Orville Oliver CHRISTIE

1913 - 1996  (82 years)

• Name	Orville Oliver CHRISTIE
  Birth	30 Jul 1913	McCarron, Chippewa County, Michigab, USA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	C43625C9240C4E9CA2FB0876D8ED908BFD9E
  Death	21 Mar 1996	Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
  Burial	Donaldson Presbyterian Cemetery, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I7918	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Oliver John CHRISTIE,   b. 12 Sep 1882, Rosedale, Chippewa County, Michigan, USA d. 9 Apr 1945, McCarron, Chippewa County, Michigab, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann (Mae) MCDONALD,   b. 29 Dec 1890, McLennan, Algoma, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Nov 1965, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1912	Parkerville, Michigan, USA
  Family ID	F2140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lottie Elizabeth LAWLESS,   b. 20 Aug 1914, Pickford, Chippewa County, Michigan, USA d. 19 Jul 2005, Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1938	Goshen, Elkhart Co, Indiana, USA
  Children	1. Living   2. Donald CHRISTIE,   b. 1940   d. 1940 (Age 0 years)   3. Carol Elizabeth CHRISTIE,   b. 8 Jun 1947, Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA d. 13 Apr 2014, Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  From Find A Grave - gkc1 Orville had a twin sister named Gwen, she was born first. A carpenter and surveyor, Orville also worked at the sawmill run by his father. He married Lottie Elizabeth Lawless in Elkhart, Indiana on June 4, 1938, yet the couple raised all four of their children in their home township of Bruce (Chippewa Co.). Frank was born in his grandfather Oliver's Donaldson home yet by 1942 they had a home of their own just down the road. In 1944-45 Orville served in the U.S. Army as a Tech-5: Master Carpenter. He served in New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan, mostly building camps for the soldiers. After the war he became a devout Baptist. The couple separated in 1963, divorced in 1976. Orville retired in the 1970s, thereafter spending his winters in Tuscon, Arizona.