A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Amy Louisa Rowell
In Benjamin Marion Curtis's obituary and in the marriage record with John Curtis, her first name is given as as Louisa. In the 1850 census, she is listed as Ama L. Curtis. In the 1860 census, she is listed as Ann Curtis. In the 1875 Kansas census, it looks like Amma Curtis. In the 1880 census, she is Amy Day. Diane Branam listed her as Amma Powell, but updated to Louisa "Amma" Rowell. The Jerry and Trudy Curtis family tree site lists her as Anna Louise Rowell. Ancestry.com (Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002) has an image for the marriage record between her and John Curtis. It lists her as Miss Louisa _______; it's hard to read the last name on that record. I had thought it was probably Powell, but I got a copy of the death certificate for Benjamin Marion Curtis, and it shows his mother's name as Louisa Rowel. So I guess now I will take her last name as Rowell.
Gaylord Herald, 10 Sep 1891, p. 8 (obtained from Newspapers.com via mariacarriere on Ancestry.com):
Died, at her home near Gaylord, Kansas, Wednesday night at 11 o'clock, Sept. 9, 1891, after a long and tedious illness, Mrs. Amy L. Day, wife of Sam'l Day, aged 62 years.
Mrs. Day had been a resident of this place for many years previous to her death, and was highly esteemed for her Christian character and kindly nature. She was the wife of Mr. Day by a second marriage, and was the mother by her first marriage of B. M. Curtis, Mrs. L. C. Jenkinson and Sherman Curtis, of this place, and George and William Curtis, now living in Missouri. Her death is deeply mourned by her children and a large circle of friends and relatives here and elsewhere. The funeral occurs to-day at 4 o'clock p. m., at the residence ; interment in the Gaylord cemetery.
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