Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyIda Christianson

Parents

FatherPeter Christianson ( - )
MotherAnna Petersen ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 26 April 2021; Last Edited: 26 April 2021 
Person ID11181
NameIda Christianson
GenderFemale
Born 12 February 1897 in Ringgold, Montague County, Texas1, 2, 3
Married 15 April 1916 to Wesley Lamott ‘Mott’ Tefft4
Died 1 February 1984 in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California1, 3
Buried in Stamford Cemetery, Stamford, Delaware County, New York1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyWesley Lamott ‘Mott’ Tefft (son of Nathan M. Tefft and Purlea E. Stever)
Born 17 August 1884 in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York
Married 15 April 1916 to Ida Christianson
Died 7 September 1950 in Stamford, Delaware County, New York
  
Children of Ida Christianson and Wesley Lamott ‘Mott’ Tefft:
  
1.FamilyAlfred Tefft
Born ca. 1917 in New York
  
2.FamilyDonald W. Tefft
Born 15 July 1919 in Rome, Oneida County, New York
Married to Faith Hatwig
Died 6 September 1953 in Mountain View, Santa Clara, California
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Stamford Cemetery, Stamford, Delaware County, New York, Ida Christianson Tefft, born: 1897; died: 1984 (from record, which provides the names and links for her spouse and child).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Oneida County, Rome, E.D. 98, Sheet No. 9B, Wesley Tefft, 35, New York, chauffeur, brass mill; wife Ida Tefft, 22, New York [sic, she was born in Texas]; son Donald Tefft, 3, New York; son Alfred Tefft, 6/12, New York [It appears that the ages for the two sons are reversed. Other records show Donald as born 15 July 1919. Alfred does not appear in any other records and probably died young.]
  3. Obituary, Mirror Recorder, Rome, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 7 February 1984, Ida C. Tefft, died 1 February 1984 in Sunnyvale, California. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents and husband.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Stamford Cemetery, Stamford, Delaware County, New York, Wesley L. “Mott” Tefft, born: 17 August 1884; died: 7 September 1950 in Stamford, Delaware County, New York (from record, which includes a copy of his obituary giving vital and biographical details; and provides the names and links for his parents, spouse, two siblings, and son).