When Wendell Abraham Christensen was born on 10 November 1900, in Bloomington, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Abraham Otto Christensen, was 27 and his mother, Emily Gertrude Krogue, was 25. He married Viola Emmeline Patterson on 4 June 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He died on 2 July 1997, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesHistory of GERTRUDE KROGUE CHRISTENSEN 1875 - 1975 And ABRAM OTTO CHRISTENSEN 1873 - 1965 This history was related to Wendell A. Christensen and Viola Patterson Christensen, Loraine Christensen, …
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