Christine Alexandrine Meldrum

Female18 July 1873–21 April 1906

Brief Life History of Christine Alexandrine

Christine Alexandrine Meldrum was born on 18 July 1873, in Illinois, United States as the daughter of Jno R. Meldrum and Sarah H Meldrum. She married Claude Alfred Gibson on 7 March 1897, in Neosho, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Bunker Hill, Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 21 April 1906, in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claude Alfred Gibson
1875–1950
Christine Alexandrine Meldrum
1873–1906
Marriage: 7 March 1897
Margaret Elizabeth Gibson
1900–1991

Sources (8)

  • Christenia Meldrum in household of John Meldrum, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Christine Mealdrum, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Christine Meldrum Gibson, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 March 1897Neosho, Kansas, United States

    • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 2

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1877 · The First Workers Strike

    Age 4

    The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

    1885 · The First Skyscraper

    Age 12

    The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, firstrecorded in 1291 as Melgedrom, from an obscure first element +Gaelic druim ‘ridge’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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