Knud Christensen was born March 1, 1860 in Denmark. While he was still in Denmark, he was married to Christiana Pedersen on November 5, 1893.
The family came to North Dakota, first settling in Barnes County. They came to Foster County to homestead in Rolling Prairie Township just south of Juanita, on the northeast 1/4 of section 28.
In 1905 the family moved to Kensal where Mr. Christensen was engaged in the real estate business.
There were ten children in the family: Maren, Marie, Christian, Holger, Astrid, George, Dagmar, Louis, Gerda and Gerda Harriet.
Mr. Christensen died June 15, 1950. He is buried at Kensal.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 96B