Mary Joyce ChristensenAge: 91 years1920–2012
- Name
- Mary Joyce Christensen
- Given names
- Mary Joyce
- Surname
- Christensen
- Married name
- Mary Joyce Jordan
 Birth | November 19, 1920 25 21 |
 Birth of a sister | Betty Jean Christensen May 24, 1924 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 8 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Henrietta Jane “Etta” Pring May 11, 1941 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia Mae Christensen July 13, 1944 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a sister | Virginia Mae Christensen June 10, 1983 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a mother | Dorothy Pruitt “Mable” Shemwell April 1, 1984 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a father | Walter David Christensen May 5, 1987 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a sister | Betty Jean Christensen October 29, 1992 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Dorothy Louise “Lou” Christensen September 2, 2006 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | October 19, 2012 (Age 91 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Walter David Christensen Birth: November 28, 1894 — Kansas City, Kansas, United States Death: May 5, 1987 — San Diego, California, United States |
| mother |
Dorothy Pruitt “Mable” Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1899 30 29 — Colorado, United States Death: April 1, 1984 — San Diego, California, United States |
| elder sister |
Dorothy Louise “Lou” Christensen Birth: March 15, 1919 24 19 — Pueblo, Colorado, United States Death: September 2, 2006 — Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States |
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20 months herself |
Mary Joyce Christensen Birth: November 19, 1920 25 21 — Santa Clara, California, United States Death: October 19, 2012 — Massachusetts, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Betty Jean Christensen Birth: May 24, 1924 29 24 — Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States Death: October 29, 1992 — Sun City, Riverside, California, United States |
| brother |
Private |
| younger sister |
Virginia Mae Christensen Birth: July 13, 1944 49 45 — Santa Clara, California, United States Death: June 10, 1983 — San Diego, California, United States |
| Family with Private |
| husband |
Private |
| herself |
Mary Joyce Christensen Birth: November 19, 1920 25 21 — Santa Clara, California, United States Death: October 19, 2012 — Massachusetts, United States |
Mary Joyce Christensen has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (5)
Parents Orville Oldham + Mary Jane Shemwell
Parents Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Lillian Marie Miller
1Private–
2Private–
Parents Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Lola Nichols
Parents John William Shemwell + Vivian W Campbell
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Walter D Christensen - Household
Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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