Thursday October Christian II (1 October 1820 – 27 May 1911)
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was a
Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four i ...
political leader. He was the grandson of
Fletcher Christian
Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS ''Bounty'' during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the ''Bounty'', Christian sei ...
and son of
Thursday October Christian,
[ and mother, Teraura.][ He was also known as "Doctor", "Duddie"][ or "Doodie". He spent several years on ]Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together w ...
but returned to Pitcairn
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four is ...
in 1864.[ Christian was three quarters Polynesian.
He was the fifth ]Magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a ''magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judici ...
of the Pitcairn Islands, holding the office in 1844, 1851, 1864,[ 1867, 1873–1874, 1880 and 1882.][ Everyone named Christian 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 of ]Ned Young
The complement of , the Royal Navy ship on which a historic mutiny occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789, comprised 46 men on its departure from England in December 1787 and 44 at the time of the mutiny, including her commander Lieute ...
, on 24 March 1839. They had 17 children,[ none of them named as a month name or week day. Seven died as children and three lived past the age of 73.][
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Children and descendants
Ancestry
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Literary reference
Thursday October Christian II appears in Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
's 1879 story "The Great Revolution in Pitcairn
Butterworth Stavely is a fictional character in Mark Twain's 1879 story "The Great Revolution in Pitcairn". He is an American adventurer and filibuster who instigates a ''coup d'état'' on the Pitcairn Islands and has himself crowned "Emperor B ...
".
See also
* Descendants of the Bounty Mutineers
The descendants of the ''Bounty'' mutineers include the modern-day Pitcairn Islanders as well as a little less than half of the population of Norfolk Island. Their common ancestors were the nine surviving mutineers from the mutiny on HMS ''Bou ...
References
1820 births
1911 deaths
Pitcairn Islands people of Polynesian descent
Pitcairn Islands politicians
Pitcairn Islands people of English descent
Pitcairn Islands people of Manx descent
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