Arthur George CHRISTY

1881 - 1941  (59 years)

• Name	Arthur George CHRISTY
  Birth	24 Oct 1881	Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, England
  	Hitchin district; the birth date on his draft registration was 24 October 1878
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Nov 1881	Weston, Hertfordshire, England
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1941-MN-018300
  Occupation	Masseur, Turkish Baths
  Death	24 Jan 1941	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Burial	27 Jan 1941	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	Buried as George Arthur. According to the England and Wales Christening Records on Ancestry, an Arthur George Christy, born 24 Oct 1881, was christened 1 November 1881 in Weston, Hertfordshire, England. His parents were Richard and Emma Christy. According to his son George’s entry in the 1930 census, Arthur was born “at sea, under England flag.” His birth date is unclear in the U.S. censuses: the 1930 census record was difficult to read. The 1900 census shows his birth year as 1880. The 1880 birth year would also be more consistent with the ages noted for him on his childrens’ birth certificates. His date of emigration was also difficult to read: it may be 1898 in the 1930 census. In the 1900 census, it’s 1890. In the 1910 census, George’s date of emigration appears to be 1882. George and Dolly and family were living on Aldrich Avenue in Minneapolis in the 1905 state census. George was a masseuse. The 1900 census shows an Arthur Christy, 19 (born October 1880), married one year to a Sarah, 18 (July 1881), no children, living on Eastman Ave. in Minneapolis next door to, or perhaps in the same apartment as, a Cuthbert family. The head of the Cuthbert family is a man whose name begins with a C (maybe Clement), 46 (July 1853), wife Sofa, 36 (January 1864), daughter May, 15 (November 1884), Clarence E., 13 (September 1886), and Sheridan, 12 (June 1888). Because Sofa is shown as having had 8 children, 4 still living, Sarah is probably her oldest child. Arthur is a day laborer as is his father-in-law. In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he is Arthur G Christy, “attendant,” living at 1408 20th Ave. N. The 1910 census shows that the family was living in a rented apartment at 1202-1/2 20th Ave. W. This census also has Turkish baths as the industry of George’s occupation. The actual occupation may have been proprietor because he is shown as an employer rather than an employee. The census form is not clear. Office was on 7th and Henn. Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, as Arthur George Christy. Claimed to be native born. Employed in a turkish bath by H. L. Turner at the Lumber Exchange in Minneapolis. His nearest relative is his sister, Mrs. A.E. Warren. He is medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair. He is probably the 48 year-old Arthur G Christy listed in the 1920 census as a single man lodging at 1504 4th Avenue South in Minneapolis. That Arthur was born in England and was a hotel clerk. An Arthur G Christy married a Rebecca J Meehan on 21 Aug 1921 in Hennepin County. George and his young new wife Evelyn are living with Mae and Rhodes in an apartment at 740 Chicago Avenue at the time of the 1930 census. He is a single divorced man living at 628 8th Avenue S in Minneapolis in the 1940 census. He was a high school graduate and is shown on the census form as born in Minnesota. He was employed as a masseur in a Turkish Bath.
  Person ID	I178	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Richard Watson CHRISTY,   b. May 1840, England d. 6 May 1903, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Emma C CRAFT,   b. Jul 1841, England d. 9 Nov 1922, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1865
  Family ID	F3260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dollie (Sarah) CUTHBERT,   b. Jul 1881, Minnesota d. 3 Sep 1947, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1899	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	as George Christy and Dollie Cuthbert
  Children	1. Evelyn Sophia CHRISTY,   b. 30 Jun 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 16 Oct 1957, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 57 years)   2. Ernest Eugene CHRISTY,   b. 25 Jun 1902, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 4 Dec 1952, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 50 years)   3. George Clement CHRISTY,   b. 11 Mar 1905, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 16 Feb 1990, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada (Age 84 years)   4. Emma Mae CHRISTY,   b. 2 Oct 1906, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 6 Jun 1978, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)   5. William J CHRISTY,   b. 25 Sep 1909, Minnesota d. 3 Jul 1968, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 58 years)   6. Joseph CHRISTY,   b. 7 Oct 1914, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 11 Apr 2001, Aitkin County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Evelyn H PETERSON,   b. Abt 1905, Minnesota d. Unknown
  Marriage	11 Sep 1929	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2010