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Thursday October Christian II
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Thursday October Christian II was a Pitcairn Islands political leader.[1][2][3][4][5] He was the grandson of Fletcher Christian 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 but returned to Pitcairn in 1864. Christian was three quarters Polynesian.
Key Information
He was the fifth Magistrate 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, on 24 March 1839.
Literary reference
[edit]Thursday October Christian II appears in Mark Twain's 1879 story "The Great Revolution in Pitcairn".
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Nash, Joshua; Mühlhäusler, Peter (1 January 2014). "Linking language and the environment: the case of Norf'k and Norfolk Island". Language Sciences. 41. doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2013.08.004. ISSN 0388-0001. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
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- ^ Erskine, Nigel (2004). The historical archaeology of settlement at Pitcairn Island 1790-1856 (PhD thesis). Australia: James Cook University. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
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