Sources
801. “United States Census,” 1930, CA, Stanislaus, Ceres, 19B - 20A, 9, 50-3, T626, 223, 33 - 34, 66 - 67, Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, May 23, 1930, Harry Sims.
Files (2): 1930 CA Stanislaus County Ceres p19B, 1930 CA Stanislaus County Ceres p20A
802. “United States Census: 1940,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1940, CA, Stanislaus, Modesto, May 24, 1940, Millicent Fellows, 14B, 9, 50-25, T627, 352, 32.
File: 1940 CA Stanislaus County Modesto p14B
803. “Evelyn Christiansen’s Memory,” March 10, 2001, Richard Webb, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, Evelyn’s middle name is the combination of her parents’ names (Al and Verna) but it was legally recorded as Elverda rather than Alverna. She used Alverna as her middle name throughout her life despite the recording error by the state authorities.
804. “Obituaries,” Evelyn Alverda Sturm Christiansen, The Modesto Bee, Modesto, CA.
Evelyn Alverda Sturm Christiansen
May. 24, 1912 - Feb. 9, 2018
Evelyn Alverda Sturm Christiansen was born May 24, 1912, in Sacramento, California to Albert and Verna Sturm. She moved to Modesto in 1924. She graduated from Modesto High School in 1931. She then took nurses' training in Stockton at the Dameron Hospital and also at French Camp. She received her RN in 1934, and moved back to Modesto and took her first job as a nurse at Stanislaus County Hospital on Scenic Drive.
On December 14, 1936, she married Carl Christiansen and moved to their new home he had built on Adams Avenue, now known as East Orangeburg Avenue where she has lived until her death. Carl preceded her in death in 1992. They had been married for 56 years. She was a member of the Modesto Central Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Evelyn is survived by her brother Albert Sturm (Beverly) of St. George Utah, son David Carl Christiansen (Fran), of Modesto, daughter Arlene Sue Webb (Fred), of Waterford. Her grandchildren, Debbie Curry (Homer), Richard Webb (Amy), Vicki Ewing (Kevin), Ron Webb (Kellie), Terri Taaffe (Patrick), Dan Callahan (Debbie), Kelly Lawrence (Dayle), 17 great grandchildren, Jared and Caleb Curry, Xander and Quinn Ewing, Nathan Watson, Heather and Jaime Woodall, Ashley Vaughan, Rachel, Kaia, Kensie, and Ellie Taaffe, Megan, Bryce, Erin, Chris Callahan, and Calvin Lawrence and 2 great great grandchildren Warren and Ashton Vaughan plus many nephews and nieces.
Evelyn died peacefully in her home on February 9. Visitation in the Heritage Chapel February 22nd, 2018 from 5-8 PM. Funeral service will be February 23, 2018 at 10 A.M.
805. “Evelyn Alverna Sturm Christiansen,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187391917, 187391917.
806. Evelyn Elverda Sturm, “Duplicate Certificate of Birth,” May 24, 1912, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA.
File: EvelynElverdaSturm_BirthCertificate
807. Evelyn Sturm, “Nursing License,” February 19, 1940, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, 30478.
File: Evelyn Chirstiansen RN Certificate
808. “Interview with Arlene Webb,” November 24, 2015, Richard Webb, Nebraska.
809. Carl Christiansen and Evelyn Sturm, “Washoe County, Nevada Wedding Application,” Washoe County, NV, 0057749, https://clerks.washoecounty.us:8443/clerk/eagleweb...p?node=DOCC0057749-0.
File: CarlChristiansen_EvelynSturm_MarriageCert
810. Carl Christiansen and Evelyn Sturm, “Washoe County Marriage Certificate,” December 14, 1936, Reno Township, Washoe County, NV, 57749, Book 17, Page 392.
Files (2): CarlChristiansen_EvelynSturm_MarriageCert, CarlChristiansen_EvelynSturm_Marriage_certificate
811. Jonathan Paul Couchman, “The Lineage of Christian Hansen,” June 26, 2007.
File: Christian Hansen
812. “United States Census: 1920,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1920, CA, Alameda, Oakland, Brooklyn Township, Precinct 217, January 8, 1920, Alfred P Otto, 8B, 5, 130, T625, 91, 41.
File: 1920 CA Alameda County Oakland p8B
813. “United States Census,” 1930, CA, Stanislaus, Modesto, Precincts 22-23, 3A, 9, 50-17, T626, 223, 176, 5, Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, April 4-5, 1930, Christine E Nelson.
File: 1930 CA Stanislaus County Modesto p3A
814. “Richard Webb's First Baby Book,” Fred and Arlene Webb, Lists birth on October 29.
816. “California Death Index; 1940-1997,” California Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section, http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi, https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015582, Lists birth on October 30.
817. Charles Tieman, “Modesto Pioneer Cemetery, Stanislaus County CA,” http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/stanislaus/cemeteries/modesto-pioneer-p-s.txt, March 26, 2007, Lists birth on October 29.
818. World War II, 1941, California, U627, Sturm, Albert, Lists birth on October 30. I use this as my ultimate source.
File: AlbertSturm
819. Albert Sturm, July 2, 1951, Salas Brothers Moore Funeral Chapel, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, Lists birth on October 30, 1889.
File: Albert Sturm Funeral program
820. “Albert Ludwig Sturm,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57318698, 57318698, Lists birth as October 29. 1889 on tombstone.
821. Albert Sturm, July 2, 1951, Salas Brothers Moore Funeral Chapel, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA.
File: Albert Sturm Funeral program
822. “Stanislaus County Obituaries,” Albert Sturm, http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa....nislaus/1136/mb.ashx, June 29, 1951, Modesto Bee, Obit lists cemetery as Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Albert Sturm, 61, Dies Suddenly While Mowing Lawn at Home Here
Albert Sturm, 61, a resident of Modesto for more than 30 years died suddenly yesterday afternoon, apparently of a heart ailment. He was cutting the lawn at his home when stricken. Sturm was a special police officer and formerly operated a merchant patrol. He was born in Sacramento.
Sturm leaves his widow, Ruby Sturm of Modesto; children, Mrs. Carl Christiansen and Traffic Sargeant Norman Sturm, both of Modesto and Albert Junior Sturm of the San Diego naval station; stepchild, Queenie McKay of Chico; brother and sisters, Edwin Sturm of Honolulu, Mrs. P. C. Phillips of Sacramento, Mrs. Glenn Smith of San Rafael and Mrs. Ona Rust of San Jose, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be held at 3:30 PM Monday at the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
823. Charles Tieman, “Modesto Pioneer Cemetery, Stanislaus County CA,” http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/stanislaus/cemeteries/modesto-pioneer-p-s.txt, March 26, 2007, Section B Tier 7 Grave 61.
824. “Albert Ludwig Sturm,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57318698, 57318698.
825. Togin Cassell, “Hotchkiss and Fountain family,” February 25, 2004.
826. “United States Census: 1910,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1910, CA, Sacramento, Sacramento, Ward 7, April 20, 1910, Robt Magette, 7B, 2, 122, T624, 93, 107.
File: 1910 CA Sacramento County Sacramento Ward7 p7B
827. “United States Census: 1940,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1940, CA, Stanislaus, Modesto, Modesto Judicial Township, April 15, 1940, Lenore Austin, 8A, 9, 50-22, T627, 351, 699.
828. “Stanislaus County Obituaries,” Albert Sturm, http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa....nislaus/1136/mb.ashx, June 29, 1951, Modesto Bee.
Albert Sturm, 61, Dies Suddenly While Mowing Lawn at Home Here
Albert Sturm, 61, a resident of Modesto for more than 30 years died suddenly yesterday afternoon, apparently of a heart ailment. He was cutting the lawn at his home when stricken. Sturm was a special police officer and formerly operated a merchant patrol. He was born in Sacramento.
Sturm leaves his widow, Ruby Sturm of Modesto; children, Mrs. Carl Christiansen and Traffic Sargeant Norman Sturm, both of Modesto and Albert Junior Sturm of the San Diego naval station; stepchild, Queenie McKay of Chico; brother and sisters, Edwin Sturm of Honolulu, Mrs. P. C. Phillips of Sacramento, Mrs. Glenn Smith of San Rafael and Mrs. Ona Rust of San Jose, and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be held at 3:30 PM Monday at the Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
829. World War II, 1941, California, U627, Sturm, Albert.
File: AlbertSturm
830. Richard Knupfer, Records were in a family photo album.
These records were in a family photo album.
831. “Death Takes Man and Wife Hours Apart,” Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, March 25, 1964, D 38 (Individual obituaries), E 17 (Article).
Files (2): WilliamLavigneDeathOakTrib_Mar25_1964, VernaHotchkissHansonLavigneObitOakTrib_Mar25_1964
832. “Verna Isabel Hotchkiss Sturm Hanson Lavigne,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/287119680, 287119680.
833. “Interview with Bunny Hanson and Heather O’Donnell,” April 27, 2003, Pleasonton, CA, She has the marriage certificate. Albert was 21 and Verna 19.
834. “Application for Social Security and Tax Account Number,” April 30, 1963, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, City is hard to read but it looks like Frinndsbury.
835. Ruby Christine West, “England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920,” October - December, 1900, Strood, Kent County, England, Volume: 2A-Page: 573-Line Number: 31, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2FH5-99L.
836. “Ruby C Sturm,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120710709, 120710709.
837. Jonathan Paul Couchman, “The Lineage of Christian Hansen,” June 26, 2007, Lists birthplace as Haldagermagle, Denmark.
File: Christian Hansen
838. “Slagten Christiansen--med 4 generationer at efterkommere,” PJJ-001, FLW-002 (translation into English, I believe by Hulda Christiansen), March 1, 1985, Poul Jaegerholt.
Slægten har to stamfamilier, som kommer hen. Fra Haldagermagle i Krummerup sogn mellem Slagelse og Næstved og fra Humble sogn på Langeland. Humble-familien flyttede ca. 1850 også til Haldagermagle, og samtlige medlemmer af de næste to generationer i begge familier er født i Haldagermagle, med en enkelt undtagelse: Humble-familiens første barn, Bodil Kirstine, blev født i Humble kort før flytningen.
Desværre har kirkebogen for Krummerup sogn fra den pågældende periode været udsat for voldsom overlast i form af vandskade, måske brand eller gnaven af mus. I hvert fald mangler væsentlige dele af hver side, og desværre oftest den margin, der indeholdt datoer og årstal. Heldigvis findes på Rigsarkivet, foruden kopiér af kirkebøgerne, også kopier af folketællingslisterne helt tilbage til år 1700 og i mange tilfælde endnu før, og heri kan man finde væsentlige, dog ikke altid ensartede, enkeltheder om personers alder (i hele år), fødested, trosretning, bestilling og i sjældnere tilfælde fødselsdato.
Disse enkeltheder er anvendt ved udarbejdelsen af denne redegørelse og af den efterfølgende oversigt, som viser, at der i Danmark i dag (1985) lever eller har levet 4 generationer med navnet Christiansen. Stavemåden Chr./Kr. Veksler, idet 1., 3. Og 4. Generation væsentligst viser stavemåden Christiansen, mens 2. Generation iflg. Folketællingslisterne udelukkende er blevet navngivet Kristiansen. Men ikke engang sådanne listeførere kan man stole 100% på.
Slægtsnavnet kan føres tilbage til en boelsmand, Christian Hansen, som i midten af det 19. århundrede drev en lille gård i Haldagermagle sammen med sin 22 år yngre hustru, Mette Kirstine Jørgensen, nogle steder iflg. Gammel skik endnu kaldt Jørgensdatter, født i Kirkerup, nabosognet mod nord. De var født i henh. 1789 og 1811 og fik et enkelt barn, sønnen Jens Christensen, født i 1847. Skikken med at lade et barn få sin fars fornavn som efternavn med tilføjelsen –sen var på vej ud, og Jens var den sidste i familien, der oplevede det.
Folketællingslisten af 1860 nævner den nu 71-årige Christian Hansen som aktiv ”landbruger” sammen den 49-årige ”husmoder” Mette Kirstine Jørgensen (kvinder benævntes ofte ved deres fars navn også efter giftermål) sammen med den hjemmeboende 14-årige søn, Jens. Christian Hansens dødsdato har desværre ikke ladet sig finde, men den må have dværet omkring 1875. Af folketællingslisten 1880 fremgår det, at Mette er enke, og at hendes søn Jens bor hos hende som bestyrer af gården sammen med sin nylig tilgiftede kone, Bodil Kirstine Madsen.
Folketællingslisten af 1880 nævner som gårdens beboere:
1. Mette Kirstine Jørgensdatter, 68, enke, luth., f. i Kirkerup, lever af sin jord
2. Jens Kristiansen, 33, gift, luth., f. i Krummerup sogn, bestyrer for sin moder
3. Bodil Kirstine Madsen, 30, gift, baptist f. i Humble, hans kone
4. Ole Mikal Kristiansen, 5, ugift, luth., f. i Krummerup, søn
5. Karoline Kristiansen, 3, ugift, luth., f. i Krummerup, datter
Den anden stamfamilie var også et gårdejerpar, jordbruger og forstmand Mads Andersen og hans hustru, Karoline Klausen, fra Humble på Langeland. De var født henh. 1823 i Trøggelev og 1825 i Humble, og må være flyttet til Haldagermagle omkring 1850, idet deres ældste barn, Bodil Kirstine, er født i Humble 14.5.1849, og barn nr. 2, Anders, i Haldagermagle i 1851. Deres øvrige 7 børn, hvoraf et par pigetvillinger, var også født i Haldagermagle. Der har været formodninger om, at familien skulle være flyttet fra Langeland til Fulby nord for Sorø. Der er dog intet holdepunkt for denne teori i papirerne.
Der har været tale om et trosskifte i familien. Det er startet med, at Bodil Kirstine mellem 1877 og 1880 er blevet grebet af den nye tro, baptismen, som først med grundloven af 1849 blev lovliggjort i Danmark. Tidspunktet vises på omstående oversigt, hvor hendes og Jens’s to første børn, Ole og Karoline, anføres som døbte og lutheranere, mens resten af børnene, fra og med Hans Peter Kristiansen, anføres som udøbte og baptister. Den første offentlige tilkendegivelse af Bodil Kirstines trosskifte er folketællingsliste af 1880, hvor hun angives som baptist. Jens står stadig som lutheraner. På listen fra 1890 nævnes nu også Jens som baptist, mens børnene født efter 1880 står som udøbte. Folketællingslisten af 1890 siger:
1. Jens Christiansen, 43, gift, bapt., f. i Krummerup sogn, jordbr.
2. Bodil Kirstine Madsen, 40, gift, bapt., f. i Humble, husmoder
3. Hans Peter Kristiansen, 6, ugift, udøbt, f. i Krummerup, søn
4. Martin Kristiansen, 5, ugift, udøbt, f. i Krummerup, sønner tvill.
5. Kristen Kristiansen, 5, ugift, udøbt, f. i Krummerup, sønner tvill.
6. Frederik Kristiansen, 2, ugift, udøbt, f. i Krummerup, søn
7. Mette Kristiansen, 1, ugift, udøbt, f. i Krummerup 21.5.1889, (børn under 1 år blev i reglen sat til l års alder på listen, præsten har for en ordens skyld tilføjet fødselsdatoen).
De to ældste børn, Ole og Karoline, er ikke nævnt. De er allerede kommet ”ud at tjene” som 15- og 13-årig. Tidligt. Men dog ikke så tidligt som Mette, der på fkt.-listen af 1901 står anført som tyende hos familien Søren Petersen i Haldagerlille.
Udarbejdet 1 maj 1985
Poul Jægerholt
Blochs Vænge 4
2960 Rungsted Kyst
(som gerne modtager meddelelser om fejl og tilføjelsen)
File: FLW-002_FamilyChristiansen
839. “Danish Emigration Archives,” http://www.emiarch.dk/search.php3?l=en, I0506C2404, Registration date of 1/9/1906, birth place as Tystrup, last res. as Gummerup, Odense Co.
840. World War I, 1917, California, 336, Christiansen, Fred, “World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards,” June 5, 1917, Stanislaus County, CA, USA, nara publication number: M1509-film number: 1544412-digital folder number: 005241103-image number: 01717, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZK4-GHN, Lists birth place as Slagelse, Denmark.
File: FredChristiansen
842. “Obituaries,” Frederick Christiansen, Modesto Bee, Modesto, CA.
File: FredChristiansen_Obituary
843. “Denmark Census,” 1890, Sorø, Øster Flakkebjerg, Krummerup, Haldagermagle, 480.
File: 1890 Denmark Sorø County Øster Flakkejerg Krummerup Haldagermagle p420
844. “United States Census: 1910,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1910, CA, San Francisco, San Francisco, District 36, Precinct 13, April 23, 1910, Allan K Wilson, 7A, 4, 150, T624, 96, 201.
File: 1910 CA San Francisco County San Francisco Dist36 p7A
845. “United States Census: 1940,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1940, CA, Stanislaus, Ceres, May 15, 1940, Ida J Hunt, 9A, 9, 50-8A, T627, 351, 263.
File: 1940 CA Stanislaus County Ceres p9A
846. American Family Immigration History Center, “Passenger Record for Frederik Christiansen,” http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/search/passRecor...amp;pID=102996030113, January 23, 1906.
File: FredChristImm
847. “Danish Emigration Archives,” http://www.emiarch.dk/search.php3?l=en, I0506C2404, Last residence at Gummerup, Odense Co.
848. “Interview with Hulda Christiansen,” May 23, 2001, Christiansen Farm in Turlock.
File: HuldaChristiansen_Notes
849. “Rogaland county, Høyland, Sandnes in Høyland, Parish register (official) nr. A 10 (1878-1888), Birth and baptism records 1888, page 90.,” Line 7 on bottom half of the page, 90, http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=...=ny&idx_side=-97, Birth name was Kirsten Ween.
File: KirstenWeenBirth
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