.


Gillett Ancestry
Esther Gillett was the daughter of Edmund Gillett (31 October 1789 - 18 February 1849) and his wife Susan Francis (1798 - March 1876) who lived in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire. Edmund and Susan married on 28 May 1814 in Little Hadham. They had 11 children, all born in Little Hadham:

• William Gillett (1816 - 1875)
• Married Elizabeth in 1837.
• Esther Gillett (later Curtis) (25 July 1819 - January 1869)
• Eliza Gillett (11 November 1821 - October 1905)
• Doesn't appear to have married. She died in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.
• Joshua Gillett (6 June 1824 - 16 November 1888)
• died in Hoxton, London
• Louisa Gillett (28 September 1826 - 1829)
• Macey Gillett (7 June 1829 - April 1886)
• Died in Halifax, Yorkshire
• David Gillett (1 December 1831 - ?)
• Ann Gillett (1835 - June 1910)
• Died in London
• George Gillett (10 July 1836 - ?)
• Edmund Gillett (26 December 1838 - March 1841)
• Henry Gillett (15 February 1841 - March 1921)
• Died in Ware, Hertfordshire.

Mary's early years
Mary Jane Curtis was born on 11 October 1840 at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England and it appears that she was baptised the same day at St Michael's Church. Her parents were Charles Curtis (12 February 1814 - 21 December 1867), a labourer, and Esther (also known as Ester or Hester) Gillett (25 July 1819 - January 1869).

Mary was the eldest of six children:

• Mary Jane Bland (11 October 1840 - 2nd quarter 1867)
• Emily Weinman (2 April 1843 - ?) 
• Stephen Charles Curtis (5 October 1845 - 22 February 1936) 
• James Frederick Curtis (19 January 1848 - 31 August 1929) 
• Jane Curtis (29 December 1850 - ?) 
• William Curtis (14 March 1857 - 1917) 

The 1841 England Census records Mary (10 months) living at Apton Field, Bishop's Stortford, with her parents, Charles (25, an agricultural labourer) and Ester (20), and one of Ester's relatives, Eliza Gillett (20).

1849 would have been a sombre year for Mary. In February 1849, when Mary was eight years old, her maternal grandfather, Edmund Gillett, passed away. In September the same year, her paternal grandmother, Frances Curtis nee Judd, died in Bishop's Stortford.

Mary is not listed with her family in the 1851 England Census. She would have been 10 years of age. It unclear where she was at the time. It is possible she was staying with relatives, or had moved away to work.

Mary's parents and siblings moved down to London in the mid to late 1850s. Her youngest brother, William, was born in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, on 14 March 1857. The 1861 England Census shows that the Curtis family were living at 3 Morgan Street.

Mary married John Richard Bland (19 December 1836 - 31 March 1918), a printer, at the St Philip's Church, Stepney, Mile End, Old Town, London, on 28 August 1858. Prior to her marriage, it appears that Mary worked as a maid. The occupation of Mary's father, Charles Curtis is recorded on the marriage register as 'engineer,' and John's father, Robert Bland, was recorded as 'broker'.

The record of the marriage of John and Mary 1858.

The marriage certificate was signed by John and Mary in 1858.

John and Mary had four sons. Frederick and Stephen were born in St George's in the East, Stepney, London, while Alfred (known as Alf) and Charles (known as Charlie) were both born nearby, in Bethnal Green. The children of John and Mary were:

• Frederick (Fred) William Bland (4th quarter 1860? - 1st quarter 1872)
• Alfred (Alf) Bland (June 1863 - 1956) 
• Charles (Charlie) Robert Bland (17 August 1864 - 13 February 1931)
• Stephen (Steve) Bland (June 1866 - 21 April 1890) 

This photo, once owned by Sylvia Anderson (Mary's grand-daughter),
was labelled as 'Grandma Bland' so is likely to be Mary Jane Bland
with her firstborn son. 
Date unknown, but around 1862.
(Photo courtesy of K J Bland)

Mary Jane Bland nee Curtis,
with her four sons, Frederick (seated at the back),
Alfred (seated at the front), Charles (standing),
and baby Stephen c1867.
Photographer unknown.
(Photo courtesy of S Houston)

Mary, it appears, was illiterate. When she went to register Charlie's birth, she signed his birth entry record with a simple cross. 

Copy of the entry of birth for Charles Robert Bland
(Courtesy of K J Bland)

Family records state that Steve was crippled after being accidentally dropped by a nurse when he was a baby. He suffered hip damage, but learned how to get around using crutches.

Family records suggest that Mary suffered a heart attack in May 1867, while attending a wedding. She was taken to St Olave Guys Hospital, Southwark, London where she died. No burial details are known at present. Mary's death left poor John to care for Fred (about 6), Alf (about 4), Charlie (3) and Steve (about 1). At the time of Mary's death, the Bland family were living on Morgan Street, Mile End, East London.

Mary's father, Charles Curtis, died on 21 December 1867 and her mother, Esther, died in 1869.

In 1869 John remarried a woman named Emma Jones (c1846 - c1871). Unfortunately, the marriage didn't last as she died around 1871. John's third wife was Anne (known as Annie) Maria Horne (c17 Apr 1852 - 25 Dec 1958). John and Anne married in 1873.

In January 1874, Mary's brother Stephen Charles Curtis** (5 October 1845 - 22 February 1936), married Sarah Rebecca Horne (1852 - 1885) who was Annie's sister. The two families immigrated to New Zealand on the ship Rooparell in 1974 as assisted immigrants. John's family settled in Auckland and Stephen's family settled in Wellington. Another brother, James Frederick Curtis, also immigrated to New Zealand at a later date.

The children of Charles & Esther Curtis 

Emily Weinman 

(2 April 1843 - ?) 

Emily was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire in 1843 and it appears she was christened the same day at St Michael's Church. 

Emily married Henry Weinman (1832 - ?). 

Henry and Emily are recorded on the 1871 UK Census as living in East London, with three sons. Also living there, was Emily's younger brother, James (23), a boilermaker.

Nothing further is known about Emily's life.

Stephen Charles Curtis 

(5 October 1845 - 22 February 1936)

Stephen was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire on 5 October 1845 and it appears that he was christened the same day at St Michael's Church. 

Stephen's family moved down to London in the mid to late 1850s. His youngest brother, William, was born in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, on 14 March 1857. The 1861 England Census shows that the Curtis family were living at 3 Morgan Street. As a 15 year old, Stephen was working as a labourer and younger brother, James (13) was an errand boy.

Stephen married Sarah Rebecca (or Rebekah) Horne (?1854 - 18 November 1885). [Family members believe that Sarah and Annie Horne were sisters.] Stephen was the younger brother of John Richard Bland's first wife, the late Mary Jane Bland nee Curtis.

Stephen and Sarah immigrated to New Zealand in February 1874 one month after their marriage. John and Annie Bland immigrated with them, with John's three sons. Both families arrived in Auckland on 30 May 1874. Sarah was pregnant with her first child when they arrived in New Zealand. Stephen and Sarah lived in Auckland for about one year where their daughter Esther was born. Shortly after her birth they moved south and settled in Wellington. Stephen was a pioneer settler in the Petone area, helping to start the railway workshops, and the first church and school in the area.

Stephen and Sarah Curtis' children are:

• Esther Susannah Liverton (12 December 1874 - 16 August 1935)
• Born in Auckland.
• She was named Esther after grandmother Curtis, and Susannah after her maternal grandmother Horne. 
• Married English-born William Alfred Liverton (c1840 - 1931) in Wellington, on 19 February 1901 when she was 26 years old and he was 61. Esther was William's third wife. William and Esther had three sons and a daughter:
• William Stephen Liverton (1901 - 1901)
• George Rewanui Liverton (1904 - 1987)
• Eric Liverton (1912 - 1954 or 1994) 
• Mavis (Mae) Cecelia Bennett (1914 - 1994 or 97).
• Charles Edward Curtis (20 May 1877 - c12 February 1878)
• He was born in Wellington.
• He was named Charles after his grandfather Curtis, and Edward after his grandfather Horne.
• Charles died aged 8 months.
• George Curtis (1878 - 21 January 1886)
• Died aged 8, shortly after the death of his mother, and was buried at the St James Anglican Cemetery, Lower Hutt, MAIN-2-K-0076. The circumstances surrounding George's death are unknown at present.
• Sarah Rebecca Liverton (8 July 1879 - 14 April 1972)
• Sarah was born in Petone in 1879. The 1905/06 Wairarapa Electoral Roll lists her as being a spinster, and living in Rewanui.
• She married Charles Liverton (4 February 1878 - 17 February 1932) in 1907. They had three sons and a daughter:
• Esther Jean Liverton (17 December 1907 - ?)
• John Liverton (4 October 1910 - 23 June 1953)
• Charles Liverton (1914 - ?)
• Robert Liverton (6 January 1919 -6 April 1920)
• Maud Marion (or Miriam) Curtis (June 1881 - 27 May 1882)
• Maud died aged 11 months and was buried at the St James Anglican Cemetery, Lower Hutt., UNK-A-U-1157.
• Mary Jane Mudgway (8 April 1883 - 12 May 1956)
• Mary was likely named after her aunt, Mary Jane Bland nee Curtis, who passed away in 1867.
• 18 year old Mary married Robert Albert Mudgway (1877-1918) at the St Augustine's Anglican Church, Petone, Wellington, on 29 January 1902. It appears that Robert and Mary had no children.
• Mary is bured at Foxton Cemetery, Roman Catholic section, block 4, plot 79.
• Susannah Curtis (1885 - 7 March 1886)
• Susanna died aged 1 year. She was buried next to her mother at the St James Anglican Cemetery, Lower Hutt, MAIN-4-B-0016.

Electoral Rolls for 1880/81, and 1890 state that Stephen was living in Petone and was employed as a patternmaker.

Stephen suffered one tragedy after another in later 1885 and early 1886. Firstly, his wife Sarah died on 18 November 1885 (She is buried at the St James Anglican Cemetery MAIN-4-B-0015.). Two months later, their eight year old son George also passed away. Then two months after he died, baby Susannah also died. Nothing is known about the cause of their deaths at present. They were all buried at the St James Anglican Cemetery.

Stephen remarried. His second wife was English-born Mary (or Marion?) Isabel Stevens (known as Isabel). They married at the St James Church, Lower Hutt on 7 November 1888. [Note: Isabel's father, James, and his wife, brought their ten children to New Zealand in 1874 from Cornwall, England.]

Stephen and Isabel had five children:

• George (also known as Geoffrey) Middleton Curtis (23 July 1889 - ?)
• The 1911 Electoral Roll gives George's address as 52 Victoria Street, Petone (his father's address). He was working as a shepherd at the time.
• When George was drafted for service in World War I (Military number 10/2912), he was a government railways worker living at Ohakune, and was single. George served at home for 222 days before he was declared medically unfit due to appendicitus and pleurisy. After recouperating from an appendicectomy, George, now 28 years old, attempted to return to the army in July 1917. At the time he was married to Ella Dorothy Danrus (sp?), had one child, and was working as a farmer in Waterfalls, Eketahuna, employed by L Houlbrooke. His application was rejected due to haemoptysis and his cronic cough. 
• Leo Stephen Curtis (23 July 1889 - 4 or 5 June 1933)
• The 1911 and 1914 Electoral Rolls give Leo's address as 52 Victorial Street, Petone (his father's address). He worked as a clerk.
• Two weeks after war broke out, Leo (25) enlisted for war service (Military number 11/619). At the time, he was single, and working as the Town Clerk for the Ohakune Borough Council. Leo embarked with the Wellington Rifles with the Main Body but was summoned back to New Zealand in May 1915 to face six charges of theft. Details of his trial can be found here. Leo was given two years probation and was permitted to rejoin the Forces in Egypt. Altogether Leo served for 2 years and 214 days. He gained the rank or corporal before being discharged from service on 25 June 1918, due to sickness. 
• Following the war, Leo married (wife's name unknown at present), and gained a job at the Petone relief depot.
• Leo died in Petone, aged 44 after falling down a staircase while drunk. The story of his death is recorded here and the outcome of the inquest into his death can be found here. He is buried at the Taita Cemetery, Old Section. The plot location is BLK A PRES (triangle) Plot 58. The new cemetery location is PRESBLKA-63-Q-0019.
• Vera Isabel Curtis (1891 - 1962)
• Vera was apparently, known as Gypsy. She played a bit of tennis while a school-girl. 
• Vera attended Technical College, winning the advanced Arithmetic prize in 1914. In 1916, she was one of only 13 individuals in New Zealand to pass the short-hand typists exam.
• She was a bridesmaid for her sister Nancy's wedding in 1924. It appears that Vera never married.
• It appears that Vera became a school teacher. In 1927, Vera went to Canada and spent 10 months under a teacher exchange programme called the "league of empire." When she returned to New Zealand, she lived in Masterton. She later became the head mistress of the Mangorei School in New Plymouth. Vera lived at 16 Vivian Street, New Plymouth for around 20 years.
• Vere Ambrose Curtis (1891 - 1971)
• Vere worked as a fitter and lived at 4 Tennyson Street, Petone for most of his life. 
• He married Mary (maiden name unknown at present).
• Vere and his wife, Mary, lost a baby in in 1932.
• Nancy Ella (or Ella Nancy) Sturman (1894 - at least 1957)
• Nancy worked as a government employed clerk.
• Nancy was a gifted tennis player, described in the local papers as, "one of the most brilliant tennis players ever produced in New Zealand." In the early 1920s she twice won the New Zealand women's singles championship and the equivalent Australian championship. 
• Nancy married English-born Walter F Sturman on 16 April 1924. He became Town Clerk of Petone, and later, Invercargill.

By 1890 Stephen had a freehold house and land.

Stephen initially worked as a pattern-maker in 1878-79, and was living in Mulgrave Street, Wellington. Between 1880-1890, he worked as a carriage builder in Petone. Following that, Stephen bought a property at Woodville where he lived from 1892-93. He then returned to Petone around 1895 where he settled at 52 Victoria Street Petone.

Stephen and Isabel celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in 1913. The following announcement was placed in the local paper in acknowledgement:

Stephen died on 22 February 1936, aged 90. A comprehensive obituary about his long life was published in the Evening Post following his death:

Stephen was buried at the St James Anglican Cemetery, Lower Hutt, UNK-A-U-1157 in the same grave as his infant daughter, Maud, who died in 1882.

Isabel died on 28 July 1942, aged 82.

James Frederick Curtis 

(19 Jan- 31 Aug 1929) 

James Frederick Curtis was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire on 19 January 1848 and was christened at St Michael's Church on 4 March 1848.

In 1851, James' family lived on Hadham Road, London.

James' family moved down to London in the mid to late 1850s. His youngest brother, William, was born in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, on 14 March 1857. The 1861 England Census shows that the Curtis family were living at 3 Morgan Street. As a 13 year old, James was working as an errand boy while his brother Stephen (15) was a labourer.

The 1871 UK Census shows that James (23) was living with his older sister Emily (30) and her husband Henry Weinman (39), and their three young sons, in the parish of St Stephen, Poplar, London. James was working as a boilermaker.

James (28) was nominated by his brother Stephen, to come to New Zealand as a government assisted migrant. He arrived in New Zealand on the sailing ship Warwick, which sailed from London on 30 November 1878. The ship reached New Zealand on 26 February 1879. Also on board the ship was James' future wife, 26 year old English-born housemaid, Ellen Alice Neal (July 1852 - May 1891), from Leicestershire. Family records state that Ellen was originally destined for Dunedin, but it appears that she changed her plans and ended up marrying James in Wellington on 13 March 1880. James is listed on the 1880/81 and 1890 Electoral Rolls as living in Petone and working as a boilermaker.

James and Ellen had ten children:

• Rose Beatrice Ramsey (20 September 1880 - 7 March 1911) 
• Rose was born in Wellington. She married three times. The first husband being William Brunton Nicoll, the second is unknown, and the third, Walter Mansfield Ramsey. Rose had seven children. She died aged 30, in Whangarei.
• Charles Frederick Curtis (1 October 1881 - 14 September 1960) 
• Born Wanganui. Married Alice Georgina Webb in 1903. They had two children. Charle and Alice lost their rented Kelburnie home in a house fire in January 1911. 
• Charles died in Hastings aged 78.
• Southerly James Curtis (14 June 1883 - 30 April 1951) 
• Born in Wellington. The 1911 Electoral Roll gives Southerly's address as 37 Fitzherbert Street. He was working as a driver. 
• Southerly married Emily Alice Kruger and together they had one daughter born in Wellington in 1907. Southerly and Emily's attempt to adopt a child turned nasty in 1908 when they were taken to court for holding a child in their care without proper authorisation. The couple were fined. 
• Southerly went to London where he married Frances Smith in 1915. He died in Sydney, NSW, Australia aged 67.
• Ethel Elizabeth (or Elizabeth Ethel) Pickett (20 December 1884 - 19 November 1964) 
• Elizabeth was born in Wellington. The 1911 Electoral Roll gives her address as 20 Hector Street, Petone. She married Norman McLeod, and with him, had one daughter. Elizabeth later married Ernest James Pickett, and together, they had two children. She died in Hawkes Bay, aged 79.
• Bertram Lancelot Curtis (1884 - ?)
• Harold Sidney Curtis (19 May 1886 - 8 March 1965) 
• Harold was born in Petone. He married Esther Knopp (1886 - 14 September 1844) in Palmerston North, during July 1905 when they were both 19 years old. Esther was pregnant with their child at the time. A little over 18 months before they were married, Esther (17) had been, according to the papers, "committed to trial on a charge of concealing the birth of her illigitimate child." Further details of the inquiry into the death can be found here and here. Due to a lack of evidence, a 'no bill' was returned in Esther's case. 
• Harold and Esther had two daughters:
• Leah Ellen Curtis (25 September 1905 - c1956)
• Vera Lewis (1907 - 1956)
• Harold and Esther had a rough relationship, and separated so Esther put the girls into homes. Interestingly, in 1908, Esther sued her father-in-law, James, for not supporting his grand-daughters. Harold and Esther were divorced in May 1919. Esther married John McKenzie Beattie in 1919.
• He later married Charlotte Alvina Hardy (1892 - 1952) on 5 April 1920 in Palmerston North. They had five children. 
• Harold died aged 78, in Dannevirke.
• Mabel Annie Curtis (3 October 1885 - 24 January 1915) 
• Born in Petone. Married Arthur Alexander Lines in Wellington in 1910. They had one child. Mabel died aged 26.
• Laura May Curtis (1888 - ?)
• Christopher Stanley Curtis, later Slater (13 October 1890 - 27 July 1964) 
• Stanley was born in Featherston. Sadly, seven months after Stanley's birth, his mother died. He was adopted by Jospeh and Amelia Slater, from Wellington. Stanley married Ellen Nellie Adamson in Auckland in 1913. They had four children. Christopher died aged 73. 

James bought and sold properties to make a living. He also advertised himself as an 'Artesian well sinker' and there are several reports in the papers of him doing this on various properties. In February 1890, James sought a patent for what the papers described as "an automatic releasing of any weights for the purpose of driving piles, stampers etc."

Ellen died in Petone, on 25 May 1891, aged 38. Her death notice appeared in the paper as follows:

It appears that James may have hired a young English-born domestic servant named Frances Scott (1873 - 23 Aug 1920) to help him with his household. They became romantically involved and had a son together in 1901. The 1905/06 Electoral Roll shows that Frances was living at James' Fitzerherbert Street home. In 1908 she gave birth to her second son. James and Frances were married in 1908. Their third child followed. The three children of James and Frances are:

• Leopold Arthur Curtis (5 October 1901 - 23 May 1965) 
• Leopold was born in Wellington in 1901. He married Dorothy Agnes Wainwright. They had one daughter together. He later married Emma Evelyne Roundtree in 1944 in Masterton. Leopold died in New Plymouth aged 63.
• Ernest Alfred Leopold Curtis (1908 - ?) 
• Ernest was born in Wellington in 1908. 
• Francis Curtis (dates unknown)

An unusual accident occurred in May 1908 when James was accidentally shot. The story was reported in the New Zealand Herald:

Frances died on 23 August 1920 aged 48, and was buried in Petone at the Old Taita Cemetery, Old Section, two days later. The present plot location is BLK VII. St James, Plot 102. The new cemetery plot location is OTC-SJ7-58-L-0015.

James died on 31 August 1929, aged 81. He was buried next to Frances at the Old Taita Cemetery, Old Section, on 2 September 1929. His grave location is BLK Vll ST.JAMES Plot 101. The new cemetery plot location is recorded as OTC-STJ7-58-L-0016.

Jane Curtis 

(29 December 1850 - ?)

Jane was born in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire on 29 December 1850 and it appears she was christened the same day at St Michael's Bishops Stortford, Hertford, England.

Jane lived to at least 1861 when she was recorded on the UK census as being a scholar in East London.

William Curtis 

(14 March 1857 - December 1917) 

William was born in St George in the East, London. Both parents died by the time he was 11 years old.
By 14 years of age, he was working as a servant in London.

Married Ellen Newton (1858 - ?) on 25 December 1976 aged 19.
William died in St George, Hanover Square, London, aged 60.

Sources

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• Ancestry.com - Alan Isaac family tree
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