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Christian,
Mary Louisa, thePeerage.com. Mary Louisa Christian was born on Pitcairn
Island on November 27, 1879. She was the daughter of Alphonso Downs Christian
and Sarah McCoy.
Christian, Mary Lucy, thePeerage.com. Mary Lucy
Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on June 13, 1838. She was the daughter of
Fletcher Christian and Peggy Christian. She married Charles Driver Christian,
son of Charles Christian and Maria Christian on July 8, 1855 on Pitcairn Island.
She died on October 13, 1904 at age 66 on Norfolk Island. Mary Lucy Christian
usually went by her middle name of Lucy. She also went by the nick-name of Oty.
The children of Maria Lucy Christian and Charles Driver Christian were Lucy Emily
Christian, who was born on July 27, 1856, and died January 22, 1919; Evelina Eglantine
Christian, who was born on January 28, 1858, and died about 1945; Nancy Jane Christian,
who was born on December 12, 1859, and died on February 15, 1948; Caroline Ellen
Christian, who was born on April 11, 1861; Charles Nichols Christian, who was
born on September 16, 1862, and died December 16, 1927; Edward Christian, who
was born on July 30, 1864; Charlotte Annie Wiseman Christian, who was born on
May 20, 1866, and died September 7, 1909; John Samuel Christian, who was born
on February 26, 1868; Sarah R. Luce Christian, who was born on May 30, 1870, and
died August 22, 1912; Abigail Constance Wetherell Christian, who was born on April
22, 1872, and died November 20, 1880; Mary Lucy Christian, who was born on May
17, 1874, and died May 22, 1874; Harvey Brookes Christian, who was born on June
18, 1875, and died September 23, 1961; Timothy Packard Christian, who was born
on November 14, 1876; Clara Selwyn Christian, who was born on April 19, 1878,
and died in 1924; and Mary Young Christian, who was born on November 3, 1879.
Christian,
Melville Elbert, Obituary in Pacific Islands Monthly 44, Aug. 1973,
p. 117. See also Pitcairn Miscellany 15, Jun. 1973, p. 2; thePeerage.com
and Snell. Melville Elbert Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on December
17, 1897. He was the son of Sidney Elliot Atkins Christian and Ethel Virginia
Young. He married Ninette Irene Young, the daughter of Charles Carleton Vieder
Young and Alice Helena Christian, on Pitcairn Island. Ninette Irene Young was
born on Pitcairn Island in 1897, and she died on Pitcairn Island on October 15,
1973. He died on June 20, 1973, at age 75 on Pitcairn Island. The children of
Melville and Ninette were Ackland Hugh Christian, born October 3, 1926, and Cedilia
Lovette L. Christian, born October 18, 1928.
Christian, Milton, thePeerage.com.
Milton Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on March 3, 1910. He was the son
of George Lindsay Christian and Elizabeth Jane Christian. He was buried on April
13, 1931, on Pitcairn Island.
Christian, Mima Edith, Pitcairn Miscellany
20, Dec. 1978, p. 3; thePeerage.com. Mima Edith Christian was born on Pitcairn
Island on August 7, 1889. She was the daughter of Daniel Christian and Harriet
Melissa McCoy. She married Christopher Stanhope Warren, son of George Francis
Chris Warren and Alice Lily Butler, on Pitcairn Island. She died on December 31,
1978, at age 89, on Pitcairn Island. Her married name became Warren.
Christian,
Mina, thePeerage.com. Mina Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on
September 29, 1907. She was the daughter of George Lindsay Christian and Elizabeth
Jane Christian
Christian, Mirian Elmira, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Mirian Elmira Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on May 13, 1891. She was the
daughter of Edward Christian and Margaret Lucy Young. She married Norris Henry
Young, son of bert James Christian and Margaret Augusta Young, in January 1910,
on Pitcairn Island. She died on June 25, 1984, at age 93, in New Zealand. Marian
also went by the nick- name of Myra. From January 1910, her married name became
Young. The children of Mirian and Norris Henry Young were Henry Hugh Young, born
January 17, 2909, and died about 1973; and Everett Carlyle Young, born June 3,
1910.
Christian, Nadine. Nadine Christian is the wife of Randy Christian,
and the mother of Bradley, Emily, Ryan, and Adrianna Christian.
Christian,
Nathan, Lareau, RootsWeb.com. Nathan Christian was born
on Pitcairn Island on June 26, 1845. He died October 28, 1860, on Norfolk Island
at age 15. His parents were Fletcher Christian, born on Pitcairn in 1812, and
Peggy Christian, born on Pitcairn in 1815.
Christian, Nellie Virginia,
Lareau; thePeerage.com. Nellie Virginia Christian was born
on Pitcairn Island on April 22, 1899. She was the daughter of Edgar Allen Christian
and Dorcas Almira Christian. She married Victor Rolland Warren, son of Thursday
Moses Skelly Warren and Roberta Mary Alice Young, on Pitcairn Island. She died
on December 18, 1981, at age 82, on Pitcairn Island. Nellie also went by the nick-name
of Gena. Her married name became Warren. (For the child of Nellie and Victor Rolland
Warren, see "Victor Rolland Warren").
Christian, Ninette, Pitcairn
Miscellany 15, Oct. 1972, p. 2. See also the Adventist Review and Herald
150, Nov. 8, 1973, p. 32. Ninette, 76, died on October 23. Her death leaves the
Island with only 76 inhabitants.
Christian, Olive. (See "Olive Jal
Brown").
Christian, Parkins, Australasian Record 44, Oct.
14, 1940, p. 7. Parkins Christian. "Brother Parkins Christian was born on
Pitcairn in 1853, and passed to rest August 28, 1940, at the ripe age of 87 years.
He was the last male member of the party that came here to Norfolk from Pitcairn
back in the fifties, being three years old when he landed on Norfolk Island. Our
deceased brother embraced the Sabbath truth about five years ago, and during these
last years of his old age he was a most faithful attendant both at Sabbath school
and church service. He delighted to listen to the reading of the Scriptures, especially
those which relate to the second advent of our Lord. Brother Christian retained
remarkable health up until a short period prior to his death. The writer was assisted
in the buiial service by Mr. Adams of the Methodist Church. W.D. Smith."
Christian,
Parkin, Pitcairn Miscellany 13, Sept. 1971, pp. 1-3. See also Australasian
Record 75, Nov. 8, 1971, p. 14. Parkin died in Auckland, NZ, and is buried
in the Waikumete Cemetery there. "On 15th September news was received from
New Zealand of the death, in his 88th year, of Parkin Christian. Having suffered
indifferent health for the past few years Parkin departed (Pitcairn) for New Zealand
for medical reasons in May 1970, accompanied by his granddaughter Marona and her
husband Pervis and two children. During his lifetime Parkin was an active member
of the community. When only 17 he was sailing as a crew member on French trading
ships plying between Tahiti and neighboring islands. He also sailed aboard two
locally owned sailing ships which traded between Pitcairn and Mangareva some 300
miles away in the French Gambier group early in the century. In 1933, Parkin discovered
the rudder of H.M.S. Bounty in Bounty Bay, which was later recovered and after
remaining on Pitcairn was finally sent to the museum in Suva, Fiji, for safe keeping,
where it still remains. He served a term of office as Island Magistrate from 1956-1957.
Parkin and his wife Rosa (dec'd) had three children, Marjorie (Deceased), one
child died in infancy, and he is survived by Richard (now living in Australia)
and many grandchildren - to all of whom we offer our condolences. Prayers were
offered for the deceased in the Church on the Sabbath following his death."
From Roy Clark's diary: Parkin Christian, Man of the Sea: "The sea is in
his blood, and its call has made of him a natural seaman with an uncanny intuition
for predicting weather conditions and navigating among these islands. There is
a confidence in Parkin's judgment greater than in the chart or compass, whatever
the distance from land. Many the time have I seen him defy the written laws of
navigation, and those who command our longboats have learned, sometimes through
bitter experience, to heed his advice - even though it disagrees with chart and
compass. Quite and unassuming, he tells of sea experiences of the past as he lounges
with seeming indifference in the stern of the boat; but his eyes miss nothing
of his surroundings. He sees the set of the sail and jib, the coloring of the
sky, the shifting of the wind, the clouds above and out on the horizon, the pitch
of the boat as it makes five or six knots in a good, steady wind or a barely perceptible
headway in a light breeze. There have been a few times when the course for Oneo
or Henderson was given by the captains of the boats as they left Bounty Bay, and
steadily kept until the mileage for the island has been run; and yet land was
not sighted and the boats have had to give up their search for it and return to
Pitcairn. But this has not been so when Parkin was amongst the crew making the
trip. I recall one of the many times I have sailed with Parkin to Oeno Island
as proof of his intuitive judgment at sea. Someone of the crew calls out to the
coxswain, 'How we heading', Charles?' The coxswain looks intently at his compass
box and calls back, 'Northwest by north, and headin' right for land.' Parkin lifts
his body from its reclining position and looks seaward - first to windward and
then to lee of the boat. He scans the sea in all directions for a minute or two
- looks up at the sails, and then again to the sea astern of the longboat. His
decision has been made. He speaks, 'Wal now, I don't care what yawli tul (all
of you say), and I ain't going by that no-use compass either; and believe me if
you like, for land is homusa out ahead (not nearly). Yawli look where I'm pointin'.
I'll bet land's there,' and he points a little to windward - his arm strong and
steady, his eyes ablaze with certainty. Then he again settles down to his former
position in the stern of the boat to doze off to sleep or continue his story telling.
Two or three hours pass by, then the man on the lookout calls 'Land ahead!' The
course has been changed according to the pointing of Parkin's finger. He rises
unconcernedly from his uncomfortable resting place and sees the distant land.
With pleased satisfaction he remarks, 'There, I told you so. If we only follow
that good for nothing compass we would be dead as a hatchet.' (For some reason,
on Pitcairn, a hatchet is considered a more likely comparison than a doornail.)"
Christian, Peggy, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Peggy Christian was born on Pitcairn Island in 1815. She was the daughter of Thursday
October Christian and Teraura (?). She married, firstly, Daniel McCoy, son of
Daniel McCoy and Sarah Quintal, on October 18, 1829, on Pitcairn Island. She married,
secondly, Fletcher Christian, son of Charles Christian and Sully (?), on January
17, 1833, on Pitcairn Island. She died on May 12, 1884, on Norfolk Island. From
October 18, 1829, her married name became McCoy. From January 17, 1833, her married
name became Christian. The child of Peggy and Daniel McCoy was Philip McCoy, born
August 18, 1830, and died July 28, 1913.
Christian, Peggy, thePeerage.com.
Born 1815 at Pitcairn, died May 12, 1884, at Norfolk Island. She was a daughter
of Thursday October Christian and Teraura. Married Daniel McCoy, Oct. 18, 1829,
at Pitcairn. Married Fletcher Christian, Jan. 17, 1833, at Pitcairn. With Danial
McCoy, she had one child, Philip McCoy, born Aug. 18, 1830, died Jul. 28, 1913.
With Fletcher Christian she had 10 children: Jacob Christian, born Sept. 24, 1833,
died Oct. 16, 1877; Priscilla Christian, born Aug 11, 1835, died Nov. 21, 1906;
Polly Christian, born Nov. 10, 1836, died Apr. 30, 1892; Maria Lucy Christian,
born June 13, 1838, died Oct. 13, 1904; Isabella Emily Christian, born Dec. 13,
1839, died Feb. 10, 1895; Stephen Christian, born Sept. 9, 1841, died Dec. 10,
1842; John Stephen Christian, born Oct. 5, 1843, died May 16, 1918; Nathan Christian,
born Jun. 26 1845, died Oct. 28, 1860; William B. Swain Christian, born May 24,
1847, died Jul. 1, 1868; Abigail Leah Dunmore Christian, born Oct. 21, 1849, died
Dec. 12, 1874.
Christian, Phillip Howland, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Phillip Howland Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on October 11, 1865. He
was the son of Alphonso Driver Christian and Sarah McCoy. He married Gertrude
Eliza Warren, daughter of Samuel Russell Warren and Agnes Christian, on Pitcairn
Island. He was buried on January 14, 1889, on Pitcairn Island. Phillip and three
of his brothers went out looking for birds' nests. When in a very dangerous part
of the cliff, out of sight of the others, he lost his balance and fell to his
death 250 feet onto the rocks below. (For the children of Phillip and Gertrude
Eliza Warren, see "Gertrude Eliza Warren").
Christian, Polly,
thePeerage.com. Polly Christian was born 1814, died May 16, 1831, at Tahiti.
She was the daughter of Thursday October Christian and Teraura. Polly Christian
also went by the nick-name of 'Nuni.' As of 1829, her married name was Young,
She married Edward Young, son of mutineer Edward Young and Maimiti, in 1829 at
Pitcairn. Her only child was Moses Young, who was born on September 30, 1829,
and died July 14, 1909.
Christian, Polly, Lareau. Polly
Christian was born on Nov. 10, 1836, on Pitcairn Island, and died Apr. 30, 1892,
on Norfolk Island. On Feb. 1, 1863, on Norfolk she married Samuel McCoy, who had
been born on Oct. 23, 1826, on Pitcairn. Their children were James Charles Russell
McCoy, born Aug. 2, 1863, on Norfolk; Harriette Ward McCoy, born Aug. 11, 1864,
on Norfolk; Nathaniel McCoy, born May 8, 1866, on Norfolk; Thomas William McCoy,
born Jul 28, 1867, on Norfolk; Jacob Christian McCoy, born Mar. 14, 1873, on Norfolk;
and Robert McCoy, born Sep. 11, 1876, and died September 18, 1876, on Norfolk.
Christian,
Priscilla, Lareau. Priscilla Christian was born on Pitcairn
Island on Aug. 11, 1835. She died Nov. 21, 1906, on Norfolk Island. On Jul. 22,
1855, on Pitcairn, Priscilla married James Quintal, who was born on Pitcairn on
Jul. 9, 1825. Their children were Priscilla Pitcairn Quintal, born Apr. 19, 1856,
on Pitcairn; John Matthew Patteson Quintal, born Jul. 22, 1857, on Norfolk; James
Gorham Bell Quintal, born Apr. 29, 1859, on Norfolk; James Thomas Gorham Quintal,
born Sep. 9, 1862, on Norfolk; James Gorham Francis Quintal, born Apr. 3, 1865,
on Norfolk; Priscilla Pitcairn Quintal, born Apr. 1, 1868, on Norfolk; James Robert
Quintal, born May 28, 1871, on Norfolk; and Nathan Sherman Quintal, born Aug.
15, 1874, on Norfolk, and died on July 21, 1945.
Radley Christian
Christian, Radley Beaton, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Radley Beaton Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on March 26,
1931. He is the son of Reuben Arnold Christian and Edna Josephine
Warren. He married Murial Joyce Warren, daughter of Norris Henry
Young and Elenor Warren, on Pitcairn Island. Radley was chair of
the Pitcairn Internal Committee in 1963. (For the children of Radley
and Murial Warren, see "Murial Joyce Warren").
Christian, Raelene Kari, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Raelene Kari Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on January 28,
1974. She is the daughter of Thomas Coleman Christian and Betty
Jean Christian. She was pictured on Page 516 of Howard: Pitcairn
and Norfolk, National Geographic, October 1983. In 1989, she traveled
to New Zealand to study at Longburn College.
Radley Christian
Christian, Randall Kay, thePeerage.com. Randall Kay Christian was born on Pitcairn
Island on March 9, 1974. He is the son of Steven Raymond Christian and Olive Jal
Brown. He married Nadine June Faulkner. In October 1983, he was pictured on Page
524-5 of "Howard: Pitcairn and Norfolk," National Geographic,
October 1983. He lived in 1993 on Pitcairn Island. The children of Randall and
Nadine Christian are Emily Rose Christian, who was born on September 14, 2003;
Ryan Randy Christian, who was born on March 22, 2005; and Adrianna Tracey Christian,
who was born on March 3, 2007.
Christian, Ray Anson, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Ray Anson Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on September
3, 1910. He was the son of Thornton Gilbert Christian and Marian Edith Young.
He died of whooping cough, and was buried on November 12, 1910, on Pitcairn Island.
Christian,
Raymond Virgil, Australasian Record 66, Oct. 1, 1962, p. 15; Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Raymond Virgil Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on
June 23, 1893. He was the son of Matthew Edmond McCoy and Margaret Lucy Young.
He married Caroline Agatha Christian, daughter of Francis Hickson Christian and
Eunice Jane Lawrence Young, on Pitcairn Island. He died on August 8, 1962, at
age 69, on Pitcairn Island. The child of Raymond and Caroline Agatha Christian
was Florence Christian, born on September 18, 1922, and died September 19, 1922.
Virgil had been in poor health for some years before his death. His funeral service
was conducted by Pastor Davies, and at the service Floyd McCoy spoke of Virgil's
outstanding example of cheerfulness and friendliness to all. "From the Church,
Virgil's body was carried by some of his relatives and friends and followed by
the rest of the people, to his final resting place beside his wife who had died
two years previously. At the graveside a double quartet sang the hymn "Nothing
Between." Of Virgils passing Agnes Ross has written: Yesterday
was a sad day. Virgil Christian passed away in the morning and was laid to rest
in the afternoon. He had an enlarged heart and suffered much at the last. He was
on The Edge on Sabbath watching the boats go through the bad surf, and calling
to the men to Pull ahead! He took to his bed on Sunday. His wife (also)
had heart trouble, and passed away suddenly year before last while Mrs. Cobbin
was the nurse here.
Christian, Rebecca, Snell. Rebecca
Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on April 7, 1830. She was the daughter of
Charles Christian and Maria Christian. She died on Norfolk Island on March 2,
1871. Her nick-name was "Pot."
Christian, Rebecca ("Pot"),
thePeerage.com. Rebecca ("Pot") Christian was born Apr. 7, 1830,
at Pitcairn, died Mar. 2, 1871, at Norfolk Island. She married William Evans on
Jan. 22, 1854, at Pitcairn. With William Evans she had 10 children: William Henry
Hodgson Evans, died Apr. 19, 1926; Maria Angelina Laura Evans, born May 30, 1857,
died Dec. 11, 1920; Mary Florence Evans, born Dec. 7, 1858, died Dec. 2, 1880;
Franklin Bates Evans, born Oct. 6, 1860, died Oct. 19, 1908; Charles Medley Evans,
born May 9, 1862; Lucy Ella Robert Evans, born Oct. 31, 1863; Amelia Evans, born
Aug. 30, 1865, died Apr. 3, 1940; Emily Rachel Evans, born Apr. 28, 1867, died
Feb. 7, 1887; John Fuller Evans, May 7, 1869, died Jan. 12, 1914; Rebecca Evans,
born Feb. 14, 1871.
Christian, Reuben Arnold, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Reuben Arnold Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on
January 17, 1902. He was the son of George Lindsay Christian and Elizabeth Jane
Christian. He married Edna Josephine Warren, daughter of James Sanford Warren
and Ellen Catherine Young, on Pitcairn Island. He died on January 15, 1959, at
age 56, on Pitcairn Island. (For the child of Reuben and Edna Josephine Warren,
see "Edna Josephine Warren").
Christian, Reuben Denison, thePeerage.com.
Reuben Denison Christian was born at sea aboard the Morayshire on 9 May 1856.
He was the son of Isaac Christian and Miriam Young. He died on 24 April 1828 at
age 1 on Norfolk Island.
Christian, Reuben Lenox, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Reuben Lenox Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on November
26, 1919. He was the son of George Lindsay Christian and Elizabeth Jane Christian.
He was buried on August 21, 1923, on Pitcairn Island, having died of dysentery.
Christian, Reuben Stanhope, Snell. Reuben Stanhope Christian
was born on Pitcairn Island on August 28, 1875. He was the son of Alphonso Downs
Christian and Sarah McCoy. Reuben died on Pitcairn Island on October 17, 1893,
at age 18, a victim of the typhus epidemic which struck Pitcairn in that year..
Christian, Reuben Tobe Stanhope, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Reuben Tobe Stanhope Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on May 19, 1899. He
was the son of Gerard Robert Bromley Christian and Helen Amelia Jane Christian,
He died on May 22, 1915, at age 16, on Pitcairn Island.
Christian, Richard Edgar Allen, Lareau; thePeerage.com. Richard Edgar Allen Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on August 14, 1882. He was the son of Francis Hickson Christian and Eunice Jane Lawrence Young. He married Adelia Carrie Jordon McCoy, daughter of James Russell McCoy and Eliza Coffin Palmer Young, on August 22, 1907, on Pitcairn Island. He died circa June 1940, from 'internal trouble.' He was buried on Pitcairn Island on June 20, 1940. The children of Richard and Adelia Carrie Jordon McCoy were Hilda Eva Christian, born March 16, 1912; Warren Clive Christian, born August 17, 1914; and Ivan Roa Christian, born on May 31, 1919.
Christian, Richard Eugene, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Richard Eugene Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on June 2, 1915. He was the
son of Charles R. Parkin Christian and Rosalind Eliza Butler. He died in January
1974, at age 58, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Richard attended college
in New Zealand in 1934. He was the owner of the Bounty Lodge on Norfolk Island.
Christian, Rita Arline, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Rita Arline Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on October 24, 1900. She was
the daughter of Gerard Robert Bromley Christian and Helen Amelia Jane Christian.
She died of consumption on Mary 10, 1925, at age 24, on Pitcairn Island. Rita
was adopted by Edmond Christian and Harriet McCoy.
Rita Stella Christian.(See Rita Stella McCoy.)
Christian, Robert Elliott,
Lareau; thePeerage.com. Robert Elliott Christian was born
on Pitcairn Island on May 7, 1889. He was the son of Gerard Robert Bromley Christian
and Helen Amelia Jane Christian.
Christian, Robert Ernest, Snell.
Robert Ernest Christian was born on Pitcairn on November 10, 1872. His parents
were Daniel Christian and Harriet Melissa McCoy. He died on February 16, 1893,
as a result of dropsy.
Christian, Robin Melvin Steven, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Robin Melvin Steven Christian was born on Pitcairn Island
on July 6, 1922. He is the son of Ferdinand William Christian and Marion Angela
Warren.
Christian, Ronald James Darrin, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Ronald James Darrin Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on November 12, 1969.
He is the son of unknown (?) and Carol Grace Christian. He married Suzanne Warren,
daughter of Langford Warren. In October 1983, his 13th birthday celebration was
pictured on page 523 of Howard: Pitcairn and Norfolk, National Geographic, Oct
1983. In 1995 Ron is the 'signal person' (the one who knows when to put to sea)
of the longboat landing crew, and Pitcairn's top male tennis, darts, and table
tennis champion. The children of Ronald and Suzanne Warren are Jason Christian-Warren,
born in 1985; and Darren Christian-Warren, born in 1993. The child of Ronald and
Nadine June Faulkner is Bradley Dean Charles Douglas Christian who was born on
July 28, 2001.
Christian, Ruth Elva, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Ruth Elva Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on October 2, 1946. She is the
daughter of Ivan Roa Christian and Verna Carlene Deborah Young. She marked Unknown
Phelan in 1964. From 1964, her married name became Phelan. The children of Ruth
and Unknown Mansfield are Tanya Mansfield, and Mark Mansfield. The children of
Ruth and Unknown Phelan are Gillian Phelan, Crispen Phelan, and Pamela Phelan.
Christian,
Ryan Randy, From the Island. Ryan Randy Christian was born at 1310 hours on
March 22, 2005, on Pitcairn Island. He is the son of Randy Christian and Nadine
June Faulkner.
Christian, Sarah, thePeerage.com. Sarah Christian
was born on Pitcairn Island in 1812. She was the daughter of Charles Christian
and Sully (?). She married Reverend Georg Hunn Nobbs, son of Francis Rawdon-Hastings,
1st Marquess of Hastings, and Jemima French, on Pitcairn Island on October 18,
1825. She died on December 5, 1899, on Norfolk Island. Sara Christian also went
by the nick-name of 'Big Salah." From October 18, 1829, her married name
became Nobbs. In 1851 she was one of the 14 Pitcairn women who invited Admiral
Fairfax Morseby to visit Pitcairn. The children of Sarah and George were Reuben
Elias Nobbs, born September 19, 1830, and died March 2, 1855; Esther Maria Nobbs,
born August 30, 1832, and died July 23, 1910; Fletcher Christian Nobbs, born September
1, 1833, and died March 3, 1912; Francis Mason Nobbs, born September 7, 1835,
and died June 15, 1909; Jane Agnes Nobbs, born October 6, 1836, and died April
21, 1926; Ann Naomi Nobbs, born July 4, 1838, and died September 27, 1931; James
Wingate Johnstone Nobbs, born September 22, 1839, and died March 26, 1909; George
Edwin Coffin Nobbs, born May 5, 1843, and died September 5, 1864; Jemima Sarah
Nobbs, born May 13, 1845, and died January 14 1920; Alfred Augustine Nobbs, born
November 27, 1846, and died September 18, 1806; Sydney Nobbs Rawdon, born May
27, 1848; and Alice Henrietta Florence Nobbs, born March 12, 1857.
Christian,
Sarah Amy Balvin, thePeerage.com. Sarah Amy Balvin Christian was born
on Pitcairn Island on October 30, 1877. She was the daughter of Alphonso Driver
Christian and Sarah McCoy.
Christian, Sarah Elizabeth, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Sarah Elizabeth Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on
June 8, 1874. She was the daughter of Elias Christian and Mary Elizabeth Young.
She married George Edward Selwyn Warren, son of James Sanford Warren and Ellen
Catherine Young. She married Clifford Cephas Warren, son of James Sanford Warren
and Ellen Catherine Young, on Pitcairn Island. She died on June 8, 1919, at age
45, on Pitcairn Island from a fever. The child of Sarah and Tommy Smith was Alta
Elizabeth Christian, who was born on July 27, 1898. The child of Sarah and George
Edward Selwyn Warren was Valma Eva Warren, who was born on May 6, 1912.
Christian,
Sedelia, Australasian Record 49, Apr. 30, 1945, p. 7. She was the (then)
15-year-old daughter of Melville and Ninette Christian.
Christian, Shane
Trent Leroy, Lareau; thePeerage.com. Shane Trend Leroy
Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on December 24, 1990. He is the son of Freda
Meradith Christian.
Shawn Christian
Christian, Shawn Brent, thePeerage.com. Shawn
Brent Christian was born on September 14, 1975, on Pitcairn Island. He is the
son of Steven Raymond Christian and Olive Jal Brown. Shawn was named after Shawn
Paul Branigan, the son of a 1973 visitor to Pitcairn who was very friendly with
his parents. Shawn Christian is pictured on Page 524-5 of Howard: Pitcairn and
Norfolk, National Geographic, October 1983. He lived in 1993 on Pitcairn Island.
Christian,
Sherileen Theresa, Lareau; thePeerage.com. Sherileen
Theresa Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on December 1, 1975. She is the
daughter of Thomas Coleman Christian and Betty Jean Christian. Sherileen lived
in 1993 on Pitcairn Island and has since moved away from Pitcairn.
Christian,
Sidney Elliot Atkins, thePeerage.com. Sidney Elliot Atkins Christian
was born on Pitcairn Island on March 8, 1880. He was the son of Elias Christian
and Mary Elizabeth Young. He married Ethel Virginia Young, daughter of Benjamin
Stanley Young and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy, on Pitcairn Island. The children
of Sidney and Ethel are Melville Elbert Christian, born December 17, 1897, and
died June 20, 1973; Mary Emeline Christian, born March 24, 1900, and died July
20, 1935; Alma Fern Christian, born January 7, 1902, and died June 19, 1922; Joseph
Viviene Christian, born October 6, 1904; and Ferdinand William Christian, born
in October 1906.
Christian, Sophia Nina, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Sophie Nina Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on September 21, 1889. She was
the daughter of Rancis Hickson Christian and Eunice Jane Lawrence Young. She married
George Edward Selwyn Warren, son of James Sanford Warren and Ellen Catherine Young,
on Pitcairn Island. Her married name became Warren. The child of Sophia and Theodore
Alwyn Young was Evelyn Fannie Christian, who was born on January 25, 1911, and
died May 20, 1963. The child of Sophia and George Edward Selwyn Warren was Edward
Hugh Warren, who was born on June 17, 1921.
Christian, Stephen, Lareau,
thePeerage.com. Stephen Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on September
9, 1841. He was the son of Fletcher Christian and Peggy Christian. He died on
Pitcairn Island on Dec. 10, 1842 at age 1 year.
Christian, Sterling Gifford,
thePeerage.com. Sterling Gifford Christian was born on Pitcairn Island
on April 27, 1907. He was the son of Edgar Allen Christian and Dorcas Almira Christian.
He married Selina Agnes Coffin, daughter of Nicodemo (?) and Selina Isabella Coffin
on Pitcairn Island. He died on March 4, 1981, at age 73 on Pitcairn Island. The
children of Sterling and Selina were Hazel Mossele Christian, born July 19, 1933;
Clive John Christian, born March 18, 1935; Daphne Juanita Christian, born March
10, 1939; Clement Sterling Christian, born January 29, 1941; Betty Jean Christian,
born November 23, 1943; Marie Christian, born March 2, 1946; and William Lee Elias
Christian, born July 26, 1951..
Christian, Steven Raymond, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Steven Raymond Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on
June 26, 1951. He is the son of Ivan Roa Christian and Verna Carlene Deborah Young.
He married Olive Jal Brown, daughter of Len Carlyle Brown and Thelma Adella Christian,
on February 16, 1972, on Pitcairn Island. Steve was a mechanic and dentist in
1982 on Pitcairn, and since that time he has added a number of skills from which
all of Pitcairn benefits. The Pitcairn telephone system was an old, wartime one,
a party line, donated by New Zealand. The instructions indicated that no more
than 12 phones could be hooked to one network, so on Pitcairn they set up two
networks, one for the government and leaders, the other for the rest of the people.
Steve thought that the instructions were full of baloney, and he rewired everyone
into the same network, and it worked fine. He was coxswain on the launch the day
of the arrival of the National Geographic's team at Pitcairn in 1983, and is pictured
on page 511 of Howard: Pitcairn and Norfolk, National Geographic, October 1983.
(For the children of Steven and Olive Christian, see "Olive Jal Brown").
Christian,
Susan Lorena, Lareau; thePeerage.com. Susan Lorena Christian
was born on Pitcairn Island on December 8, 1926 and she died on January 2, 1993. She was the daughter of Burnett
Stanhope Christian and Rita Stella McCoy.
Christian, Tania Peri, thePeerage.com.
Tania Peri Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on October 25, 1978. She is the
daughter of Steven Raymond Christian and Olive Jal Brown. Tania Peri Christian
lived in 1993 on Pitcairn Island.
Christian, Thelma Adella, thePeerage.com,
Snell. Thelma Adella Christian was born on Pitcairn Island in 1929. Her
mother was Flora Clarice Christian. She married Len Carlyle Brown, son of Frederick
Warren Brown and Ivy Edna Young. Her married name became brown. The children of
Thelma Adella Christian and Len Carlyle Brown were Olive Jal Brown, born February
20, 1953; Len Calvin David Brown, born October 20, 1954; Lester Kay Brown, born
August 31, 1956; Valda Clarice Brown, born in 1958; and Carolie Yvonne Brown,
born in 1959. Life sketch in Pitcairn Miscellany 44, Sept. 2001, p. 2,
with a photo.
Thomas Christian
Christian, Thomas Albert, Submitted by Chris Ingram. Thomas Albert Christian was born on July 10, 1876, on Pitcairn Island. His father was Daniel Christian and his mother was Harriett Melissa McCoy. Thomas, in 1896 had the chance to sail on board the Seventh-day Adventist mission ship Pitcairn to various islands in the Pacific, and then to San Francisco. (See “The Pitcairn’s Fifth Voyage” under “Pitcairn and Pacific Union College, pitcairnstudycenter.org). He then traveled to Healdsburg College in Northern California to further his education. While in Northern California, Thomas met Mary Margaret Doughtery, who was born in South Dakota and whose father worked on a vineyard near LeMoore, California. Thomas and Mary traveled to Pitcairn Island, along with her aunt and uncle, and were married there on April 14, 1897, in the Seventh-day Adventist church on the island. The ceremony was performed by an official named McCoy, a descendant of the Bounty mutineer William McCoy. Thomas and Mary remained on Pitcairn for almost a year after the wedding. In 1898 they returned to California, to Los Angeles where Thomas became a member of the Los Angeles Police Department for several years. They had two children, Eva, who was born in 1899, and Eldon, who was born in 1903. Because of health reasons, Thomas and Mary returned to her family home in Lemoore, California. It was there that Thomas died, and was buried on May 28, 1908. The funeral was attended by an official of
the Los Angeles Police Department. It was said that the police representative declared that if he had “100 officers like Thomas Christian, I would put them up against the world!” Thomas Albert Christian was the subject of the book, “John Tay, Messenger to Pitcairn,” by Sadie Owen Engen. This children’s story is told through the eyes of 10-year-old Thomas and a friend when lay missionary John Tay visited Pitcairn Island in 1886 on his mission to carry the Christian message of the Seventh-day Adventist faith to Pitcairn and other islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Christian, Thomas Coleman,
Lareau; thePeerage.com. Thomas Coleman Christian was born
on Pitcairn Island on November 1, 1935. He is the son of Frederick Martin Christian
and Flora Clarice Christian. He married Betty Jean Christian, the daughter of
Sterling Gifford Christian and Selina Agnes Coffin, on Pitcairn Island. Tom was
invested as an Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1983. He lived
on Pitcairn Island as of 2008. Thom is an internationally known ham radio operator,
and has been Pitcairn's radio link to the world since the 1960s. In the election
of 1972, he was appointed to the position of Governor's Councillor by the Pitcairn
Island Governor who resides in Wellington, New Zealand. An island entrepreneur,
he has a modest supplementary income from such things as postcards, mail-order
filmstrips, and carvings. His communications training abroad was paid for by the
island, he has been considered one of the Island's most valuable citizens, for
many years maintaining their link with the rest of the world. In addition to his
ham radio activities, he has furnished weather reports, handling three to four
cables each day, and operating marine radio ZBP, the ling with passing ships and
distress radio for the island. (Ball: Pitcairn: Children of Mutiny). He and his
family are pictured on Page 516 of Howard: Pitcairn and Norfolk, National Geographic,
October 1983. (For the children of Thomas and Betty Jean Christian, see "Betty
Jean Christian").
Christian, Thornton Gilbert, Australasian Record
62, March 17, 1958, p. 7; Lareau; thePeerage.com. Thornton
Gilbert Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on March 10, 1888. He was the son
of Phillip Howland Christian and Gertrude Eliza Warren. He married Marian Edith
Young, daughter of Benjamin Stanley Young and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy,
on April 6, 1910, on Pitcairn Island. He died on January 24, 1957, at age 68,
on Pitcairn Island. The children of Thornton and Marian Edith Young were Ray Anson
Christian, born September 3, 1910; Violet Freda Pearl Christian, born June 7,
1913; Cairn Melvin Christian, born December 13, 1917; and Benjamin Norman Christian,
born January 6, 1921, and died in September 1992.
Thursday Christian
Christian, Thursday October,
thePeerage.com. Thursday October Christian was born on October 7, 1790,
on Pitcairn Island. He was the son of Fletcher Christian and Maimiti. He married
Teraura about 1805 on Pitcairn Island, He died on April 21, 1831, at age 40, on
Tahiti. He had an athletic figure, and was quaintly attired in a vest without
sleeves and trousers to the knee. He wore a hat jauntily decked with black cock's
features. He had a dark complexion, with jut black hair flowing down his shoulders.
(Description by Captain Pipon after first sighting him. When he was married to
Teraura, the ceremony was carried out with a ring belonging to Ned Young. This
ring, used repeatedly through the years on Pitcairn, became known as the "Pitcairn
Wedding Ring." Today it is held in the Norfolk Museum on Norfolk Island.
The children of Thursday October Christian and Teraura were Charles Christian,
born in January 1808, and died June 25, 1831; Joseph John Christian, born in 1809,
and died November 24, 1831; Mary Christian, born in 1810, and died October 25,
1852; Polly Christian, born in 1814, and died May 16, 1831; Arthur Christian,
born in 1815; Peggy Christian, born in 1815, and died May 12, 1884; and Thursday
October Christian, born in October 1820, and died May 27, 1911.
Thursday Christian
Christian, Thursday October ("Duddie"), thePeerage.com.
Thursday October ("Duddie") Christian was born in October
1820 on Pitcairn Island, and died May 27, 1911, on Pitcairn. He
was the son of Thursday October Christian and Teraura. He was Pitcairn's
Magistrate in 1844, 1851, 1864, 1867, 1873, 1876, 1880 and 1882.
On Mar 24, 1839, he married Mary Polly Young. Their children were:
Julia Christian, born Jul. 23, 1840, died Jun. 15, 1850; Agnes Christian,
born Oct. 6, 1841, died Apr 6, 1911; Albert Christian, born Mar
31, 1843; died Jan. 19, 1861; Elias Christian, born Jan. 7, 1845,
died Oct. 7, 1893; Alphonso Driver Christian, born Aug. 3, 1846,
died Jun. 1921; Anna Rose Christian, born Jul 31, 1848, died Mar.
30, 1851; Julia Anna Rose Christian, born Nov. 9, 1851, died Aug
30, 1864; Ernest Heywood Christian, born Oct. 5, 1853; Daniel Christian,
born Jul. 27, 1855; Elizabeth Saidley A. Christian, born Apr. 27,
1857, died 1863; Francis Hickson Christian, born Feb. 18, 1859,
died Jan. 3, 1938; William Henry Gordon Christian, born Sept. 2,
1860, died Jan. 22, 1934; Albert Swain Christian, born May 8, 1862,
died May 9, 1862; Harriet Christian, born August 22, 1863, and died
in 1864; Harriet Christian, born August 23, 1864, and died August
19, 1937; Charles Benjamin Christian, born August 1, 1865; and Mary
Elizabeth Saidley Christian, born in April 1868, and died June 1,
1868.
Christian, Tomlin Hick, thePeerage.com.
Tomlin Hick Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on March 20, 1933. He was the
son of Joseph Viviene Christian and Nellah Young.
Christian, Trent Lynley
Raymond, thePeerage.com. Trent Lynley Raymond Christian was born on
Pitcairn Island on August 17, 1972. He is the son of Steven Raymond Christian
and Olive Jal Brown. He married Julie (?). In October 1993, Trent is pictured
on Page 524-5 of Howard: Pitcairn and Norfolk, National Geographic, Oct., 1983.
He was a Pitcairn Councillor in 1994. In 1995 Trent was living on Norfolk Island.
The child of Trent and Julie (?) is Unknown Christian, who was born on July 21,
1998.
Christian, Victor Burdette, Lareau; thePeerage.com.
Victor Burdette Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on December 18, 1919. He
was the son of Burnell Young and Lila Adelia Christian.
Christian, Violet
Freda Pearl, Lareau; thePeerage.com. Violet Freda Pearl
Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on June 7, 1913. She was the daughter of
Thornton Gilbert Christian and Marian Edith Young. She died as a result of accidental
drowning while bathing, and was buried on January 20, 1926, on Pitcairn Island.
Christian,
Vivian Everson, Lareau; thePeerage.com. Vivian Everson
Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on January 30, 1918. He was the son of George
Lindsay Christian and Elizabeth Jane Christian. (For the child of Vivian and Muriel
Christian see "Muriel Joyce Warren").
Warren Christian
Christian, Warren Clive,
Obituary in Pitcairn Miscellany 46, Jan. 2003, p. 2; Lareau;
thePeerage.com. Warren Clive Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on August
17, 1914. He was the son of Richard Edgar Allen Christian and Adelia Carrie Jordon
McCoy. He married Millie Flora Coffin, daughter of Philip Cook Coffin and M7ary
Jane Florence Warren, in 1942, on Pitcairn Island. Warren Clive Christian adopted
Betty Jean Christian. He held the office of Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island
between 1950 and 1951, and 1958 and 1960. He was assistant postmaster of Pitcairn
in 1956. Warren was proud of his Tahitian ancestry, and reminisced happily about two
visits he made to Tahiti, once in 1938 aboard a trading schooner to work with
four other Pitcairners for ten months on a pineapple plantation. The other time
was in the 1960s when an American survey ship gave a party of the island men a
free ride to and from Papeete.
Christian,
Wendell, Australasian Record 56, May 12, 1952, p. 7. Wendell Christian.
"On April 11, 1952, after several months in the Green Lane hospital, Auckland,
N.Z., Brother Wendell Christian of Pitcairn Island passed peacefully to rest,
and is now awaiting the return of the Life-giver. To his wife, Sister Fanie Christian,
and other relatives, we extend our heartfelt sympathy, and pray that they may
be comforted by the One who alone can comfort in such an hour. - A. G. Judge.".
Christian,
William B. Swain, RootsWeb.com, thePeerage.com. William B. Swain
Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on May 24, 1847. He died July 1, 1868, on
Norfolk Island. His father was Fletcher Christian, born on Pitcairn Island in
1812, and his mother was Peggy Christian, born on Pitcairn Island in 1815.
William H. G. Christian
Christian, William Henry Gordon, Australasian Record 38, Mar. 26, 1934, p. 6;
Snell. William Henry Gordon Christian was born on Norfolk Island on September
1, 1860. He was the son of Thursday October Christian and Mary Polly Young. He
died on Pitcairn Island at the age of 73 on January 22, 1934. He was unmarried
throughout his life.
Christian, William Henry Holman, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. William Henry Holman Christian was born on Pitcairn Island
on August 9, 1853. He was the son of Charles Christian and Charlotte Quintal.
He died on May 28, 1868, at age 14, on Norfolk Island.
Christian, William
Lancy, Australasian Record 64, Jun. 13, 1960, p. 7, Lareau;
thePeerage.com. William Lancy Christian was born on June 19, 1886, on Pitcairn
Island. He died April 24, 1960, on Pitcairn. He was the son of Alphonso Christian
and Sarah McCoy. He married Anne Elizabeth Warren, daughter of Samuel Russell
Warren and Agnes Christian, on July 12, 1909, on Pitcairn Island. He died on April
24, 1960, at age 73, on Pitcairn Island. While out goat shooting on December 31,
1907, with his friend Robert Young, William accidently shot and killed Young.
The children of William and Anne Elizabeth Warren were Leonard Elwyn Christian,
born November 5, 1909, and died September 27, 1981; and Clarence Wendell Christian,
born June 7, 1912. "Lancy lived a quiet, consistent Christian life, and he
was a man loved and respected by all. We tenderly laid him to rest in the Pitcairn
cemetery at the edge of the tall cliffs to await the call of the Life-giver."
Christian, William (Bill) Blaze Lee, Lareau, thePeerage.com, Pitcairn Miscellany. William (Bill) Blaze Lee Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on July 26, 1951. He was the youngest son of Sterling Gifford Christian and Linas Christian. Bill moved to New Zealand in 1963 with his parents, who later returned to Pitcairn. He elected to remain in New Zealand where he later married and raised a family, settling in the Wellington suburb of Porirua. Bill died in New Zealand on June 7, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Pani, five daughters and a number of grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother, Clement, of New Zealand; and his sisters, Daphne, of Pitcairn Island; Marie, of America; and Betty, of New Zealand.
Christian, Zena Lucille,
Lareau; thePeerage.com. Zena Lucille Christian was born on
Pitcairn Island on December 26, 1938. She was also reported to have been born
on October 2, 1937. She is the daughter of Ivan Roa Christian and Verna Carlene
Deborah Young. She married Philip O'Brien. She was brought up by her maternal
grandparents. She was also known as Zena Lucille Young. She was also known as
Lucille Vanda Melva Christian. The children of Zena and Philip O'Brien are Lenna
O'Brien, Sharon Jane O'Brien, Janet Michelle O'Brien, and Cheryl Teresa O'Brien.
Christian-Warren,
Darrin, Lareau; thePeerage.com. Darrin Christian-Warren
was born on Pitcairn Island in 1993. He is the son of Ronald James Darrin Christian
and Suzanne Warren.
Christian-Warren, Jason, thePeerage.com. Jason
Christian-Warren was born on Pitcairn Island circa 1986. He is the son of Ronald
James Darrin Christian and Suzanne Warren.