Roland Curtin, Sr.

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Roland Curtin, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dysert, County Clare, Ireland
Death: November 08, 1850 (85-86)
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Augustine Curtin and Mary Curtin
Husband of Jane Gregg Curtin; Margery Curtin and Jane Curtin
Father of Gov. Andrew Gregg Curtin, (USA); Ellen Honora Curtin Allen; Austin Curtin; John I Curtin; Constans Curtin and 5 others

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About Roland Curtin, Sr.

Photo and info ref.: < https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31775475 >, Roland Curtin, Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Find A Grave Memorial# 31775475.

Roland Curtin was the son of Augustine and Mary O'Loughlin) Curtin. Margery (Gregg) Curtin was his 1st wife. They were married November 25, 1800 and she died January 15, 1813. Jane (Gregg) Curtin was his 2nd wife. They were married September 15, 1814 and she died February 20, 1854. He was an ironmaster.

--He was "educated in Paris, France, where he narrowly escaped the guillotine during the Reign of Terror." He arrived in Philadelphia in 1793, settled in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania and in 1799 moved to Bellefonte.

References:

Linn, John Blair History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania, c1883 Biography of Roland Curtin, Sr.

Eggert, Gerald Making Iron on the Bald Eagle: Roland Curtain's Ironworks and Workers' Community, c2000

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Roland Curtin, Sr.'s Timeline

1764
1764
Dysert, County Clare, Ireland
1801
August 26, 1801
Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
1803
May 23, 1803
1805
May 5, 1805
Bellefonte, Centre County, PA, United States
1808
September 2, 1808
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
1810
September 24, 1810
Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
1817
April 22, 1817
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
1822
June 11, 1822