Joseph Benjamin CHRISTIAN Zora E CHRISTIAN Thomas Benjamin CHRISTIAN Edward Everett CHRISTIAN Richard CHRISTIAN George Washington BATTLES Barbara Lucille BATTLES Lillie O CHRISTIAN Marvin CHRISTIAN Joseph Lee Roy CHRISTIAN Ernest CHRISTIAN Essie CHRISTIAN Estel C CHRISTIAN Catherine Jane SMITH Mini tree diagram
Mineola CHRISTIAN

Mineola CHRISTIAN2,1,3,1,1,5,6

Nov 18891,2,3,4,1,5,6 - 27th Feb 19722,1,1

Life History

Nov 1889

Born in Cass County, Texas.1,2,3,4,1,5,6

20th Oct 1907

Married George Washington BATTLES in Ashland, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.4

30th Dec 1920

Birth of daughter Barbara Lucille BATTLES in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.1,7,8,5,6,9

after 1940

Death of George Washington BATTLES

27th Feb 1972

Died in Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma.2,1,1

Notes

  • 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

    "Mineola Christian Battles (1890 - 1972) was my maternal grandmother. Her father was Joseph Benjamin Christian and his father (my second great grandfather) was Benjamin Franklin Christian (1817 - 1870)."
    --  Loyd Keith Farris, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 31 December 2015

    Further discusosin by email continued with Keith over the discrepancy of the name of the fatehr of Minnie's father Jo0seph Benjamin Christian, whose father was known to the Jenkins family as Joseph Benjamin Christian Sr. One or two Christian genealogies report a Benjamin Franklin Christian as the father of J B Sr.  One has J S Jr's father as Benjamin Franklin Christian.

    The dates reported there for that Ben Franklin Jr are the same dates others report for Joseph Benjamin Christian Sr.  It appears those genealogies got the grandfather's name confused with the father's name.  Ketih wrote again in February 2017 with some updated information from his mother.

    "Joseph Benjamin Christian, Jr. and his wife Catherine [Smith] are buried in the Ashland Cemetery in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The Findagrave website has a photo of their headstone and biographies. My mother, Barbara Lucille Battles (1920), was Mineola Christian Battles' daughter and before she passed in 2014 [2015] she was able to recall her grandfather's name as 'Joe B.'"
    --  Keith Farris, Ancestry messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins 09 February  2017

    Minnie married Choctaw Indian Geoerge Washington Battles in 1970, just a few days before the State of Okolahoma was formed in November.

    Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927
    Mr George Battles, Age 20
    Birth Date abt 1887
    Spouse Minnie Christian, Age 16
    Birth Date abt 1891
    Residence of both Ashland, Indian Territory
    Application 17 Oct 1907
    License issued and marriage performed 20 Oct 1907 Ashland, Central District, Indian Territory
    Ceremony by P C Sizemore, Minister of the Gospel
    Filed 25 October 1907, Marriage book page 65

    The Central District covered the Creek and Seminole Nations.  But Ashland was in the Choctaw Nation, which was under the Southern District.  It is not clear why they would have got a license in Central District to be married in another jurisdiction.  Their marriage occurred less than one month before the Indian nations and Oklahoma Territory were merged in the establishment of the State of Oklahoma.

    But the 1910 census for her family reports that Mineola was still in the home of her parents, reported as Single, and age 18.  Yet their marriage certificate indicates they married George Battle in 1907 at age 16.

    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 [b abt 1892]
    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]

    "... my grandmother Mineola Christian (sometimes identified as Minnie Ola); b. Nov., 1890 in Texas; m. George Washington Battles 20 October 1907 in Oklahoma; d. 27 Feb., 1972; Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma."
    --  Keith Farris, Ancestry messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins 13 March 2017

    In the 1930 census, George and all his children are reported as Indians, while Minnie is reported as White.  The family was living in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, where Minnie and George were married.  They are in the Kiowa Township.  George and all the children are reported as Indians, while Minnie is reported as White.

    1930 Federal Census, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 7 April, Kiowa Township, District 61-32, page 5A, Hse/Fam #45
    Battles, George W Head M Indian Owns $25 42 Married Age at first marriage 20 [mar abt 1908] Okla  Mixed Blood  Choctaw Farmer [b abt 1888]
    Battles, Minnie Wife F W 39 Married Age at first marriage 17 [mar abt 1908] TX TX TX [b abt 1891]
    Battles, Vinitia F Ind 21 Mixed Blood  Choctaw [b abt 1909]
    Battles, Oren Son F Ind 19 Mixed Blood  Choctaw Farm Laborer [b abt 1911]
    Battles, Tolly Son M Ind 17 Mixed Blood  Choctaw Farm Laborer [b abt Jan 1913]
    Battles, Archie Son M Ind 14 TX TN TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1916]
    Battles, Olen Son M Ind 12 Mixed Blood  Choctaw [b abt 1918]
    Battles, Henry Son M Ind 12 Mixed Blood  Choctaw [b abt 1919]
    Battles, Lucile [sic] Dau M Ind 9 Mixed Blood  Choctaw [b abt 1921]
    Battles, Jake Son M Ind 7 Mixed Blood  Choctaw [b abt 1923]
    Battles, Pauline Dau F Ind 1yr10mos Mixed Blood  Choctaw [b abt 1928]

    It is interesting that in the 1940 census, all the Battles family members were reproted as White, while in 1930 they had been Indian.  We find this with many Indian families in the Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Nations.  They gradually became part of the general population stream as "White."

    1940 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 26 April, King Township, District 69-12, page 12A, Hse #221, Rents, $150
    Battles, George W Head M W 52 Married Grade 2 b Oklahoma Same Place in 1935 Public Works Laborer [b abt 1888]
    Battles, Minnie Wife F W 49 Married Grade 5 b Texas Rural Oklahoma [sic, no county rptd] in 1935 [b abt 1891]
    Battles, Lucile [sic] Dau F W 18 Single Grade 3 b Oklahoma Oklahoma [sic, no county rptd] in 1935 [b abt 1922]
    Battles, Jake Son F W 17 Single Grade 7 b Oklahoma Oklahoma [sic, no county rptd] in 1935 Retal Grug Store Delivery Boy [b abt 1923]
    Battles, Pauline Dau F W 11 Single Grade 3 b Oklahoma Oklahoma [sic, no county rptd] in 1935 [b abt 1929]
    Battles, George W Jr Son M W 9 Single Grade 2 b Oklahoma Same Place in 1935 Public Works Laborer [b abt 1888]

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