When Franklin Robespiere Christensen was born on 14 July 1864, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Anders Christian Christen, was 30 and his mother, Marion Williamson, was 20. He married Julia Baker on 24 August 1887. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900 and San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1930. He died on 1 March 1938, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
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