California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


CHRISTIAN SORENSEN. � A native of Denmark, Christian Sorensen 
was born near the town of Randers, Jutland, on December 10, 1865, and was 
the third child of a family of six born to Soren and Christine (Pedersen) 
Sorensen, also natives of Denmark, both of whom are now deceased. Their 
six children are: Soren, a rancher who resides three miles west of Selma ; 
N. P., who owns ten acres of land three one-half miles southwest of Parlier ; 
Christian; Christine, who is the wife of Knut Christensen, a farmer resid- 
ing in Denmark ; Anna M., whose sketch appears upon another page of this 
history, and who is the widow of Niels Andersen; Mette Marie, who married 
Knud Knudsen, and resides at Vejle, Denmark. 

Christian Sorensen was reared in Denmark, where he worked out by 
the month on farms and gained valuable knowledge and experience in stock- 
raising, dairying and farming. Having two older brothers in California, he 
decided to take a trip to America, so engaging passage on the good old ship 
Thingvalla, of the Thingvalla Line, he sailed from Copenhagen, January 10, 
1893, landing in New York City about February 1st., and from there he con- 
tinued his journey at once to Fresno County, Cal., where his brothers, N. P. 
and Soren, were living. He secured employment in the Fresno Colony, 
working on farms, in which occupation he continued for several years. In 
1900, he rented a farm near Sultana and after three years purchased the 
place, consisting of twenty acres, improved it, and subsequently added more 
land until he possessed thirty acres. This ranch he recently sold and has 
purchased twenty acres located three one-half miles southwest of Parlier. 

On March 2, 1909, Christian Sorensen was united in marriage with 
Christine Christensen, a native of Denmark, who came to Fresno County 
when a young lady. This happy union has been blessed with four children : 
Holger; Einar ; Alfred; and baby Ellen, who was born May 19, 1918. 

Mr. and Mrs. Sorensen are justly esteemed in their community and have 
many friends. Mr. Sorensen is a prominent member of the Danish Lutheran 
Church and the Danish Brotherhood, and in political matters is a Republican.