William CURTIS William CURTIS Jane CURTIS Mary CURTIS Thomas (William) CURTIS Sarah Clara CURTIS Alice CURTIS Rosetta CURTIS Florence CURTIS Arthur CURTIS Ethel Alice CURTIS Timothy CURTIS Harry Charles CURTIS James CURTIS Frederick Timothy CURTIS Harold CURTIS Joan Louise CURTIS Living Person (Private Record) Living Person (Private Record) Living Person (Private Record) Rose Eleanor WEIGHT Catherine CURTIS Walther CURTIS George CURTIS Alfred Ernest CURTIS Jane KILEY Mini tree diagram
Jim & Sid Curtis on river at Fleet Hampshire

Jim & Sid Curtis on river at Fleet Hampshire

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Sydney CURTIS

3rd Jun 19031,2,3 - 23rd Jul 2003

Life History

3rd Jun 1903

Born in Hoxton, Middlesex.1,2,3

22nd Aug 1903

Baptised in Shoreditch St Anne, Hackney, England.1

22nd Aug 1903

Resident in Shoreditch, Hackney, England.1

2nd Apr 1911

Occupation School in Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom.3

2nd Apr 1911

Recorded in census in Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom (99 Wilmer Gardens, Kingsland Road, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom).3

2nd Apr 1911

Resident in Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom (99 Wilmer Gardens, Kingsland Road, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom).3

from 1926 to 1940

Co-resident in Dagenham Family homes, England (121 Hunters Square, Dagenham Essex, England, United Kingdom).6

approx Dates from Jeanne 18-4-2003
Joan & Ethel Vaughan advise that before Hunters Hall Square SId I Rose lived in Rowlands Road just off of Wood Lane

14th Aug 1926

St John the Baptist parish Church,

All their wedding presents were stolen from the basement whilst they were at the wedding ceremony.

14th Aug 1926

Married Rose Eleanor WEIGHT in Hoxton, London, England.2,7

All their wedding presents were stolen from the basement whilst they were at the wedding ceremony.
Residence was Rowlands Road off Wood Lane (Grafton Ward) Dagenham
before moving to
121 Hunters Square Dagenham {Alibon Ward}  (1926-1939) Confirmed on Electoral register 1936-1939
before moving to
73 Arnold Road, Dagenham in 1940 (Goresbrook Ward) Not @ this address 1938/39
before moving to
Chichester House, Sir Francis Way, Brentwood in March 1996.

Sidney continued to live in Chiichester House until his Stroke on 25-Dec-2002 after which he lived at Howard Court Care Home, Howard Court Road, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex until his death on 23-July-2003.

14th Aug 1926

Occupation Packing Case Maker in Hoxton, London. England.2

14th Aug 1926

Resident in Hoxton, London. England (14 Cavendish Square,).2

25th Nov 1926

Birth of daughter Joan Louise CURTIS in Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom.5,4

27th Nov 1926

Death of daughter Joan Louise CURTIS in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom..4,6

30th Nov 1926

Occupation Packing Case Maker in 14 Cavendish Street, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom..5,4

30th Nov 1926

Resident in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom. (14 Cavendish Street, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom.).4,5

between 1936 and 1962

Occupation Worked at Briggs Motor Bodies Dagenham & Ford fitting wooden floors &  dashboards to cars & trucks from about 1936 for 26+ Years. Had a broken Service record due to working at Sterling's during the War.

29th Sep 1939

Occupation Packing Case Maker Heavy Worker

29th Sep 1939

Recorded in census in Dagenham, Essex, England, United Kingdom (121 Hunters Square,)

29th Sep 1939

Resident in Dagenham, Essex, England (121 Hunters Square,)

from 1940 to 1997

Co-resident in 73 Arnold Road, Dagenham, Essex, England (73 Arnold Road Dagenham Essex England).6

20th Nov 1951

Resident in Dagenham, Essex, England, United Kingdom (73 Arnold Road,)

after 1962

Occupation After Retirement he did some gardening for Martin Peters the England 1966 Footballer, as Martins Wife & her parents lived near to Sid & Rose in Comyns Road Dagenham and her parents were friends of Rose & Sid.

between 1962 and 1975

Occupation Chemist's Assistant and Drugs courier (by Bus he didn't drive)

8th Jun 1968

Retired in Ford Motor Company Ltd.6,6

Started at Briggs Motor Bodies sometime around 1940.
Daughter Jeanne remembers him working there all the time they had lived at Arnold Road Dagenham
Started at Briggs Motor Bodies sometime around 1940.
Duaghter Jeanne remembers him working there all the time they had lived at Arnold Road Dagenham

between 1999 and 15th Jan 2003

Resident in 23 Chichester House, Sir Francis Way, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4TD, England

6th Oct 1999

Death of Rose Eleanor WEIGHT in Brentwood, Essex, England.6

between 15th Jan 2003 and 23rd Jul 2003

Resident in Howard Lodge Care Home, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex

23rd Jul 2003

Died in Howard Lodge Care Home, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex

Died peacefully at approx 5am due to a Pulmonary Embolism from leg into Lung.
Sidney had a stroke on 25th Dec 2002 and was admitted to Oldchurch Hospital from his home in Brentwood.
Source Daughter Jeanne.
Died peacefully at approx 5am due to a Pulmonary Embolism from leg into Lung

6th Aug 2003

Cremated in East Chapel (11:45am), Corbets Tey, Upminster, Essex

Other facts

 

Occupation Carpenter by Trade

 

Number of children 4

 

Co-resident in Wenlock Street (Wenlock Street, Hoxton?)

 

Co-resident in Cavendish Street, Hoxton, London (Cavendish Street, Hoxton, London).6

Did they live with Sids parents?

 

Birth of child Living Person (Private Record)

 

Birth of child Living Person (Private Record)

 

Birth of child Living Person (Private Record)

Notes

  • Sidney Curtis (dobb 1903) celebrated his Centenary in the same month as the Ford Motor Company Worldwide Centenary.
    Sidney had his photograph taken at the Ford Aveley Photographic Studio along with his Great-Grandson Stuart Bridge and Stuarts father David who at the time was working at the Warley Office  (David was Married to Sid's grand-daughter Sheree).

    David knew & dealt with a number of the Ford people in the Public Affairs department and the Ford News office and it was through conversations about the Family History work he was undertaking (which this is part of) that the significance of Sidney's Birthday became apparent.
    David happened to mention in conversation to some of these people and other friends in the Human Resources dept about the coincidence of Sidney and Ford celebrating their Centenaries and that Sidney had been retired from Ford longer than David had worked for them (30 years at the time of the Sid/Ford centenary).

    Given the Ford connection's of Sidney Senior, his son Sidney Curtis and Grandson-in-law David Bridge who still worked for Ford at the time of Ford's Worldwide Centenary (June 2003) Public Affairs asked if Sidney would like to have his photograph taken, this was then used as one of the Public Image's in Britain for Ford's Centenary for National Press release's within the United Kingdom.
    Sidney agreed to pose for the photographs and he had a wonderful day out.
    The images were used in a variety of media from National Papers & Magazines (Auto Express) to regional papers (incl Tewkesbury Glocs where an old work friend of Sidney Jnr saw the article cut it out and sent it to Sid & Rita).
    Many of these press cutngs have been collated for this family history story.

    Another coincidence to the Centenary theme was that Sidney Senior had 27 years service; Sidney Junior had 43 years service and David Bridge, at the time, had 30 years service, which also equates to 100 years of Ford Service in the Centenary year.
    There was approx 270 years (now in excess of 300 years) of Ford service via David's extended family including Centenary Sid & his son Sidney and Davids own side of the tree which is captured in an article in the June 2003 issue of the Internal Ford UK Magazine.
  • Sidney Curtis (dob 1903) Residences in Dagenham were Rowlands Road off Wood Lane (Grafton Ward) Dagenham
    before moving to
    121 Hunters Square Dagenham {Alibon Ward}  (1926-1939) Confirmed on Electoral register 1936-1939
    before moving to
    73 Arnold Road, Dagenham in 1940 (Goresbrook Ward) Not @@ this address 1938/39
    before moving to
    Chichester House, Sir Francis Way, Brentwood in March 1996.
    Sidney continued to live in Chiichester House until his Stroke on 25-Dec-2002 after which he lived at Howard Court Care Home, Howard Court Road, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex until his death on 23-July-2003.
  • Sidney Curtis (born 1903) is 1 of 13, Joan & Ethel Vaughan are Cousins to Sidney and have the Curtis Family Bible from which much of the Curtis line within this Genealogy has been taken from initially.
    This bible came to them via Aunt Sarah who passed it to Aunt Ethel who is Joan & Ethel's mum.

    74 Cambridge Road, Seven Kings was where the two aunts (Sadie & Ethel) lived.
    Xmas meals were had there, children on one table men on another, and whilst the women ate the men washed up.
    Xmas 1946 Sid & Rose walked with Jeanne, Sidney & Linda in a pram to Seven Kings in the snow as there was no bus service, approx 4 miles and 1h 20m in good weather.
    Linda had a raving earache and her bonnet had stuck to her ear.

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