Name Info

Maymie Kristina Christiansen 1891-1931
Some of Maymie's children say, in letters to Shari (Searls) Adair, that their mother's name was "Mattie" instead of Maymie. Her name has also been spelled "Mamie" in some references.

Search.........Person
Gender.........female
PAF-ID.........09119383
Age............39y 10m 0d
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......6
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......1
#Siblings......0
#Children......11

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Burial.........Riverside Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Maymie Kristina Christiansen
  2. Parent: Maymie Kristina Christiansen

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1913-12-31 Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa
  2. Spouse: John Howard SEARLS, male, born:1873-07-31 Seward (Winnebago) Illinois, died:1968-05-23 (94y 9m 22d) Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, Dad:Daniel James SEARLS, Mom:Caroline Comly, #SrcDocs:9
  3. ..Child: Walter Howard SEARLS, male, born:1915-05-18 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1955-2005 (39y 7m 14d) , Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:5
  4. ..Child: Lloyd LaVerne SEARLS, male, born:1917-05-17 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1984-06-15 (67y 0m 29d) Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa, Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:4
  5. ..Child: Anita Elizabeth SEARLS, female, born:1918-08-25 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1990-12-18 (72y 3m 23d) Sacramento (Sacramento) California, Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:4
  6. ..Child: Ervin Raymond SEARLS, male, born:1919-10-12 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1961-09-08 (41y 10m 27d) Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:4
  7. ..Child: Alvin Arnald SEARLS, male, born:1921-01-20 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1921-2011 (0y 11m 12d) , Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:1
  8. ..Child: Dorothy Mae SEARLS, female, born:1922-06-20 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:2013-12-27 (91y 6m 7d) Anoka (Anoka) Minnesota, Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:4
  9. ..Child: Daniel James SEARLS, male, born:1924-02-03 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1964-2014 (39y 10m 29d) , Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:3
  10. ..Child: William Henry SEARLS, male, born:1925-06-08 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1959-2015 (33y 6m 24d) , Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #SrcDocs:2
  11. ..Child: Maymie Kristina Christiansen
  12. ..Child: Maymie Kristina Christiansen
  13. ..Child: Lois Maette SEARLS Adams, female, born:1931-04-26 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:2023-08-16 (92y 3m 21d) Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa, Dad:John Howard SEARLS, Mom:Maymie Kristina Christiansen, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:5

Events
Birth
: 1891-06-26, Age:39y 10m 0d, ?Illinois
Livedin
: 1906-1931, Age:39y 10m 0d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, came with her parents
Married
: 1913-12-31, Age:39y 10m 0d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:bride
Death
: 1931-04-26, Age:39y 10m 0d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Akron Hospital, Maymie died shortly after giving birth to her eleventh child. According to her obituary, there had been a fire on her farm just a couple of week earlier. The fire had done considerable damage and it had upset Maymie greatly.
Burial
: ?, Age:39y 10m 0d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Riverside Cemetery, Rev. U. G. Miller, Rev. of the Akron Baptist Church

Places In
Illinois
Akron (Plymouth) Iowa
Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa

Sources
Notes taken at the Riverside Cemetery in Akron Iowa


Historical
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902