Gibbs Family Tree
Walter Hilton Curran
1885 - 1931 (46 years)
Generation: 1
1. Walter Hilton Curran was born on 25 May 1885 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada (son of John Jones Curran and Jane or Jenny Miller); died on 14 Jul 1931 in Marylebone, London; was buried in Jul 1931 in Kirdford, Chichester, West Sussex. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1901, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Youngest son of John Curran of Irillia, Ontario by Jennie, daughter of Miller of Crossgar, Ireland.
His family was an offshoot from a Protestant branch of the Irish family to which the Right Hon. John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) K.C., the patriot, belonged. In the Great War he was on the personal staff of the Canadian Overseas War Minister and at one time acting Aide-de-Campe to General Sir Samuel Steele; serious illness prevented his taking up an appointment to Headquarter Staff of Gen. Sir Arthur Currie (Commander of the Canadian Army Corps); he was in the 2nd attack of the Canadian Army at Paschendael.Walter married Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs on 4 Apr 1918 in All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, London. Beatrice (daughter of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton) was born on 11 Jul 1870 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Aug 1945 in Guildford, Surrey; was buried in Aug 1945 in Notgrove, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Grania Bryde Curran was born on 13 Mar 1920 in Westminster, London; died in Jan 2004 in Wokingham, Berkshire.
2. John Jones Curran was born in 1844 in County Antrim, Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Immigration: 1875
- Residence: 1891, Orillia, Simcoe East, Ontario, Canada
John married Jane or Jenny Miller. Jane was born in 1846 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Jane or Jenny Miller was born in 1846 in Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Immigration: 1875
Children:
- 1. Walter Hilton Curran was born on 25 May 1885 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jul 1931 in Marylebone, London; was buried in Jul 1931 in Kirdford, Chichester, West Sussex.