Thursday October Christian II

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Thursday October Christian II (October 1820 - 27 May 1911) ^[1] was a Pitcairn Islands political leader. He was the grandson of Fletcher Christian and son of Thursday October Christian (October 14, 1790 - April 21, 1831),^[1] and mother, Teraura (c.1775 - 15 July 1850).^[1] He was also known as "Doctor", "Duddie" ^[1] or "Doodie". He spent several years on Norfolk Island but returned to Pitcairn in 1864.^[1] Christian was three quarters polynesian.

He was the fifth Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands, holding the office in 1844, 1851, 1864,^[1] 1867, 1873–1874, 1880, and 1882.^[1] Everyone named Christian on Pitcairn is descended from him; a number of family branches, however, left Pitcairn permanently and settled on Norfolk Island. One of these was his niece, Rebecca "Pot" Christian.

Thursday October Christian II married Mary Young granddaughter of Ned Young on March 24, 1839 they had 17 children,^[1] none of them named as a month name or week day, and most of them died as children; although 3 lived past the age of 73, into the 1930s.^[1]

They were:

• Julia Christian (born July 23, 1840)
• Agnes Christian (born October 6, 1841)
• Albert Christian (born March 31, 1843)
• Elias Christian (born January 7, 1845)
• Alphonso Driver Christian (born August 3, 1846)
• Anna Rose Christian (born July 31, 1848)
• Julia Anna Rose Christian (born November 9, 1851)
• Ernest Heywood Christian (born October 5, 1853)
• Daniel Christian (born July 27, 1855)
• Elizabeth Saidley A. Christian (born April 27, 1857)
• Francis Hickson Christian (born February 18, 1859)
• William Henry Gordon Christian (born September 1, 1860)
• Albert Swain Christian (born May 8, 1862)
• Harriet Christian (born August 22, 1863)
• Harriet Christian II (born August 23, 1864)
• Charles Benjamin Christian (born August 1, 1865)
• Mary Elizabeth Saidley Christian (born April 1868)

[edit] See also

• Descendants of the Bounty Mutineers

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