Ivan Christian

Ivan Roa Christian (31 May 1919 – 1991) is a former politician from Pitcairn. He was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island from 1976 to 1984.^[1] As his surname suggests, he is descended from the original mutineers who settled the island, led by Fletcher Christian. He is related to a number of other island leaders, notably, Charles Richard Parkin Christian, his uncle, and Thursday October Christian II, his great-grandfather. Through his marriage to Verna Young, he is the father of Steve Christian and Brenda Christian.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ivan Christian

16. Thursday October Christian

8. Thursday October Christian II

17. Teraura

4. Francis Hickson Christian

18. William Young

9. Mary Young

19. Elizabeth Mills

2. Richard Edgar Allen Christian

20. Edward Young, Jr.

10. Moses Young

21. Polly Christian

5. Eunice Jane Lawrence Young

22. Daniel McCoy (=22)

11. Albina McCoy

23. Sarah Quintal (=23)

1. Ivan Roa Christian

24. Daniel McCoy (=22)

12. Matthew McCoy

25. Sarah Quintal (=23)

6. James Russell McCoy

26. Charles Christian

13. Margaret Christian

27. Sully

3. Adelia Carrie Jordan McCoy

28. George Young

14. Simon Young

29. Hannah Adams

7. Eliza Coffin Palmer Young

30. John Buffett

15. Mary Buffett Christian

31. Mary Christian

References

↑ John Carter, Pacific Islands Yearbook (1984), p. 366

Rulers of the Pitcairn Islands

Leaders	Fletcher Christian (1790–93) Ned Young (1793–1800) John Adams (1800–29)

President	Joshua Hill (1832–38)

Magistrates	Edward Quintal (1838–39) Arthur Quintal I (1840–41) Fletcher Christian II (1842) Matthew McCoy (1843) Thursday October Christian II (1844) Arthur Quintal II (1845–46) Charles Christian II (1847) George Adams (1848) Simon Young (1849) Arthur Quintal II (1850) Thursday October Christian II (1851) Abraham Blatchly Quintal (1852) Matthew McCoy (1853) Arthur Quintal II (1854) George Martin Frederick Young (1855–3 May 1856) (Office vacant 1856–64, due to relocation to Norfolk Island) Thursday October Christian II (1864) Moses Young (1865–66) Thursday October Christian II (1867) Robert Pitcairn Buffett (1868) Moses Young (1869) James Russell McCoy (1870–72) Thursday October Christian II (1873–74) Moses Young (1875) Thursday October Christian II (1876–77) James Russell McCoy (1878–79) Thursday October Christian II (1880) Moses Young (1881) Thursday October Christian II (1882) James Russell McCoy (1883) Benjamin Stanley Young (1884–85) James Russell McCoy (1886–89) Charles Carleton Vieder Young (1890–91) Benjamin Stanley Young (1892)

Presidents of the Council	James Russell McCoy (1893–96) William Alfred Young (1897) James Russell McCoy (1897–1904) William Alfred Young (1904)

Magistrates	James Russell McCoy (1904–06) Arthur Herbert Young (1907) William Alfred Young (1908) Matthew Edmond McCoy (1909) Gerard Bromley Robert Christian (1910–19) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1920) Frederick Martin Christian (1921) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1922) Edgar Allen Christian (1923–24) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1925) Edgar Allen Christian (1926–29) Arthur Herbert Young (1930–31) Edgar Allen Christian (1932) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1933–34) Edgar Allen Christian (1935–39) Andrew Clarence David Young (1940) Frederick Martin Christian (1941) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1942) Frederick Martin Christian (1943) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1944) Norris Henry Young (1945–48) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1949) Warren Clive Christian (1950–51) John Lorenzo Christian (1952–54) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1955–57) Warren Clive Christian (1958–60) John Lorenzo Christian (1961–66) Pervis Ferris Young (1967–75) Ivan Christian (1975–84) Brian Young (1984–91) Jay Warren (1991–99)

Mayors	Steve Christian (1999–2004) Brenda Christian (2004) Jay Warren (2004–07) Mike Warren (2007–14) Shawn Christian (2014–)