Some of the family tree compliments of Bonnie Christensen
Bonnie and John Christensen
Author's note: this tree appears to be a reconstruction of relatives on Rodger's side of the family. It does not include Rodger's and Colleen's sons, Curt, John and Brian, (see Pg. 8) and perhaps others as well.

WHEW!
Bonnie: I'm sorry it's confusing. Did you see the notes that I sent with each picture? I was just trying to identify people that Rodger had mentioned in his "message" who were at the reunion, and in the pictures that Gary sent.
Gary and Rose Christensen
"I explained the others, I think. I didn't send that for your site - just to help you know who is who. Or maybe you meant the one of Lynn, Cindy, John, and me (Bonnie)."
Gary (wife, Rose) & Lynn (wife, Cindy) & my John (wife, Bonnie) = cousins of Rodger, sons of Hans' brother, Vilhelm (Bill) Christensen and Alice.

Ron Christensen (wife, Marj) = cousin of Rodger, son of Hans' brother, Christian (Chris) Christensen and Ruth.

Alice (husband, Bill Pierce) = cousin of Rodger, daughter of Hans' sister, Eleonora and Alfred Kelson

Now to really confuse things - Doris Holmgaard was also in the pictures = cousin of Rodger, daughter of Hans' sister, Botilda and Walter Holmgaard.
Cindy and Lynn Christensen
Alice (husband, Bill Pierce) = cousin of Rodger, daughter of Hans' sister, Eleonora and Alfred Kelson

Now to really confuse things - Doris Holmgaard was also in the pictures = cousin of Rodger, daughter of Hans' sister, Botilda and Walter Holmgaard.
RonChristensen and wife, Marj cousin of Rodger, son of Hans' brother, Christian (Chris) Christensen and Ruth.
By the way, do you know Hans' brothers and sisters names? Maybe this will help. The bold names are the people we have been talking about that were there.

Father = Jacob C. Christensen (1869 - 1941)
Mother = Kjesten Jorgensen (1869 - 1952)

Hans and Bessie
Rodger (wife = Colleen)
Goldie - deceased
Julia (husband = Walter Mansell)
another daughter?

Christian (Chris) and Ruth
Ron (wife = Marj) skydancer15@juno.com - St. Paul, MN
Christy - deceased

Botilda and Walter Holmgaard
Maynard
Virginia (husband = Kingsley Engelby) - both deceased
Myrna (husband = Bob ____?)
Doris - Thornton, IA
Dale - deceased (wife = Bonnie)

Fred A. (1900 - ? )and Ethel M. (1905 - 1985)
Jewel (husband Albert) - deceased
Alice (last name is a Hawaiian name)
Donald (Buck)
Mary

Emma L. Christensen (never married - no children) (1901 - 1958)

Vilhelm (Bill) (1907 - 1997) and Alice (1916 - ) - Sheffield, IA
Gary (wife = Rose) gnrchris@yahoo.com - Grandview, MO
Lynn (wife = Cindy) cindylynn@jumpgate.net - Mason City, IA
John (wife = Bonnie) jchriste@mail.win.org - St. Charles, MO
Dean - Georgia

Eleonora and Alfred Kelson - Hampton, IA
Alice (husband = Bill Pierce) - Blue Springs, MO
Roland (Gene) - deceased
Allen
Myrtle

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There may be some errors above, but this is to the best of John's knowledge.

You can see that Eleonora (by blood) and Alice (by marriage) were the only ones left representing
the generation of Hans' brothers and sisters. They were the two ladies seated in front
in so many of the pictures. I won't confuse you any more. The e-mails I put above are the ones you have been sending things to, but I think you mentioned that you weren't sure who you were sending to.

Anyway - I matched them with the names. That's all folks - I'll quit bothering you. Like I said, I'm sending this for information only. You may use anything you want, but that's up to you. If you have any questions, just let me know. I'll check your site periodically - keep us posted if you move it.

Take care,
Bonnie Christensen
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