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International Family Group Sheet for the Benjamin CURRAN Family


Husband: Benjamin CURRAN
Birthdate: 1808
Birthplace: Ireland
Death date: prior to 1856
Place of death: Canada
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Marriage date: 21 August 1827
Marriage place: St. Paul d'Abbotsford Anglican Church, Granby, Quebec, Canada

Wife: Sarah KENNISON
Birthdate: 3 April 1812
Birthplace: Covey Hill, Quebec, Canada
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Place of death: Iowa
Father: Jacob Kenison
Mother: Mary Berry

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James Curran
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 October 1827
Birthplace: Canada
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Child No. 2: Mary Adams Curran
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 July 1831
Birthplace: Canada
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Child No. 3: John Wesley Curran
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6 February 1833
Birthplace: Stuckley Twp., Quebec, Canada
Death date: 17 January 1925
Place of death: Clayton, Clayton County, Iowa
Marriage date: 16 November 1861
Marriage place: Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin
Spouse's name: Dorcas McCollum

Child No. 4: Elizabeth Curran
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 May 1835
Birthplace: Canada
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Child No. 5: Jacob Curran
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Birthdate: 10 September 1837
Birthplace: New York
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Place of death: Washington D.C.
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Child No. 6: Barnabus Curran
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12 August 1839
Birthplace: Canada
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Child No. 7: Sarah Ann Curran
Sex: F
Birthdate: 15 October 1841
Birthplace: Bellmont, Franklin County, New York
Death date: 11 August 1923
Place of death: Des Moines, Polk County,Iowa
Marriage date: 1. 23 August 1856; 2. 1906
Marriage place: 1. Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin; 2. Iowa
Spouse's name: 1. James Abijah Mansfield; 2. William McCreary

Child No. 8: Charlotte Curran
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 February 1844
Birthplace: New York
Death date: 23 June 1913
Place of death: Rowan, Wright County, Iowa
Marriage date: 16 November 1861
Marriage place: Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin
Spouse's name: Christopher Isreal McCollum

Child No. 9: Josiah Enock Curran
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 July 1848
Birthplace: Franklin County, New York
Death date: 10 February 1914
Place of death: Thayer, Oregon County, Missouri
Marriage date: 27 June 1868
Marriage place: Green Mountain, Marshall County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Elvah Mary Loveland

Child No. 10: Marie Curran
Sex: F
Birthdate: September 1849
Birthplace: Canada
Death date: March 1855
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Child No. 11: Margaret Curran
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1851
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Child No. 12: Joseph Curran
Sex: M
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Documentation:
* Information comes from 19th century Châteauguay valley Protestant Church registers Southwestern Québec: Huntingdon county and the seigniories of Beauharnois & Châteauguay (baptisms of 7 of the children);
* Copies of vital records and census records including the 1842 census for Hinchinbrooke Canada which shows Benjamin Curran as a schoolmaster who had been in Quebec, Canada for 16 years.
* Other information comes from Cheryl Curran Armstrong.
* Also have newspaper obits and articles for Sarah Ann Curran Mansfield and some of her children.

Notes:
* Joseph is probably one of the earlier children. We do not have a birth date, place or any other information on him.
 

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