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Thursday October Christian II | |
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 Thursday October Christian II taken around his 70th birthday, around 1890 | |
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Thursday October Christian II was aPitcairn Islands political leader.[1][2][3][4][5] He was the grandson ofFletcher Christian and son ofThursday October Christian, and mother,Teraura. He was also known as "Doctor", "Duddie" or "Doodie". He spent several years onNorfolk Island but returned toPitcairn in 1864. Christian was three quartersPolynesian.
He was the fifthMagistrate of the Pitcairn Islands, holding the office in 1844, 1851, 1864, 1867, 1873–1874, 1880 and 1882. Everyone namedChristian on Pitcairn is descended from him; a number of family branches, however, left Pitcairn permanently and settled on Norfolk Island.
He married Mary Young, granddaughter ofNed Young, on 24 March 1839.
Thursday October Christian II appears inMark Twain's 1879 story "The Great Revolution in Pitcairn".
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