Karl Christiansen (1872 - 1951)

Born 2 Jun 1872 in Uddevalla, Göteborgs och Bohus län, Sverige

Husband of Anna Karoline (Jansen) Christiansen — married 13 Oct 1901 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Karl served as a Fireman First Class aboard the USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor. He survived the tragedy that killed over 250 of his shipmates.

According to his marriage record, Karl's parents were August Christiansen and Caroline Mattson.

Sources

• Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898, by the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. https://books.google.com/books?id=UStHAQAAIAAJ
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M31F-R7Y : accessed 2 July 2019), Karl Christiansen, Taku USFS Newark, China; citing enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 1B, family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,842.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MRSL-PFV : accessed 2 July 2019), Karl Christiansen, USS Connecticut, US Navy, Military and Naval Forces, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 1B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1784; FHL microfilm 1,375,797.
• "New York Naturalization Index (Soundex), 1792-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVT7-X63B : 15 March 2018), Karl Christianson, 1901; citing Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, Index to Naturalization Petitions filed in Federal, state and local court in New York, 1792-1906, NARA microfilm publication M1674 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 1,420,109.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.
• "New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9PL-XWL : 27 November 2020), Carl Christanson, 1915.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVSL-D9K : 2 February 2021), Karl Christiansen, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4YZ-X44 : accessed 9 February 2021), Carl Christiansen, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 10B, line 67, family 223, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1651; FHL microfilm 2,341,385.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K795-GXK : 7 January 2021), Karl Christiansen, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52-99, sheet 22A, line 23, family 406, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2785.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #122871667