The twelve children of Niels and Christiane Christensen, in birth order. Seven reached adulthood and married. Five died in childhood — the youngest at seven months, the eldest of them at fourteen.
No.NameBornDiedAccount
01Caroline Christensenb. 16 November 1853d. 8 May 1904Biography02Andrea Christensenb. 10 November 1855d. 6 August 1857Records03Christena Christensenb. 21 March 1857d. 9 November 1905Records04Niels Christensen Jr.b. 16 May 1859d. 2 June 1922Records05Jeppe Eli Christensenb. 21 December 1861d. 12 April 1865Records06Julianne Christensenb. 11 June 1864d. 8 February 1865Records07Hyrum Christensenb. 28 December 1865d. 30 August 1930Biography08Christiana Amelia Christensenb. 14 April 1868d. 25 May 1942Records09Joseph Christensenb. 12 October 1872d. 13 January 1887Records10Emily Christensenb. 29 September 1874d. 8 October 1907Records11Malvina Christensenb. 1 June 1876d. March 1877Records12Heber Christensenb. 7 December 1878d. 23 November 1952RecordsWhat the tags mean. Caroline and Hyrum are marked Biography: their pages carry narratives written by their own descendants, preserved from the family’s 1997 website. The other ten are marked Records — dates, places and family drawn from the 1997 family tree, FamilySearch and Sanpete County records. That does not mean their stories were lost. All twelve are written up in Niels & Christiane Christensen: Danish Pioneers of 1857, the 344-page history published in 2007. Those ten pages are thin because the book has not yet been brought online — not because the work was never done.
Twelve lives on one scale
Each bar is one life, drawn against the same century. The five short ones are the reason this family’s story is usually told in a single sentence.
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Niels 1832–1901
Christiane 1833–1884
1. Caroline
2. Andrea
3. Christena
4. Niels Jr.
5. Jeppe Eli
6. Julianne
7. Hyrum
8. Amelia
9. Joseph
10. Emily
11. Malvina
12. Heber
ParentsReached adulthoodDied in childhood
Ten of the twelve are thin here only because the 2007 history has not yet been put on the web. See Family Meetings for the book, and Contribute for what would help.