Gordon A. Christenson's  Great Grandparents

Father's Side:
The Swedish flag. Johanna Herling

Born: July 30, 1840 Herrljungs, Sweden
Died: October 11, 1925, Gunnison, Utah, USA

 The Swedish Flag. Johann Christenson

Born: August 16, 1828 Krokhusetgard, Sweden
Died: June 8, 1903 Gunnison, Utah, USA
Click here to see photos from our visit to their gravesite in Gunnison Utah.

The British flag.Catherine Berry Knights

Born: March 11, 1842 Beccles, England.
Died: January 2, 1907, Salt Lake City, Utah

 The British flag.William Benjamin Brown

Born: December 29, 1839 Geldeston, Norfolk, England.
Died: February 16, 1888, Salt Lake City, Utah

Mother's Side:
Image of Petronella NeilsonPetronella Nielsen 
Anderson

Born:  July 18, 1828 Aker Co. Norway
Died :February 8, 1903 Ogden, Utah, USA

 Image of Christian Anderson.Christian 
Anderson

Born: May 12, 1833 Moterude Norway
Died: April 9, 1906 Salt Lake City, USA

Image of Arzella Symons.Arzella Whitaker
Symons

Born:  July 14, 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah
Died:  July 15, 1938, Salt Lake City, Utah

     Married Charles William Symons and had six children, all daughters, with him. 
     She was born in a wagon box on the S.W. corner of Broadway and W. Temple Streets in Salt Lake City. Her father built an adobe house over the place she was born.
     She died on the eve of Pioneer Day (the same as her husband four years earlier) the day after her 89th birthday.
Image of Charles SymonsCharles William Symons

Born: June 17, 1845 Kensal New Town, London, W. Middlesex, England
Died: July 23, 1934, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

     Came to Utah with an ox team in the Warren S. Snow company in 1864. He was a member of the first high council of Liberty Stake and went on Mormon missions to England.
      He was a Civic Leader and a member of the Constitutional Convention of Utah on March 4, 1895. A photographer and musician Charles served as the superintendent of the Tenth ward Sunday school for 25 years and worked as a recorder in the Salt Lake temple. 
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