Harriet Birdie Bates

Brief Life History of Harriet Birdie

When Harriet Birdie Bates was born on 8 December 1886, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, her father, Ormus Eaton Bates, was 37 and her mother, Augusta Eliason, was 32. She married Wilford Moses Christensen on 11 October 1904, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. She lived in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1950 and World in 1950. She died on 11 November 1956, in Grant, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilford Moses Christensen
1879–1959
Harriet Birdie Bates
1886–1956
Marriage: 11 October 1904
Leatha Christensen
1905–1995
Harriet Lorraine Christensen
1907–2001
Alice Augusta Christensen
1909–1992
Genevieve Christina Christensen
1911–2002
Dennis Wilford Christensen
1915–1995
Georgia Christensen
1917–2004
Jean Christensen
1919–2010
Mary Elaine Christensen
1922–2010
Ruth Joan Christensen
1928–2022

Sources (66)

  • Harriet B Christensen, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Harriet B. Bates, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Harriet Christensen, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.

Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .

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

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Harriet Birdie Bates

Grandma Christensen was always so loving kind and soft spoken. She was deaf and wore a hearing aid. In those days the aid was a metal box that was in the middle part of her bra. When I wanted to tell …

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