1907 - Emroy Princeton Christenson is born in Possum Trot, Texas to Pete and Cora Christenson according to Clarice Christenson.  I have no idea why they were in Possum Trot, nor exactly where Possum Trot is on the map or for how long.  There is a Possum Trot near the Louisiana border but the most likely candidate may be a ghost town of what became Saturn, Texas about 30 miles south of Austin.  It could have been on a trip to Houston that they were way laid with the birth.  All of this is sheer speculation. 

"Jake"Jacob is listed here with his brother P.  L. Christenson, the different spelling in the census makes it tricky to track these individuals.  He indicates he arrived in 1908 and is a farmer at this time.   Emory is three years old here with his father.

1920- Jan 28 - US Census, Precinct #8, Bosque Co., Texas, enum. dist 49, sheet 58, Roll: 1781  Page: 225

Pete lists himself as having immigrated to the USA in 1901 and year naturalized as 1912. His parents are Danish and hers are Norwegian.

    
Lorraine about 1938                                Emory and Lorraine about 1940
photos in the collection of Dan Christenson

    
Emroy, Thelma Ane, Ed Johnson and Elroy in Gary, Indiana about 1942.            Thelma, Wallace and Sue about 1946
photo collection of Elroy Christenson

1940-2  Emory and Lorraine move to Gary, Indiana to work in the steel mill alongside his brother Chris, his brother-in-law Bradley Witte and uncle Ed Johnson. 

1941, Aug 2 - Thelma Ann is born here in McClainsboro, IL.  Emory and Lorraine are living in Illinois working for a different mill than Chris and Ed.  The weather in Illinois is tough. Emory and Loraine move back to Texas before the war is over. 

1943, Sep 9 - Wallace is born in Grand Prairie, Dallas Co, Texas.   Emory is probably working for one of the defense contractors in the area.  

1945- Mar 20 - Sue is born in Tarrant Co., Texas.  This is in the adjoining county.

1956, Aug 6 - Dan is born in Hobbes, New Mexico.

Emroy Christenson and his family moved around a good deal as seen in the birth of their children. He operated a steamer service in the oil fields of west Texas and New Mexico for many years. The picture below shows him in his later years in front of one of the steamer rigs that he operated.

Wallace, Sue, Emroy, Lorriane, Thelma and Dan on their 50th Anniversary, 1990.

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 - Emroy and Lorraine are living at 400 Tornillo St. in Kermit, Texas.  They show up in phone books in the listed years. 

1963- Thelma Ane Christenson marries Thomas Edward Chenault  (b. 30 Jun 1939 Graham, TX)

1966 - Sue Dale Christenson marries James Hoytt Fisher in Lubbock, TX.

2007, Dec 9 - Lorraine Fellers Christenson dies of a massive brain hemorrhage on Dec. 8.   She had broken her leg a few months earlier and had made progress up to walking on parallel bars for 200 feet.  Dan said of his mother, "Mom has sacrificed of her life and substance for the betterment of mankind all of her life.  There are generations of people that can read because of her...  Kermit had color in the spring from her flowers.  Hundreds of under-dogs were defended by her."   [email from Dan Christenson 12/08/07]

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KERMIT Loraine Christenson, 94, of Kermit, a teacher, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church with Michael Fickenscher officiating. Burial will be at Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements are by Martinez-Smith and Cooper Funeral Chapel and Crematory.
She was born in Bosque County.

SURVIVORS Thelma Chenault of Las Cruces, N.M., Wallace Christenson of Snyder, Sue Fisher of Lubbock and Dan Christenson of Clearfield, Utah; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. [Odessa American 13 Dec 2007]

Dan Christenson family about 2008

2008, Dec 25 - Christmas letter
    "Dan is still working for Hill AFB. but he switched to a new area.  He's the Director of Engineering for 748 SCMG part of the Global Logistics Support Center.  He is enjoying it there....."
    "Alyssa and Jared are doing well.  Jared graduated from BYU in April and got a job at Timpanogas High School in Orem as the Instrumental Instructor.  He teaches all of the various bands and orchestras at his school, as well as a history of rock and roll class.  He loves his job! He took his marching band to a competitions in LasVagas in Nov. , and the did very well Alyssa and Jared moved to a condo in Orem this past summer.  The both continued to teach music lessons.  Alyssa stays home with Kimball and composes music in her spare time. She got an oboe/bassoon piece published this year.  Kimball is almost 14 months old.  He's so much fun!  He's going to be a big brother in July!  His grandparents are thrilled with the prospect of another grandbaby to love and spoil! Bing a grandparent is the best."
    "Mark returned from his mission on July 4th.  ...Mark was back from BYU for fall semester.  He's still majoring in Saxophone Performance, but he 's planning to change his major to Sound Recording Technology or that something that will earn him money." ......"Janae graduated from Clearfield High in May.  She was a Sterling Scholar in music at CHS.  She was also the National Honor Society president at her school. After graduation, she went with some member of the drama club to New York City.  They went to about 6 Broadway plays and saw the sights.  ....She also attended fall semester at BYU and is majoring in Elementary Education.  ..."
     "Dan continues to work at Hill AFB; it's been 20 years now.  He is still the 11 year old scout leader and primary teacher, is also the Scout Committee Chirman for our troop.  He enjoys seeing the boys advnce in scouting."

2012- Dec 26 Christmas Letter
..." Alan, our youngest, became very sick and was diagnosed with a ruptured appendix and peritonitis resulting in emergency surgery on (January) 16th.  He spent four days in the hospital then came home with a drain that stayed in for another week.  He missed 3.5 weeks of school and spent the rest of the term catching up schoolwork.   He managed to pull off a 3.95 gpa that term.  ..."
    "Janae graduated from BYU in April with a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education.   She and her sweetheart, Marcus Jackson, who returned from his mission to Najoya, Japan in December, became engaged in May.  They were married in Bountiful, Utah LDS temple on Aug. 3.  ... they in in Provo while Marcus continues going to BYU ... to become a dentist and Janae teaches 6th grade at an elementary school in Lindon. "

Dan Christenson wrote about his father, Emroy on Facebook, 6/15/2015.

It is the bane and blessing of Christenson men to begin waking up with new friends every day. Daddy got forgetful in his 70s, and really forgetful by 80. But as he aged, as his memory faded of some of the difficulties he had in life ... the anger was replaced with happiness ... One of my favorite daddy stories was when Nola and I first got married, we had nothing and we were eating off an ironing board in the living room of our apt sitting in our love seat. We had no chairs or kitchen table. Mom somehow knew that ... We thought it was funny ... And knew that we would get things as we got a little ahead ... but when we came to visit, she pulled the old yellow table out of the trailer and set daddy and me to taking the legs off. They had not used it for several years since they moved to the old Mougin place over by the water tower. When the table was upside down, it was revealed that I had been sticking gum under the lip since I was 10 or 11 ... We bought the table new in Gallup I think when I was in 5th grade. Some places the gum was two inches thick. Daddy and I spent a couple of hours with screwdrivers prying over a decade of gum off. It was mostly super bubble ... And sometimes as we pried it up, it would smell good enough to to chew again. Then we put it in and two chairs on top. Total time spent ... Three hours or more. Then we visited a while longer and about dark we got in the car and started to drive away. The windows were open, it was hot ... Probably September. The evening was letting it cool a little ... It was time to go. The trunk was wired somewhat closed with coat hangers the chairs visible (table underneath). As we were driving away daddy said ... "Glad we could give you the chairs ... Too bad we didn't have a table". Nola and I were chuckling as mom started yelling at Daddy ... "Oh Emroy ... Don't you remember anything ... You were scraping Dan's gum off that table for hours ..." And it went on as we waived and drove into the cooling afternoon.

 
Sources:

US Census Records
Dan Christenson, records and correspondence. <chrisdan@xmission.com>

Pete Christenson Image Map | Pete's Ancestors | Pete's Children

Pete Christenson |  Emroy Christenson | Marie Christenson | Clarice Christenson | Chris M. Christenson | Ane Christenson | Jacob Christenson

Elroy's Family Index

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