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TABLE OF CONTENTSGenealogical Material, 1863-2000 Professional Memorabilia, 1930-1970 |
A Guide to the Curtis Fisher Watters Family Papers, 1863-2000
Biographical NotesCurtis Fitz Fisher Watters (1893-1982) In 1893 Curtis Fitz Fisher was born to Will and J.N. Fisher. Curtis was the youngest of three siblings, two sisters and one younger brother. At around the age of thirteen Curtis was orphaned and then raised by her sister Lela and her brother-in-law Maxcy Callaway, who was a conductor for the Santa Fe Rail Road Company. Sometime during the first decade of the twentieth-century Curtis met Virgil Watters and they were married on December 6, 1910. Curtis had three daughters with Virgil Watters: Virginia (1911-1981), Sue Maxcy (1914-?), and Mollie Nan (1918-1975). Shortly after Mollie Nan was born Virgil left Curtis to raise their three daughters alone. With her three daughters Curtis returned home to Temple, Texas where she worked for the division office of the Santa Fe Railroad Company. A few years later Curtis worked for the Texas Highway Department in Wichita Falls. Eventually, Curtis would become one of the first Certified Medical Record Librarians in Texas. She would work for Scott and White Hospital, King’s Daughters Hospital in Temple, and the Clinic Hospital of San Angelo Clinic. In addition Curtis would serve as the President for the Texas Association of Medical Record Librarians, one of many professional associations that she was a member of. In the 1930's Curtis began dating William Veery Smith (also known as Bill), a Division Engineer with the Santa Fe Railroad Company and a soldier in both World War I and II. William Veery Smith and Curtis Watters never married but remained devoted to one another until William’s death in the 1970's. Virgil Watters (1891-1987) Virgil Watters was Curtis Watter’s husband and father to her three children. Watters was born in 1891 to James Butler Watters and Nanie Jane Wright. After leaving Curtis in 1920, Virgil would proceed to marry four more women and die in 1987. SECOND GENERATION Virginia (Din) Watters Worden (1911-1981) Virginia Watters Worden, also known as Din, was the first of three children born to Curtis and Virgil Watters. Din married Ralph Worden, who was in the Army Air Corps, before World War II but divorced him in the late 1940’s. They had no children. Sue Maxcy Speir (1914-?) Sue Macy Speir was the second born of three girls. Before the start of World War II she married Leslie Speir, who was in the Coast Guard. Sue separated (in 1943) and divorced her husband shortly after the war ended. They had one daughter named Margaret Ann (also known as Maggie, M.A., Punk, or the Brat). After her divorce Sue returned to school and became a Registered Lab Technician. Mollie Nan Hallmark (1918-1975) Mollie Nan was the youngest of Curtis’s three girls. Like her older sisters, Mollie was married before the United States entered World War II. Unlike them, however, she remained married to her husband K.B. (Karo) Hallmark till her death in 1981. Together, they both had one son named K.B. Hallmark III who also worked for the Highway Patrol like his father. THIRD GENERATION Margaret Ann Sheerin (1940-?) Margaret Ann, the daughter of Sue and Leslie Speir, was born in 1940. Margaret Ann was also known as Maggie, M.A., Punk, or the Brat in the various correspondences within this collection. Margaret Ann and Bob Sheerin produced three children: Jim (Jimmy), Carolyn, and Jack. K.B. Hallmark III (1946-?) K.B. Hallmark III was born in Austin Texas in 1946. K.B. was the only child of Mollie and K.B. Hallmark (also known as Karo). K.B married Janet Schuchardt and together had two children Amanda Laine and K.B. IV. FOURTH GENERATION Amanda Laine Hallmark (1972-1979) Amanda Laine was born on September 16, 1972 to K.B Hallmark III and Janet Schuchardt and died on December 3, 1979. K.B Hallmark IV (1974-?) K.B was born on August 3, 1974 to K.B Hallmark III and Janet Schuchardt. Jim (Jimmy) Sheerin (196 -?) Jim was the first son born to Margaret and Bob Sheerin. Cynthia Sheerin (197 -?) Cynthia was the second child born to Margaret and Bob Sheerin Jack Sheerin (197 -?) Jack was the third child born to Margaret and Bob Sheerin. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Curtis Fisher Watters Papers document the life of a Texas woman and four generations of her family and friends through photographs, scrapbooks, books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera ranging from programs to handkerchiefs. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThis collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form. Use RestrictionsThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply. Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by staff when reviewing photographic materials. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred Citation[Identification of item], Curtis Fisher Watters Family Papers, MS 120, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections. Acquisition InformationThe materials of this collection were donated by Margaret Ann (Maggie) Sheerin in 2001. (Acc. 2001-13). Processing InformationProcessed by: Lea Domingo, July 2003. Encoded by: Nikki Lynn Thomas, Manuscripts Archivist, October 2007 Return to the Table of Contents Note to ResearchersSee also, The Watters and The Hallmark Family Trees through these online addresses: Watters: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5576/watters.html Hallmark: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/5576/hallmark.html A compiled list, alphabetical by sender, for each type of correspondence is available. Please contact Special Collections to request a copy (speciallcollections @ utsa.edu). Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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