The Arthur D. Curtiss Family

Moves To California (1920 - 2008)

In the 1920's, the Arthur D. Curtiss family moved from Omaha, Nebraska to Los Angeles, California. Arthur's name appears in the 1924 Los Angeles Voter Registration as a Florist living at 1117 Idaho Avenue.

Here they are at the Del Mar shores.

Clockwise Top - Arthur D., Ethelyne Nadine (14), Ruby Lucille (13), Helen Francis (8), Vesta L. Curtiss.

The Death of Arthur D. Curtiss

On July 21, 1924 a son was born to Arthur and LaVesta named Edward Harry Curtiss. He never knew his father because 3 months earlier Arthur became seriously ill and entered the Veterens Hospital in Sawtelle, a military hospital in West Los Angeles. He was transfered to the Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino, California where he died on June 27, 1925. His family didn't know he was gone for weeks as the Military was hush about his condition, treatment and demise. They were eventually informed he had died and was burried in San Bernardino, 60 miles from their home in West Los Angeles.