Kalamazoo County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Christian, Cornelous ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn King msmarly@yahoo.com April 25, 2009, 4:59 am Cemetery: Riverside/City of Kalamazoo Name: Cornelous Christian Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/kalamazoo/photos/tombstones/riversidecityofk/christia46305nph.jpg Image file size: 125.1 Kb Father Cornelous Christian 1841-1916 Cornelous/Cornelius Christian, son of Cornelis Christiaansen (1801 - abt. 1861) and Maria Buijse (1814 - 1850). He was born Cornelis Christiaansen in Groede, Zeeland, Netherlands. He married Mary Verburg (1852 - 1906) on July 1870 in Kalamazoo. Mary Verburg was born in Kalamazoo. Mary Verburg Christian is the daughter of Marinus Christian Verburg (1811- 1882) and Jannetje Mulder (1820-1901). Cornelous emigrated to the US in 1851 with his father and two sisters. His mother died in the Netherlands. Cornelous Christian's siblings are: 01. Maria Christiaansen born Abt. 1832 and died February 24, 1836 in Groede, Zeeland, Netherlands. 02. Elizabeth Christiaansen (Christian) 1833-1918. Elizabeth Christian married John Born (1829 - 1913) 03. Janneke Christiaansen (1836 - 1837) Janneke was born and died in the Netherlands. 04. Maria A. (Mary) Christiaansen (Christian) 1845 - 1913. Maria was born in Groede, Zeeland, Netherlands. Maria/Mary married John Dwight Mumford (1842 - 1924) September 1869 in Kalamazoo. Both are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kalamazoo/photos/tombstones/riversidecityofk/christia46305nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb