Saturday, March 22, 2014

Henry White's Son, Christian or Christopher?

Is his name Christian, or Christopher, or both?

In the following book of Henry County, MO Court record abstracts, only one other White death is listed before Henry White died:


Henry County, Missouri Abstracts of Wills and Administrations 1835-1854, compiled by Jacqueline Hogan Williams & Betty Harvey Williams, 1968. p. 33.

COUNTY COURT MINUTES BOOK B
Christopher F. White. Died intestate Adm. Henry White appt. 3 May 1850 Sec Frederick McNew and Henry Duning pages 254,285,286,287,288,257,324

Christopher? Who is Christopher? I was familiar with Christian F. White from the 1840 Randolph County, IN census (3rd entry from bottom, just above Henry White):



Christian F. White in 1840 White River Twp., Randolph County, IN Census

And I'd also seen Christian F. White in Preble County, Ohio marriage records (see last entry):


Preble County, Ohio Marriage Records

But I'd never come across the given name, Christopher, before. Is he a different person? Is it a transcription error? Or might Christopher and Christian possibly be the same person? In reading The Genealogy of The Family of Ralph William Cokonougher by Ralph W. Cokonougher, I came across the following example of Christopher and Christian being the same person. From page 201, "Christopher (aka Christian) Cohenour, Jr., born 11 March 1797...". 

This surname, Cokonougheris another Gochenour variant, and Christopher was born not long before our Christian was born. The census shows our Christian F is under thirty and over 20 in 1840, having been born roughly 1811-1820. Christian's wife is older, in the "under 40 and over 30" category, born between 1801 and 1810. There are two males in the household, "5 and under 10", born between 1831 and 1835.

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