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Personal data Curtis Eugene Armitage 

• He was born on March 13, 1922 in Attica, Seneca Co., OH.
• Resident on December 23, 1948: Columbus Ave. at Perkins, Sandusky, Erie Co., OH.
• He died on December 24, 1948 in just e. of Camp Perry, Erie Twp., Ottawa Co., OH, he was 26 years old.
• He is buried on December 27, 1948 in Attica Cem., Venice Twp., Seneca Co., OH.
• A child of John Elvington Armitage and Alice Corienne Resh
• This information was last updated on September 21, 2011.

Household of Curtis Eugene Armitage

He is married to Lydia Viers.

They got married before 1945 at fortasse, somewhere In OH.

Curtis Armitage oo Lydia Viers

Marriage. source: The following newspaper clipping was sent to me by Shirley Hill of Fruita CO.

Bellevue [OH] Gazette, 27 Dec 1948, pg 1 col 7

'6 Members of Family Are Killed

Six members of a Sandusky family, former residents here were killed in a traffic crash Christmas Eve while enroute to spend the holiday with relatives in Birmingham, Mich., on Route 2, three miles west of Port Clinton.

Dead are Mr and Mrs. Curtis Armitage, Route 1, Sandusky; their two children, Robert, three years and Beverly, six months, and Mrs. Armitage's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Viers, Sr., also of Route 1 Sandusky.

Mr. Armitage, 26, had been an employe of the American Baler Co. here almost since its beginning four years ago. The plant and office were both closed this afternoon to permit employes to attend the funeral services for Mr. and Mrs.Armitage and their two children in Attica. ...' The two families lived together in a home on Columbus Ave., at the corner of Perkins and Columbus Ave. at the city limits of Sandusky. Mr. Armitage, a Navy veteran, commuted to his work here. * * * The two families were enroute to spend the holiday with Mrs. Armitage's brother, Marion Viers, Jr., ...' <>

Child(ren):

1. Robert Armitage  1947-1948
2. Beverly Ann Armitage  1948-1948

Notes about Curtis Eugene Armitage

Curtis Eugene Armitage

Source: The following newspaper clipping was sent to me by Shirley Hill of Fruita CO.

Bellevue [OH] Gazette, 27 Dec 1948, pg 1 col 7

'6 Members of Family Are Killed

Six members of a Sandusky family, former residents here were killed in a traffic crash Christmas Eve while enroute to spend the holiday with relatives in Birmingham, Mich., on Route 2, three miles west of Port Clinton.

Dead are Mr and Mrs. Curtis Armitage, Route 1, Sandusky; their two children, Robert, three years and Beverly, six months, and Mrs. Armitage's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Viers, Sr., also of Route 1 Sandusky.

Mr. Armitage, 26, had been an employe of the American Baler Co. here almost since its beginning four years ago. The pland and office were both closed this afternoon to permit employes to attend the funeral services for Mr. and Mrs.Armitage and their two children in Attica.

Men of the company were pallbearers, and the funeral services were private except for members of the family and the employes of the plant and office.

Mr. and Mrs. Viers were former residents of the city also, having moved to Sandusky about five years ago. The two families lived together in a home on Columbus Ave., at the corner of Perkins and Columbus Ave. at the city limits ofSandusky. Mr. Armitage, a Navy veteran, commuted to his work here. * * * ... Mrs. Armitage, 23, the former Lydia Viers, was graduated from Bellevue High School in 1943 and was employed at the Northern Ohio Telephone Co. before her marriage. ... Services this afternoon for the Armitage family were held in the Weaver Funeral Home, Attica, at 2 p.m. and burial was in Attica Cemetery.

... All of the family were believed instantly killed with the exception of the three-year-old Robert, who died several hours later in Magruder Hospital, the State Patrolman said. ... * * * The accident happened at 8 p.m. just east of Camp Perry.

Ralston Armitage, a brother of the dead man, is also employed at the local plant. Parents of the dead youth are Mr. and Mrs. John Armitage. Two sisters and three brothers survive. ...'

Hanna, Jackie, "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants", (Portage, MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I17787, vi Oct MMX)

"... Curtis Eugene ARMITAGE Sex: M Birth: 13 MAR 1922 in Attica, Seneca Co, Ohio

Census: 1930 John Armitage HH, Venice Twp, Seneca Co, Ohio

Death: 24 DEC 1948 in Erie Twp, Ottawa Co, Ohio

Note: in car accident with wife and inlaws; informant: L Ralston Armitage

Burial: 28 DEC 1948 Attica-Venice Twp Cem, Attica, Seneca Co, Ohio Change Date: 6 OCT 2010

Father: John E. ARMITAGE b: 24 NOV 1891 in Venice Twp, Seneca Co, Ohio Mother: Alice Corienne RESH b: 5 JAN 1895 in Attica, Seneca Co, Ohio

Marriage 1 Lydia VIERS b: 19 NOV 1926 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio Married:

Children

1. Robert ARMITAGE b: 12 APR 1947 in Sandusky, Erie Co, OHio 2. Beverly Ann ARMITAGE b: 24 AUG 1948 in Sandusky, Erie Co, OHio" <>

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