1.  Family Group Sheets compiled by Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati and her grandmother, Maude Irene (Thompson) Rose.  It is oral family history that Christine came to America via the route over the Panamanian Isthmus and that her ship was wrecked off the Pacific coast of Mexico.  She is said to have lost all her belongings, but survived (obviously) and made it to Oakland, CA.

2.  Pedigree by Søren H. Schmidt, Lokalhistorisk Arkiv, Bredebro, DK.

3.  Birth Verification: Christine Mommine Jessine Sørensen.  Cathedral Parish Record, Ribe, Denmark, signed 15 Jan 1881 by Curate J.J. Bondesen (photocopy courtesy of Dale Matthiesen).  Translated from Danish to English by Nina Jensen, Rønne, DK (courtesy of Betty Cogliati).  Presumably, this birth verification was part of preparations for emigration.

4.  Birth Verification: Andreas Matthiesen.  Wiesby Parish, Denmark, signed 26 Mar 1882 by G. Seeger, Vicar of Wiesby (photocopy courtesy of Dale Matthiesen; translation from Danish to English by Nina Jensen, Rønne, Denmark, courtesy of Betty Cogliati).  Presumably, this birth verification was part of preparations for emigration.

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com):  1721 Fourteenth Street, Oakland City, 2nd Ward, Alameda Co., CA, p. 195A, SH 11A, SD 1, ED 344, enumerated 13 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	27
245	252	Matthiesen Andrew	Head	W	M	Sept 1867	32	M	11			GER	DEN	DEN	1886	14	Na	Tailor	0	Y	Y	Y	R	H
		__________ Christina	Wife	W	F	Jan 1867	33	M	11	1	1	DEN	DEN	DEN	1889	11				Y	Y	Y
		__________ Arthur	Son	W	F	Dec 1895	4	S				CA	GER	DEN

7.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 24):  360 Eighteenth St., Oakland City, Brooklyn Twp., Alameda Co., CA, Roll 71, p. 178A, SN 11A, SD 3, ED 139, enumerated 23 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	28
*	360	97	106	Matthiesen Andrew	Head	M	W	42	M1	26			Denmark (Danish)	Denmark (Danish)	Denmark (Danish)	1888	Na	Eng	Merchant tailor	own business	Emp	N	0	Y	Y		R	H
				__________ Christina	Wife	F	W	42	M1	26	1	1	Denmark (Danish)	Denmark (Danish)	Denmark (Danish)	1888		Eng	None					Y	Y
				__________ Arthur	Son	M	W	14	S				CA	Denmark (Danish)	Denmark (Danish)			Eng	None					Y	Y	Y
*Eighteenth Street

8.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 36):  2122 Seventh Ave., Oakland City, Brooklyn Twp. (Pct. 124), Alameda Co., CA, Roll T625_89, p. 237B, SN 3B, SD 5, ED 82, enumerated 3 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
*	2122	59	64	Madison Andrew	Head	O	M	M	W	52	M	1885	Na	1890	Y	Y	Ger	Ger	Den	Dan	Den	Dan	Y	Tailor	Tailor Shop	Em
				_______ Christina M	Wife			F	W	52	M	1889	Na	1890	Y	Y	Den	Dan	Den	Dan	Den	Dan	Y	None
				_______ Arthur C	Son			M	W	24	M				Y	Y	CA		Ger	Ger	Den	Dan	Y	Merchant	Mens Furnishings Store	Em
*Seventh Ave

9.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #24 of 38):  7th Ave., Oakland City (Block No. 1867), Brookly [Brooklyn] Twp., Alameda Co., CA, Roll 105, p. 12A, SN 12A, ED 1-1-1, SD 8, enumerated 8 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
*	122	188	209	Mathhiesen Christine	Head	O	8500	R	N	F	W	63	Wd	22	N	Y	DK	DK	DK	Danish	1889	Na	Y	None
				__________ Arthur	Son					M	W	33	D	21	Y	Y	CA	Ger	DK				Y	Detective	Agencey	O	Y
*7th Ave

10.  Death Certificate: Andrew Matthiesen.  Filed 22 Aug 1921, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA.  Address of place of death:  2122 Seventh Avenue, Oakland, CA.

11.  Record of Naturalization:  Andreas Matthiesen.  17 Aug 1898.  Superior Court of the State of California, City and County of San Francisco (photocopy courtesy of Dale Matthiesen).  This record was later restored in 27 Jun 1918 — presumably the original having been destroyed in the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906. 

12.  Baptismal Certificate of Arthur Carsten Matthiesen (photocopy courtesy of Dale Matthiesen; translation from Danish to English by Nina Jensen, Rønne, Denmark, courtesy of Betty Cogliati). 

13.  California Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data):

Last Name	First Name	Middle	Birth Date	Father Last	Sex	Death Place (County)	Death Date	Age	Post- em
Matthiesen	Christine	M J	01/15/1865	Sorensen	F	Santa Cruz	08/18/1948	83 yrs	Yes