Life History

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Notes

• William V's uncle William S "Bud" Jenkins, recorded the names ofWilliam and his brothers and sisters in his Dictionary (reported inHarold Christian's Jenkins Family History, pages 6-7).  Uncle Bud'slist records William's birth date as 1 October 1884, and his nextbrother Joe (Joseph Oscar) as born 5 March 1886.  Oscar's birth isreported as 10 April 1886 in his WWI Draft Registration.
  
  The 1900 census recorded birth month and year.  That census hasWilliam's birthday as October 1886.  This is the year Bud has forJoseph Oscar.  Because Joseph Oscar's birth date in 1886 is confirmedby several public records, I am following the date that Bud reports asWilliam's birthday, 1 October 1884.
  
  1900 Census, Union, Washita County, Oklahoma, District 211, page 13A(147A), Hse/Fam #189
  Willie Christain [sic] Head W M  Oct 1857 42  Miss England GA Farmer
  Mandy Christain Wife W F  Mar 1858  42  MS MS MS
  William Christain Son W M  Oct 1886  13  TX England Miss Farmer
  
  In 1910, William is married and living in Washita County, Oklahoma.William did not move to Oklahoma until 1909.  He and his wife Dellahad their first child, Roy F, in Texas, before moving to Oklahoma,where the third child was born in about October 1909.
  
  In 1910, William is living next door to his brother Joe, and on theother side of Joe is Pete.  All three have their own households andare Farming.  Pete is not yet married, and had hired a laborer to helphim on his farm.
  
  William's wife is named Rosa M, born in Texas, as were both herparents.  Rosa's middle name of Mae is provided by Harold Christian inhis paper on the history of the Christian family (page 3).  Williamand Rosa Mae have two children, Roy F age 2 and John O age 6 months.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 28 April, Oakdale,District 263, page 8B, Hse #148, Fam #155
  William V Christian Head M W 24 Married 3 yrs TX MS AL [birthplace ofhis step-mother]  Farmer  Rents [b abt 1886]
  Rosa M Christian Wife F W 20 Married 3 yrs TX TX TX  [b abt 1890]
  Christian, Roy F  Son M W 2 TX TX TX [b abt 1908]
  Christian, John O  Son M W 6 months [b abt Oct 1909]  OK TX TX
  
  William's age her indicates a birth in 1885 or 1886, matching thereported birth date in 1900 of October 1886.  The problem, asexplained above, is that we have documented his brother Joseph's birthin March 1886, ruling out another child born in 1886, especiallyOctober.
  
  In 1920, I found William and his family in Parker County, Texas(Weatherford area).  In this census, he has a different wife, namedFannie in the census.  This census does not report how long the couplehave been married.  The wife Fannie is only 18 years old.  There isone son in the household who is 11 years old, which should mean he wasborn in 1909, but he does not appear in the 1910 census.  Theseanomalies make it uncertain this is the same family, but the detailsare so close, and the children's names match.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 5 February, Precinct 6,District 77, page 8B, Hse #167, Fam #1178
  Christian, W V  Head  Rents M W 33 TX MS MS Farmer  [b abt 1887]
  Christian, Fannie Wife F W 18 TX AL AL  [b abt 1902]
  Christian, Roy F  Son M W 14 TX TX TX [b abt 1906]
  Christian, O'Neal  Son M W 12 [b abt 1908]  TX TX TX
  Christian, Nitabill (?)  Son M W 11 [b abt 1909]  TX TX TX
  
  In the 1920 census, Rosa Mae is found in her parents' household,married to a German immigrant enumerated as Jack Shultz.  This matchesfamily memory transmitted to me by Anne Thompson that Rosa Mae wasmarried several times, and one married name was Schultz.  The 1920census did not report how long they had been married.  We candetermine that Rosa Mae left William V, and assume they divorced in1919 or earlier.  January 1 was the census date for 1920.

Sources

• 1. William S "Bud" Jenkins, names listed in his Dictionary reported inHarold Christian's Jenkins Family History
  • Name: Name: pages 6-7, List of names of sister Amanda's children;;
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma
  • August 3, Union Township, District 211, page 13A (147A), Hse/Fam #189
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma
  • 28 April, Oakdale, District 263, page 8B, Hse #148, Fam #155
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 5 February, Precinct 6, District 77, page 8B, Hse #167, Fam #1178
• 5. 1920 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
  • 12 June, White Township, Idabel Town, District 157, page 17A, Hill St,
• 6. Anne Thompson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 11 April 2011
• 7. Gravestone of Hathaway Alfred Christian, Denison Cemetery, Idabel,McCurtain, Oklahoma
• 8. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
• 9. 1930 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma
  • 7 April, Mt View, District 24, page 6A, Hse #120, Fam #126