Margaret Curtis
Alternate Names
Margaret Shipp (Married Name)
Margaret Roberts (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1849 December 17 (Born)
Death Date
On 1926 March 13 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in St. Louis Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
1849 December 17
Mother
Margaret Morgan
Father
Theodore Curtis
Traveled in
Company Unknown
1851 (Age 1)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
William Curtis (Age 5)
James Curtis (Age 4)
Theodore Curtis (Age 35)
Margaret Morgan (Age 34)
Theodore Walter Curtis (Age 2)
John Curtis
Date Details
Circa 1851
Joined Company
Circa 1851
Company Arrived
Baptized
1860 June 4 (Age 10)
Married
Milford Bard Shipp
1867 December 31 (Age 18)
Served in
Midwives and Nurses Mission
1875 – 1883 (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Date Details
On 1875
Arrived in Field
On 1883
Released
Married
Brigham Henry Roberts
1897 (Age 47)
Served as Mission President's Wife in the
Eastern States Mission
1923 November 12 – 1926 March 13 (Age 73)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
She died in the mission home from acute pneumonia.
Served With
Brigham Henry Roberts
Date Details
On 1923 November 12
Arrived in Field
On 1926 March 13
Released
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Died in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
1926 March 13 (Age 76)
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1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census. Salt Lake City 9th Ward, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory: Page 81.
1880 United States Census
1880 United States Census. Salt Lake City 11th Ward, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory: Page 25.
1900 United States Census
1900 United States Census. Salt Lake City 4th Ward, Salt Lake County, Utah: Page 273.
Derr, Jill Mulvay, ed., The first fifty years of Relief Society: key documents in Latter-day Saint women's history, Salt Lake City, Utah, The Church Historian's Press, 2016
"Margaret (Maggie) Curtis Shipp Roberts", Derr, Jill Mulvay, ed., The first fifty years of Relief Society: key documents in Latter-day Saint women's history, Salt Lake City, Utah, The Church Historian's Press, 2016.
Salt Lake Tribune
"When She Took Roberts's Name", Salt Lake Tribune, (27 November 1899), Page 5.
Mission
Davis County Clipper
"Mrs. B. H. Roberts Dies in New York", Davis County Clipper, (19 March 1926), Page 1.
Eastern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1830-1977
Eastern States Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1830-1977.
Ogden Standard-Examiner
"President Roberts Wife Succumbs", Ogden Standard-Examiner, (14 March 1926), Page 21.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Salt Lake Herald Republican", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (26 September 1876), Page 3.
Salt Lake Telegram
"Mrs B. H. Roberts Dies in New York", Salt Lake Telegram, (13 March 1926), Page 2.
"Final Tribute Paid to Late Dr. M. C. Roberts", Salt Lake Telegram, (18 March 1926), Page 3.
Woman's Exponent
"Home Affairs", Woman's Exponent, 11, (1 April 1883), 21. Page 164.
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