Christian Brevoort Zabriskie (1864 - 1936)

Born 16 Oct 1864 in Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Louise (Edwards) Zabriskie — married 19 Sep 1888 in Ormsby, Nevada

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1936 at age 71 in Carson City, Nevada, United States

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Biography

Christian Zabriskie is Notable.

Christian Brevoort Zabriskie (October 16, 1864 – February 8, 1936) was an American businessman and former vice president of Pacific Coast Borax Company. Zabriskie Point on the northeasternmost flank of the Black Mountains east of Death Valley, located in Death Valley National Park is named after him.

Christian Brevoort Zabriskie was born at Fort Bridger in Wyoming Territory, where his father, Capt. Elias B. Zabriskie, was stationed. His 4th GGF was Albrecht Sobieski (Albert Zabriskie), a Polish immigrant from Angerburg (Węgorzewo) in Ducal Prussia, who settled in New Jersey in 1662 alongside a Dutch community.

Zabriskie's life changed when F.M. "Borax" Smith hired him to supervise several hundred Chinese laborers at the Pacific Coast Borax Company near Candelaria. This was the beginning of a lifelong career in the borax industry. He ultimately became vice president and general manager of the company and served in that capacity for thirty-six years until his retirement in 1933. During this time, the Pacific Coast Borax Company had phased out most of its borax operations in the Candelaria vicinity but had moved on to greater production in the Death Valley area. In 1933, the area became Death Valley National Monument. Zabriskie Point remains to honor a man who devoted many years of his life to the Pacific Coast Borax Company.

His legacies are:

• 1. Zabriskie Point, the place
• 2. Zabriskie Point, the film by Michelangelo Antonioni
• 3. Zabriskie Point, the soundtrack to the film, done by Pink Floyd

Christian was 6th cousins once removed from Jim Garrison, New Orleans DA who investigated the JFK assassination. It was thought that he was the fourth great grandnephew of Jan Sobieski who saved Vienna from the Turks, but this claim has been disproven.

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101804034/christian-brevoort-zabriskie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Brevoort_Zabriskie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrycht_Zaborowski

"California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYD6-HD7 : 8 December 2017), Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, 08 Aug 1896; citing Voter Registration, 3639 Twentieth, San Francisco, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 977,617.

"New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPF7-ZCD : 20 July 2018), C B Zabriskie, Manhattan, A.D. 19, E.D. 26, New York, New York; citing p. 15, line 23, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,433,094.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJB3-8Q8 : accessed 15 November 2018), Christine Brook Zabriskie in household of Margaret L Zabriskie, Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 735, sheet 13A, line 3, family 350, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1203; FHL microfilm 1,821,203.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4YW-CSF : accessed 15 November 2018), Christian B Gabriskie, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 3A, line 25, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1650; FHL microfilm 2,341,384.

"United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDF-LNG9 : 16 March 2018), Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, 1922; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #149586, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1915, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2438-7RL : 10 February 2018), Christian B. Zabriskie in entry for Frank Henry Buck Jr and Zayda Justine Zabriskie, 18 Apr 1911; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,613,079.

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