Person:William Curtis (65)

William Curtis was baptised on 6th October 1818 at Benefield in Northamptonshire, son of Sarah Curtis, formerly Stanion, and her husband Charles Curtis, a labourer. When William was just seven years old his father died. Just under three years later his mother married again, with a John Berridge becoming William's stepfather. William's mother died in 1836, when William was still only 17.

Sadly William appears to have died as a young man when he was only twenty years old, being buried at Benefield on 16th June 1839.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Benefield (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1570-1904. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Benefield in the County of Northampton in the Year 1818
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   79	Oct[obe]r 6th	William Son of	Charles and Sarah	Curtis	Upper Benefield	Labourer	John James, Officiating Minister

2.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. William CURTIS, June Quarter 1839, Oundle Registration District, Volume 15, page 221, aged 20 [1818/19]

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Benefield (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1570-1904. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Benefield in the County of Northampton in the Year 1839
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   235	William Curtis	Upper Benefield	June 16	20	John Miller, Rector