When Wendell Christensen was born on 12 November 1913, in Goshen, Bingham, Idaho, United States, his father, Joseph Niels Christensen, was 38 and his mother, Ardena Killian, was 29. He married Auril Heaton on 9 September 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 2001. He died on 11 October 2001, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, Bingham, Idaho, 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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