BioA: Christie, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman (55^th - 1962)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Christie, McConnell, Hendren, Schullo, Lobner

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 6, 1962

Christie, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman (55^th - 11 December 1962)

Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Christie of Neillsville will celebrate their 55^th wedding anniversary next weekend with their family.

Mr. Christie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Christie, and Elizabeth McConnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McConnell, were married December 11, 1907, by the Rev. William T. Hendren in the Presbyterian Parsonage in Greenwood.

They farmed in the Town of Eaton for 33 years, and moved to Neillsville in 1940.

Mr. and Mrs. Christie are the parents of six children.  They also have 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.  Their children are: Ernest of La Crosse, Eugene of Neillsville, Arthur of Greenwood, Mrs. Tony (May) Schullo of Minneapolis, Mrs. Harold (Arlene) Lobner of Milladore, and John of Wayzata, Minn.

Members of their family, their four sons and two daughters with their families, are expected to gather here next weekend.  Her brother Bob McConnell and his wife of Greenwood; and his brother, Hugh Christie and his wife, of Greenwood are expected to join them.