Brief Life History of Christiana Gertrude Cornelia Clignet
When Christiana Gertrude Cornelia Clignet Frost was born on 7 September 1842, in Uitenhage, Cape Colony, South Africa, her father, Philip Frost, was 55 and her mother, Christiana Gertruida Cornelia Clignet van Lelÿveld, was 28. She married David Alexander Mitchell II on 3 December 1858, in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 6 March 1896, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Christiana Mitchell in household of David Mitchell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Baptism: Christina Gertruyda Cornelia Clignet Frost in the South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s
- Christiana Gjertrude Cornelia Clignet Frost Mitchell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1852
Sand River Convention. Britain recognizes Transvaal as the independent Afrikaner South African Republic.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANNA GERTRUID CORNELIA CLIGNET FROST MITCHELL
Life Story of Christianna G. Frost And David Alexander Mitchell Christianna G. Frost was born September 7, 1842 in Uitenhage, Union of South Africa. She died on March 6, 1896 in Payson, Utah County, …
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