CASSINGHAMS in America

Cora Belle Linton is the daughter of Thomas Cassingham Linton and Lydia Winter. She was born 9 Dec 1878 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa and died 16 Feb 1946 at the age of 67. She is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, Dane Wisconsin.

On 18 Jul 1898, she married Chris H. Christensen in Rutland, Dane, Wisconsin. He was born 13 Oct 1876 in Denmark. He is the son of Rasmus Hansen Christensen and Anna Catherine Peterson. He died 23 Oct 1952 at the age of 76 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin and is buried there at Riverside Cemetery.

Children of Cora Belle Linton and Chris H. Christensen:

  1. Thomas R. Christensen was born 10 Mar 1899 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin. On 25 Jun 1925, he married Yvonne C. Clark. She is the daughter of Homer Eugene Clark and Kathryn Bardeen. Thomas died 20 Apr 1938 at the age of 39 in Stoughton, Dane Wisconsin.
  2. Nellie Christensen was born 26 Nov 1901 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin. Sometime after 1945, she married Milo C. Gerard. He is the son of E. H. Gerard and Harriet Grout. He was born 22 Nov 1885. He married Nellie after his first wife, Winifred Bingham, passed away. Milo died 11 Apr 1966 at the age of 80 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin. Nellie died 10 Jan 1967 at the age of 65 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin and was buried there on 13 Jan 1967 at the Riverside Cemetery.
  3. Harlow Linton Christensen was born 19 Mar 1907 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin.

Sources

All information for this family provided by Stuart Voeck.

Nellie: Birth and Death from Social Security Death Index (SSN 396-30-1825).

Milo: Birth and Death from Social Security Death Index (SSN 395-22-1624).

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

  • Cora: 1880 Census. Little Grant, Grant, Wisconsin. Page 250.

 


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Last Updated: Sunday, April 07, 2002.