1910 Federal Census, Falls County, Texas, 11 May, Justice Precinct 1, District 45, Page 17A, Marlin & Rock Dam Rd, Hse #306, Fam #313 Christian, Howard Head M W 30 Married 4 yrs TX TX GA [b abt 1880] Christian, Myrtle Wife F W 23 Married 4 yrs 1 Child/1 Living AL VA VA [b abt 1887] Christian, Thelma Dau F W 2 TX TX AL [b abt 1908] Thelma's parents were separated, if not already divorced by the 1930 census, when her father was reported living in Phoenix, Arizona, with his mother and a brother and sister in their household, and in 1930 he was reported divorced. Suzanne's Gwynne's genealogy provides Myrtle's maiden name, but also lacks the death and burial information we are seeking. Her parents are also unknown. Myrtle Hearst Birth abt 1908 in Alabama, Death Unknown Spouse Howard Christian 1880 - 1944 Daughter Thelma Christian 1908 -- Suzanne Gwynne, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2048179/person/554150275
1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 2 July, Marlow Town, District 164, page 18A, Hse #326, Fam #329 Christian, Joseph Head W M Feb 1856 44 Married 16 years TX TX TX Day Laborer Rents Can Read and Write Christian, Cathrine Wife W F Apr 1868 32 Married 16 years 8 children/7 living TX MS TX Can Read and Write Christian, Zorce [Zora] Dau W F Nov 1884 15 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read and Write Christian, Thomas B Son W M June 1886 13 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read and Write Christian, Edward E Son W M July 1888 11 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read Cannot Write Christian, Minnie Dau W M Nov 1889 10 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read Cannot Write Christian, Lillie O Dau W M Sept 1892 7 Single TX TX TX Christian, Joseph L Son W M Dec 1898 1 Single TX TX TX 1910 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 30 April, Kiowa Township, District 226, page 17B-18A, Hse #306, Fam #311 Christian, Joseph B Head M W 54 Married [unreported] yrs TX TX TX Farmer Rents Christian, Catherine C Wife F W 44 Married 27 yrs 12 children/3 living TX AR TX -- page 18A -- Christian, Zoar O [Zora] Dau F W 24 Married [?] TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Thomas B Son F W 22 Married [?] TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Edward E [Edward Everett] Son M W 21 TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Richard Son M W 19 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Mineola Dau F W 18 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Marvin Son M W 15 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Lillie O Dau F W 17 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Ern [Ernest, name in some genealogies is Arn] Son M W 11 Single TX TX TX Can Read and Write [b abt 1899] Christian, Essie L Dau M W 7 Single OK TX TX Cannot Read and Write [b abt 1903] Christian, Estel C Son M W 5 Single OK TX TX Cannot Read and Write [b abt 1905] Thomas Benjamin "Tom" Christian Birth 1886 Death 1958 Parents: Joseph Benjamin Christian (1856 - 1934) Catharine Smith Christian (1866 - 1943) Spouse Gussie May Battles Christian (1888 - 1944) Daighter Nadine Christian (1919 - 1967) Siblings: Zora E Christian Battles (1884 - 1964) Everett E Christian (1888 - 1973) Lillie Christian Grubbs (1892 - 1978) Marvin Eugene Christian (1895 - 1983) Essie Lee Christian Walkup (1902 - 1986) Burial Portales Cemetery, Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA Created by Joyce Gore Locke Jan 24, 2005 -- Find A Grave Memorial #10366761, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10366761
Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 Drury Christian, Will written 7 March 1825 Probate Franklin County, Georgia, appraisers appointed 30 April 1825 Heirs named: Wife Frances Christian Daughters Pyrene, Cenas, Sarah and Mary (described in other documents as minor child, with guardian Chrles Jones) Sons Drury B, Thomas C and John A Wife Frances Christian appointed Executrix of the estate, and his friends Thomas Jones and George Stovall as Executors Thomas was one of the administrators of his brother Drury B Christian's estate after his death in about January 1843. ----------------------------- "Inventory of the Estate of Drury B Christian Deceased" 9 Janurary 1843 Appraisers, named as "Administrators" in this document signed as: Edward W Mayfield John M Neal R R Ash Nathl [Nathaniel] Halley The back side of this document is presented as a separate scan. That has the affidavit of the two executors, R G Little and Thomas C Christian, dated 9 January 1843 This is one of three documents found in the Probate file labeled Franklin County (Georgia) 1843-1844, with two variations of his name, Drewry B and Drury B Chrisitian ----------------------------- ----------------------------- "The Estate of Drewry B Christian Decd" Drury B Christian Probate document listing debts paid up to 6 March 1843 by the estate, Names appearing in the document as payees are Thos Connalley Nathan Gunnels (?) Jacob Strickland and Thos W Connalley Samuel W Connalley James Colley Credit to the estate by cash collected from Asa Miller 10 February 1843 Filed with the court by Administrators Thos C Christian and R G Little 15 March 1843 ----------------------------- ----------------------------- "A Return of the Estate of Drury B Christian Ded" Drury B Christian Probate document listing expenses to his estate, including disbursements to heirs, page 1, There is no date on this document, but the date appears on page 2 statement of filing. Page 2 is written on the back on page 1, which is clearly readable on the bleed-through. Page 2 reports one Credit to the estate, and includes the sworn filing by executors R G Little and Thomas C Chrisitan, dated Court "September Term 1844," and is labeled at the end, in sideways writing "Little Return Recorded." These are two of three documents found in the Probate file labeled Franklin County (Georgia) 1843-1844, with two variations of his name, Drewry B and Drury B Chrisitian -----------------------------
I am puzzled that there is no entry for a Thomas in this famliy in the 1860 census. He appears in the 1870 census with his father and stepmother. 1870 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas, 6 August, Mt Pleasant, page 161, Hse/Fam #1120 Peter Christian 56 M W Farmer England Polly A Christian 36 F W Alabama Thomas Christian 13 M W Mississippi
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 Thomas Wallace Christian Birth 26 Jan 1922 Woodsboro, Refugio, Texas Father J Thomas Christian b Cass County, Texas, age 31, Farmer Mother Evelyn Nora Rhodes b N Carolina, age 30, Housewife Mother Residence Woodsboro Thomas was born 10 years after his older sister Alma on the same date. Christian-Rhodes Family Bible Birth Registry 2 Thomas Wallace Christian Born Jan 26, 1922 Woodboro, Texas -- Courtesy of Cheryl Begg lamm1e@comcast.net 1930 Federal Census, Maricopa County, Arizona, 14 April, Creighton, District 7-58, page 16A, 1950 Thomas Rd, Hse #353, Fam #375 Christian, Thomas Head Rents $25 Has no Radio M W 39 Married at age 19 TX MS SC [b abt 1891] House Builder Christian, Nora E Wife F W 38 Married at age 18 NC NC NC [b abt 1892] Christian, Thomas Son M W 8 TX TX NC [b abt 1922] 1940 Federal Census, Benson County, Arizona, 27 April, Benson, District 2-39, Page 3A, Pearl St, Hse #45, Owns $50 Gardener, P J Head M W 33 Married Grade 8 b Missouri Same house in 1935 Owner-manager, feed & seed store [b abt 1907] Gardener, Alma [Christian] Wife F W 28 Married Grade H3 b Texas Same house in 1935 General Store Saleslady [b abt 1912] Christian, Mary Lou Dau F W 7 Single Grade 1 b Arizona Same house in 1935 Water Pump Installer [b abt 1933] Christian, Ruby Mae Dau F W 5 Single Grade 0 b New Mexico Same house in 1935 Laborer [b abt 1935] Christian, Thomas W Brother-in-law M W 18 Single Grade [unrptd] b Texas Rural Cochise Co in 1935 Road Construction Laborer [b abt 1922] U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Thomas W Christian Birth Date 26 Jan 1922 Phone Number 972-7520 26602 Calle Lago, Capistrano Beach, CA, 92624-1304 32525 Alzores Rd, Laguna Niguel, CA, 92677 (1972 1977) 8850 Little Creek Rd, Reno, NV, 89508-8247 (1979 1993) U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Thomas W. Christian Born 26 Jan 1922 Died 16 May 2002 Last Residence Sparks, Washoe, Nevada 89431 SSN 463-12-1402 issued Texas (Before 1951)
1930 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 15 April, Oakdale Township, District 17, page 9A, Hse #154, Fam #165 Christian, Henry C Head M W 34 Married at age 20 OK MS MS Farmer Christian, Ava Wife F W 33 Married at age 19 OK TX TX Christian, Charlie Son M W 11 OK OK OK Christian, Vera Dau F W 8 OK OK OK Christian, Glynn Son M W 6 OK OK OK Christian, Margaret Dau F W 4yrs 8mos OK OK OK [born about Aug 1925] Christian, Alfred Son M W 2yrs 6mos OK OK OK [born about Oct 1927] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Vera Esther Miller [Vera Esther Nelson] [Vera Neer] [Vera Esther Christian] Birth 14 Apr 1921 Mountain View (Kiowa County), Oklahoma Death Date 24 Sep 2004 Father Henry C Christian Mother Ava E Sampley SSN 456364079 Feb 1944 Name listed as VERA ESTHER MILLER; Sep 1955 Name listed as VERA ESTHER NELSON; Sep 1964 Name listed as VERA NELSON NEER; Oct 1964 Name listed as VERA EST NEER; 11 Feb 1998 Name listed as VERA ESTER NEER; 06 Oct 2004 Name listed as VERA E NEER Vera's memorial on Find a Grave was very minimal. We suumbitted more complete information and a link to her father's memorial. No burial information has been found for her mother. Vera Neer BIRTH 1921 DEATH 2004 (aged 82-83) BURIAL Bailey County Cemetery, Muleshoe, Bailey County, Texas, USA Created by Mrs. J 7 Mar 2010 -- Find a Grave Memorial 49376340, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49376340
U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990 Vernon G Christian Birth Year abt 1946 Member of Alpha sigma Phi fraternity, p 365 1966 Sooner Yearbook, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990 Vernon Christian Birth Year abt 1946 Freshman, Alpha Sigma Phi, University College, from Anadarko, p 300 1966 Sooner Yearbook, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990 Garth Christian Birth Year abt 1946 Resident of Cleveland House, p 584 1966 Sooner Yearbook, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 Vernon G Christian Birth Date16 Jun 1945 1518 Essex CT, Norman, OK, 73069-7453 202 N Porter Ave, Norman, OK, 73071-5837 (1993, 1995) 1201 N Main St, Noble, OK, 73068-9366 (1995) RR 2 Box 52, Noble, OK, 73068 Vernon Garth Christian Birth 6/16/1945 OK, Comanche Co, Lawton, Oklahoma Indian Hospital Education University Of Oklahoma, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma -- "Vernon Garth Christian," Our Family Tree, http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php?pid=59435 ------------------ Helen Pauline was Uncle Vernon Garth Christian’s wife, he was killed when a semi fell on him. He is the original Vernon Garth Christian and was my Grandpa Harvey’s Brother. They had 3 children Garth, Gary and Gay. My Grandpa Harvey named my dad after his brother which he was Vernon Garth Christian Sr. My brother is a Jr and was named after my dad of course. My mother’s name is Donna Lee Christian (Handley). -- Brenda Mitchell, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 April 2018 ------------------ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Vernon Garth Christian Birth 16 Jun 1945 Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma Death Date 19 Mar 2007 SSN 448447231 May 1962 Name listed as VERNON GARTH CHRISTIAN; 22 Mar 2007 Name listed as VERNON G CHRISTIAN ---------------- Bernice Rosella Fisher and Harvey Leon Christian ... divorced and both remarried, producing no new offspring. Only the youngest two daughters are living, both in Norman. 1. Grover Cleveland Christian (1940-2012) married Martha Joyce Hodge (b. 1940), producing three children: Scott (b. 1961), Steven (b.1962) and Jeffrey (born circa 1966 and died circa 1994) 2. Patrician Ann Christian-Young-Keesee (1941-2005) married Richard Lee Young (I don't remember him) producing three living children: Richard, Jr. (b. April 14, 1965), Edward (born circa 1966), and Gaylon (born 1970). 3. Richard Donald Christian (1943-2015) married Pearl Gould (b. 1942). He has four living offspring, I think all of whom are from Pearl. I've met them all, but did not grow up with them, so haven't mastered the dates. They are Richard Christian, Jr., Nadine Christian, Julene Christian-Todd, and Shelley Christian-Chamberlain. 4. Vernon Garth Christian (1945-2007) married Donna Pigorsch (will have to track down dates and maiden name. Pigorsch was previous marriage, I believe). Aunt Donna had two older children (Ronnie and Christina), who were raised by Uncle Vernon but not his offspring. Together, Uncle Vernon and Aunt Donna produced two living children together: Vernon Garth Christian, Jr. (b. 1972) and Brenda Ranelle Christian-Hogue-Mitchell (born circa 1979). 5. Mary Sue Christian (b. 1948) married Larry Varner (b. 1946) producing two living children: Larry, Jr. (b. 1970) and Jan Varner - Serrate (b. 1971) 6. Sally Sue Christian-McDonald-Morris (b. February 16, 1953) married Robert Lynn McDonald (b. December 14, 1940), producing two children together: Robert Lynn McDonald, Jr (b. April 14, 1969) and myself: David Benjamin McDonald, Sr. (b. April 23, 1971). -- David McDonald, Sr, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 28 December 2019 ---------------- Social Security Death Index Vernon G Christian Born 16 Jun 1945, Died 19 Mar 2007 SSN 448-44-7231 issued Oklahoma (1961-1962) Much of the detail of Vernon Garth Christian's life is told in the excellent obituary published online by Havenbrook Funeral Home, Norman, Oklahoma. There is no mentoin at all of his wife, Donna Lee Handley. Vernon Garth Christian Obituary --------------------------------------------------- Vernon Garth Christian unexpectedly left this world to be with the Lord on Monday, March 19, 2007. Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 22 at First Baptist Church in Norman. Burial will follow at IOOF Cemetery in Norman. Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma. Vernon was born June 16, 1945 in the Lawton, Oklahoma Indian Hospital to Bernice Farris [should be Fisher] and Harvey Christian. He lived in Verden, Oklahoma and Burkburnett, Texas before moving to Norman in 1961 and graduated from Norman High School in 1963. At Norman High School Vernon was a letterman in wrestling. He attended the University of Oklahoma before enlisting in the Oklahoma Army National Guard in September 1965 as a Private. He achieved the rank of SP5 before leaving the Guard with an Honorable Discharge in December, 1971. Vernon was the owner and operator of several service stations in Norman before opening Christian's Auto & Marine Repair. He was in business repairing automobiles and boats for over 40 years. Vernon's pride and joy was his family. He was devoted a father, brother and grandfather. The family will enjoy thousands and thousands of memories. He loved to fish and attend OU sporting events. He was very proud of his Comanche/Caddo heritage and was a member of the Comanche Indians Veteran Association. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Mr. Christian was preceded in death by his parents, his sister and brother-in-law Patricia and Henry Keesee. Vernon is survived by two daughters, Kristina and husband Dennis Berglan and Brenda and husband Michael Hogue. Two sons Vernon Christian Jr. and Ronnie Pigorsch. Vernon is also survived by his special friend and companion Joyce Filipski. Grandsons Michael Hogue Jr., Mathew Hogue and unborn grandson Marc Vernon Hogue. Mr. Christian is also survived by two brothers Cleve Christian of Norman, Richard Christian of Graham, Texas and two sisters Mary Varner and husband Larry and Sally Morris and husband Jim all of Norman, and many nieces and nephews and friends. -- Havenbrook Funeral Home, obituary no longer online, http://www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/ --------------------------------------------------- This same obituary was also published in the Norman Transcript, March 22, 2007 -- Havenbrook Funeral Home, http://www.normantranscript.com/obituaries/local_story_081012314/resources_printstory U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2018 Vernon Garth Christian Age 25 Birth Date 16 Jun 1945 Death Date 19 Mar 1971 Published in the Norman Transcript, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma There is also an index summary of the obituary reporting publication in the Lawton Constitution on 21 March. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2018 Vernon Garth Christian Age 61, Birth about 1946 Death 19 Mar 2007 Obituary Published 21 Mar 2007 in the Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Vernon Garth Christian Birth Jun 16, 1945 Comanche County, Oklahoma Death Mar 19, 2007 Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma Parents: Harvey L Christian (1915 - 1987) Bernice Rosella Fisher 1919-1997 Siblings: Grover Cleveland Christian 1940-2012 Patricia Ann Christian Keesee 1941-2005 Burial IOOF Cemetery, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma Created by Karen Maloy Oct 03, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #59551418, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59551418
1920 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 13 January, Mountain View, District 142, page 5B, Hse/Fam #40 Christian, Cleve Head M W 36 TX TX TX Rancher Christian, Sallie Wife F W 26 OK TX TX Christian, Vernon son M W 5mos OK TX OK (makes him born about July 1919) 1930 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 9 April, Dill, District 4, page 5B, Hse #101, Fam #102 Christian, Cleve Head M W 46 TX MS MS Farmer [Note that birthplace of both parents has changed] Christian, Sallie Wife F W 36 OK TX TX Christian, Vernon son M W 10 OK TX OK Some time between 1935 and 1940, Vernon became an employee of the US Air Corps, and int he 1940 census he is reported as a civilian airplane mechanic at Randolph Air Field near San Antonio, Texas. 1940 Federal Census, Bexar County, Texas, 12 April, Randolph Field, 52nd School Squadron Air Corps, District 15-20, page 16A, Hse #464, Govt Owned Christian, Vernon G Head M W 20 Single Grade H4 b Oklahoma Rural Kiowa CO OK in 1935 Airplane Mechanic, Civilian Employee [b abt 1920] When he registered for the WWII draft, Vernon was in Chickasha, Oklahoma. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Vernon Garth Christian Residence Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA Age 26 Birth 5 Aug 1919 Mountain View, Oklahoma, USA Next of Kin Cleve Christian Employer Unemployed 5'8" 150 lbs, Brown Eyes, Brown Hair, Ruddy Complexion Registratered 12 Sep 1945 (no Image Available, Index record only) In a letter to Lou Ila Gregory from her fiancé, Orville Lee Jenkins, Orville mentions that he had attended Vernon's wedding the previous Sunday, which woould be 28 July 1946. In 1952, Vernon was living in Anadarko. He was employed by a company in Chickasha, where he was listed in the City Directory. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1952, p 55 Christian Bobby D stdnt r 915 S 6th Christian Broom (Ralph F Christian) h 915 S 6th Christian Ralph F (Anna M; Christian Broom Mfg) h 915 S 6th Christian Sally (wid Cleve) h 2713 S 18th Christian Vernon G mtce mech Standard Cable r Anadarko "CHRISTIAN, Vernon G, 5 Aug 1919 - 30 Jun 1960 (burial 2 Jul) (Block 36, Lot 106, NE 1/4)" -- Rosehill Cemetery Registry, Chickasha, Oklahoma, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/grady/cemeteries/rose03.txt. ------------------ Helen Pauline was Uncle Vernon Garth Christian’s wife, he was killed when a semi fell on him. He is the original Vernon Garth Christian and was my Grandpa Harvey’s Brother. They had 3 children Garth, Gary and Gay. My Grandpa Harvey named my dad after his brother who was Vernon Garth Christian Sr. My brother is a Jr and was named after my dad of course. My mother’s name is Donna Lee Christian (Handley). -- Brenda Mitchell, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 April 2018 ------------------ Karen, who posted Vernon's memorial on Find a Grave, added information from my research to Vernon's memorial. Vernon G Christian Birth Aug 5, 1919 Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma Death Jun 30, 1960 Oklahoma Parents: Grover C Christian (1884 - 1939) Sallie Hester Christian (1893 - 1982) Siblings: Cleva Inez Weaver (1912 - 2000) Harvey L Christian (1915 - 1987) Burial Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, Block 36 Lot 106 Created by Karen Jul 05, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #54527736, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54527736/christian
------------------- Violet Fay "Nanny" Christian Callaway Birth Jul. 28, 1933 Death Aug. 23, 2006 Daughter of Earnest & Daisy L. RAINS/RAINES Christian Parents: Ernest Christian (1908 - 1954) Daisy L. Rains Christian (1911 - 1991) Wife of Herbert Dale "Pug" Callaway (1930 - 1973) - Married 3/1/1951 Siblings: William "Ray" Christian (1928 - 2000) J C Christian (1931 - 2001) J. C. Christian (1931 - 2001) Mardenia Christian Sikes (1936 - 2010) Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, Plot: Block 6 Created by sha9876 Jul 12, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial #28215170, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28215170 -------------------
Christian-Rhodes Family Bible Birth Registry 2 Virgil Ernest Christian Born Oct 28, 1918 Hawley, Texas -- Courtesy of Cheryl Begg lamm1e@comcast.net The family Bible reports Virgil was born in Hawley, Texas, out west. His brother Joe was born 3 years before in Woodsboro, on the Gulf. The first three children had been born in Hawley, and the next child, Tom, was born down in Woodsboro. This reflects movement across a great distance every 2 years of so. 1920 Federal Census, Refugio County, Texas, 9 February, Precinct 6, District 145, Page 4A, Demmer Lane, Hse/Fam #9 Christian, Thomas Head Rents M W 29 Married TX US US Farmer [b abt 1890] Christian, Nora Wife F W 28 Married TX NC NC [b abt 1891] Christian, Herbert Son M W 9 TX TX TX [b abt May 1910] Christian, Alma Dau F W 7 TX TX TX [b abt 1812] Christian, Joseph Son M W 6 TX TX TX [b abt 1905 Christian, Melvin Son M W 3yrs8mos TX TX TX [b abt Apr 1916] Christian, Virgil Son M W 1yr2mos TX TX TX [b abt Oct 1918] 1930 Federal Census, Maricopa County, Arizona, 14 April, Creighton, District 7-58, page 16A, 1950 Thomas Rd, Hse #353, Fam #375 Christian, Thomas Head Rents $25 Has no Radio M W 39 Married at age 19 TX MS SC [b abt 1891] House Builder Christian, Nora E Wife F W 38 Married at age 18 NC NC NC [b abt 1892] Christian, Herbert Son M W 19 Single TX TX NC House Builder [b abt 1911] Christian, Alma Dau F W 18 Single TX TX NC Salesgirl, 5 & 10 Store [b abt 1912] Christian, Melvin Son M W 15 Single TX TX NC [b abt 1915] Christian, Virgil Son M W 11 Single TX TX NC [b abt 1919] Christian, Thomas Son M W 8 TX TX NC [b abt 1922] Christian, John Son M W 6 AZ TX NC [b abt 1924] Christian, Charles Son M W 3 AZ TX NC [b abt 1927] 1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, 12 April, Los Angeles, District 60-116, Page 12A, 12300 Pacific Ave, Hse #258, Rents $30 Christian, J Thomas Head M W 49 Married Grade 8 b Tex Same house in 1935 Laborer [b abt 1891] Christian, Nora Wife F W 48 Married Grade H1 b NC Benson, Cochise, Arizona in 1935 [b abt 19892] Christian, Virgil Son M W 21 Single Grade H4 b Tex Benson, Cochise, Arizona in 1935 Water Pump Installer [b abt 1919] Christian, John Son M W 16 Single Grade H1 b Arizona Benson, Cochise, Arizona in 1935 Laborer [b abt 1924] Christian, Charles Son M W 13 Single Grade 7 b Arizona Benson, Cochise, Arizona in 1935 [b abt 1927] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Virgil E Christian Born 1918 in Texas Residence Los Angeles, California Enlistment 22 Sep 1943 Los Angeles, California Private, No branch assignment Education 1 year of college Single, without dependents U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Virgil E Christian Birth Date 28 Oct 1918 Phone Number 944-4844 4141 Joy Ln, Carmichael, CA, 95608-2620 (1988 1993) PO Box 1024, Pioneer, CA, 95666-1024 3402 Topeka St, Riverbank, CA, 95367-2332 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Virgil Ernest Christian Born 28 Oct 1918 Died 13 Oct 2006 Last Residence Carmichael, Sacramento, California 95608 SSN issued Texas (Before 1951) I submitted information to Virgil's memorial on Find a Grave, as reflected in the memorial below. Virgil Ernest Christian Birth Oct. 28, 1918 Texas Death Oct. 13, 2006 Carmichael, Sacramento County, California Parents: J Thomas Christian (1890 - 1971) Nora Evelyn Rhodes Christian (1891 - 1973) Siblings: Herbert Voy Christian (1910 - 2006) Joe Bartley Christian (1913 - 1990) Burial Fair Oaks Cemetery, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California Created by Kat B Aug 15, 2014 -- Find A Grave Memorial #134359865, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134359865
1930 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 13 May, Elk Township, District 14, page 12A, Hse #238, Fam #253 Christian, Jack Head Rents Does not owns a radio M W 46 First Married at age 34 TX MS TX Farmer [b abt 1884] Christian, Verda M Wife F W 32 First Married at age 20 AR NC AR [b abt 1910] Christian, Vivian Dau F W 9 OK TX AR [b abt 1921] Vivian Burnice Christian Birth 1921-17-01 in Oklahoma Death 1937-10-06 Parents Andrew Jackson "Jack" Christian 1880 - 1948, Verda Mae Smith 1898 - 1933 -- Smith Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18471277/person/663985718
1930 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, 9 April, Idabel Ward 2, District 15, page 1B, E 4th St, "White Man Addition," Hse #16, Fam #19 Christian, Matthew H Head M W 47 TX TX TX Taxi Driver Christian, Ruth Wife F W 29 TX TX TX Christian, William H Son M W 2yrs 6mos OK TX TX 1940 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, 22 April, Idabel, District 45-16, page 17A, Hse #389, Owns $2000 Bledsoe, Ceny Head F W 69 Grade 8 b Tennessee same house in 1935 No Occup Christian, Buck Son-in-law M W 46 Grade 8 b Texas same house in 1935 Taxi Driver Christian, Ruth Dau F W 39 Grade H3 b Texas same house in 1935 Christian, William H Grandson M W 12 Grade 6 b Okla same house in 1935
Harold Christian refers to the father of William James Christian as Peter Christian (Jenkins Family History, p 8). Other facts indicate that this is William Peter Christian, father of Daniel Zene Christian. William James Christian is referred to as Bill by various family members in various written references. In the censuses of 1880 and 1900 he is listed as Willie. The age of William in the 1860 census matches "John" in 1850. William is 10 years old, making him born abt 1850. 1860 Federal Census, Calhoun County, Mississippi, 25 September, Cherry Hill, page 163, Hse #1140, Fam #1156 Peter Christian 45 M Farmer England (b abt 1815) Mary [Waldon] Christian 25 F Ala (b abt 1835) William Christian 10 M b Mississippi (b abt 1850, matches John 1850 census, but note 1870, age 15!) I considered that "John" could be a mis-write by the enumerator for James, for William James. Worse things have happened. Joseph Sanford Jenkins was reported as John Jinkins in the 1860 Cass County, Texas, census. Though William's age of 10 matches John, 3 months old in 1850 (thus born in June 1850), William is strangely recorded as 15 years old in 1870. On the other hand, Harold Christian reports that there is a birth date recorded for William in his family Bible: Based on information from William's family Bible, he was born 20 November 1853. It is probably safer to accept this as an accurate birth date, and attribute error to the various censuses, which are often erroneous. And then we should consider John as a child who died between the 1850 and 1860 census, as Harold did in his analysis. 1870 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas, 6 August, Mt Pleasant, page 161, Hse/Fam #1120 Peter Christian 56 M W Farmer England Polly A Christian 36 F W Alabama William Christian 15 M W Mississippi In 1880, I find that Willie, not yet married, is living with a family named Brock, next door to a family that appears to be that of his brother Daniel Zene, where their younger half brother Henry is living after the death of his parents. Polly likely died in 1870 or soon after, and father Peter died in 1874, after moving to Cass County near the sons. Willie either is working for the Brock family on their farm or is farming a section of their land as his own. His occupation is shown as "Farming," not "Farmer," "Farm Labor" or "Laborer." The last son of Polly, 9-year-old Peter (born in September 1870, possibly the occasion of Polly's death) is living with brother Bart and his family a couple of doors down from Zene. In between the two brothers is a family named Cowan, Robert and Sarah and their children. Willie, later referred to by family members as Bill, though recorded in censuses as Willie, married Lucinda Amanda Jenkins. She is referred to as Amanda Lucinda in some sources. Amanda (Mandy) was the daughter of Joseph Sanford Jenkins, born in South Carolina, but married in Mississippi, where Amanda was born before the family moved on to Cass County, Texas. Their story is told in this genealogy. Bill, or Willie, and Amanda moved from Cass County, Texas, to Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, about 1891. Their child Iler was the last one born in Texas in about August 1890. The next child Charles (recorded in 1900 as Henry C) was born in Chickasaw Nation in May 1892. The next two children were also born in Chickasaw Nation, then Susan Annie was born after they had moved to Oklahoma Territory in about May 1900. Since the 1890 census was destroyed by fire, we are missing some details on the family that would fill out their story as the 19th century ends. In 1900 they are enumerated living in Washita County of Oklahoma Territory. This county had been formed as a new county only earlier that year, from what was formerly Cheyenne and Arapaho lands. This new county bordered Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, to the east. If the reports of birth of their children in Chickasaw Nation are correct here, they moved across the border into Washita County around the time the county was established in Oklahoma Territory. In the 1900 census for Union Township, Washita County, Oklahoma Territory, there are many anomalies, as ages don't always match the birth dates reported, birth dates found here don't match those in family sources, names are spelled oddly, and handwriting is poor. The family name is spelled Christain, Pete is spelled Peet. W's look like a cross between M's and B's, E's are often closed and look like I's except they are not dotted. Capital P's are linked to the following vowel, making them look somewhat like R's with a long stem. 1900 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 3 August, Union Township, District 211, page 13A, Hse/Fam #189 Willie Christain [sic] Head W M Oct 1857 42 Miss England GA Farmer Mandy Christain Wife W F Mar 1858 42 MS MS MS William Christain Son W M Oct 1886 13 TX England Miss Farmer Oscar Christain Son W M May 1887 (? 1882) 18 (?) TX England Miss Farmer Peet Christain [Pete] Son W M Sept 1888 11 TX England Miss Farmer Iler Christain Dau W F Aug 1890 9 TX England Miss Farmer Henry C Christain Son May 1892 8 [seems to be Charles] Chickasaw Ind Terr England Miss Farmer Henry Christain Son W M Dec 1894 5 Chickasaw, Ind Terr England Miss Farmer Robert Christain Son W M March 1897 3 Chickasaw Ind Terr England Miss Farmer Susa Christain Dau W F May 1898 (1899?) 3 [3/12 ?] Chickasaw Ind Terr England Miss Farmer [Appears to intend Susan, seems to match Susan Anne] For the last child, if Annie, the birth date written in the census is hard to understand. It is somewhat messy, and might be May 1898 or 1897. But it could not be May 1898, if Robert's birthday was only 7 months before in March 1898. If it was May 1900, that would make it three months, matching Annie's birthday as 17 May 1900 from a list in a family source. But the age written is not 3/12. It is a large 3, with two or more lines, somewhat straight after the three, and one slightly slanting under the 3, but no number after or under any of the messy lines. All the children are listed as farmers, also; even Susa, the baby. Note also that the enumerator erroneously lists the father of all the children as born in England, when Willie was born in Mississippi. It was Willie's father that was born in England. Note that the child I list as M N Christian does not appear in the census. This name comes from a list of the children of this family found in the dictionary of Amanda's brother William (Bud) Jenkins, who wrote various memorabilia in his dictionary like a diary. This is the only record I have seen of the child M N. The census indicates that Mandy had borne 10 children, but only 8 are living. This M N, who should have been 16 at this census, must be one of the two who died. I do not have the name of the other one. 1910 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 28 April, Oakdale, District 263, page 20B-21A, Hse #309, Fam #390 Christian, William G Head M W 60 MS England AL Farmer Christian, Amanda L Wife F W 45 MS GA GA Christian, Iler F Dau F W 20 TX MS MS Christian, Charles Son M W 17 OK MS MS Farming Christian, Robert Son M W 13 OK MS MS Christian, Anna Dau F W 10 OK MS MS Christian, Henry Son M W 8 OK MS MS In 1920, William and Amanda's household has expanded, with three sons and their wives living with them. Henry and his wife Ava also have a 10-month-old child. 1920 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 15 January, Oakdale, District 192, page 4B, Hse #65, Fam #65 Christian, William J Head M W 70 MS England AL Farmer Christian, Amanda L Wife F W 60 MS GA GA Christian, Charles H Son M W 27 OK MS MS Farming Christian, Treason [Teresa?] Dau-in-law [Wife of Charles] F W 17 TX MS MS Christian, Henry Son M W 23 OK MS MS Farmer Christian, Ava Dau-in-law [Wife of Henry] F W 22 OK TX TX Christian, Charles Grandson [son of Henry] M W 10mos [born abt Feb 1919] OK OK OK Christian, Robert Lee Son M W 21 OK MS MS Farmer Christian, Lillie Dau-in-law [Wife of Robert] F W 19 Kansas USA Wisconsin I notice that in this census, Amanda has aged 15 years in the last ten! She was 45 in 1910, and now she is 60 in 1920. And Henry is now older than Robert. In 1910 Robert was 13 and Henry was only 8. But now in 1920, Henry is 23; he has aged 15 years since the last census, just like his mother. Meanwhile Robert Lee is only 21, having aged only 8 years since the last census! What fun these censuses are. Oklahoma Gravestone Project, W J Christian, Burial Listing, Oakdale Cemetery, Washita County, Oklahoma W J CHRISTIAN Oakdale Cemetery Washita County, Oklahoma 1842 - 1924 W J and his wife are buried at the Oakdale Cemetery. The town of Oakdale is no longer operative, but the cemetery is maintained. One compiler of a memorial on Find a Grave reports Oakdale as in Cowden, Washita County, Oklahoma. But Cowden is quite a ways away, and there are other cemeteries between them. "Jay and Jan Davis live in old Oakdale school . A few people, still live close to the old Oakdale cemetery. There is not much to see except the Washita River, the Oakdale Cemetery, which is still maintained. Two miles North of the Town of Mountain View on Oklahoma State Highway 115. REMAINS: School House, cemetery. The town was probably abandoned when the school was annexed to Mountain View. The cemetery has graves going back to before 1900." -- Dawn Evans Rogers, Ghost Towns, http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ok/oakdale.html
This child is listed in the 1900 census as Neil, age 9. In the 1910 census he is Willie N, giving us the full name William Neil. 1900 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas, 26 June, Winfield, District 18, page 16B, Hse #247, Fam #299 Christian, Henry Head W M Mar 1868 32 Married 12 yrs TX England TX Horse Trader Rents Christian, Ida Wife W F Dec 1869 30 Married 12 yrs 5 children/3 living TX GA MS Christian, Neil Son W M Aug 1890 9 Single TX TX TX 1910 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 5 May, District 179, page 9B, Hse/Fam #118 Christian, Henry H Head M W 44 Married 23 years TX England -- Farmer Christian, Willie I Wife F W 39 Married 23 years Borne 5 children, 3 living TX AL AL Christian, Willie N Son M W 19 Single TX TX TX U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 William Neil Christian Residence Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Birth 22 Aug 1890 DeQueen (Sevier County), Arkansas Race: American Occupation Comissary Clerk, Choctaw Elev. Co Short, Stout, Brown Eyes, Black Hair Registered 5 june 1917 Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Signed William Neil Christian Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Neal Christian Age 22, Birth Year abt 1890 Residence Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma Spouse's Name Bertie Campbell Spouse's Age 18 Spouse's Residence DeQueen, Sevier, Arkansas Marriage 25 Dec 1912 Sevier County Marriage License Date 24 Dec 1912 William Neil Christian, Sr Birth Aug. 26, 1890 Death Jul. 17, 1971 Burial Redmen Cemetery, De Queen, Sevier County, Arkansas Created by Annie202 Dec 30, 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial #46153450, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CHR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=4&GScntry=4&GSsr=721&GRid=46153450&&ftm=1 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 William Christian Born 22 Aug 1890 Died Jul 1971 Last Residence Broken Bow, Mccurtain, Oklahoma 74728 SSN 444-32-8385 issued Oklahoma (1951)
Both Peter's paretns died shortly after his birth. In the 1880 census he is living with his brother Bartley. 1880 Census, Cass County, Texas, 10 July, Precinct 3, page 59, Hse/Fam #559 Christian, Bart W M 23 Farmer MS England MS [b abt 1857] Christian, Francis [Frances?] W F 18 Wife Keeps House SC SC SC Christian, Samuel W M 3 months, born in Feb 1880 (census date was June) Son TX MS SC Christian, Peter W M 9 Brother TX England MS
Ancestry Disk Archive Information William Peter Christian Born 1810 Isle Of Man, United Kingdom Submitter: Bill Doty P.O. Box 1497 Krebs OK 74554 According to Christian family sources, Peter worked from about age 13 in shipping with an uncle, said to have been established in New York at the time. After probably about 7 years, he went to London for a while before emigrating to the US, seemingly directly to Monroe County, Arkansas. Harold Christian reports from family sources and his research that William married Susan Turner in Arkansas about 1844. Their first daughter Mary Jane was born in Arkansas Mary was born December 10, 1844, so they married in the first quarter of the year, if not in 1843. The location is not known, but William Peter later moved to Monroe County, in Blackton, so it is possible this is the location where he had first lived before he and Susan moved to Mississippi. Sometime between the birth of Mary and the birth of Margaret in 1847, William Peter and Susan moved to Mississippi. Harold K Christian in the Christian Family History (private paper) reports that he found Peter in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, in the 1850 census. I have found and present here that census entry for the Christian family. 1850 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 30 September, Eastern Division, page 642 (scan 626), Hse/Fam #214 Peter Christian 40 M Farmer $700 Isle of Man Susan Christian 19 F Tenn Mary J Christian 6 F Arkansas Margaret Christian 4 F Miss Isabella Christian 3 F Miss John Christian 3 months M MS [thus born June 1850; appears to match James, listed as William age 10 in 1860, but he is 15 in 1870] Hilliard J Gore (?) 34 M SC George Turner 18 M TN Their first child Mary Jane, age 6 in that census, is reported as born in Arkansas. According to the date from family information, Mary Jane was actually not yet 6 years old at the time of the 1850 census, since her birthday is reported as 10 December 1844. Note that Susan's age here is reported as 19 years old. For her to be Mary's mother, they would have had to marry when Susan was only about 12 years old! That seems impossible. (Judy Oldziewski reports that family tradition reported by Mary Jane's son Elbridge does hold that Peter married Susan when she was only 13 years old. See notes below.) The family does have a tradition of an English wife accompanying Peter to the US, then dying there, and Peter returned to England before reruning and marrying Susan. But in reported family memory, the years are later and overlap with Peter's marriages to Susan Turner and Mary (Polly) Waldon. The next child, 4-year old Margaret, was born in Mississippi. From the date of the 1850 census and her age of 4 years, her birth would have been January 1846 or earlier. It is just barely possible that Susan could be age 19 in 1850 and still be the mother of 4-year old Margaret. But they would have had to marry when she was 14 years old. This seems unlikely, with Peter age 35 at the time Susan would have been 14. It seemed likely Margaret may also be the daughter of the reported English first wife. Between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, Peter had relocated to Calhoun County, where he is recorded in 1860. But family tradition insists that young Susan Turner was the mother of both Mary Jane and Margaret. Mar Jane's son Elbridge Smith reported that Peter's English wife was named Sarah Graham. Judy Oldziewski comments on these age and marriage factors. He left England and came to Mobile AL where he lived for almost three years. (In another piece of correspondence, Mr Smith identified Peter's first wife as Mary rather than Margaret Turner. Both names differ from Sarah Graham who was identified as Peter's first wife by Mrs. Tabor.) "Sarah Graham could have been Peter's English wife or as some speculate the mother of Susan. At least some of the family believed Peter left his English wife in England and was still married to her when he married Susan Turner. Supposedly Susan was only 13 when he married her and this does match with her age of 19 in the 1850 census with a six year old child. There seems little doubt Susan was the mother of Mary and Margaret since all family records and family memories reflect this." -- Christian Family History, by Harold K Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/williampeterchristianfamilyhistory.pdf, p 5 Susan died in about 1859, possibly at the childbirth of Bartlett. In the 1860 census for Calhoun County, Mississippi, Peter is already married to his second wife, reported as Mary in this census. Not long afterwards they moved back to Arkansas, living in Blackton (Monroe County), where Mary Jane married Edward Smith in 1862. The family lived there for only a short time before moving on to Texas. They are found in the 1870 census for Titus County, Texas. I did not have information from this 1850 census until July 2007. I originally had only two children's names, from previous Christian family information of my cousin Harold Christian. These were the two oldest sons, William and Daniel, who were are present in the 1870 census for this family. I first discovered the older children in July 2007, in the 1860 census for Calhoun County, Mississippi, thanks to my distant cousin Judy Oldziewski, who searched out some sources for me. In the 1960 census, there are also 4 children named Waldron (Waldon), who from their ages appear to be younger siblings of Mary (listed as Polly A in 1870). Note that in this census the name is written as Waldron, rather than Waldon. 1860 Federal Census, Calhoun County, Mississippi, 25 September, Cherry Hill, page 163, Hse #1140, Fam #1156 Peter Christian 45 M Farmer England (b abt 1815) Mary [Waldon] Christian 25 F Ala (b abt 1835) Mary Christian 14 F born Arkansas (abt 1846) Margaret Christian 13 F born Mississippi (abt 1847) Clara [Sarah Isabella?] Christian 12 F born Mississippi (abt 1848) William Christian 10 M b Mississippi (b abt 1850, matches John 1850 census, but note 1870, age 15!) Daniel Christian 8 M Miss (abt 1852) Bartlett Christian 5 M Miss (abt 1855 but compare 1870, age 11) Sarah E Waldron 11 F Miss (abt 1849) Mary Waldron 9 F Miss (abt 1851) Thomas Waldron 11 F Miss (abt 1853) James Waldron 5 F Miss (abt 1855 but compare 1870, age 11) George Turner 26 M Ditcher VA (b abt 1834) George Turner is likely a brother of Peter's first wife Susan Turner, who died in 1859. George's birthplace looks like Georgia. Judy Oldziewski interpreted it as Virgina (Va). It does not look like a V, but I later noted that it is different from one entry in another family with birthplace Geo. There are no other entries on the page for Georgia or Virginia by which to compare. It does appear that the enumerator meant Virginia as George's birthplace. I find, as shown above, that in the 1850 census, George's birthplace is shown as Tennessee, the same as Susan. By 1870, they had moved to Titus County, northeast Texas. Family sources tell us Peter and Polly moved to Blackton, Arkansas for a period before moving on to Texas. "Mr. Elbridge B (Bartlett) "Bridge" Smith, another descendant of Mary Jane, also reported Peter's place of birth as London. Bridge also related that Peter's family moved from the vicinity of Blackton, AR to East Texas, near Douglasville in Cass County on the Sulphur River. His second wife died there. About 2 years later he married Elizabeth Long. They had been married about one year when he died of congestive chill. He was 89 years of age. Pete Christian was buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery (1 ½ miles south and 3 miles east of Bryan's Mill, Cass County, TX." -- Christian Family History, by Harold K Christian (unpublished), pp 1-2 In 1870 in Titus County, Texas, there are no Waldon (Waldron) or Turner family members living with or near Peter and Polly. The age of William in 1860 matches "John" in 1850. William is 10 years old, making him born abt 1850. I considered that "John" could be a mis-write by the enumerator for James, referring to William James. Worse things have happened. Joseph Sanford Jenkins was recorded as John Jinkins in the 1860 Cass County, Texas, census. Though William's age of 10 matches John, 3 months old in 1850 (thus born in June 1850), William is strangely recorded as 15 years old in 1970. On the other hand, Harold Christian reports that there is a birth date recorded for William in his family Bible: Based on information from William's family Bible, he was born 20 November 1853. It is probably safer to accept this as an accurate birth date, and attribute error to the various censuses, which are often erroneous. And then we should consider John as a child who died between the 1850 and 1860 census, as Harold did in his analysis. The birth state information also tells us that Peter and Susan moved from Arkansas to Mississippi in late 1846 or early 1847, between the births of Mary and Margaret. The family was back in Arkansas briefly between the 1860 and 1870 censuses, when descendants report that the family lived in Arkansas, as detailed above, before moving to Titus County, Texas. The 1870 census in Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, appears to report this family: Father Peter, age 56, is maintaining a household with the help of what appears to be a second wife Polly, age 36. This is consistent with the death of William Peter's wife, which we know from family history occurred in about 1859. 1870 Federal Census, Titus County, Texas, 6 August, Mt Pleasant, page 161, Hse/Fam #1120 Peter Christian 56 M W Farmer England Polly A Christian 36 F W Alabama William Christian 15 M W Mississippi Thomas Christian 13 M W Mississippi Daniel Christian 12 M W Mississippi James [Waldon] Christian 11 F W Mississippi Bartey (mis-write for Bartley?] Christian 11 M W Mississippi [Mother Susan Turner] Nancy Christian 9 F W Mississippi [Mother Polly] Malissa Christian 7 F W Mississippi [Mother Polly] Henry Christian 5 M W Mississippi [Mother Polly] It appears from this census that Polly had no children after their marriage before the 1870 census. Bartlett (Bartey) was the last child of Susan Turner. Titus County is just north of Cass County, Texas. Peter moved to Cass County, probably after Polly's death in 1871. Peter married an Elizabeth Long in about 1873, only a year before he died. Harold Christian reports that a granddaughter of William Peter, Annie Christian Tabor, said that he died near Bryan's Mill in Cass County, Texas, 1874. "Peter's family moved from the vicinity of Blackton, AR to East Texas, near Douglasville in Cass County on the Sulphur River. His second wife [Polly Waldon] died there. About 2 years later he married Elizabeth Long. They had been married about one year when he died of congestive chill. ... Pete Christian was buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery (1 ½ miles south and 3 miles east of Bryan's Mill, Cass County, TX". -- Christian Family History, by Harold K Christian (unpublished), http://objgenealogy.com/articles/williampeterchristianfamilyhistory.pdf, p 2 In 1880 sons Bart, Willie, Zene, Henry and Peter are all living near each other in Cass County. In the 1880 census, Elizabeth Long Christian is enumerated as the head of the household in Precinct 9 of Cass County, on Atlanta and Cussetta Road, with her two children William S and Joan Lee [Long] Christian. In 1900 William is reproted as William S Long, and his sister by her married name Lee Tate. The 1880 enumerator just gave the children their mother's last married name. All the genealogies I have seen report that Polly died in 1870. But not one gives any documentation. In the census for 1870, taken at their home in August 18790, they were living in Titus County, Texas. So if she died in 1870, it would likely have been in Titus County, not Douglasville in Cass County. Or if it was after they moved to the Douglasville area, that 1870 date of death repeated by all those undocumented genealogies is wrong. I have found no documentation of her death or burial. It seems likely she died in childbirth with here last child in September 1870, which would have been in Mt Pleasant, Titus County. Broderbund Family Archive #018, Ed. 1, Family Queries: Everton's "Roots" Cellar William Peter Christian Died 1874 Cass County, Texas Submitter: Bill Doty P.O. Box 1497 Krebs OK 74554 Broderbund Family Archive #018, Ed. 1, Family Queries: Everton's "Roots" Cellar William Peter Christian Died 1874 Cass County, Texas Submitter: Judy Oldziewski, Lawndale, CA I put up a memorial for William on Find a grave. -------------------- William Peter Christian Birth 1810, Isle of Man (domain of the British Throme, but not a membr of the United Kingdom) Death 1874 Douglassville, Cass County, Texas William Peter Christian was born on the Isle of Man, off the west coast of England in 1810. The Isle of Man, though a dominion of the Crown of England, is not part of the United Kingdom, and is self-governing. Though it is not part of England, due to the geographical limitations of the choices in Find a Grave, for ease of reference, we are putting the country as England. After working with his uncle in export business to New York from his youth, Peter immigrated to the United States in about 1930, apparently coming directly to Monroe County, Arkansas. In about 1844 he married Susan Turner in Arkansas. They migrated to Chickasaw County, Mississippi, where he was enumerated in the 1850 census. After a move to Calhoun County, Mississippi, Susan died there in about 1859. Peter married widow Mary (Polly) Waldron and they were recorded in the 1860 census. Before 1870, they moved to Titus County, Texas, reported there in the 1870 census. Polly died in late 1870, and Peter moved to nearby Cass County, Texas, where in about 1872 or 1873, he married Elizabeth Long. Peter died on his farm on the Sulphur River, near Douglasville, Cass County, Texas. "They had been married about one year when he died of congestive chill. ... Pete Christian was buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery (1 ½ miles south and 3 miles east of Bryan's Mill, Cass County, TX." -- Christian Family History, by Harold K Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/williampeterchristianfamilyhistory.pdf, pp 1-2 Spouse Mary A Christian (1834 - 1870) Children: Sarah Isabell Christian Snelgrove (1848 - 1868) Henry Harvey Christian (1866 - 1944) Burial Union Chapel Cemetery, Douglassville, Cass County, Texas Created by Orville Jenkins 27, 2014 -- Find A Grave Memorial #134952015, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134952015 --------------------
William V's uncle William S "Bud" Jenkins, recorded the names of William and his brothers and sisters in his Dictionary (reported in Harold Christian's Jenkins Family History, pages 6-7). Uncle Bud's list records William's birth date as 1 October 1884, and his next brother Joe (Joseph Oscar) as born 5 March 1886. Oscar's birth is reported as 10 April 1886 in his WWI Draft Registration. The 1900 census recorded birth month and year. That census has William's birthday as October 1886. This is the year Bud has for Joseph Oscar. Because Joseph Oscar's birth date in 1886 is confirmed by several public records, I am following the date that Bud reports as William's birthday, 1 October 1884. 1900 Census, Union, Washita County, Oklahoma, District 211, page 13A (147A), Hse/Fam #189 Willie Christain [sic] Head W M Oct 1857 42 Miss England GA Farmer Mandy Christain Wife W F Mar 1858 42 MS MS MS William Christain Son W M Oct 1886 13 TX England Miss Farmer In January 1908 William Vascar Christian married Rosie (Rosa) Mae Christian, his 1st cousin. The marriage application identified them as "1/2 cousins," an unfamiliar term. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 W Vascar Christian, Age 24 born Texas (abt 1884) Rosa May Christian, Age 19, Born Texas (abt 1889) Application affidavit by Houser McDonald certfying the applicants, and stating that they are 1/2 cousins [1st cousins] Marriage 21 January 1908 at the Savoy Hotel, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA Ceremony performed by N M Williams, County Judge of Grady County Witnesses Arden McDonald of Mt View and Herman McDonald of Mt View Recorded Marriage Book p 84 In 1910 they were reported in the Washita County, Oklahoma, census as married 3 years, although by the license date, it was only two. The oldest child was reported as 3 years old, however. Ages tended to be vague or rounded up in that era, so Roy was probably born later in the year 1908. William and Rosie did not move to Oklahoma until 1909, where John was born in about October 1909. In 1910, the census reported William living next door to his brother Joe, and on the other side of Joe is Pete. All three have their own households and are Farming. Pete is not yet married, and had hired a laborer to help him on his farm. Rosa Mae, as spelled by the family, was born in Texas, as were both her parents. Rosa's middle name of Mae was first provided by Harold Christian in his paper on the history of the Christian family (page 3). William and Rosa Mae had two children reported inteh 1910 census, Roy F age 2 and John O age 6 months. The names in the 1920 census seem to indicate that John's initial O stands for O'Neal. 1910 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 28 April, Oakdale, District 263, page 8B, Hse #148, Fam #155 William V Christian Head M W 24 Married 3 yrs TX MS AL [birthplace of his step-mother] Farmer Rents [b abt 1886] Rosa M Christian Wife F W 20 Married 3 yrs TX TX TX [b abt 1890] Christian, Roy F Son M W 2 TX TX TX [b abt 1908] Christian, John O Son M W 6 months [b abt Oct 1909] OK TX TX William's age her indicates a birth in 1885 or 1886, matching the reported birth date in 1900 of October 1886. The problem, as explained above, is that we have documented his brother Joseph's birth in March 1886, ruling out another child born in 1886, especially October. In 1920, I found William and his family in Parker County, Texas (Weatherford area). In this census, he has a different wife, named Fannie in the census. This census does not report how long the couple have been married. The wife Fannie is only 18 years old. There is one son in the household who is 11 years old, which should mean he was born in 1909, but he does not appear in the 1910 census. These anomalies make it uncertain this is the same family, but the details are so close, and the children's names match. 1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 5 February, Precinct 6, District 77, page 8B, Hse #167, Fam #1178 Christian, W V Head Rents M W 33 TX MS MS Farmer [b abt 1887] Christian, Fannie Wife F W 18 TX AL AL [b abt 1902] Christian, Roy F Son M W 14 TX TX TX [b abt 1906] Christian, O'Neal Son M W 12 [b abt 1908] TX TX TX Christian, Nitabill (?) Son M W 11 [b abt 1909] TX TX TX In the 1920 census, Rosa Mae is found in her parents' household, married to a German immigrant enumerated as Jack Shultz. This matches family memory transmitted to me by Anne Thompson that Rosa Mae was married several times, and one married name was Schultz. The 1920 census did not report how long William and Fannie had been married. We can determine that Rosa Mae left William, and assume they divorced in 1919 or earlier. January 1 was the census date for 1920.
1920 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 20 January, Oakdale Township, District 193, page 5B, Hse #98, Fam #102 Christian, Joe O Head Owns M W 33 TX MS MS Farmer (abt 1886) Christian, Dillia E Wife F W 28 AR MO AR No occupation (abt 1891) Christian, Woodrow G Son M W 2 Single OK TX AR No Occupation (abt 1917) 1930 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 14 April, Oakdale Township, District 17, page 5B, Hse #148, Fam #158 Christian, Joe Head Owns Farm, Does not owns a radio M W 44 First Married at age 21 TX MS MS Farmer [b abt 1886] Christian, Mary Wife F W 28 First Married at age 27 AR AR AR [b abt 1902] Christian, Woodroe Son M W 12 OK TX OK [b abt 1911] 1940 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 25 April, Mtn View Ward 3, District 38-26, page 12B, Hse #294, Rents $5 Christian, Dellie Ethel Head F W 49 Widow Grade 5 b Arkansas Mtn View Kiowa OK in 1935 No Occup [b abt 1891] Christian, Woodrow Son M W 22 Grade 8 b Oklahoma Mtn View Kiowa OK in 1935 [b abt 1918] Woodrow G Christian Birth abt 1918 in Oklahoma Death 1 Jun 1966 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California -- Christian Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14729861/person/296506627 Woodrow Christian Birth Sep. 2, 1917 Death Jun. 1, 1966 Inscription: Oklahoma CPL 57 Field ARTY BN WWII SM Burial Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus County, California, Plot: Pioneer Garden Created by Daphne Maxwell Jan 23, 2013 -- Find A Grave Memorial #104021363, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Christian&GSiman=1&GScid=8102&GRid=104021363&
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Woodrow Wilson Christian Age 22 Birth 23 Apr 1918 Carnegie, Oklahoma, USA Residence Weatherford, Custer, Oklahoma, USA Student, Next of Kin Oran S Guerensey (back) 5' 9" 136 lbs, Blue Eyes, Black Hair, Light Compexion Registered 16 Oct 1940 Woodrow volunteered for service inthe Army Air Corps. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Woodrow W Christian Birth 1918 Oklahoma Residence Oklahoma, Greer County Enlistment 26 Apr 1941 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Air Corps, Aviation Cadet Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Education 4 years of college Civil Occupation Bookkeeping machine operators Single, without dependents Height 69" 133 lbs He was killed in a place crash in training in south Texas in January 1942. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 Woodrow W Christian Age 23, Marital Status Unknown Birth Date 23 Apr 1918, place unknown Residence 53rd Pursuit Group, Tallahassee, Florida, USA Father D W Christian, birthplace unknown, Mother Unknown Occupation U S Army Corps Pilot Death 14 Jan 1942 Air Corps Gunnery School, Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA Cause of Death Basal Skull Fracture, Contributory Femur Fracture, Laceratoins, Multiple, Deep, about Face and Neck, in an Airplane Crash in Air Corps Gunenry School Burial 15 January 1942 Lone Wolf [Kiowa County], Oklahoma by Hinklet Mortuary, Brownsville, Texas U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Woodrow Wilson Christian Birth 23 Apr 1918 Carnegie, Oklahoma Branch of Service Air Corps Reserve Highest rank while active 2nd Lt Death Date 14 Jan 1942 Woodrow Wilson Christian Birth Apr 23, 1918 Carnegie, Caddo County Death Jan 14, 1942 Cameron County, Texas Father Daniel Walter Christian (1879 - 1943) Burial Lone Wolf Cemetery, Lone Wolf, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, USA Created by Pat Sproat Feb 07, 2008 -- Find A Grave Memorial# 24457584, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24457584
1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 2 July, Marlow Town, District 164, page 18A, Hse #326, Fam #329 Christian, Joseph Head W M Feb 1856 44 Married 16 years TX TX TX Day Laborer Rents Can Read and Write Christian, Cathrine Wife W F Apr 1868 32 Married 16 years 8 children/7 living TX MS TX Can Read and Write Christian, Zorce [Zora] Dau W F Nov 1884 15 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read and Write Christian, Thomas B Son W M June 1886 13 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read and Write Christian, Edward E Son W M July 1888 11 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read Cannot Write Christian, Minnie Dau W M Nov 1889 10 Single TX TX TX Attended School 3 months Can Read Cannot Write Christian, Lillie O Dau W M Sept 1892 7 Single TX TX TX Christian, Joseph L Son W M Dec 1898 1 Single TX TX TX In 1910, the enumerator seems to have gotten confused about relationships in the family. Zoar (Zora) and Thomas are correctly reported as Daughter and Son of Joseph, but then there ae arrows pointing from one to the other and another designation has been added, a W to Zora and an H to Thomas, like the enumerator meant to indicate they were married. 1910 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 30 April, Kiowa Township, District 226, page 17B-18A, Hse #306, Fam #311 Christian, Joseph B Head M W 54 Married [unreported] yrs TX TX TX Farmer Rents Christian, Catherine C Wife F W 44 Married 27 yrs 12 children/3 living TX AR TX -- page 18A -- Christian, Zoar O [Zora] Dau F W 24 Married [?] TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Thomas B Son F W 22 Married [?] TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Edward E [Edward Everett] Son M W 21 TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Richard Son M W 19 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Mineola Dau F W 18 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Marvin Son M W 15 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Lillie O Dau F W 17 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer Can Read and Write Christian, Ern [Ernest; name in some genealogies is Arn] Son M W 11 Single TX TX TX Can Read and Write [b abt 1899] Christian, Essie L Dau M W 7 Single OK TX TX Cannot Read and Write [b abt 1903] Christian, Estel C Son M W 5 Single OK TX TX Cannot Read and Write [b abt 1905] -------------------- Zora E Christian Battles Birth Nov 29, 1884 Texas, USA Death Jul 15, 1964 Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA Daughter of Joseph Benjamin Christain (1856-1934) & Catherine Jane Smith (1866-1942) Parents: Joseph Benjamin Christian (1856 - 1934) Catharine Smith Christian (1866 - 1943) Spouse Edgar W. Battles (1886 - 1977) Daughter Arabelle Lucille Battles Logan (1912 - 1987) Siblings: Thomas Benjamin Christian (1886 - 1958) Everett E Christian (1888 - 1973) Lillie Christian Grubbs (1892 - 1978) Marvin Eugene Christian (1895 - 1983) Lee Roy Christian (1898 - 1967) Essie Lee Christian Walkup (1902 - 1986) Burial Visalia Public Cemetery, Visalia, Tulare County, California, Sec. F, Track 2, Tier 13, Grave 131 Maintained by Gary Jones, Originally Created by Phil & Beth Hutson Oct 06, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #77746634, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77746634 --------------------