Gerald CHRISTY

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1928-42937
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-017861

Notes:

He was child #1.

He died from bronchopneumonia and congenital heart disease.

Birth:
New Asbury Hospital

Died:
Minneapolis General Hospital

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-32531
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-010860

Notes:

At the time of his first child’s birth in 1928, he and Gladys lived at 317 4th Avenue NE. He was a casket maker.

He, as Richard Christie, is captured twice in the 1930 census. In one, he and Gladys and his 75 year-old widow grandmother lived in north Minneapolis. Richard was a truck driver for a hardware company and Gladys was an ironer in a laundry.

In the other, the group lives at 4158 Russell Avenue. The household consists of Richard, 23, a laborer at an asbestos or furnace company, Gladys, 22, a manager of a laundry, Katherine Merrill, his 72 year-old grandmother, Ray Nelson, his 23 year-old brother-in-law, salesman of men’s clothing in a retail store, and a 22 year-old boarder named Alvin Broksick who is a printer in a leather goods business.

Richard married Gladys M NELSON on 14 Jun 1928 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Gladys was born on 26 Oct 1907 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 4 Sep 1973 in Stearns County, Minnesota; was buried in Gethsemane Cemetery, New Hope, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-35173
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1973-MN-024171

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1959-MN-025764
• Baptism: 2 Mar 1880, Weston, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

In the 1905 state census he was newly-married. He and Adaline were living with her parents at 2105 Girard Avenue N in Minneapolis. He was a clerk. Adaline’s father, William Merril, was a painter.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he was Bernard R Christy, pipe coverer, living at 2827 10th Avenue S.

in the 1910 census, he was Bernard R Christie, living with his family near 28th and 10th Avenue S in Minneapolis. He was a painting contractor.

He lived at 318 E Lake Street in Minneapolis at the time of his first wife’s death in 1918.

He registered for the draft at the New York Life Building in Minneapolis on September 12, 1918, as Bernard Richard Christy. He was a U.S. citizen by his father’s naturalization. He lived at 1603 Stevens Ave. S. and was a self-employed decorator. His nearest relative was Genevieve Christy, also living at the Stevens Ave. address. He was described as tall and of medium build with light blue eyes and brown hair.

In the 1920 census, he was a 40 year-old widower living (”lodging”) in Minneapolis. He was a painter.

In the 1930 census, Bernard was married to Dollie and living at 719 E 15th Street in Minneapolis. He was an interior decorator. According to that census, Bernard was first married at age 24 and Dollie at age 26.

In the 1940 census, he and Dollie and Robert lived at 3742 Vincent Avenue in Minneapolis. He was a decorator. He and Dollie had been educated through the 8th grade.

Buried:
Section 15, Lot 453, Grave 3

Bernard married Adeline MERRILL on 27 Sep 1904 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Adeline (daughter of William H MERRILL and Katherine CONNERTON) was born on 25 Dec 1884 in California; died on 16 Jan 1918 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 19 Jan 1918 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1918-MN-022259

Notes:

She died as Addie Christy of acute hemorrhagic gastritis brought about by acute alcoholism. Her mother was the informant for her death certificate.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Jun 1840, Weston, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

From 1868 until his departure for the U.S., Richard ran the Lannock Mill in Weston, North Hertfordshire, that had been built by his father in 1860. This five-storey tower windmill ground corn and had four pairs of millstones. The mill tower still stands but without its wind engine or any of its other machinery. It was last used as a production mill in the 1920s. In 1882, Richard sold the mill to Thomas Sanderson.

He and his family arrived in the U.S. in New York City on 20 February 1882 aboard the SS City of Montreal. The family traveled in a cabin, not in steerage. The family consisted of: Richard Christy, 39, Sarah Christy, 36, Susan Christy, 74, Susan Christy, 16, Lottie Christy, 15, Charles Christy, 14, Glyn Christy, 12, Florence Christy, 11, Alma Christy, 10, Ernest Christy, 9, Eleanor Christy, 8, Bernard Christy, 6, Ethel Christy, 4, and George Christy, 2.

In the 1885 Minnesota census, the Christys (indexed as Christa) were living in Minneapolis. Richard’s mother Sara, age 76, is living with them.

In the 1895 Minnesota census, he and his family were living in Worthington, Minnesota, where he was a baker. Still at home with him and Emma were Ernest, 20, Bernard, 16, Ethel, 14, and George, 13.

In the 1900 census, he was a salesman living in Minneapolis with his wife, son, and granddaughter. The household consisted of Richard, Emma, Bernard B., and granddaughter Fannie Simpson born in April of 1892 in Minnesota with an Irish father.

Birth:
probably in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire

Buried:
Section 15, Lot 413, Grave 1

Richard married Emma C CRAFT about 1865. Emma (daughter of Richard CRAFT and Suzanna CLARKE) was born in Jul 1841 in England; died on 9 Nov 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 11 Nov 1922 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-020517

Notes:

In the 1900 census she is shown as having had 14 children, 11 still living.

The 1909 Minneapolis city directory shows her as Emma, the widow of Richard, boarding at 4415 Xerxes Ave. S. (the home of her daughter Ethel).

In the 1910 census, she is a 67 year-old widow living with her daughter Ethel and her family at 4415 Xerxes in Minneapolis. Emma has had 11 children, 9 still living.

Living in a rooming house on Hennepin Avenue at the time of the 1920 census. No occupation.

Emma died from heart lesions. She had been in Minneapolis for 40 years at the time of her death. Her daughter Eliza was the informant for the information on her death certificate. According to the notice in the Star, her address at the time of her death was 301 Hennepin Avenue.

Birth:
Her death certificate says 5 February 1840.

Buried:
Section 15, Lot 413, Grave 2 (Monument Lot)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-019862

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he and his wife and their two grandchildren were living at 2012 Willow Avenue in Minneapolis. William is a painter and paper-hanger for a department store.

William married Katherine CONNERTON. Katherine was born about 1867 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the informant for her daughter Addie’s death certificate. She lived at 1720 20th Avenue North in Minneapolis at that time.

Living with her grandson and his wife in Minneapolis in the 1930 census.