Caroline Christensen (1842-1922) was my great-great grandmother. She was born in Denmark and there married Jens P. Christensen in 1868. They and their three sons -- Lauritz Marinius, Christen Norgaard, and Christian Andrew -- emigrated to Waupaca, Wisconsin in 1888.
Family lore has it that, on the afternoon of Thursday, October 26, 1922, Caroline set off to visit her friend, Mrs. Hanley, who lived across the railroad tracks from her home; and that her deafness likely contributed to the accident that killed her when she was hit by the Soo Line passenger train, No. 2.
Here are the newspaper stories published about the accident and her obituary:
