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Hazel Lucile Cook

Born at Julian in 1891 and died at Longview in 1978.

born 27 Sep 1891 at Julian, Nemaha died 28 Jan 1978 at Longview, Cowlitz

Also written Hazel L. Curtis, Hazel Lucille Curtis

Nebraska and Iowa

Hazel Lucile Cook was born on 27 September 1891 at Julian, a village in Nemaha County in the southeast corner of Nebraska, a daughter of James Harrison Cook and Adelaide M. (Addie) Haywood, who had married at Auburn in 1885.1–3 In June 1900 eight-year-old Hazel was living at Julian with her parents, her father then a lumberman, and five brothers and sisters: Arthur, Lena, Blanche, Charles and the baby, Calixte.2 Her father later moved the family to Spokane, Washington, where he died in 1919; his obituary listed among his survivors his daughter "Mrs. Curtis of Spencer, Iowa".3–4 Her sister Blanche, Mrs. Shiffer, outlived her.1

About 1909, at seventeen or eighteen, Hazel married Arthur Garfield Curtis, a farmer born in Indiana in 1880. In April 1910 they had been married a year and were renting a farm at Gillett Grove, in Clay County, northwestern Iowa; their first child, Verna, was a baby.5–6 Their first four children were born in Iowa: Verna in 1910, Dorothy about 1911, Madge about 1915 and Arthur Nathan in 1918. In January 1920 the family was renting a house on East Fourth Street in Spencer, the county seat, where Arthur farmed.7

Maynard, Minnesota

Early in 1920 the Curtises moved to Chippewa County, in western Minnesota, where Adelaide Louise was born at Montevideo on 31 May 1920; the index of her birth certificate gives her mother's maiden name as Cook.8 Hazel's last child, Inez, was born in neighbouring Yellow Medicine County on 11 July 1929.9 By 1930 the family had settled in the village of Maynard, and they were still there in 1940, when Arthur was working as a carpenter on a government construction project and Hazel, forty-eight, had their son Arthur and ten-year-old Inez at home.10–11 When Arthur registered for the draft in 1942, he named "Mrs. Arthur Curtis, Maynard" as the person who would always know his address.12 During the war they moved to Minneapolis, where their daughter Adelaide was living; the 1944 city directory lists Hazel L. and Arthur G. Curtis at 2740 Aldrich Avenue.13 Her Social Security number was issued in Minnesota.14

California and Washington

By 1950 Hazel and Arthur had gone west to Alturas, the seat of Modoc County in northeastern California. In April that year they were living at 11 North Street; Arthur, sixty-nine, was superintendent of a laundry, and Hazel, fifty-eight, worked there as a counter girl.15 In 1952 Hazel came west to the Carrolls area, a rural district just south of Kelso in Cowlitz County, Washington, where her daughter Adelaide Hegnauer's family also lived (see Adelaide's profile). She worked as a clerk in several department stores and belonged to the Longview Community Church.1 Arthur came west too, and spent his last six years in a nursing home at Longview; when he died there in March 1966, "Hazel Lucille Curtis" of Kelso gave the details for his death certificate, and his body was sent home to Minnesota for burial at Granite Falls.16–17 Her own last home was at 926 Delaware Street in Longview.1

Hazel L. Curtis died at Monticello Medical Center in Longview on 28 January 1978, aged eighty-six, a month after breaking her hip in a fall; her daughter Adelaide gave the details for her death certificate.18–19 She was taken home to Minnesota; her funeral was held on Wednesday, 1 February, at the Maynard Presbyterian Church, and she was buried in the Granite Falls City Cemetery beside her husband.18, 20 She left four daughters, "Adelaid" Hegnauer of Kelso, Inez Tallard of Sandy, Oregon, Verna Potter of Montevideo and Dorothy Harbour of Maynard; a son, Arthur Curtis of Alturas, California; her sister Blanche; 19 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Her daughter Madge had died before her.1, 21

What we know

Proven

  • Birth at Julian, 1891
  • Marriage to Arthur Garfield Curtis, 1909
  • Occupation at Alturas, 1950
  • Occupation, 1978
  • Church membership at Longview, 1978
  • Death at Longview, 1978
  • and 2 more
  • 11 homes, from the census and other records

What's still open

  • Sources. Her obituary is known from a member's clipping (the newspaper page itself has not been identified or read), and her censuses (1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950) and the 1944 Minneapolis directory are Ancestry index entries; none of their images has been read, except the 1900 census.

Sources

Sources 1–3

1 Hazel L. Curtis, 1978
2 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Julian
3 Nemaha County Republican, 1919

Source 4

4 Spokane Health Department and Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1919

Sources 5–6

5 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Gillett Grove [Township]
6 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Gillett Grove

Source 7

7 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Spencer Ward 1

Source 8

8 Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1920

Source 9

9 Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1929

Sources 10–11

10 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Maynard village
11 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Maynard

Source 12

12 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Source 13

13 U.S., City Directories, 1944

Source 14

14 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1891

Source 15

15 1950 U.S. Federal Census, Alturas

Sources 16–17

16 Washington State Department of Health, Certificate of Death, 1966
17 Find a Grave, memorial 80014778, 1880

Sources 18–19

18 Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, 1978
19 Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1892

Source 20

20 Find a Grave, memorial 80014911, 1891

Source 21

21 Adelaide L. Hegnauer, 1995

Life in time

with the history around it

27 Sep 1891

Birth, Julian, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States

proven Sources 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 14, 18

How we know

  1. 1891 Birth 27 Sep 1891 · Julian, Nemaha · proven

    Her obituary. The 1900 census, in her parents' household at Julian, gives Sept 1891, born Nebraska; her later census ages (28 in Jan 1920, 38 in Apr 1930, 48 in Apr 1940) fit. No birth record has been found.

    Her obituary, printed two days after her death, gives 27 Sep 1891 at Julian, Nebraska; her death certificate (informant her daughter Adelaide) and the Social Security Death Index give the same day. The 1900 census, taken at Julian with her parents, gives her birth as Sept 1891 in Nebraska, and the later census ages all fit. No birth record has been found.

    Sources 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 14, 18

  2. 1900 Residence Julian, Nemaha · proven

    "Hazel T. [L.?]", daughter, born Sept 1891, 8, in the household of her parents James Cook, lumberman, and Addie M., with her brother Arthur and sisters Lena E. and Blanche and brothers Chas. H. and Calixte C.

    The 1900 census image, read on 27 Sep 2026. Her given name, her birth month and year and Julian, her birthplace in her obituary, identify her.

    Source 2

  3. 1909 Marriage, with Arthur Garfield Curtis about 1909 · proven

    No marriage record has been found. In April 1910 at Gillett Grove, Clay County, Iowa, her husband "Athur Curtice", 29, had been married one year; Hazel, 18, was his wife, with their baby daughter Verna.

    Arthur's line of the 1910 census (index read 27 Sep 2026) gives one year of marriage, so they married about 1909. The 1920 census at Spencer lists Hazel as the wife of A. G. Curtiss, with four children, and the censuses of 1930 and 1940 (Maynard, Minnesota) and 1950 (Alturas, California) list Hazel with her husband Arthur.

    Sources 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15

  4. 1910 Residence Gillett Grove, Clay · proven

    Hazel, wife, 18, in the household of her husband "Athur Curtice" [Arthur Curtis], 29, a farmer renting a farm, married one year, with their daughter Verna, 0 (E.D. 33, sheet 6A).

    Her husband's line of the same household, read on 27 Sep 2026, names her and their daughter Verna; his age and Indiana birth fit Arthur. Images not read.

    Sources 5, 6

  5. 1910 Daughter born: Verna Violet Curtis family event

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  6. 1911 Daughter born: Dorothy Lucille Curtis family event

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  7. 1915 Daughter born: Madge Maxine Curtis family event

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  8. 1918 Son born: Arthur Nathan Curtis family event

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  9. 1920 Residence Jan 1920 · Spencer, Clay · proven

    802 East Fourth Street, Ward 1, rented. Hazel, wife, 28, with her husband A. G. Curtiss, a farmer, and their children Verna, Dorothy, Madge and Arthur.

    Her husband and the children named in her obituary identify the household (index read; image not read).

    Source 7

  10. 1920 Daughter born: Adelaide Louise Curtis family event

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  11. 1929 Daughter born: Inez Larayne Curtis family event

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  12. 1930 Residence Maynard, Chippewa · proven

    Maynard village, dwelling 46, family 48. Hazel L., wife, 38, born Nebraska, with her husband Arthur G. and their children Madge M., Arthur N., Adelaide L. and Inez L.

    Her husband and children identify the household (index read).

    Source 10

  13. Second World War, 1939–45
  14. 1940 Residence Maynard, Chippewa · proven

    Hazel, wife, 48, with her husband Arthur (a carpenter), their son Arthur and daughter Inez.

    Her husband and children identify the household (index read).

    Source 11

  15. 1942 Residence Maynard, Chippewa · proven

    "Mrs. Arthur Curtis, Maynard, Minn.", the person who would always know her husband's address, on his 1942 draft card.

    Her husband's draft registration, read on the image.

    Source 12

  16. 1944 Residence Minneapolis, Hennepin · proven

    2740 Aldrich Avenue, with her husband Arthur G. Curtis, a factory worker (Minneapolis city directory, 1944).

    Her own line of the 1944 directory, Hazel L. Curtis, spouse Arthur G. Curtis, at the same address as his line (AI-extracted index read 27 Sep 2026; image not read).

    Source 13

  17. 1950 Residence Alturas, Modoc · proven

    11 North Street (dwelling 355), not a farm. Hazel L. Curtis, wife, 58, born Nebraska, married, with her husband "Arthur C [G.] Curtis", 69, born Indiana.

    Her name with the initial L., her age and Nebraska birth, and her husband Arthur, 69, born Indiana, at the same address (index read 27 Sep 2026; image not read).

    Source 15

  18. 1950 Occupation Alturas, Modoc · proven

    Counter girl in a laundry, 48 hours in the census week; her husband was the laundry's superintendent.

    Her line of the 1950 census.

    Source 15

  19. 1952 Residence Carrolls, Cowlitz · proven

    "Came to the Carrolls area in 1952" (her obituary). Carrolls is a rural community just south of Kelso.

    Her obituary gives the year and the place.

    Source 1

  20. 1966 Residence Mar 1966 · Kelso, Cowlitz · proven

    "Hazel Lucille Curtis, Kelso, Wash.", the informant for her husband's death certificate; his usual residence was 202 Ross Road, Kelso.

    Her husband's death certificate, read on the image, names her as informant and gives her town; it also gives her middle name in full.

    Source 16

  21. 1978 Occupation before 1978 · proven

    "Had worked as a clerk in several department stores" (her obituary); where and when are not stated.

    Her obituary; no other record of her work has been found.

    Source 1

  22. 1978 Church membership before 1978 · Longview, Cowlitz · proven

    A member of the Longview Community Church (her obituary).

    Her obituary.

    Source 1

  23. 1978 Residence Jan 1978 · Longview, Cowlitz · proven

    926 Delaware Street, Longview.

    Her obituary gives her address.

    Source 1

  24. 1978 Death 28 Jan 1978 · Longview, Cowlitz · proven

    At Monticello Medical Center, Longview, aged 86; congestive heart failure, a month after she fractured her hip in a fall at a rest home. The family tree gives Kelso without a source.

    Her Washington death certificate (state file 277), read on the image, gives 28 Jan 1978 at Monticello Medical Center, Longview; her daughter Adelaide Hegnauer was the informant. The Washington death index (certificate 000277) gives 28 Jan 1978 at Longview, the SSDI Jan 1978, and her obituary agrees ("in a Longview hospital"). Kelso, the place in the family tree, is wrong.

    Sources 1, 14, 18, 19

  25. 1978 Funeral 1 Feb 1978 · Maynard, Chippewa · proven

    At the Maynard Presbyterian Church, Minnesota, on "Wednesday", which was 1 Feb 1978. Ditlevsen-Moore Funeral Home of Longview made the local arrangements; memorials were invited for the Heart Fund.

    Her obituary, dated Monday 30 Jan 1978, announces the funeral for Wednesday at Maynard.

    Source 1

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Places in this life

10 places, in order
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  1. 1 Julian, Nemaha County Birth 27 Sep 1891 · Residence 1900
  2. 2 Gillett Grove, Clay County Residence 1910
  3. 3 Spencer, Clay County Residence Jan 1920
  4. 4 Maynard, Chippewa County Residence 1930 · Residence 1940 · Residence 1942 · 1 more
  5. 5 Minneapolis, Hennepin County Residence 1944
  6. 6 Alturas, Modoc County Residence 1950 · Occupation 1950
  7. 7 Carrolls, Cowlitz County Residence 1952
  8. 8 Kelso, Cowlitz County Residence Mar 1966
  9. 9 Longview, Cowlitz County Church membership before 1978 · Residence Jan 1978 · Death 28 Jan 1978
  10. 10 Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls Burial

Family

Father James Harrison Cook 1865–1919 Mother Adelaide M. Haywood 1865–1922
This page Hazel Lucile Cook 1891–1978
Husband · m. about 1909 Arthur Garfield Curtis 1880–1966
Daughter Verna Violet Curtis 1910–2001 Daughter Dorothy Lucille Curtis 1911–2002 Daughter Madge Maxine Curtis c. 1915–1931 Son Arthur Nathan Curtis 1918–1984 Daughter Adelaide Louise Curtis 1920–1995 Daughter Inez Larayne Curtis 1929–2001
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Deaths and burials 2 records · 1919–1995
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  2. “Adelaide Louise Curtis”

    Longview Daily News · as mother

The evidence 19 facts with their grades, 26 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth 27 Sep 1891 Julian, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States proven 1 , 2 , 7 , 10 , 11 , 14 , 18
Residence 1900 Julian, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States proven 2
Marriage with Arthur Garfield Curtis about 1909 proven 5 , 6 , 7 , 10 , 11 , 15
Residence 1910 Gillett Grove, Clay, Iowa, United States proven 5 , 6
Residence Jan 1920 Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States proven 7
Residence 1930 Maynard, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States proven 10
Residence 1940 Maynard, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States proven 11
Residence 1942 Maynard, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States proven 12
Residence 1944 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States proven 13
Residence 1950 Alturas, Modoc, California, United States proven 15
Occupation 1950 Alturas, Modoc, California, United States proven 15
Residence 1952 Carrolls, Cowlitz, Washington, United States proven 1
Residence Mar 1966 Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, United States proven 16
Occupation before 1978 proven 1
Church membership before 1978 Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States proven 1
Residence Jan 1978 Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States proven 1
Death 28 Jan 1978 Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, United States proven 1 , 14 , 18 , 19
Funeral 1 Feb 1978 Maynard, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States proven 1
Burial Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States proven 18 , 20

Research notes

  • Sources: Her obituary is known from a member's clipping (the newspaper page itself has not been identified or read), and her censuses (1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950) and the 1944 Minneapolis directory are Ancestry index entries; none of their images has been read, except the 1900 census.5, 15, 13 Her death certificate was read on the image, and the Washington death index, the SSDI and her Find a Grave memorial as index entries.18, 19, 14, 20 Her maiden name comes from her children's records: Adelaide's and Inez's birth-index entries, and Adelaide's Social Security record and death certificate.8, 9, 22, 23 Her father's household in the 1900 census, his 1919 obituary and death certificate, and her husband's 1942 draft card and 1966 death certificate (on which she was the informant) were read on the images on 27 Sep 2026. No record of her own birth or marriage has been found.
  • Identity: The records are linked as one woman as follows. (1) In 1920 Hazel, 28, is the wife of A. G. Curtiss at Spencer, Iowa, with Verna, Dorothy, Madge and Arthur.7 (2) In 1930 Hazel L., 38, born Nebraska, is the wife of Arthur G. Curtis at Maynard, with Madge, Arthur, Adelaide and Inez, and in 1940 Hazel, 48, is with Arthur, Arthur and Inez there.10, 11 (3) The birth indexes of Adelaide (1920) and Inez (1929) give their mother's maiden name as Cook and "Cooke".8, 9 (4) Adelaide's Social Security record and death certificate name her mother Hazel L. Cook.22, 23 (5) Hazel L. Curtis's obituary (1978) names her daughters Adelaide (as "Adelaid Hegnauer"), Inez, Verna and Dorothy and her son Arthur.1
  • Place of death (settled): Her Washington death certificate gives Monticello Medical Center, Longview, and her home at 926 Delaware St., Longview; the family tree's Kelso is wrong.18, 1, 24 The certificate also names her parents, James Cook and Adelaide Haywood, which confirms her parentage a third time (see her father's profile).
  • Burial: Granite Falls City Cemetery, Minnesota, per her death certificate (removal on 30 Jan 1978); the family tree gives 1 Feb 1978, the day of the funeral at Maynard.18, 1
  • Parents (proven): James Harrison Cook and Adelaide M. (Addie M.) Haywood. Her mother was called "Adeline Marie Heywood" in the study until 27 Sep 2026, following WikiTree; no record gives that form, and her own marriage record, Find a Grave and her daughters' records (Hazel's death certificate: "Adelaide Haywood") give Addie M. or Adelaide M. Haywood (see her mother's profile).18, 20 (1) The 1900 census at Julian, read on the image, lists Hazel, born Sept 1891 in Nebraska, as a daughter of James and Addie M. Cook; her obituary gives her birth at Julian on 27 Sep 1891.2, 1 (2) James's obituary (Nov 1919) names among his survivors a daughter "Mrs. Curtis of Spencer, Iowa"; in January 1920 Hazel was the wife of A. G. Curtiss at Spencer.3, 7 (3) The same obituary names a daughter "Mrs. Shiffer of Spokane", and Hazel's own obituary names her sister Blanche Shiffer; Blanche is in the 1900 household.3, 1, 2 WikiTree already linked her to these parents; until 27 Sep 2026 the study held the link as possible, because no record had been read.25
  • Middle name: She gave her own name as "Hazel Lucille Curtis" as informant on her husband's death certificate (1966), and Find a Grave names her Hazel Lucille on his memorial; the Iowa birth index of her daughter Verna (1910) gives "Hazel Lucile Cook".16, 17, 26 Both spellings occur; the study keeps Lucile (as in the family tree) and records Lucille as an alternative. WikiTree's Lucille should not be changed.
  • 1900 census reading: Her initial is written like "T." on the image; the given name, the month and year of birth and the family make the identification certain.2
  • The 1910 census and the marriage: The head of the household at Gillett Grove, Clay County, is "Athur Curtice", 29, born Indiana, married one year, a farmer renting a farm, with Hazel, 18, and Verna, 0.5, 6 This dates the marriage to about 1909 (no record found; Clay County, Iowa, is the first place to look). The study earlier had "before Jan 1920".
  • 1944 and 1950: The 1944 Minneapolis directory (AI-extracted index) has Hazel L. Curtis with her husband Arthur G. at 2740 Aldrich Avenue, and the 1950 census has Hazel L. Curtis, 58, born Nebraska, a laundry counter girl, with Arthur at 11 North Street, Alturas, Modoc County, California.13, 15 Alturas is where her son Arthur Nathan later lived and was buried (see his father's profile). These fill the gap between Maynard (1942) and the Carrolls area (1952).
  • Social Security: The SSDI gives her birth date as 27 Sep 1891, her number as issued in Minnesota (before 1951), and her last residence and benefit address as ZIP 98626, Kelso.14 The number itself is not copied here.
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study, as the mother of Adelaide Louise (Curtis) Hegnauer.

Working notes

  • 1978 obituary: of 926 Delaware St., Longview, died in a Longview hospital (death place probably Longview, not Kelso; settle with her death certificate)
  • 1978 obituary: of 926 Delaware St., Longview, died in a Longview hospital (death place probably Longview, not Kelso; settle with her death certificate); parents H0231/H0232 PROVEN
  • Parents H0231/H0232 PROVEN (father's 1900 census household and 1919 obituary)
  • Married about 1909; 1944 Minneapolis; 1950 Alturas; death Longview (certificate 277 read)

Sources

  1. 1

    "Hazel L. Curtis," obituary, [Longview Daily News] (Longview, Washington), 30 January 1978 [page not identified]: Hazel L. Curtis, 86, of 926 Delaware St., Longview, died 28 January 1978 in a Longview hospital; born 27 September 1891 at Julian, Neb.; came to the Carrolls area in 1952; a member of the Longview Community Church; had worked as a clerk in several department stores; survivors include four daughters, "Adelaid Hegnauer of Kelso," Inez Tallard of Sandy, Ore., Verna Potter of Montevideo, Minn., and Dorothy Harbour of Maynard, Minn., a son, Arthur Curtis of Alturas, Calif., a sister, Blanche Shiffer of Ashland, Ore., 19 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; funeral Wednesday at the Maynard Presbyterian Church, Minnesota; memorials to the Heart Fund; Ditlevsen-Moore Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements. Clipping from Newspapers.com shared as "Obituary for Hazel L Curtis" by Sonja Alves in an Ancestry member tree (tree 157860921, contributed 22 October 2023), a derivative copy; the newspaper's name is inferred from the place and the funeral home.

  2. 2

    1900 U.S. Federal Census, Julian, Nemaha County, Nebraska, E.D. 92, sheet 2, dwelling 224, family 229: James [H.?] Cook, head, born Sept 1864, 35, married 15 years, born Nebraska, lumberman; Addie M., wife, born Oct 1865, mother of 7 children, 6 living; children Arthur [J.?] (Mar 1888), Lena E. (Feb 1890), Hazel T. [L.?] (Sept 1891), Blanche (Mar 1895), Chas. H. (Feb 1897) and Calixte C. (May 1899), all born Nebraska; database with images, Ancestry.com (image read 27 September 2026; her own index line, record 55283690, reads "Hazel T Cook", daughter, born Sep 1891, Nebraska, student).

    Ancestry

  3. 3

    "Died in Washington. James Harrison Cook Passes Away At His Home In Spokane Washington," Nemaha County Republican (Auburn, Nebraska), 13 November 1919, p. 3: born in Otoe County, 12 September 1865; died 1 November 1919 at his home in Spokane; married Addie M. Heywood, 2 April 1885; nine children, all living but one son; burial in Camp Creek cemetery, Nebraska; survived by his wife, five sons, daughters including "Mrs. Curtis of Spencer, Iowa" and "Mrs. Shiffer of Spokane," his mother and four sisters; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/673590510) (page read 27 September 2026).

    Ancestry

  4. 4

    Spokane Health Department and Bureau of Vital Statistics, certificate of death, registration district 2, registered no. 1051, James H. Cook: died 1 November 1919, 1930 W. Boone Ave., Spokane; husband of Ada M. Cook; born 12 September 1865, Nebraska; real estate; father John Cook, born England; mother's maiden name Lena Kimmick, born New Jersey; informant Mrs. James H. Cook; burial Nebraska City, Neb.; "Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907–2001," image, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/AAF71D44BEA73021BFE3E1AC99DA5A1A), accessed 27 September 2026.

  5. 5

    1910 U.S. Federal Census, Gillett Grove [Township], Clay County, Iowa, E.D. 33, sheet 6A, household of "Athur Curtice" [Arthur Curtis] (head, 29, married, 1 year of present marriage; born Indiana, parents born Indiana; farmer, employer; rents; farm), with Hazel Curtice (wife, 18) and Verna Curtice (daughter, 0); database with images, Ancestry.com (index read 27 September 2026; image not read).

    Ancestry

  6. 6

    1910 U.S. Federal Census, Gillett Grove, Clay County, Iowa, E.D. 33, sheet 6A, entry for Hazel Curtice [Curtis], 18, wife of the head of the household, "Athur Curtice" (29); NARA T624, roll 397; FHL microfilm 1374410; database with images, Ancestry.com (index entry attached to her in the Hegnauer/Putt family tree; the head's line was read on 27 September 2026, hers not re-read).

    Ancestry

  7. 7

    1920 U.S. Federal Census, Spencer Ward 1, Clay County, Iowa, E.D. 41, sheet 4B, 802 East 4th Street, household of A. G. Curtiss (39, born Indiana; farmer; rented), with his wife Hazel (28) and children Verna (9), Dorothy (8), Madge (4) and Arthur (1), born in Iowa; enumerated in January 1920, before Adelaide's birth; NARA T625, roll 483; database with images, Ancestry.com (index read; image not read).

    Ancestry

  8. 8

    "Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900–1934" (an index of the Minnesota Historical Society's index of state birth certificates, mnhs.org/search/people), database, Ancestry.com, Adelaide Louise Curtis, born 31 May 1920, Chippewa County, Minnesota; mother's maiden name Cook; certificate 1920-05555.

    Ancestry

  9. 9

    "Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900–1934," database, Ancestry.com, Inez Lorraine Curtis, born 11 July 1929, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; mother's maiden name Cooke; certificate 1929-32426.

    Ancestry

  10. 10

    1930 U.S. Federal Census, Maynard village, Chippewa County, Minnesota, E.D. 13, sheet 2B, dwelling 46, family 48, household of Arthur G. Curtis (49, born Indiana), with his wife Hazel L. (38, born Nebraska) and children Madge M. (14, born Iowa), Arthur N. (11), Adelaide L. (9, born Minnesota, attending school) and Inez L. (0); FHL microfilm 2340817; database with images, Ancestry.com (index read; image not read).

    Ancestry

  11. 11

    1940 U.S. Federal Census, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota, E.D. 12-13, sheet 1A, household 4, Arthur Curtis (head, 59, born Indiana, informant; carpenter, construction project, government work; 25 weeks worked and $515 earned in 1939; eighth grade; rented; in Maynard in 1935), with his wife Hazel (48), son Arthur (21) and daughter Inez (10); roll m-t0627-01913; database with images, Ancestry.com (index read).

    Ancestry

  12. 12

    "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, Ancestry.com, Arthur Garfield Curtis, serial U 1168, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minn.; born 20 October 1880; person who will always know his address Mrs. Arthur Curtis, Maynard, Minn.; employer W.P.A., Clara City (image read 27 September 2026).

    Ancestry

  13. 13

    "U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995," database with images, Ancestry.com, Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1944: Hazel L Curtis, spouse Arthur G Curtis, 2740 Aldrich Av. (record 1023253293); her husband's line, Arthur G Curtis, spouse Hazel L Curtis, factory worker, 2740 Aldrich Av. (record 1023253292) (AI-extracted index entries read 27 September 2026; the page image has not been read).

    Ancestry

  14. 14

    "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014," database, Ancestry.com, Hazel Curtis, born 27 September 1891; number issued in Minnesota, before 1951; last residence and last benefit 98626, Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington; died January 1978 (record 13682241, index read 27 September 2026).

    Ancestry

  15. 15

    1950 U.S. Federal Census, Alturas, Modoc County, California, 11 North Street, dwelling 355, not a farm: Hazel L. Curtis (wife, 58, white, female, born Nebraska, married; counter girl, laundry; 48 hours; private worker) (record 266414180), in the household of "Arthur C Curtis" [G.] (head, 69, born Indiana; superintendent, laundry) (record 266414179); database with images, Ancestry.com (index read 27 September 2026; image not read).

    Ancestry

  16. 16

    Washington State Department of Health, Certificate of Death, state file no. 4718 (1966), Arthur Garfield Curtis: died 8 March 1966, Cowlitz Valley Nursing Home, Longview; usual residence 202 Ross Road, Kelso; married; informant Hazel Lucille Curtis, Kelso, Wash.; removal 10 March 1966 to the Anderson Mortuary, Montevideo, Minnesota; "Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907–2001," image, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/7C4B11A317BB239C8E7D14827BAACFDC), accessed 27 September 2026.

  17. 17

    Find a Grave, memorial 80014778, Arthur Garfield Curtis (20 Oct 1880 – 8 Mar 1966), Granite Falls City Cemetery (burial place given as Chippewa County, Minnesota); spouse Hazel Lucille Curtis (findagrave.com/memorial/80014778); as indexed in "U.S., Find a Grave Index," Ancestry.com (index read 27 September 2026).

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    Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Certificate of Death, state file no. 277 (1978), local file no. 54, Hazel Lucille Curtis: died 28 January 1978 at 6:20 a.m., Monticello Medical Center, Longview, Cowlitz County; female, white, widowed; born 27 September 1891, Nebraska; age 86; usual occupation sales person, clerk, department store; residence 926 Delaware St., Longview; father James Cook; mother's maiden name Adelaide Haywood; informant Mrs. Adelaide Hegnauer, 118 Ross Road, Kelso; cause congestive heart failure (5 years) due to arteriosclerotic heart disease (15 years), other conditions a fractured right hip (she slipped and fell at a rest home in Longview on 31 December 1977), diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis; physician L. D. McRae, M.D., Longview, attended from 1962; removal 30 January 1978 to Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Minnesota; funeral home Ditlevsen-Moore, Kelso; received 1 February 1978; "Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907–2001," image, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/942975E44A303455CED83060AA2C5737), accessed 27 September 2026.

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    "Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1907–2017," database, Ancestry.com, Hazel L Curtis, female, age 86 (birth "abt 1892", computed); residence Longview, Washington; died 28 January 1978, Longview; certificate 000277 (record 200842, index read 27 September 2026).

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    Find a Grave, memorial 80014911, Hazel Lucille Curtis, maiden name Cook, born 27 September 1891, Julian, Nemaha County, Nebraska; died 28 January 1978, Washington; Granite Falls City Cemetery, burial place given as Chippewa County, Minnesota; father James H. Cook; mother Adelaide M. Cook; spouse Arthur Garfield Curtis; children Madge Maxine Curtis, Verna Violet Potter, Dorothy Lucille Harbour and Arthur Nathan Curtis; has a biography (not read) (findagrave.com/memorial/80014911); as indexed in "U.S., Find a Grave Index," Ancestry.com, record 28547125 (index read 27 September 2026).

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    "Adelaide L. Hegnauer," obituary, Longview Daily News (Longview, Washington), 21 April 1995, p. B2 ("News of Record"): Adelaide Louise Curtis Hegnauer, 74, of 2431 Kingfisher Lane, Kelso, died 19 April 1995 at St. John Medical Center; born 31 May 1920 in Montevideo, Minn., to Arthur and Hazel Curtis; had lived in the local area for 49 years; bookkeeper for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) until earlier that year; a member of the Church of the Risen Saviour; survived by three sons (Robert C. Hegnauer of Tacoma and two sons (living)), her adoptive mother, Berenice Burger of Longview, three sisters, Verna Potter of Montevideo, Dorothy Harbour of Maynard, Minn., and Inez Tallard of Milwaukie, Ore., 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild; preceded in death by a sister, Madge Curtis, and a brother, Arthur Curtis; memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Risen Saviour, 1170 17th Ave., Longview; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/575671218). Indexed in "U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index," Ancestry.com (under a garbled name, "Adelaide L Hegnauer Adelaide"). A clipping of it is shared in Ancestry member trees.

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    "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007," database, Ancestry.com, Adelaide Louise Hegnauer [Adelaide Louise Curtis], female, born 31 May 1920, "Montevideo C", Minnesota; died 19 April 1995; father Arthur G Curtis; mother Hazel L Cook; name listed as Adelaide Louise Hegnauer in October 1944 and as Adelaide Hegnauer on 22 April 1995. Also "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936–2007," FamilySearch. FamilySearch record 6K7T-ZD29

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    Washington State Department of Health, Certificate of Death, local file no. 253, state file no. 012119 (1995), Adelaide Louise Hegnauer: died 19 April 1995 at 5:40 a.m., St. John's Medical Center (hospital), Longview, Cowlitz County; age 74; born 31 May 1920, Montevideo, Minn.; divorced; education 12 years and 2 years of college; usual occupation bookkeeper, business Retired Senior Program; residence 2431 Kingfisher Lane, Kelso, Cowlitz County, 45 years in the county; father Arthur G. Curtis; mother Hazel L. Cook; informant a son; disposition cremation, 20 April 1995, Park Hill Crematorium, Vancouver, Washington; funeral facility Heritage Cremation Society, Portland, Oregon; image, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, "Death Certificates, 1907–2001," reference DE_1995012119 (digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/401C0DAEC77C94B390C7E2EB3FF83E34). Also indexed in the Digital Archives' "Death Index, 1907–1960; 1965–2024" (digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/2C9EDD518DCFFB107B0D938D88499F50).

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    Hegnauer/Putt family tree, Ancestry.com, tree person 102705343019, Hazel Lucile Cook: death 28 January 1978 at Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington, and burial 1 February 1978 at Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, with no record cited for either fact; no parents entered.

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    WikiTree, Hazel Lucille (Cook) Curtis (Cook-9279), 27 September 1891, Julian, Nemaha, Nebraska – 28 January 1978; parents shown as James Harrison Cook (Cook-57196), 12 November 1865, Otoe, Nebraska – 1 November 1919, Spokane, Washington, and Adeline Marie (Heywood) Cook (Heywood-2001), 3 October 1865, Elk Creek, Johnson County, Nebraska – 3 November 1922, Julian, Nemaha, Nebraska, married 2 April 1885 (as found in the study's WikiTree reconciliation, 26 September 2026; their sources have not been read).

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    "Iowa, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1800–1999," database, Ancestry.com, Verna Violet Curtis, born 20 April 1910, Clay County, Iowa; father Arthur Garfield Curtis; mother Hazel Lucile Cook; FHL film 1434998 (index read 27 September 2026).

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Cite this page H0064

Evidence Explained

Hegnauer One-Name Study, “Hazel Lucile Cook (H0064, 1891–1978),” hegnauer.family (https://hegnauer.family/people/h0064-hazel-lucile-cook/ : accessed 28 September 2026).

Chicago (notes)

“Hazel Lucile Cook (H0064, 1891–1978),” hegnauer.family, Hegnauer One-Name Study, accessed September 28, 2026, https://hegnauer.family/people/h0064-hazel-lucile-cook/.

H0064 is this person's permanent number in the study. Names get respelled; the number never changes, so the link and the citation keep working.

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