Nellie Etta Currier
 
Father:   Edwin M. Currier
Mother:  Sarah Anna Haines 

Vital Statistics
 
Born:
Died:
April 23, 1876 - Ralston Creek, CO
June 17, 1951 - Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., CO
 
Life Events
Marriage: 
  1. William Alexander Osborn - Dec. 15, 1897, Loveland, Larimer Co., CO (divorced Dec. 1932)
Children:
bulletErwin Leroy Osborn
bulletSarah Willetta Osborn
 
Nellie Etta was the ninth child of her family, born on Ralston Creek which is now a part of Arvada, Colorado.  By 1880, the family had resettled at Big Thompson (present day Loveland), in Larimer County, Colorado. 

Nellie and William married in 1897, and by 1906 had moved into the house Nellie would call home for over 27 years.  (This may in fact be longer, however we do not have access to more recent directories at this time.)  The 1922 Denver City Directory indicates Nellie was a dressmaker - a fact that is repeated for every directory reviewed through 1933 (the most recent reviewed).  Although divorced in 1932, the 1930 census indicates Nellie was then the Head of Household, with daughter Willetta

Nellie is shown in a photograph published in "Over Hill and Vale, History of Larimer County; in the Evening Shadows of Colorado's Longs Peak", by Harold Marion Dunning, Vol II, where she is listed and shown as member of "Special Drill Team and Officers of Pinewood Camp, Loveland Colorado who took part in the Barthel Meeting, in Greeley Colorado in June 1940."

The Loveland Museum has a wonderful picture of Nellie at the wheel of the first car in Loveland.

Nellie was survived by her two children, and is buried near her parents in Lakeside Cemetery, Loveland, Larimer Co., Colorado.

Nellie with grandchildren
Nellie with grandchildren
photo courtesy of Arlene Miller

 
 
Sources
 
"Over Hill and Vale, History of Larimer County; in the Evening Shadows of Colorado's Longs Peak", by Harold Marion Dunning, Vol II
Census:
bullet1880 - Weld County, CO; Dist. 110
bullet1900 - Loveland, Larimer Co., CO; ED 214
bullet1910 - Loveland, Larimer Co., CO; ED 230
bullet1920 - Loveland, Larimer Co., CO; ED 158
bullet1930 - Loveland, Larimer Co., CO; ED 35-14
City Directories:  Loveland, Larimer Co., CO - 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933
State of Colorado, Division of Vital Statistics, Marriage Record Reports

*** Name withheld to respect privacy of known living child

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