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* Peder Christensen (b. 1840 Øster / Lunde, Ribe, Den.). Wife: Birthe Kirstine Pedersen Christensen (b. 1844 Denmark; m. 1867 Sonder Bork, Ringkobing, Den.; d. 1926 Woodbridge, NJ).** Christian Christensen '''+1894-1933+''' (b. 1867 Lydum, Ribe, Denmark - d. 1942 Woodbridge, NJ). Wife: Emma Reusken Christensen (b. 1872 Williamsburgh, NY - d. 1946 Woodbridge, NJ) *** Gilford Christensen '''+19441902-1973+''' (b. 1902 Woodbridge, NJ - d. 1977 P.A., NJ). In 1950, Gilford owned a general department store in Woodbridge. Wife: Elfreda Frederick Christensen (b. 1906 NJ).**** Ruth Margaret Christensen Gorgas '''1932-1950+''' (b. 1932 NJ). Husband: Richard "Dick" Knapp Gorgas (b. 1933 Philadelphia, [[Pennsylvania|PA]] - d. 2004 Chatham, NJ), son of John Weaver Gorgas (b. 1903 Newark, NJ - d. 1994 Chatham, NJ) & Margaret May Knapp Gorgas (b. 1909 Honduras - d. 1983 Morganville, Monmouth, NJ). John Gorgas resided in Kenilworth, Philadelphia and Morganville, before moving to Chatham in 1985. He studied at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, and was employed 45 years for Bell Telephone Systems, as a systems engineer specializing in military telecommunications switching at Bell Labs, and credited with several inventions. *** Herbert Lambert Christensen '''1909-2001''' (1909-2001 Woodbridge, NJ). Herbert co-owned Christensen's Department Store with his brother Gilford for 60 years. Wife: Violet L. Drummond Christensen '''+1982-1992''' (b. 1910 NJ - d. 1992). **** Gerald "Jerry" H. Christensen '''+19731941-20102013+'''

** Jens "John" Peter Christensen '''+1944+''' (b. 1875 Den. - d. 1950 Los Angeles, [[California|CA]]). Wife: Bertha Marie Andersen Christensen (b. 1881 P.A., NJ - d. 1944 Woodbridge, NJ), daughter of Christen Anderson (b. 1847 Den. - d. 1888 Woodbridge, NJ) & Marikke Madsen Anderson-Thomsen (b. 1860 Den. - d. 1904 Woodbridge, NJ). Christen was employed in 1880 in Woodbridge as a butcher.