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CURRIE
Abraham "Abram" Whitaker Currie
BIRTH 18 MAR 1838 • Meridian, Madison, MS USA
DEATH 27 SEP 1889 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil
He was the son of William Cromartie Currie and Adelina Whitaker
Helen Paulina Damm
BIRTH 01 AUG 1859 • Anderson, Grimes, Texas, USA
DEATH 7 AUGUST 1940 • Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Married: 12 Dec 1878 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Currie Family History
Curries of Mississippi and Louisiana
Alexander CURRIE and Catherine/Loruhamah CROMARTIE, of Warren
County, Mississippi, were the parents of William Cromartie Currie. We
don't have documentation yet but the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints lists this information in its online database.
William had a sister, Loruhamah, who married Thomas Alexander. He also had a sister Jane Currie and possibly another named Elizabeth Currie.
Jane Currie married Henry H. Beard on February 3, 1836, in Warren County. William worked as an overseer for his brother-in-law Henry Beard at "Outpost" plantation on the Mississippi, according to a letter from Annie Eliza Currie to a relative.
Elizabeth Currie married Isham Beard on March 7, 1832, in Warren County. In 1850 he was 39, she was 38. Children listed on 1850 census: Mary, 17; Martha, 15; William H., 12; Louisiana, 10; James, 7; Virginia, 5; Eugenia C., 5; Henry B., 3; and Clarice B., 1; all born in Louisiana.
CURRIE
1 William Cromarty Currie, born. 17 June 1810, married. (1st) Adelina Whitaker on 14 April 1836
Adelina was born 2 November 1818, and died on 28 August 1849 of yellow fever.
Children of William and Adelina:
1 Abram Whitaker Currie, born. 18 March 1838; m. Adelia F. Selser, 5 April 1860; div. 16 February 1871; married Helen Paulina Damm, 12 December 1878; d. 27 September 1889 in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
1 Bruce Domm Currie, b. 17 April 1880, d. 20 January 1937 in Port Arthur, Texas.
Bruce was hit by an automobile after stepping off a city bus. At the time of his death, he worked in the Lithographing Department of Texaco.
2 Albert Whitaker Currie, b. 21 November 1882; m. Lettie Leora Admire, 18 October 1911 in Illinois. Albert died on 15 June 1966.
....................Lettie Currie died in 1948 in Port Arthur.
3 Von Rehder Currie, b. 2 December 1884; d. 1940 near Angleton, Texas.
V.R. (Vic) was retired from the Texaco Personnel department and was a member of several fraternal organizations. He was presumed to have drowned after he went missing while fishing alone on Bastrop Bayou. His boat was found untied and floating in the Bayou and later the same day his body was found.
2 Huldah Amanda Divine Currie, b. 6 June 1848; d. 3 April 1934. Huldah, "Aunt Tee" to her nieces and nephews, never married and had no children. She was by all accounts well educated, sweet, and kind.
There were perhaps three other babies between Abe and Huldah who did not survive.
2nd Marriage
William Cromarty Currie married. (2nd) Hester Ann Selser on 3 September 1850 in Carroll Parish, Louisiana.
Hester ("Nancy") was the widow of George Richards.
William died, 2 October 1876 and is buried in Vicksburg at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Hester Ann "Nancy" Selser was born. 2 February 1820, died 10 June 1909. She is buried next to William.
Children of William and Nancy:
1 Howard Cromarty Currie, born 12 June 1851, married Lucy Jane Lynch, 12 March 1874, died 20 April 1887
1 Willliam Howard Currie, born. 24 April 1875, died 24 April 1875 ...
2 Gardner David Currie, born. 4 June 1876, married Anna C. Brown, 26 April 1915, died 20 December 1941 ...
3 Mary Lynch Currie, born. 16 January 1878, died 1900 ...
4 Loruhamah A. Currie, born 1 September 1880, died 28 September 1890.
5 Helen C. Currie, born. 9 July 1883, died 28 September 1888.
6 William Cromartie Currie, born 3 December 1885, married Sarah Day Gibbens, 27 December 1906, died 3 August 1957.
2 Kate S. Currie, born. 12 March 1853, married James Henry Gilfoil, Sr., 16 July 1872, died. 2 June 1939
1 Margaret Alice Gilfoil, born. 14 May 1874, died 24 February ...? Sister Mary Scholastica, "Sister Scho"
2 William Riley Gilfoil, born 24 August 1875, married Elizabeth Scott, died 6 March 1957. "Brother Will"
3 James Henry Gilfoil, Jr., born. 23 September 1881, married Edna Pilcher, died 6 November 1945. "Jim Henry"
3 Sybelia Antoinette Currie, born. 12 May 1854, married John H. Riley, died 18 December 1877.
....................Sybelia died at age 23 in New Orleans of an "abscess of the liver."
4 Laurahannah Alexander Currie, born. 2 May 1856, died August 1857
5 Leila Ada Currie, born 20 August 1858, married John H. Riley, died. 26 August 1925
....................(After Sybelia Currie Riley died, her widower John married his sister-in-law Leila. Sybelia also had at least two sons who died young.)
1 Leila Ada Riley, married Louis Alvin Deem.
2 Burta Ogden Riley, born 11 September 1881, married T. Everett Pinkston, died 8 January 1968
6 Annie Eliza Currie, born 1 December 1860, died 20 July 1951
Bibliography for study of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry and the Confederados:
Anderson, John Q., ed., Brokenburn: the Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868. Louisiana State University Press,1972. This is not about the Confederados but has many references to the Currie family, who were neighbors of the Stones. Kate Stone was a bright, witty young woman and this is fantastic reading about what life was like for these Southerners from the outbreak of the Civil War through to the bitter end. Highly recommended!
Dawsey, Cyrus B. & James M. Dawsey, ed., The Confederados: Old South Immigrants in Brazil. The University of Alabama Press, 1995.
Harter, Eugene C., The Lost Colony of the Confederacy. University Press of Mississippi, 1985.
Jones, Judith MacKnight, Soldado Descansa! uma epopéia norte americana sob os céus do Brasil, 1967.
Yes, it's in Portuguese; if you're good at Spanish, you can decipher a lot of it. Otherwise use an online or human translator to do the relevant parts. Perhaps someday someone will translate this thorough history of the Confederados into English, as the author hopes. You can order it online when you visit the Confederado website here. This is the website of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp #1653 "Os Confederados" and the Fraternidade Descendência Americana, the organization of descendants of the Confederados. It's in English.
Tunnard, W.H., A Southern Record: The History of the Third Regiment Louisiana Infantry, University of Arkansas Press, 1997.
Abraham (Abe, Abram) Whitaker Currie
Abe was born in Madison County, Mississippi, on March 18, 1838 to William Cromartie Currie and Adeline Whitaker.
In 1847, William Currie bought land in northeast Louisiana, near the Mississippi, and the family moved onto it soon afterward. William and Adeline had two surviving children--Abe, and little Huldah Amanda Divine Currie, born in Louisiana on June 6, 1848.
In 1849, when Abe was 11 and Huldah barely a year old, their mother died. The next year, William Currie married a neighboring widow, Hester Ann "Nancy" Selser Richards. She had three children by her first marriage to George Richards: George S., Sue, and Mary.
Abe's father and new stepmother had more children together: Howard Cromarty, Kate S., Sybelia Antoinette, Leila Ada, and Annie Eliza. The house was full of children, and as in other wealthy plantation families, the Currie children had their own teacher, a Yankee schoolmarm from New Hampshire named Miss Frances Springer.
Abe married Delia Selser on April 5, 1860, and entered the practice of law. Delia was Nancy Currie's younger sister--Abe's step-aunt.
When war broke out, Abram enlisted in the 3rd Louisiana Infantry, Company H. Over the next four years he was promoted to Captain. He was captured on July 4, 1863, at the fall of Vicksburg. Abe could probably see his family's home across the river from Vicksburg's high bluffs and must have been heartbroken to think of what had happened there: his family had fled westward, away from the fighting; the plantation was overgrown and possibly flooded, the house looted and burned.
After the war, we are not yet sure where Abe was during the next few years--probably in Texas. We know that he sailed to Brazil with his aunt Jennie Whitaker, wife of Adeline's brother Orville, in July of 1878. Many thousands of Southerners went to Brazil and other countries after the war to start a new life. (If you don't know about this fascinating part of American history, see the bottom of this page for bibliography.)
Abe and Delia were divorced on February 16, 1871. The papers are in Portuguese.
In December 1878, Abe married his second wife, Helen Paulina Damm, in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Brazil. Helen was the daughter of a very prominent citizen of Santa Barbara, blacksmith John Damm and his wife Augusta Bohne Damm.
John and Augusta were both born in Germany, had settled in Texas, and emigrated to Brazil in 1868.
When they were first married Abe and Helen lived with her parents. Later they got their own home. Abe opened a shop where he sold dry goods, groceries, and iron tools.
Abe and Helen had three sons: Bruce, Bertie, and Von Rehder, born in 1880, 1882, and 1884. Abe died in 1889, at age 51, of "torpidity of the liver" or cardiac arrest, possibly liver and/or heart failure. He is buried at Campo, the Confederate cemetery and meeting ground near Santa Barbara.
Helen and her boys stayed in Brazil until her father John Damm died in 1900; he too is buried at Campo. Helen sold her property in Brazil and returned to Texas via New York. Her mother Augusta Damm, now also a widow, came back to Texas with her. She died in 1906, according to the family Bible, but we have not found her final resting place.
Helen settled in Cleburne, Johnson County. Bertie (who went by Albert) attended Texas A & M and studied mechanical engineering. Eventually, he and Von Rehder both worked for the new Texas Company, which soon became Texaco. Von Rehder worked as secretary to the Vice President, and Albert was a draftsman and began by mapping Indian lands. Von Rehder entered a contest to create a logo for the new company; he designed it and had Bert draw it. Their design, the Texaco Star logo, is recognized around the world.
Neither Bruce nor Von Rehder Currie left any known heirs. Helen Paulina Damm Currie was the only known child of John Damm and Augusta Bohne Damm.
Abraham Whitaker Currie
Helen Pauline and Abram would have three sons:
1 Bruce Domm Currie.
2 Albert Whitaker Currie.
3 Von Rehder Currie
Helen - Brazil Days
1.
Bruce Domm Currie
BIRTH 17 APR 1880 • Santa Barbara, San Paolo, Brazil
DEATH 20 JAN 1937 • Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX USA
He was 21 when he arrived at Ellis Island on May 25, 1901. As an American citizen, he was "discharged on the pier."
Bruce was never married. In January 1937 he was living in Port Arthur, Texas, and had been working at the Texas Can Company for 12 years. On January 15 he got off a streetcar and was hit by an automobile; his skull and right leg were badly broken, and he died on January 20 at St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur. He is buried near his parents in Greenlawn Cemetery, Port Arthur.
2.
Albert Whitaker Currie
BIRTH 21 NOV 1882 • Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, San Paulo, Brazil
DEATH 15 JUN 1966 • Bridge City, Orange, Texas, USA
Married: 18 Oct 1911 • Illinois, USA
Lettie Leora Admire
BIRTH 22 AUG 1882 • Carrollton, Greene, Illinois, USA
DEATH 16 FEB 1948 • Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA
She was the daughter of John Allen Admire and Mary Catherine Buck
Albert was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His Dad died when he was just 5 years old. His father and grandfather had both owned plantations near Vicksburg, which they lost in the Civil War. They decided to relocate to Brazil with many other Southerners due to the carpetbaggers and also the king of Brazil at that time was looking for skilled planters. His dad became an overseer of a plantation near Sao Paulo. Brazil did not support slavery, the labor for the plantations were locals who applied for the jobs available. When Albert was about 18 or 19 years old, his mother brought him to the United States and settled in Texas. Albert went to A&M college and spent 3 years learning mechanical drawing and engineer related courses. When the Texaco Oil Company was formed in the early 1900's, he was offered a job in the engineering department which he accepted. He and his brother Von Rehder, (who also worked for Texaco) entered a contest to design the Texaco Star logo. Their entry won. Albert's wife, Lettie, died just a few weeks before Albert retired and he moved back to Houston, where he had kept a home all the years he worked for Texaco in Port Arthur. When he became about 80 years old, he moved from Houston to my Dad's house in Bridge City, Texas. He passed there when he was 83.
More:
Bertie (later Albert) Whitaker Currie was born in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, in the state of Sao Paolo, Brazil. His parents were Abram Whitaker Currie and Helen Damm, whom both lived in Texas until they emigrated to Brazil.
Bertie's father died in 1889. After his grandfather John Damm died in 1900, Helen sold her property in Brazil and took her boys and her mother-in-law back to Texas via New York.
Helen settled in Cleburne, Johnson County. Bertie (who now went by Albert) attended Texas A & M and studied mechanical engineering for three years; apparently, he did not finish his degree but went to work for the new Texas Company, as did Von Rehder. The company soon became Texaco. Von Rehder worked as secretary to the Vice President; Albert was a draftsman and began his career by mapping Indian lands. Von Rehder entered a contest to create a logo for the new company; he designed it and had Bert draw it. Their design, the Texaco Star with the T in it, is recognized around the world.
In a letter dated March 17, 1962, A.W. wrote: "I hope I made it clear that the 'idea' of the trademark was not mine. -- I said I made the finished drawing for V.R. because he did not have any instruments and was no draftsman."
Albert married Lettie Leora Admire of Carrollton, Illinois, on October 18th, 1911 at Carrollton, Illinois. They settled in Houston, where they welcomed the birth of twin sons, John Admire Currie and Albert Domm Currie, on May 27, 1916. Albert W. worked for Texaco Houston in the Pipeline department. He transferred to Port Arthur in 1927 and worked in the Engineering department until his retirement in1947. Unfortunately, the happy retirement years he had looked forward to were denied him: Lettie died at home on February 16th,1948 of a heart attack.
Albert moved back to Houston, eventually returning to the Golden Triangle to live in Bridge City with their son John and his family.
Albert and Lettie would have two sons:
1.Albert Damm Currie
2.John Admire Currie
1.
Albert Damm Currie
BIRTH 27 MAY 1916 • Houston, Harris,
Texas, USA
DEATH 17 MAY 1984 • Nederland, Jefferson,
Texas, USA
Married: 14 Oct 1950 • Jefferson, Texas, USA
Francis Irene Schell
BIRTH 29 JUL 1923 • Elton, Jefferson Davis
Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH 28 FEB 1997 • Nederland, Jefferson
County, Texas, USA
She was the daughter of Earl Buford Schell
and Thelma mariam Norris
Albert and Frances had one daughter:
1. Leta Eileen Currie
1.
Leta Eileen Currie
BIRTH 20 APR 1956 • Jefferson County, Texas, USA
DEATH 20 FEB 2009 • San Juan, Washington, USA
Married: 12 May 1979 • Orange, Texas, USA
Stewart Dixon Marshall
Leta Currie-Marshall20th April 1956 -
20th February 2009The morning of
20th February was incredibly lovely,
with almost Spring-like weather, and
Leta had gone for a walk in the sun-
shine to a neighbor's house. She had
a cup of tea and a great visit with our
good friend Suzie Teague. She made
it almost home afterward and I found
her lying within twenty feet of our back
door. Her heart had stopped and I did
not see her laying there soon enough
for anything to be done to save her. She
was 52 years old and had lived under
the threat of something like this happening most of her adult life. She had Hodgkin's when she was twelve and almost died from it, but massive radiation treatments saved her and gave her forty more years of life. But with a price. She had serious damage to her heart and lungs, and her chances of living to any great age were not good.
The Island Sounder, Wed Feb 18th, 2009
Leta Eileen Currie Marshall, 52, died Feb. 18 from cardiac arrest while walking back from a friend’s home. A long-time resident of Lopez Island, Marshall is survived by her husband, Stewart Marshall, and daughter Wendy.
Marshall was known for her reporting in the Islands’ Weekly and her beautiful singing voice as a member of Lopez Sound. She was also active in Grace Church and her writers’ group. From 1983 until 2002, Marshall was an assistant and later a full-time writer at the Islands’ Weekly, using typesetting equipment and wax to get the paper out every week, before the days of computer software that could align a paragraph with a couple of keystrokes. For more than 10 years her writing sustained the paper and gave it her particular flavor of dry wit that Lopez Islanders came to love.
Marshall began working for the local Lopez paper, known back then as the Shopper, in 1983. Owned by Steve Hill, the paper was just coming into existence. It had formerly been Island Graphics, a print shop. Hill hired Marshall as a bookkeeper and to perform office administration, and she ran the typesetting machine before Apple computers came out.
“Leta had a real love and knack for the typesetting and paste-up. The final product came out of the machine on paper film back then, and she would cut and paste the artwork physically onto the page,” said Hill.
According to Hill, by 1985 the Weekly had gone county-wide and was competing with other papers, such as the Islands’ Sounder and the San Juan Journal. Marshall began writing for the Weekly in 1997.
“We needed to have intellectual content in the paper. We were moving away from only advertising and pictures. We wanted to focus on the softer side of life, and so Leta interviewed people and brought out why people moved here, and their stories. She was a wonderful person to work with. She made excellent use of her time, as time was a very precious commodity to her. She was very connected to the island through her music and her writing, which got better and better.”
Marshall went freelance after Hill sold the Weekly to Sound Publishing in 2000. The company also owns the Sounder and the Journal. Hill said, “I still worked at the paper from 2000 to 2003, and Leta began doing more and more freelance work and less office and administrative work. She could focus on her interviewing and writing skills more effectively as a freelancer.”
But Leta began singing more, spending more time with her child, and working more for her church. Gradually she cut back on the amount of writing she was doing for the Weekly, but she still contributed semi-regularly. What many people do not know about Marshall was her bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma when she was 12 years old. Marshall was born on April 20, 1956, in Port Arthur, Texas. It was the radiation she received from the early treatments for cancer that damaged her heart. Marshall wrote a huge variety of stories for the paper and she rarely wrote about herself. But this piece she wrote about the M. D. Anderson Clinic carries her flavor and adds insight into her life.
“I was at M. D. Anderson Hospital in 1968 with Hodgkin’s disease when I was 12 years old. How different things were then – how clinical, how isolated! No summer camps, no video games, just a lot of very sick kids fighting for life, and a lot of very scared parents. I underwent radiation and after years of checkups, was declared ‘in remission.’ In my mind, that meant ‘well’! When I look back on myself as that terrified girl, wracked by nausea and enduring endless needles and institutional food, I know what got me through was my mother by my side, giving me the will and the belief to get better, the friends I made and the caring people who surrounded me. Because of that experience, I learned early what’s important, what life and love, courage, and faith are all about, and how to face life head-on, to live joyfully in the present, and the value of a sense of humor.”
2.
John Admire Currie
BIRTH 27 MAY 1916 • Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
DEATH 3 JUN 1977 • Rural Precinct 3, Orange, Texas, USA
Married: 21 Mar 1946 • Jefferson, Texas, USA
Martha Elzina Harvey
BIRTH 17 FEB 1923 • Kinder, Allen, Louisiana, USAs
DEATH 26 MAY 1975
Daughter of Charles Elsworth Harvey DVM and Zella
Mae Bolles
John and Martha would have three sons:
1. Gary "Wayne" Currie
2. Ronald Russell Currie
3. Phillip Dean Currie
1.
Gary "Wayne" Currie
BIRTH 9 APR 1944 • Kinder, Allen Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH 21 AUG 2019 • Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA
Married:
Mariam Ouida Brunston
BIRTH 24 MAR 1948 • Cario, Illinois, USA
DEATH 6 DEC 1976 • Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Wayne Currie, 75, of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 21, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 24, 2019, at Little Cypress Baptist Church. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
Visitation will be held prior to the s
ervice, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and
ending at 12:00 p.m.Born in Kinder,
Louisiana, on April 9, 1944, he was
the son of John Currie and Martha
(Harvey), Currie.
Wayne attended Bridge City High
School and Lamar University. He
worked as an engineer and drafts-
man for Levingston Shipyard for
23 years and later went to work for
Huntsman. Wayne was a faithful
member of Little Cypress Baptist
Church and volunteered with the
stewardship committee. He en-
joyed collecting Texaco items,
watching the Blues Brothers and
old western shows on TV, and read-
ing. Wayne was a master gardener
and also enjoyed birdwatching.
He was a family man and loved to
spend time with his loved ones.
Wayne will be missed by all who
knew and loved him. He was prec-
eded in death by his parents, John
and Martha Currie; his late wife,
Mariam (Ouida) Currie; his grand-
daughter, Abbey Case; and his bro-
ther, Phillip Currie.
He is survived by his loving wife of
42 years, Linda Currie; his children,
Jeff Morris and wife Karen of Orange,
Laura Chapman and husband James
of Orange, Robert Currie and wife Mindy of Orange, Lanette Anderson and husband George of Bridge City, and Stacey Case of Palestine; his grand-children, Heidi Thomas and husband Scott, Tyler Chapman and wife Diana, Chase Chapman and wife Brianna, Sydnie Anderson, Brooke Dixon and husband Todd, Wayne Currie and wife Karen, Peyton McKee, Paige McKee, Caleb Anderson and wife Carly, Cameron Anderson and wife Amelia, Keegan Anderson, Autumn Singelton, Walker Case, Parker Case, Valarie Morris, and Joshua Morris; his siblings, Ronnie Currie and wife Barbara, and Vaughn Currie and wife Debbie; and many great-grandchildren and other loving extended family members. Serving as pallbearers will be his grandsons, Tyler Chapman, Chase Chapman, Caleb Anderson, Cameron Anderson, Keegan Anderson, Josh Morris, Parker Case, Walker Case, Peyton McKee, and Wayne Currie.
2.
Ronald Russell Currie
BIRTH 12 APR 1947 • Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
DEATH Unknown
Married:
Barbara Ann Gamble
BIRTH 3 SEP 1946 • Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA
DEATH Unknown
RONALD RUSSELLCURRIE
I was the 2nd of 4 sons to my Mother, Martha Harvey Currie, and the 1st of 3 sons to my Father, John A. Currie. I was born on April 12th, 1947 in Port Arthur, Texas, in a garage apartment on Thomas Blvd. .
I have had an amazing life. I grew up in Bridge City, Texas at a house on Lake Street, which bordered the marshes and had direct access to Sabine Lake. The Silver Slipper saloon was next door. Summers were spent fishing, swimming, and hunting for Indian artifacts, searching for glass soda bottles to cash in for a few pennies, finding an occasional hub cap, gathering mayhaws, blackberries, and muscadines for canning, and getting that first car, Gramps '52 Olds Rocket 88. Winters were spent hunting & trapping animals for their fur, (I am not so proud of that now). We would find coins and other items in the saloon parking lot on weekends. I married my high school sweetheart, Barbara Gamble Currie. We both lived in Germany after I had joined the Army in 1966. We have traveled to 60+ countries, climbed mountains, hiked the back trails, driven the backroads, visited both poles, swam with the sting-rays, and made friends on all 7 continents. We have been blessed and were able to do everything we ever wanted to do. My wife's remains and mine are scattered in some of our most favorite places. Life is short, celebrate it as much as you can.
BARBARA GAMBLE
Barbara was the second of 8 children born to Exie Obine (Whitworth) Gamble and Lawrence M. Gamble. She was the oldest girl. When she was about 3 years old, she was bitten by a dog and permanently lost vision in her right eye. Her father was a house painter and her mom stayed at home.
As years went by, many more children were born and Barbara became a second mother to the younger ones, helping in their care and upbringing. She was a vociferous reader throughout her life. In high school, she was awarded a nursing scholarship but was unable to take advantage of it due to the limited income of her dad and having no transportation. She married her high school sweetheart, Ronald Currie, on April 3, 1966. Barbara worked in many fields during her life and was successful in each. From sales to manufacturing lighting for emergency vehicles, and later over 20 years in the healthcare industry, to owning her own daycare for children.
She was not afraid of any challenge. She was a stained glass artisan who made many pieces of work that were sought after, crocheted dozens of items for children and families, and a craftsperson who enjoyed making wooden gifts for others. She enjoyed the holiday seasons and would decorate her home lavishly each year for the different holidays. Barbara & her husband traveled extensively all over the world where she loved to interact with children and take their photographs. Her smile would dissolve any barrier with children or adults. She is sorely missed and will never be replaced for the matriarchal role she provided for the rest of the family.
3.
Phillip Dean Currie
BIRTH 23 AUGUST 1956 • Jefferson
County, Texas, USA
DEATH 15 APR 1995 • Beaumont,
Jefferson County, Texas, USA
No further information
I began employment at Livingston Shipyard as a fitters helper, but as the Vietnam war heated up, I found myself serving in Germany in the 4th Armored Division. Upon discharge from the Army, I was employed at Dupont Sabine River Works, working as a quality analyst in the lab for many years. This was not satisfying, and I became self-employed in the construction business, working for many years building homes and other projects in Connecticut. I later went back to a quality lab working for Ausimont and later Solvay. I retired when I was 53, and my wife and I began traveling all over the world for the next 20 years.
I have had an amazing life. I grew up in Bridge City, Texas at a house on Lake Street, which bordered the marshes and had direct access to Sabine Lake. The Silver Slipper saloon was next door. Summers were spent fishing, swimming, and hunting for Indian artifacts, searching for glass soda bottles to cash in for a few pennies, finding an occasional hub cap, gathering mayhaws, blackberries, and mus-cadines for canning, and getting that first
3.
Von Rehder"Vic" Currie
BIRTH 1 DEC 1884 • Santa Barbara, San Paolo, Brazil
DEATH 3 MAY 1940 • Angleton, Brazoria County,
Texas, USA
Married 1st:
Lena Wood Greer
BIRTH 15 JAN 1888 • Corsicana, Navarro, TX USA
DEATH 18 FEB 1956 • Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Married 2nd:
Clara L Brown
BIRTH 14 AUG 1881 • Huntsville, Walker, Texas, USA
DEATH 10 SEP 1960 • Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Vic was born in Brazil and came to the United States with his widowed mother and two brothers in 1901. settling in Texas. He would work got the newly est- Texas Oil Company (Texaco). He would marry twice, the first one ending in divorce. He had no children from either spouse.
Albert and his brother, Von Rehder, both worked for the new Texas Company, which soon became Texaco. Von Rehder worked as secretary to the Vice President, and Albert was a draftsman and began by mapping Indian lands. Von Rehder entered a contest to create a logo for the new company; he designed it and had Bert draw it. Their design, the Texaco Star logo, is recognized around the world.
Von Rehder Currie worked for Texaco in Houston for 35 years. He was a member of Gray Lodge No. 329, A.F. and A.M., Ruthven Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar, and Arabia Temple Shrine.
He had a fishing cabin on Bastrop Bayou near Angleton, Texas.
Corsicana, Texas, 16 Oct 1909