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Curry, William R.

Male 1885 - 1938  (52 years)


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  • Name Curry, William R. 
    Born 30 Nov 1885  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 May 1938  Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I6378  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 14 May 2016 

    Father Curry, Thomas,   b. 27 Oct 1856, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1925, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Fiegenbaum, Christina Wilhelmina,   b. 30 Aug 1859, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1929, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1885  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    • It appears that "Fr. Fiegenbaum" officiated at the marriage. This is probably Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmina's uncle and a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Welty, Ethel E.,   b. 12 Feb 1881, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1959, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Y  [16, 17, 18, 19] 
    • Details of the marriage are not known at this time. The memorial for Ethel E. (Welty) Curry at Find A Grave reports that she was also married to Charles Geiger.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.
           "On February 18, 1885, Mr. Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage, and they have become the parents of two children: Will R. and Anna Helen, the latter now the wife of Johnson J. Rayhill of Milo, Missouri."

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Besides the widow, he is survived by one son, Will R. Curry of the Indianapolis, Indiana Star; and Mrs. J. J. Rayhill of Stanberry, Missouri; four grandchildren...."

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Mr. Curry married Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum at St. Joseph 18 February 1885. Two children were born to them, Anna, now Mrs. J. J. Rayhill and Will R. now employed on the Indianapolis, Indiana Star."

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Two children were born to [Tom Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum], Anna, now Mrs. J. J. Rayhill and Will R. now employed on the Indianapolis, Indiana Star. These two, with the bereaved wife, survive him."

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 55.
      William R. Curry, child of Tom Curry and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Fiegenbaum, was born on 30 November 1885 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.

    6. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). William R Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1367). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           William R. Curry, son of Tom Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum, was born on 30 November 1885 at Oregon City [sic], Holt County, Missouri (citing: Eileen Derr, Gone Home: Directory of the Deceased and Items of History of Holt County, Missouri 1837-1981 (Marysville, MO: Holt County Missouri Historical Society, 1981), page 92; and Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, Cemetery Records of Holt County, Missouri Volume I: Maple Grove -- Oregon, Mo. (Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, unknown publish date), page 8.). He was born in 1886 (citing: Rev J. A. and Milford E. Barnes Barnes, History of John Barns and his descendants (n.p.: n.pub., 1927), page 76.).

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 55.
      William R. Curry died on 4 May 1938 at Kansas City, Missouri.

    8. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). William R Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1367). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           William R. Curry died on 4 May 1938 at OregonKansas [sic] City, Missouri, at age 52 (citing: Eileen Derr, Gone Home: Directory of the Deceased and Items of History of Holt County, Missouri 1837-1981 (Marysville, MO: Holt County Missouri Historical Society, 1981), page 92; and Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, Cemetery Records of Holt County, Missouri Volume I: Maple Grove -- Oregon, Mo. (Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, unknown publish date), page 8.).

    9. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36990. For Wilhemina Curry. Born 30 August 1859 in Galena, Illinois. She was widowed at the time of death; her husband had been Tom Curry.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    10. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.
           "On February 18, 1885, Mr. Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage, and they have become the parents of two children: Will R. and Anna Helen, the latter now the wife of Johnson J. Rayhill of Milo, Missouri. Mrs. Curry is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph, Missouri, her father having been a pioneer minister of the German M. E. Church."

    11. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Holt County marriage license; [17?] February 1885. Accessed July 2008.
      Bound copy of license; page 288. License for "Tom Curry," of Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21, and "Mina Fiegenbaum," of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18. Recorded on [17?] February 1885 at Oregon [Holt County, Missouri].
           Certification that the undersigned "Fr. Fiegenbaum" did unite in marriage the above named persons at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri on 18 February 1885. Signed by "Fr. Fiegenbaum." Filed with the county recorder on 26 February 188[6?].

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 53.
      Thomas Curry and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Fiegenbaum were married 18 February 1885 at St.Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "On 18 February 1885, Mr. Curry and Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage...."

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Mr. Curry married Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum at St. Joseph 18 February 1885."

    15. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). Tom Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1361). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           Tom Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were on 18 February 1885 at St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri (citing: Walter William, ed., A History of Northwest Missouri, Vol. 2, page 1288; "Register of Marriages: Book 1, page 166.").

    16. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 55.
      William R. Curry and Ethel Welty were married. No date or place of marriage given.

    17. [S113] Web site, Philbrick, Marcia. Our Family: Heartland Genealogy. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). Updated on 30 December 2005.
      William R. Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1367). Accessed 18 December 2009.
           William R. Curry and Ethel Welty were married (citing: Eileen Derr, Gone Home: Directory of the Deceased and Items of History of Holt County, Missouri 1837-1981 (Marysville, MO: Holt County Missouri Historical Society, 1981), page 92.).

    18. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Ethel Welty Curry; Buchanan County; 1959; Standard Certificate of Death #59-016788.
      Accessed in August 2012.
           Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #59-016788. For Ethel Welty Curry. A white, female born on 12 February 1881 at New Philadelphia, Ohio. She was widowed at the time of death; she had been married to "William R. Curry." Her usual occupation was housewife. Personal information was provided by Mrs. G. L. Zwick, of St. Joseph, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    19. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Ethel E. (Welty) Curry. Memorial #29378678.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29378678 ). Accessed in May 2016. Record created by "Cemetery Sexton" of Maple Grove Cemetery on 28 August 2008. No digital image of grave marker available.
           Ethel E. (Welty) Curry was born in 1881 at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA and died in 1959 at Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. Burial was in the Welty Mausoleum in Maple Grove Cemetery at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA. The memorial identified Ethel as "Wife of Chas. Geiger & William Curry Daughter of Edwin & Bessie Welty."


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