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Frank Maynard Constable Curtis       1888-1969
Frank was born on 28 November 1888, the son of Frank John Constable Curtis and Louisa Mildred Smith-Dorrien, at Ross, Herefordshire. He served in the Royal Navy, and achieved the rank of Captain. He married Nora Thompson in 1932. Frank died on 15 September 1969.
Nora Thompson                                    1896-1974
Nora was born on 4 April 1896, the daughter of Joseph Lowes Thompson and Mary Ann Dickinson. She died on 3 February 1974.
I have found the following children:
Ann Constable Born abt 1937   Newcastle upon Tyne Married John McBain
Birth of Parents
Frank Maynard Constable Curtis b: 28 Nov 1888           Ross, Herefordshire         1888 4Q Ross 6a 443
son of Frank John Constable Curtis and Louisa Mildred Smith-Dorrien, Merrivale House

Nora Thompson B>b: 4 Apr 1896 c: 11 Jan 1883  Christ Church, County Durham    1896 2Q Sunderland 10a 642
daughter of Joseph Lowes and Mary Ann Thompson

Marriage
abt 1932
Frank Maynard Constable Curtis
Nora Thompson
Father: Frank John Constable Curtis
Father: Joseph Lowes Thompson, Shipbuilder    1932 3Q Teesdale 10a 563

Children
Ann Constable Curtis b: abt 1937         1937 1Q Newcastle Tyne 10b 133
daughter of Frank Maynard Constable Curtis and Nora Thompson

Death
Frank Maynard Constable Curtis Died 15 Sep 1969, Age 80,       1969 3Q Durham SW 1a 1313
Residence: Westholme, Winston, Darlington, County Durham

Summary of the Will
of Mr. Frank Maynard Constable Curtis
of Westholme, Winston, in the County of Durham,
Captain R. N. (Retired)		 1888 - 1969       Dated 10 June 1959
(His estate totaled £ 13,551 0s 0d)
Trustees and Executors:  my wife, Nora Curtis,
my nephew, Lieut. Col. John David Lumsden Boyle M.B.E. M.C.,
and John Iliff, of 51 John Street, Solicitor, Sunderland
Wife Nora Curtis All my personal chattels,
All income from my Trust Fund, for life.
Daughter Ann Constable Curtis upon death of wife, my residuary estate.
Servants Mrs. Lena Harris
Albert Hunt		 Five pounds for each year of service.
CODICIL TO WILL, DATED 11 November 1959
Wife Nora Curtis Legacy of Five thousand pounds.
Nephew John David Lumsden Boyle Twenty Five pounds.




Death
Nora (Thompson) Curtis Died 3 Feb 1974, Age 77,       1974 1Q Durham SW 1a 1640
Residence: Westholme, Winston, Darlington, County Durham

Summary of the Will
of Nora Curtis of Westholme, Winston, in the County of Durham,
wife of Frank Maynard Constable Curtis		 1896 - 1974       Dated 17 April 1968
(Her estate totaled £ 12,541.62)
Trustees and Executors:  my husband, Frank Maynard Constable Curtis,
James Stanley Dickinson,and
John Norris
Husband Frank Maynard Constable Curtis All my personal chattels,
All income from my Residuary Estate, for life
All income from my "Marriage Settlement Fund", for life
Daughter Ann Constable Curtis all my jewelry and other articles of personal use and ornament,
and My "J. L. Thompson Trust Estate" Fund, and
upon death of husband, my residuary estate, and
upon death of husband, my "Marriage Settlement Fund"
Pecuniary Legacies Godchild David Hoare
Goddaughter Henrietta Davis
Goddaughter Rosalind H. Hills
James Stanley Dickinson
John Norris
The Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association
The R. S. P. C. A.		 Fifty pounds
Fifty pounds
Fifty pounds
Fifty pounds
Fifty pounds
One Hundred pounds
One Hundred pounds
CODICIL TO WILL, DATED 24 April 1973
Legacies R. S. P. C. A.
Mr. A. S. Hunt		 Change amount to only Fifty pounds.
of The Lodge, Westholme, the sum of Two hundred pounds