Wisconsin
FAMILIES and BIOGRAPHIES
.CHRISTIAN.
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.CHRISTIAN.
(emigrated from
Hamburg, Germany to Canada then later to U.S. in approximately 1856)
PETER CHRISTIAN [son
of James Christian (b.Den) & Christine (unk) (b.Den)]
b. 01/07/1837 Denmark
d. 02/13/1911 Pensaukee,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (5/925)
(74y-1m-6d) Buried: Brookside
Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
[1860 census – Peter
Christian (25-b.Denmark) living Pensaukee, Oconto, Wisconsin
(head
of household – Nathaniel Martin)
(M653-1424
– page 275 – ID#WI45631962)]
Civil War: Co.
I, 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, 11/18/1861 to 02/27/1865 -
Private/Private - “Distinguished Service” - Nat‘l Archives No.
000559; Microfilm Box 0005; Roll and Record No. 00002923]
Source
Information: Military Records of Individual Civil War
Soldiers, Provo, UT: Ancestry.com
JANE BELL [daughter
of James Bell (b. Ireland) & Louisa Locke (b. England)]
b. 02/28/1848 Walpole,
South Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
d. 12/28/1939 Abrams,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (Co File #14/98)
(91y-10m) Buried: Brookside
Cemetery, Oconto County, Wisconsin
Married: 07/02/1867,
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin (Co File Vol 3, Page 263) (State of WI #2471)
Census Record After Marriage:
[1870 census – Peter
Christian (32-b.Denmark), Jane Christian (22-b.Canada),
Carra (2-b.WI) and
Minnie (1 ½ -b.WI) living West Pensaukee,
Oconto County, Wisconsin
(M593-1730 – page 305 – image 154)]
[1880 census – Peter
Christian (farmer-44-b.Den), Jane Christian (wife-33-b.Can),
Carrie (dau-12),
Minnie (dau-10), Albert (son-6), Hayes
(son-4) and Joseph Toole (newphew-14) living
Pensaukee Township, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(T9-1440 – page 291D – ED 107)]
[1890 Veteran’s
census – Peter Christian living
Pensaukee Township, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(page
005 – ED 16 Pensaukee Township – ID# WI0966057)]
[1895 census – Peter
Christian living Pewaukee Township, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(Wisconsin
State Census 1895 – Roll V226-17 – Line 11)]
[1900 census – Peter
Christian (63-b.Den), Jane Christian (53-b.Can),
Albert (son-26), Edward (son-12)
and
Winora (dau-in-law-20) living Pensaukee Township, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(T623-1808
– page 2A – ED 144)]
[1905 census – Peter
Christian (head-68-b.Den), Jane Christian (wife-57-b.Can),
Agnes (dau-17-b.WI)
And
Edward (son-17-b.WI) living Pensaukee Township, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(Wisconsin
State Census 1905 – Line 43 – CSUSAWI1905-20)]
[1910 census – Peter
Christian (73-b.Den), Jane Christian (53-b.Can),
Albert (son-36), Hayes (son-34)
living
Pensaukee Township, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(T624-1729
– part 2 – page 240A)]
[1920 census – Jane
Christian (71-widow-b.Can) living Abrams, Oconto County,
Wisconsin
(T625-2007
– page 2B – ED 155 – image 0634)] (same information as James Bell)
[1930 census – Jane
Christian (head-widow-82-b.Can) living Abrams, Oconto
County, Wisconsin
(T626-2602
– page 1B – ED 1 – image 0570)]
Children of Peter Christian and Jane Bell: [5
plus 1 adopted (Agnus Stark)]
CARRIE M. (GORDON)
b. 05/13/1868 Pensaukee,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (m.r.)
d. 05/29/1963 Dodgeville,
Iowa County, Wisconsin (WI File #63/018184)
(95y-16d) Buried: Woodlawn
Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
Married: 07/15/1887, William
A. Gordon, Oconto County, Wisconsin
(Co
File #Vol 4, Page 41, No 45) (WI File #01 0328N 02820)
b. 06/11/1855 Norway
d. 06/27/1934 Green Bay,
Brown County, Wisconsin (Co File #Vol 35 Page 894)
Buried: Woodlawn
Cemetery, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
Parents: Gabriel
G. Gordon (b. Norway) and Tony (unk) (b. Norway)
Children: Grace
Jane (Hugill) (b. 06/10/1888, Wisconsin - d. 02/1981,
Wisconsin)
Harold Peter (b.
03/24/1890, Wisconsin
MINNIE (PANKRATZ)
b. 04/24/1870 Abrams,
Oconto County, Wisconsin
d. 02/01/1947 Seattle,
King County, Washington (WA Registrar’s #600)
(76y-9m-7d) Buried: Taylor
LeMar, Sumner, Pierce County, Washington (d.r.)
Married: 05/23/1893, George
J. Pankratz, Oconto County, Wisconsin
b. 04/04/1868 Wisconsin
d. 10/05/1943 Fort
Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington (WA File #780)
Parents: Louis
Pankratz (b. Austria) and Johannah (unk) (b. Germany)
Children: Floyd
M. (b. 05/14/1894, Michigan – d. Washington)
Roy
C. (b. 08/07/1898 Michigan –
d. Washington)
b. 02/05/1874 Abrams,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (Delayed b.r.)
d. 12/02/1951 Munising,
Alger County, Michigan [Co File #101/557, MI #5749]
(77y-9m-27d) Buried: Maple
Grove Cemetery, Munising, Michigan
Married: 11/29/899 - Winora
Isabel, Abrams, Oconto County, Wisconsin To
go to the Isabel Family Page please click -> HERE
b. 06/08/1880 Brookside,
Abrams Township, Oconto County, Wisconsin
d. 12/27/1953 Marquette,
Marquette County, Michigan (Co File #268)
Buried: Maple
Grove Cemetery, Munising, Michigan
Parents: Cyrus
Gordon Isabelle (b. Canada) and Elizabeth Adeline Gould (b. New York)
Children: Hazel
Isable (b. 01/10/1901, Wisconsin - d.
06/25/1987, Wisconsin)
Zelma
Gay (b. 04/24/1902, Wisconsin - d.
07/01/1985, Michigan)
Zada
Marie (b. 08/20/1903, Wisconsin - d.
11/19/2000, Michigan)
Russell
Cyrus (b. 06/06/1917, Michigan – d. 06/29/2004,
Michigan)
HAYES CHRISTIAN
b. 08/20/1876 Abrams,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (Co File #44/189)
d. 06/29/1971 Abrams,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (Co File #30/367)
(93Y-10M-9D) Buried: Brookside
Cemetery, Brookside, Wisconsin
Married: Christine
Conradson
b. 03/17/1881, Denmark
d. 04/22/1977, Escanaba, Delta County,
Michigan (E400)
Buried: Lakeview
Cemetery, Escanaba, Michigan
Parents: Christ
Conradson (b. Denmark) and Christina Laurausew (b. Denmark)
Children: Merrill
Russell (b. 02/15/1903, Michigan – d. 09/12/1979 (MI
State #51793)
Kenneth Michael (b.
06/10/1904, Michigan – d. 02/06/1991 (MI State #007602)
Lucille Viola (b.
09/10/1906, Michigan – d. 02/16/1969 Michigan)
May
Janette (b.05/25/1910, Oconto County, Wisconsin (Co
File #7/937)
b. 10/28/1887 Abrams,
Oconto County, Wisconsin (Co File #24/684)
d. 03/23/1982 Crystal
Falls, Iron County, Michigan (MI State File #0020750)
(94y-6m-26d) Buried: Sagola
Township Cemetery, Channing, Dickinson County, Michigan
Married: Dora
B. McClure, Greenfield, Brown County, Wisconsin
b. 08/11/1891 Greenfield,
Brown County, Wisconsin
d.
05/15/1986 Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan (MI State File
#0029462)
Buried: Sagola
Township Cemetery, Channing, Michigan
Parents: Frank
McClure and Ida Hart
Children: Gerald
Edward (b. 1916, Michigan - d. 1945, Michigan)
Royce
James (b. 02/01/1918, Michigan
PETER CHRISTIAN 01/07/1837 - 02/13/1911
Following information from “Oconto County
Pioneers” article in the Oconto County Reporter and Hazel (Christian) Risto’s
recollections.
Peter Christian was
born January 7, 1837 in Denmark. He
emigrated from Hamburg, Germany to Canada where he rafted logs prior to entering
the United States.
He emigrated to the United States from
Canada in 1856 and lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – secured employment doing
chores on a farm during the 1st winter ($5.00/month). Next
spring he moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin and worked in a plow factory for a year
and one half. He then moved to Pensaukee, Oconto County, Wisconsin
and worked for F. B. Gardner as a logger for 3 years. Purchased 80
acres of timber-land from Louis Larsen.
He served in the Union Army during the Civil
War as a private in “I” Company, Wisconsin 3rd Cavalry,
from 11/18/1861 to 2/27/1865. He supposedly had “trouble” with the
“Quantrel” and the “James” Bands during the war (information passed down from
his family) as he was stationed in the Southwest in Kansas (Forts Riley,
Leavenworth and Scott) and Arkansas (Fort Smith). He was one of
the few survivors of the massacre at Baxter’s Springs, Missouri. He
was discharged at Madison, Wisconsin on February 27, 1865.
He then returned to Pensaukee (Abrams was known as West Pensaukee up until WWI) where he purchased another 40 acres ending up with a 120 acre farm
Oconto County Reporter (10/1895) –
(written in the Milwaukee Journal)
It is all of forty years since Peter
Christian of Abrams, accompanied by a young man companion, took passage upon a
steamer from Hamburg for New York city. They had heard of the
opportunities afforded upon this side of the ocean for getting along in the
world, and as their ambition would not be appeased with the quiet, uneventful
life depicted about them, the bade adieu to their childhood home in Denmark and
came to America. Mr. Christian is still here – his companion
remaining but one year.
Mr. Christian had no acquaintances in this country. At Milwaukee, where he
next turned up, he secured employment doing chores upon a farm during the first
winter at 5.00 a month. In the spring he obtained employment in a plow
factory at Whitewater, where he remained a year and a half. He next
drifted to Pensaukee and for nearly three years worked for F.B. Gardner among
the pines, during which time he bought 80 acres of timber land from Louis
Larsen. In ’61 he went out with the Third Wisconsin cavalry and served
three years. Returning to Pensaukee he cleared his land, latter added
another forty and today he has 120-acre farm under excellent cultivation.
He married Miss Jane Bell at Pensaukee, whose parents now reside there; he had
been treasurer of School District No. 4, for four years; voted for Lincoln for
the presidency, and for the republican party ever since. He did receive a
pension of 10.00 per month, “but” said he, “when Cleveland went in they skirmish
around to discover how to proceed to economize and began on me by knocking off
4.00 a month on my pension!”
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