Click here for information on Maren Sorensen Grauslund (mother of Soren Christensen), - after the death of Niels Christensen (father of Soren Grauslund Christensen).  One page in this file shows her siblings. One of her siblings Soren Sorensen came to the U.S.

Click here to view census records showing Niels Christensen including his parents' household.
(This is the father of the Soren & Niels Christensen who immigrated to the USA.)

Click here to view an early picture of Niels and Soren Christensen, the brothers that immigrated to the United States.
(This picture had to be taken in Denmark judging from their ages.)

Click here to see a copy of the marriage certificate of Soren Grauslund Christensen and Ellen Youngquist.

Click here for a pdf file showing Soren Christensen proved-up, in 1909, on land (pursuant to Act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, to secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers).   ( View with free Adobe Reader Program).

Click here to see an early picture of the Christensen family about 1918 at the old Christensen home place in Boone township.

Click here to see pictures of the old Christensen home place in Boone township. Photos taken after it was no longer used as a dwelling.

Click here to view early pictures of Soren Christensen and Ellen Youngquist.

Click here to view a later picture of Ellen and Soren Christensen.

Click here to view a picture of Lilly and Martin Christensen. (1891-1892 vintage)

Click here for the 1900 census of Berwick, Warren Co., Illinois showing Soren Christensen & family.

Click here to view a picture of students attending the Prairie Center School. (Soren Christensen, O.P. Vail, and Arch Peery were the first School Board Members.) I'm not sure of the date, but "the twin boys" Adolph & Niels Christensen are in the back row, on either side of Gene Vail.  Some of the other unidentified children are also Christensen.

Click here to view an early picture of the Boone Consolidated School shortly after it was built in 1912.
Student on top of school wagon farthest to the left is thought to be Louis Hrbacek. 
(The Hrbacek family were neighbors of the Christensen family.) Photo courtesy of Walter Hrbacek, classmate of Gary Christensen (class of 1954, Apache, OK).

Click here to see a picture of Vic Christensen with his pet coyote "Ky" and three family members.

Click here to see a photo of the Apache Oklahoma Class of 1954 - 50th High School Reunion picture (from The Apache News, June 3, 2004).

Click here to see a picture of the Christensen brothers, Ed, Niels, Martin, Adolph, Victor.

Click here for a picture of "the twins", Adolph & Niels Christensen picking cotton.

Click here to see copies of Soren G. Christensen and Ellen Youngquist Christensen's death certificates.

Click here to see Marie Christensen Finney wearing a World War I army uniform (belonging to her husband or brother?).

Click here to see Oscar Finney's barber shop in Apache, Oklahoma. Oscar was married to Marie Christensen. Oscar is at the back of the shop. Oscar died in 1949.  The date of the picture is unknown.

Click here for an early picture of Ellen (Christensen) Swanson and her family.

Click here to read Harry W. Swanson's obituary. Harry was married to Ellen Christensen.   His nickname was "Swanie."

Click here to see a picture of Lilly Christensen (daughter of Soren & Ellen Christensen) and her husband Carl Lund.

Click here for a picture of Martin Christensen.

Click here for a picture of Victor Soren Christensen as a young man.

Click here to see a photo of the Boone School Basketball Team of 1925.

Click here to see the program for a play "Eyes of Love" put on at Boone School in 1930. Vic Christensen played a part in this play.

Click here to see a picture of Vic Christensen's truck when he drove the Boone School Bus in 1935.

Click here for a picture of Niels Christensen, Hazel (Christensen) Miller, Ellen (Youngquist) Christensen, Adolph Christensen, and Caroline (Christensen) Dean.