Francis Gardner Curtis
253 Marlborough was not listed in the 1903 and 1904 Blue Books, but by 1905 it once again was the home of Helen Curtis and her unmarried children, Francis Gardner Curtis and Mary Curtis. Francis Gardner Curtis was assistant curator in Chinese and Japanese art for the Museum of Fine Arts.
Francis Gardner Curtis married in April of 1913 to Mary Winchester Barnard, and they moved to 27 Brimmer for the 1913-1914 winter season and then to 143 Beacon.
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Francis Gardner Curtis
Birthdate: March 9, 1868 (47)
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: circa November 29, 1915 (43-51)
Immediate Family:
Son of James Freeman Curtis and Helen Read Curtis
Husband of Mary Winchester Curtis
Brother of Laura Greenough Curtis; Alfred Curtis and Mary Curtis
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