Outback Graves Markers

James CURTIS

Burial Location:Kookynie  (details...)
Occupation: Miner
Place of Death: Kookynie
Date of Death: 03 September 1910
Date of Burial:04 September 1910
Age:73 years
Cause of Death:Senility, Chronic Bronchitis, Mitral Disease
OGM Ref#: 1968
Headstone:None
This is a photograph of plaque number 1968 for JAMES CURTIS at KOOKYNIE

REF 1968 JAMES CURTIS KOOKYNIE

Biography

The deceased had lived in South Australia for 30 years before moving to Western Australia. He left an estate valued at £130 to his daughter, Caroline Cogan (nee Curtis).

The deceased's mother, Caroline Hambley, was born in 1807 in Plympton, Devon, England. She married James Curtis on 4 April, 1836 at Stoke Damerel, Devon, England. He was born in 1809 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England. James was the eldest of their four known children. The others were: Caroline born 1838; Blanch born January 1840; William John Henry born 1846. Their father died in October 1885 and their mother the following year.

Parents:Caroline (nee HAMBLY) and James CURTIS (Miner)
Spouse:Margaret BARRY
Marriage Details:14 May 1866, Kadina, South Australia; Marriage Registration 68/42, Adelaide
Children:Caroline Mary born 5 July 1867; James William Secombe born 24 January 1870; Twins John and Thomas Henry born 22 November 1873 (died aged 5 days); Richard Joseph born 30 August 1875; Thomas Henry born 11 January 1878; 1 female deceased
Birth Details:Circa 1837, Plympton, Devonshire, England
Death Certificate:24/1910, North Coolgardie
State Records Office: James Curtis AU WA S34 cons3403 1911/167 Item - Part of FILES - PROBATE