Alma Nadine (Tindell) Christopher (1909 - 1974)

Born 27 Feb 1909 in Morgan, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Burnis Ralph Christopher — married 24 Feb 1929 in Timken, Rush, Kansas, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1974 at age 65 in Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, United States

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Biography

Alma was born on 27 Feb 1909 in Morgan County, Missouri.^[1] She is the third of four children and the only daughter of Orval Tindell and Millie Rebekah Hodges. Her father was a blacksmith and moved around in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. While living in Kansas, she met Burnis Ralph Christopher who was working on a traveling harvesting crew. They were married on 24 February 1929 in Timken, Kansas. They lived and farmed in Kansas, California, and Colorado, and raised five children - three girls and two boys. After a series of down seasons, they moved to Englewood, Colorado, and managed a trailer park until their retirement. They retired to Elizabeth, Colorado, in 1968. Alma died of heart disease on 1 Dec 1974 in Casper, Wyoming.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Residences

• 1910 - Otterville, Cooper, Missouri, United States^[5]
• 1920 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States^[6]
• 1930 - Banner Township, Rush, Kansas, United States^[7]
• 1933 - Dos Palos, Merced, California, United States^[8]
• 1940 - Loveland, Larimer, Colorado, United States^[9]
• 1942 - Loveland, Larimer, Colorado, United States^[10]

Obituary

Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming; 3 Dec 1974, p. 2^[4]

Visiting relative dies at hospital

    CASPER - Mrs. Alma Nadine Christopher, 65, of Elizabeth, Colo., died Sunday at Natrona County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.

    She had been visiting her daughter and son-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. Gene W. Kennedy in Edgerton for the past three weeks.

    She was born Feb. 27, 1909, at Morgan County, Mo.

    On Feb. 24, 1929, she married Burnis R. Christopher at Rush Center, Kan. He died in 1970.

    She was a member of the Judson Memorial Baptist Church of Denver.

    Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Kennedy of Edgerton, Mrs. Millie Collier of Aurora, Colo., and Mrs. Helen Blay of Thornton, Colo.; two sons, Raymond of Golden, Colo., and Melvin of Nantucket Island, Mass. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

    The body is being returned to Denver where services will be arranged by the Howard Mortuary. Local arrangements are by the Bustard Funeral Home.

Burial

Burial: Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colorado

Location: ROAD: 2nd from gate, east side 1/2 way towards the south

"In Loving Memory"

Sources

1. ↑ Tindell family births. Affidavit to establish dates of birth of members of the family of Orval Tindell and Millie Rebekah Hodges. Notarized document certifying contents of Family Bible wherein family births were recorded. Kendall Hammond, Notary Public, about 1942. Copy in possession of Gary Christopher.
2. ↑ Wyoming Department of Health, Death Certificate 19754-2930. Alma Nadine Christopher, 1 Dec 1974. Vital Statistics Services, 2300 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002.
3. ↑ Find a Grave memorial page for Alma Nadine Tindell Christopher (27 Feb 1909–1 Dec 1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #27206171, citing Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Lance (contributor 46976344).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Lehi, UT, 2019 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/545524758:61843). Casper Star-Tribune , Casper, Wyoming; 3 Dec 1974, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/446941461/?article=63c6d977-05b6-4a2e-ab11-164543424528&focus=0.04950551,0.028540377,0.51164776,0.12135915&xid=3355
5. ↑ United States Census, 1910, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TX-YGW), Alma Tindell in household of Orval Tindell, Otterville, Cooper, Missouri; ED 72, sheet 11B, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 773; FHL microfilm 1,374,786.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1920, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HX-FQR), Alma Tindell in entry for Orville Tindell, 1920.
7. ↑ United States Census, 1930, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X777-KLT), Burnis R Christopher, Banner, Rush, Kansas; ED 3, sheet 1A, line 44, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 718; FHL microfilm 2,340,453.
8. ↑ California Birth Index, 1905-1995, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLPT-37C), Tindell in entry for Raymond Eugene Christopher, 22 Aug 1933; citing Merced, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
9. ↑ United States Census, 1940, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6F-G8Z), Burnis R Christopher, Election Precinct 29, Larimer, Colorado; ED 35-22A, sheet 13B, line 79, family 285, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 467.
10. ↑ Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVM-2Q7V), Burnis Ralph Christopher, 16 Feb 1942 Draft Registration, Loveland, Larimer, Colorado; Draft Registration Cards for Colorado, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947", NAID 5833895. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d.

• photo of area around headstone taken by: Taylor-25258 13:47, 19 October 2021(UTC)
• Personal knowledge of Gary Christopher