Donald Gerhard Christopherson b. 1 February 1915 Castle Rock, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA d. 9 December 1986 Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA: Our Family History

Donald Gerhard Christopherson

1915 - 1986 (71 years)

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Name	Donald Gerhard Christopherson [2, 3, 4]
Birth	1 February 1915	Castle Rock, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA [3, 4]
Baptism	11 Mar 1915	Fennimore, Wisconsin, USA [4]
Gender	Male
Death	9 December 1986	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA [2, 3]
Burial	East Bristol, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States of America [3]
Person ID	I290170747642	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Family	Dawnine Ella Alwin, b. 8 Feb 1918, Wisconsin d. 19 Jul 2007, Prarie du Sac, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 89 years)
Family ID	F12932	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Sources
[S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.

[S965666774] .

[S965666131] .

[S965667088] Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.