The family surname was changed from Christensen to Sorensen when Frederik immigrated to the United States (9 April 1862). Frederik told his children to use CHRISTENSEN when doing any legal papers. NOTE: Cemetery Records have Christine Sorensen ~ Headstone reads Stine Christensen ~ SL Death Record Christine Sorenson.
Cause of death: Typhoid
Christina's sister, Via, had a stillborn baby girl, Jane Rowan Butler, who died on January 11, 1909. She is buried with Christina. The grave site is listed as Plat K, Block 15, Lot 8, Grave 1E.
"This was the one we called an angel sister - too good for this world. She was loved by all who knew her. The tears ran down the cheeks of the Elders who spoke at her funeral. She was thought so much of in Sunday School and Day School as well. She died just a day or two after she had turned fifteen years of age with the typhoid fever in the Third Ward."
(Written by Dorothea 'Dora' S. Christensen or Sorensen, Kimball, sister)
"My sister Stine Christine died November the third in the year 1888 she was fifteen years and three days old when she died. She was a good and cheerful sister and we all miss her very much."
(Written by Peter W. Christensen, brother)
The family surname was changed from Christensen to Sorensen when Frederik immigrated to the United States (9 April 1862). Frederik told his children to use CHRISTENSEN when doing any legal papers. NOTE: Cemetery Records have Christine Sorensen ~ Headstone reads Stine Christensen ~ SL Death Record Christine Sorenson.
Cause of death: Typhoid
Christina's sister, Via, had a stillborn baby girl, Jane Rowan Butler, who died on January 11, 1909. She is buried with Christina. The grave site is listed as Plat K, Block 15, Lot 8, Grave 1E.
"This was the one we called an angel sister - too good for this world. She was loved by all who knew her. The tears ran down the cheeks of the Elders who spoke at her funeral. She was thought so much of in Sunday School and Day School as well. She died just a day or two after she had turned fifteen years of age with the typhoid fever in the Third Ward."
(Written by Dorothea 'Dora' S. Christensen or Sorensen, Kimball, sister)
"My sister Stine Christine died November the third in the year 1888 she was fifteen years and three days old when she died. She was a good and cheerful sister and we all miss her very much."
(Written by Peter W. Christensen, brother)
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The dates of 1873 - 1888 are the birth and death dates for Christina "Stine".
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