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Beth LaVonne Harbour

Born in 1937 and died in 2009.

born 1937 died 2009

Also written Beth Christiansen

Beth LaVonne Harbour was born in 1937, a daughter of William Cary Harbour and Dorothy Lucille Curtis, who had married in 1930; the family tree gives her birth on 4 April 1937 at Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota, where her parents lived.1–2 Her mother was a sister of Adelaide Louise (Curtis) Hegnauer.

She married a Mr. Christiansen and had a son (living). She died in 2009, aged about seventy-one or seventy-two; the tree places her death at McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.1–2

What we know

Proven

  • Birth, 1937
  • Death, 2009

What's still open

  • Sources. Her mother's Find a Grave memorial (viewed 27 Sep 2026), which links a memorial for Beth LaVonne Harbour Christiansen, 1937–2009; her own memorial has not been read.

Sources

Sources 1–2

1 Find a Grave, memorial 128875794, 1911

Find a Grave, memorial 128875794, Dorothy Lucille Curtis Harbour [her mother] (16 October 1911, Gillett Grove Township, Clay County, Iowa – 22 November 2002, Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota), Granite Falls City Cemetery, block 21, lot 1, grave 3; linked to her husband William Cary Harbour (1895–1968, married 1930) and two daughters, among them Beth LaVonne Harbour Christiansen (1937–2009); created by Gayle, 30 April 2014 (findagrave.com/memorial/128875794), viewed 27 September 2026.

2 Old Ancestry family tree "Hegnauer, 1937

Old Ancestry family tree "Hegnauer (Old)" (165462681), person "Beth Lavonne Harbour", daughter of William Cary Harbour and Dorothy Lucille Curtis: born 4 April 1937, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died "01-02-2009", McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; a son (living); no record cited, only an Ancestry member tree (80191369).

Life in time

1937

Birth

proven Sources 1, 2

How we know

Year from Find a Grave. The old family tree gives 4 Apr 1937 at Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota, without a source (a lead).

Her mother's Find a Grave memorial links her as Beth LaVonne Harbour Christiansen, 1937–2009. No birth record has been read, so only the year is entered.

  1. 1937 Birth proven

    Year from Find a Grave. The old family tree gives 4 Apr 1937 at Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota, without a source (a lead).

    Her mother's Find a Grave memorial links her as Beth LaVonne Harbour Christiansen, 1937–2009. No birth record has been read, so only the year is entered.

    Sources 1, 2

  2. 2009 Death proven

    Year from Find a Grave. The old family tree gives "01-02-2009" (1 Feb or 2 Jan 2009) at McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas, without a source (a lead).

    Her mother's Find a Grave memorial gives her years 1937–2009; a linked memorial implies that she has died. No death record has been read, so only the year is entered.

    Sources 1, 2

  • proven

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Family

Father William Cary Harbour 1895–1968 Mother Dorothy Lucille Curtis 1911–2002
This page Beth LaVonne Harbour 1937–2009
Child Living Christiansen living
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Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth 1937 proven 1 , 2
Death 2009 proven 1 , 2

Research notes

  • Sources: Her mother's Find a Grave memorial (viewed 27 Sep 2026), which links a memorial for Beth LaVonne Harbour Christiansen, 1937–2009; her own memorial has not been read.1
  • Living flag: Changed to deceased on 27 Sep 2026 on the strength of the linked memorial; she had been kept as living because the old tree's death date had no source.1, 2
  • Family tree (leads): Born 4 Apr 1937, Maynard; died "01-02-2009" (the day and month are ambiguous), McAllen, Texas.2
  • Leads: her own Find a Grave memorial; the Minnesota birth index (1935–2000) for 1937; a Texas death record or a Rio Grande Valley obituary of 2009; her marriage (Christiansen). Her husband and son are living or presumed living and are not named.
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study, as a niece of Adelaide Louise (Curtis) Hegnauer.

Working notes

  • (the tree gives a death date without a record; treat as living until a death record is found); daughter of William Cary Harbour and Dorothy Curtis (H0175); old tree 165462681 @I252151208792@
  • DECEASED: Find a Grave (linked from Dorothy Curtis Harbour's memorial 128875794): Beth LaVonne Harbour Christiansen, 1937-2009

Sources

  1. 1

    Find a Grave, memorial 128875794, Dorothy Lucille Curtis Harbour [her mother] (16 October 1911, Gillett Grove Township, Clay County, Iowa – 22 November 2002, Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota), Granite Falls City Cemetery, block 21, lot 1, grave 3; linked to her husband William Cary Harbour (1895–1968, married 1930) and two daughters, among them Beth LaVonne Harbour Christiansen (1937–2009); created by Gayle, 30 April 2014 (findagrave.com/memorial/128875794), viewed 27 September 2026.

  2. 2

    Old Ancestry family tree "Hegnauer (Old)" (165462681), person "Beth Lavonne Harbour", daughter of William Cary Harbour and Dorothy Lucille Curtis: born 4 April 1937, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died "01-02-2009", McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas; a son (living); no record cited, only an Ancestry member tree (80191369).