Links to Families Below
Kip and Audrey Christensen Family
1940s
1941
Kip and Audrey Christensen, Wedding Party
Chicago, Illinois, May, 1941
1943
Audrey and Kip Christensen
Waupaca, Wisconsin, February, 1943
Audrey and Kip Christensen
Waupaca, Wisconsin, October, 1943
1944
Kip, Lynn at 6 weeks, Audrey
California, July 1944
Kip with Lynn at 6 weeks
California, July 1944
Kip and Lynn Christensen
California, about July, 1944
Audrey, Lynn, and Kip
Possibly at Camp Cooke, California, about September, 1944
1945
Audrey and Lynn with two friends
California, April 1945
Audrey and Lynn
California, April 1945
1946
Lynn and Vicki
Lompoc, California, probably late summer 1946
After the War, but before the family returned to Wisconsin in September
Kip with Lynn and Vicki
Summer 1946, Lompoc, California
Audrey with Vicki and Lynn
Summer 1946, Lompoc, California
Vicki and Lynn visiting Radloff grandparents
Fall 1946, Waupaca, Wisconsin
Vicki and Lynn with Grandmother Ethel Radloff
Fall 1946, Waupaca, Wisconsin
Vicki and Lynn on Aunt Wilma’s horse, Betsy. Kip keeping a hand on things.
Fall 1946, New London, Wisconsin
Lynn
Caption on back says “Lynn at our place, before built on — also day she picked up a caterpillar & put it in her mouth.”
October 1946, Duck Lake, Grawn, Michigan
Audrey with Vicki and Lynn
About Fall 1946, probably Waupaca, Wisconsin
1948
Kip, Audrey and family clearing trees and brush on the shore at Duck Lake
Duck Lake, Grawn, MI, 1948
1949
Kip Christensen clearing driftwood and brush out of Duck Lake
1949, Grawn, MI
Kip and (probably) Lynn Christensen at Duck Lake
1949, Grawn, MI
Lynn and Vicki Christensen
1949, Grawn, MI
Vicki in front of the cabin
1949, Grawn, MI
The log cabin built by Kip
Duck Lake, Grawn, Michigan
1950s
1950
Lynn school photo, possibly first grade.
Grawn, Michigan, About 1950
Vicki and Lynn
Duck Lake, Grawn, Michigan, Summer 1950
Great Aunt Clara Petersen with Vick and Lynn
Clara Petersen was sister to Kip’s mother Marie
Duck Lake, Grawn, Michigan, Summer 1950
Clara and Gertrude Petersen, sisters of Kip’s mother Marie
Duck Lake, Grawn, Michigan, Summer 1950
Lynn
Duck Lake, Grawn, Michigan, Fall 1950
Lynn running with hair flying
1950, Duck Lake, Grawn, Michigan
1955
Lynn Christensen school photo, probably sixth grade
Note on photo frame: To Mother & Daddy from Lynn, Merry Christmas, 1955
Grawn, Michigan, Fall 1955
Vicki R Christensen school photo – Note on photo folder: “To Mother and Father from Vicki 1955.”
1955, Grawn, MI
1958
Lynn Christensen school photo, Kingsley High School, ninth grade
Note on back says: Lynn Christensen, Route 1, Grawn, Michigan, Nov. 26, 1958
1960s
1961
Lynn senior year school photo
Escanaba, Michigan, Fall 1961
CA and Marie Christensen Family
Christian Andrew (CA) Christensen (1881-1950) and Marie Petersen (1883-1935) were married 14 January 1904 in Waupaca, Wisconsin.
CA was born 16 August 1881 in Jutland, Denmark, to Jens Peder and Caroline Christensen.
Marie was born 27 February 1883 in Racine, Wisconsin, to blacksmith Robert Petersen and his wife Karen.
Marie gave birth to nine children:
- Oswald Robert (b.1906)
- Mabel Gertrude (b.1908)
- Earl Howard (b.1909)
- Richard James (b.1911)
- Arthur Christian (b.1913)
- Carrol Gilbert (b.1915)
- Edward Philip (b.1916)
- Clifford Alvin (b.1919)
- William Merle (b. 1927)
Richard J Christensen, known as Bud, died in a 1930 vehicle accident.
Mabel G Christensen married Leon Dunn and gave birth to four children:
- Patricia (b.1929)
- James (b.1930, died shortly after birth)
- Jeannette (b. 1933)
- Kenneth (b. 1937)
Mabel died in February, 1943, at the age of 32.
With the exception of Kip, CA and Marie’s sons became farmers in the vicinity of Waupaca, Wisconsin. In this photo, from left to right, they are Os, Earl, Kip, Bill, Ed, Carrol, and Art. CA is in front of “the brothers.”
1940s
1948
Last Christensen family reunion before CA passed away, November 13, 1948
Left to right, Earl, Kip, CA, Os, Ed, Bob?, Art, Bill, Carrol
Left to right, Bill, Kip, Earl, Os, CA in hat, Ed, Art, Carrol
Left to right, Marian?, Os in hat?, Kip, Bill, Carrol
1920s
Kip Christensen, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, about 1925
1930s
Kip Christensen with restaurant co-workers, Chicago, Illinois, 1937
Kip Christensen with restaurant co-workers, Chicago, Illinois, 1937
Kip Christensen, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, late 1930s. Possibly Silver Lake
Robert Petersen Family – Robert (1852-1939) and spouses Karen Petersen (born Pedersen) (1858-1888), Ane Petersen (born Pedersen) (1850-1923)
Robert Petersen was born 22 May 1852 in Frejlev, in the southeast corner of the island of Lolland, Denmark. He was named Rasmus Pedersen at birth by his parents Peder Olsen and Gjertrud Rasmusdatter. Like his father before him, Rasmus became a blacksmith.
Rasmus married Karen Pedersen at Nysted on the south coast of the island of Lolland, Denmark, on 14 April 1880. The couple immediately immigrated to the United States. They are recorded in the 1880 Census of the United States living in Racine, Wisconsin, USA with Karen’s brother Hans (a blacksmith) and his wife Margrethe (“Maggie”). Upon arrival in the United States, Rasmus Pedersen became known as Robert Petersen.
Karen Pedersen was born 6 March 1858 in Vantore, in the southeast corner of the island of Lolland, Denmark. Her parents were Peder Hansen and Maren Rasmusdatter.
Robert and Karen’s first two children were born in Racine, Wisconsin: Gertrude in October 1881 and Marie in February 1883. By December 1884, when third daughter Louisa Petra was born, the family had moved to the newly established town of Nysted, Howard County, Nebraska, USA. Robert served the new community as its first blacksmith. A fourth daughter, Clara Christine, was born in October 1886.
Karen died at the age of 30 on 4 September 1888. According to the death notice in the Dannebrog Sentinel newspaper, she had experienced “many weeks of intense suffering.”
Inscription:
KAREN
Hüstru af (wife of)
R. PETERSEN
Fodt (Birth)
Vanthore Lolland
Marts (March) 6, 1858
Død (Death)
Sept 4, 1888
Salige er de døde, som Dò i Herren
Blessed are those who die in the Lord
At the time of Karen’s death the family was living on a farm on Munson Creek (Dannevirke township, Howard County, Nebraska, near the town of Elba). This left Robert to work the farm and care for four daughters, aged 7, 5, 4, and 2.
In about 1897, Robert married Ane Petersen, probably in Howard County, Nebraska, USA. Ane Pedersen was born 5 June 1850 in Frejlev, on the island of Lolland, Denmark. Her parents were Peder Olsen and Bodil Rasmusdatter. She came to Nebraska in 1883. Her brother, Ole, also immigrated from Denmark to Nebraska.
In 1909, Robert and Ane moved from Nebraska to Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA. Robert’s parents, three brothers and a sister had all settled in Waupaca between about 1879 and 1882.
Ane passed away in Waupaca on 14 September 1923. She was 73. Robert lived to the age of 86, passing away in Waupaca on 14 January 1939. They are both buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska.
The man at left in the front row of this photo is identified as Robert Petersen. The woman peeking out from behind him may be his daughter Marie. Behind the other man are Robert’s daughters Clara and Gertrude Petersen. Circa 1934
