Esther Viola Christensen

Brief Life History of Esther Viola

When Esther Viola Christensen was born on 9 January 1908, in Lake, South Dakota, United States, her father, Peter Christensen, was 36 and her mother, Augusta Josephine Capion, was 32. She died on 23 March 1910, in Shelburne Township, Lyon, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 2.

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Family Time Line

Peter Christensen
1871–1961
Augusta Josephine Capion
1875–1964
Harry Christiansen
1888–
Copien
1897–
Esther M. Christensen
1898–1899
Holger Albert Christensen
1901–1988
Agnes G Christiansen
1902–1911
Eva Eldona Christensen
1905–2001
Esther Viola Christensen
1908–1910
Alvin Wilbur Christensen
1911–1929
Mabel Geraldine Christensen
1912–
Bessie Victoria Christensen
1914–1994
Bernice Gertrude Christensen
1916–1993
Bennie Capion Christensen
1919–1992

Sources (6)

  • * Christensen, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016"
  • Esther Viola Christensen, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
  • Esther Viola Christensen, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"

World Events (3)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Mann Act

This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.

Name Meaning

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.

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