Leonora Scott (Muse) Curtin (1879 - 1972)

Born 2 Oct 1879 in White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Edouard (Curtin) Curtain — married 12 Mar 1903 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 6 Jan 1972 at age 92 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

Leonora (Muse) Curtin is Notable.

Leonora Scott Muse was born at White Plains, New York, Apr 1879, ^[1] or 2 Oct 1879, the daughter of U.S. Marine Corps General W. S. Muse and Eva Scott; ^[2] died at Santa Fe, New Mexico, 6 Jan 1972, and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Deming, New Mexico; ^[3] married Thomas Edouard Curtin (1874-1911). ^[4]

Leonora Curtin first came to Santa Fe with her mother, Eva, as a small child. She had a lifelong interest in the art and archaeology of Spanish and Native American New Mexico. She met her husband, Thomas E. Curtin, in Santa Fe where he was a lawyer in the District Attorney’s office. After their marriage, they lived in Colorado Springs where he developed railroads and resorts. He died when their daughter Leonora was eight years old, and the two Leonoras went to live in Pasadena. Mother, daughter, and grandmother traveled together around the world.

Founding members of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society, the two Leonoras especially loved New Mexico. Together they purchased the property in La Cienega that later became the living history museum, El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Mrs. Curtin collected information about the varieties and uses of local herbs and plants by both the Native American and Spanish American cultures interviewing local friends, curanderas, and native healers. This research resulted in two highly readable and respected books, By the Prophet of the Earth and Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TY-Y9Q : accessed 6 January 2020), Leonara Muse, Precinct 6 Boston city Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1238, sheet 6A, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,678.
2. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-4VM4 : 16 March 2018), Leonora Scott Muse, 1901; citing Passport Application, California, United States, source certificate #38427, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., Roll 572, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138652594/leonora-scott-curtin
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138652594/leonora-scott-curtin
5. ↑ International Women's Initiative, New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative:Three Wise Women

See also:

• Leonora's bio on the Santa Fe Botanical Garden site
• Wikipedia:Fenyes_Estate