Howard Peter Christensen

28 January 1912–4 January 2006 (Age 94)
Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States

The Life of Howard Peter

When Howard Peter Christensen was born on 28 January 1912, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Peter M. Christensen, was 40 and his mother, Freda Christina Johnson, was 35. He married Minnetta Mary Tassainer on 16 November 1937, in Copperton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, United States for about 21 years. He died on 4 January 2006, in Addison, DuPage, Illinois, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Howard Peter Christensen
1912–2006
Minnetta Mary Tassainer
1917–2016
Marriage: 16 November 1937
Ronald Kay Christensen
1944–2017

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
16 November 1937
Copperton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
children

(1)

    Ronald Kay Christensen

    Male1944–2017Male

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World Events (8)

1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois

Age 1

Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.
1915 · Dinosaur National Monument

Age 3

Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.
1938 · The DI is Opened To The Public

Age 26

Deseret Industries is a non-profit organization and a division of Welfare Services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes a chain of retail thrift stores and work projects. Many of the items sold are second hand or never used. Such items include furniture, appliances, computers, and clothing. The DI also sells new furniture, much of it received directly from its own manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. The DI provides job skill training for the physically, emotionally and socially challenged and seeks to place them into private sector employment.

Name Meaning

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Howard P Christensen, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Howard Peter Christensen, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Howard Peter Christensen, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"

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