HEADSTONE says mother. Gives birth year as 1850; obituary says 1851.

OBITUARY Iron River Reporter Oct 4 1932 “Pioneer Woman Dies In Township: Mrs. Caroline Christensen, 81, Dies At Home Of Her Daughter”
Mrs. Caroline Christensen, 81, resident of Iron River township for the past 50 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Borns of Iron River township, yesterday morning. She had been in poor health for about six years.
Born in Denmark February 2, 1851, she came to the United States with her husband in 1882, coming directly to Iron River, where they settled on a farm in Iron River township.
Her husband, Peter Christensen, died seven years ago last March. She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Amelia Andreasen, Mrs. Christina Bernhardt, Mrs. Jennie Britten, Mrs. Sophia Demick, Mrs. Alma Mattson, and Mrs. Agnes Borns; and three sons, Olaf, Andrew, and Albert.
Funeral services will be held from the Borns home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with the Rev. Charles W. Erickson officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven.

FUNERAL NOTICE Iron River Reporter Oct 7 1932 “Final Rites for Pioneer Woman”
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Christensen, 81, of Iron River township, were held Wednesday afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Borns, in Iron River township.
The Rev. Charles W. Erickson, pastor of the First Lutheran church, officiated. Burial was in Resthaven cemetery.
Mrs. Christensen died at her daughter’s home Monday morning. She had been in poor health for years.
She was born in Denmark on February 2, 1851, and came to the United States, settling in Iron River township in 1882.
She is survived by six daughters and three sons. Her husband preceded her in death.

FRAMES FOR THE FUTURE Iron River area Michigan centennial book 1981 "Nash: Christian and Christine Christensen Bernhardt Family" page 114 with photos (excerpt)
Christine Andrea Christensen was one of ten children born to (Jens) Peter and Caroline Christensen. She was born in Saeby, Denmark on November 26, 1877 and came to the United States in 1884 with her mother and her sisters Amelia and Jennie and and her brother Olaf. Her father had come to the United States several years earlier to prepare a home for his family. He had homesteaded land that was later turned over to the Keweenaw Land Company by the government so he moved his family and started again. He left behind the grave of his one year old son Alvin who was buried in the field. For a number of years the home of the family was a log and sod house with a dirt floor.

NEWS ARTICLE Iron River Reporter July 24 1970 "Family Has Reunion" children of Peter & Caroline Christensen, pioneer residents of Iron River Twp

INFORMATION FROM WAYNE OHLSSON for Kristine Karoline Andreasen at www.rootsweb.com. Note parents not married at time of Kristine's birth - difficult to trace ancestry without marriage record - no full siblings found. Gives birth year as 1851.