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    Elizabeth Koblin[1, 2, 3]

    Female 1812 - 1885  (72 years)


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    • Name Elizabeth Koblin 
      Born 15 Jun 1812 
      Gender Female 
      Died 29 May 1885  Branch County, Michigan U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Mrs. Heltzel is the daughter of B.H. and Elizabeth (Koblin) Curtis, natives of Canada, and was born May 12, 1853, in Canada. Her father lives in Reed City, Mich. Her mother died in June 1886.
      • CURTIS - On the 29th of May, in Branch county, Mich., of dropsy, Elizabeth Curtis, aged 72 years, 11 months and 14 days. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill by Preacher Hill, Harvey Friesner, and J.S. Coffman. Sister Curtis was called to pass through some of the sorest trials in life that God permits to come to his children; but through them all He kept her faithful. She lived an exemplary life, and continued to manifest an abiding trust in Him to the last moments of her life.

        Herald of Truth - Volume XXII, Number 12 - June 15, 1885, Page 191; http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/1885/jun1885.html.
      • Surname Variations: koplin, koplan, kupland, coplan.
      • http://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca
      • ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Dan Walker and Fawne Stratford-Devai, (NorSim Research and Publishing 1997).
        Marriages By Rev'd F. W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Protestant Church
        Burton Curtis, Potter, Of Waterloo, To Elisabeth Koplin, Of Woolwich. Wit. Samuel Eby, Yeom Of Woolwich, And Samuel Burkholder, Mason, Of Waterloo
      Person ID I6000  Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree
      Last Modified 25 Sep 2013 

      Father William Koplin 
      Mother Eva B. Strome,   b. 01 May 1786, East Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1843, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
      Family ID F2466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Burton H. Curtis,   b. 20 May 1815, West Bloomfield, New York U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1888, Reed City, Michigan U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7
      Married Abt 1835  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Mr. Heltzel continued with his parents until his marriage with Miss Julia Curtis, which took place at the home of the bride in Noble Township, Oct. 24, 1871. Mrs. Heltzel is the daughter of B.H. and Elizabeth (Koblin) Curtis, natives of Canada, and was born May 12, 1853, in Canada. Her father lives in Reed City, Mich. Her mother died in June 1886. Their five children are all living. [page 369, "1888 Portrait & Biographical Album of Branch County"]
      • October 1871: the family lived in Noble Township, Branch County, Michigan.
      • May 1853: the family lived in Canada.
      • Seven known children.
      • News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Der Morgenstern (1839-1841), extracted by Patricia J. Kauk, (Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener Ontario, Canada), 929.371344 Der., 5 Aug 1841.
        Jully 29, 1841 Burton Curtis of Berlin & Elisabeth Koplin of Woolwich, were married by Rev. Bindemann.

        http://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca/getperson.php?personID=I73877&tree=generations
      Children 
      +1. Elizabeth Curtis,   b. 15 Mar 1848, Waterloo County, Canada West Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Nov 1924, Lee, Allegan, Michigan U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
       2. Julia Curtis,   b. 12 May 1853, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1930, Bronson, Branch, Michigan U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
       3. Leah Curtis,   b. 21 May 1844, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1900, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
       4. Claudius K. Curtis,   b. 26 Jul 1850, Waterloo Township, Western Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1943, Foraker, Elkhart, Indiana U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
      Last Modified 25 Sep 2013 
      Family ID F2022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67424] "Adam B. Heltzel," Branch County MI USGenWeb, Fuller, Burt, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mibranch/default.htm., /1888/HeltzelA.htm, 10.Jan.2007.

      2. [S04253] Holdeman Descendants Vol. I, Weaver, Edwin L., (E. V. Publishing House; Indiana; 1937), page 241.

      3. [S67775] U.S. Census 1880: Michigan-BranchCounty-Noble, page 20.

      4. [S67499] World Connect Project: Kohler Klan and Kissin Kin, Kohler, Ray , (Rootsweb (Online: MyFamily.com, Inc.)), ., individual page for Burton Curtis.
        DOM & POM

      5. [S67823] Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952, GS Film number: 001973165., image number: 02533.

      6. [S67824] Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,, Page 368, accessed 25 Sep 2013.
        FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VW56-DVL)

      7. [S67823] Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952, GS Film number: 001973165., image number 01804.
        FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFH9-RW4 : accessed 25 Sep 2013)