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DeForrest Christian

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DeForrest Christian

Birth
Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Death
19 Oct 1931 (aged 71)
Pavilion, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
R 079 03
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Son of Horace John Christian and Mary Ann Wallin (sometimes spelled Walling, but it is Wallin, she is daughter of Joseph Wallin and Susannah Cook of Leicester, England). Born in Mentz, Cayuga County, NY.

Father Horace John Christian (son of John Christian & Rheuhannah Tefft of Cayuga County, NY) and mother & siblings moved to Burlington, Calhoun County, MI after 1870 Census of Mentz, Cayuga County, NY. Father died in Calhoun County, MI:

COLDWATER REPUBLICAN edition of August 7, 1877:
"Horace Christian, a farmer living four miles north of Burlington, was kicked to death by one of his horses Sunday morning. Nothing is known of the circumstances beyond the fact that he was found under such circumstances that make it certain that he must have met his death in that way."

Married per Kalamazoo County Clerk record Marriage Record Bk 5 pg 87 #276; Melvin (?) (Melva/Melvina/Mina) Putman vs Putnam on June 26, 1888 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI. Married by Charles F. Janusch, J.P.

Death record age 71 yrs, 7 months, 12 days, widower b. NY, Occ Mechanic. Cause of death exhaustion.

Child: Verta L. Christian b. 17 Nov 1888 in Kalamazoo, MI, died 25 July 1967, spouse John G. Langdon.

Son of Horace John Christian and Mary Ann Wallin (sometimes spelled Walling, but it is Wallin, she is daughter of Joseph Wallin and Susannah Cook of Leicester, England). Born in Mentz, Cayuga County, NY.

Father Horace John Christian (son of John Christian & Rheuhannah Tefft of Cayuga County, NY) and mother & siblings moved to Burlington, Calhoun County, MI after 1870 Census of Mentz, Cayuga County, NY. Father died in Calhoun County, MI:

COLDWATER REPUBLICAN edition of August 7, 1877:
"Horace Christian, a farmer living four miles north of Burlington, was kicked to death by one of his horses Sunday morning. Nothing is known of the circumstances beyond the fact that he was found under such circumstances that make it certain that he must have met his death in that way."

Married per Kalamazoo County Clerk record Marriage Record Bk 5 pg 87 #276; Melvin (?) (Melva/Melvina/Mina) Putman vs Putnam on June 26, 1888 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI. Married by Charles F. Janusch, J.P.

Death record age 71 yrs, 7 months, 12 days, widower b. NY, Occ Mechanic. Cause of death exhaustion.

Child: Verta L. Christian b. 17 Nov 1888 in Kalamazoo, MI, died 25 July 1967, spouse John G. Langdon.



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  • Created by: ambs
  • Added: Apr 7, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25804743/deforrest-christian: accessed ), memorial page for DeForrest Christian (7 Mar 1860–19 Oct 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25804743, citing Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by ambs (contributor 46814643).