With the path of the eclipse of 2024 passing over my older brother's home, about an hour south of my younger brother's home, and about an hour north of my home, I decided to create this page to make note of solar eclipses that have passed close to the lives of my direct ancestors.
All maps are clipped from Courtesy of: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com[1]
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Solar Eclipse Apr 2024 |
Solar Eclipse of April 2024
- Passes over the home of Chuck Christensen
- Passes south-east of the home of John Christensen
- Passes north-west of the home of Joe Christensen
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Total Solar Eclipse USA 21 Aug 2017 |
Solar Eclipse of Aug 2017
- Passes south-west of the home of Joe Christensen
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Path of totality, Jan 1889. |
Solar Eclipse of Jan 1889[2]
- Passes north-west of the Christensen Family home (South of Dickenson). Living family:
- Father: Anton Gunnerius Christensen (1829-1904)
- Mother: Georata Bernhardine Koll (1829-1901)
- Daughter: Marie Christensen (1860-1917) (Married, living with husband and children on neighboring farm)
- (Son Karl Gustav Gabrial Christensen (1867-) sent a postcard in 1886 from Chicago referencing California)
- Son: Emil Simon Peter Christensen (1869-1932)
- My great-grandfather.
- Pamphlet for viewing
- Creation of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Jun 1806 Eclipse |
Solar Eclipse of 16 Jun 1806 across the United States of America.[3]
- I am not sure which of my family was where during this time.
- James Bradley and Grace Bradley were alive, but in Ireland. Their cousins (the McCloskeys and Mullens) came in 1810; but the Bradleys didn't come until 1844. This is, I think, my earliest ancestor in America.
- Joseph Boisvert (1783-) and his family lived in St. François du Lac, in Lower Canada and would have seen a nice partial eclipse.
Research notes
- Future investigation: https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/19th-century (7 Apr 2024)
- Eclipses in N. America: Jun 1806, Feb 1831, Nov 1834, Jul 1860, Aug 1869, Jul 1878, Jan 1889 (above), May 1900
Sources
- ↑ Permissions Page for use of maps: https://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmapx/SEacknowledgment.html (first accessed 8 Apr 2024; last accessed 7 Apr 2024) [I expect to return to the page to add more]
- ↑ https://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmapx/1801-1900/SE1889Jan01Tgmapx.html (7 Apr 2024)
- ↑ https://www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmapx/1801-1900/SE1806Jun16Tgmapx.html (7 Apr 2024)
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