Benjamin Henry Christlieb

1885–1967

Benjamin Henry Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Isaac Christlieb³, Isaac A. Christlieb⁴) [974], born 8 July 1885, Long Lake, Minnesota; died 16 April 1967 in Ashland, Oregon; married 1^st, 9 March 1912, Hazel Tingley; married 2^nd, 17 June 1917 or 1918, Hazelle Fern Waidler.

“Benjamin H. Christlieb was an orange grower in Fullerton, California. He trained riding horses (some were polo horses for prominent people in Beverly Hills. He was also a dog trainer.” Yvonne Christlieb McAdoo, Bethesda, Maryland. “Benjamin Henry Christlieb reportedly brought a team and wagon from Long Lake, Minnesota to Southern California in the early 1900s. He, with his father, Isaac A., and brother, Alexander J. Christlieb, homesteaded land in Imperial Valley, which remains in the family. Benjamin Henry Christlieb grew oranges on 25 acres of land on Orange Thorpe Avenue, Fullerton, California. He was a dapper person and a good conversationalist and longtime member of the Elks.” Marilyn Christlieb Wade, June 1994.

In response to a letter of inquiry received from R.A. Stubbs, Long Lake, Minnesota, Benjamin H. Christlieb wrote:

“In reply to your recent inquiry about Minnesota history, I am sorry that I cannot give you the information you desire. I am not the Christlieb who wrote for a Wright County paper. B.F. Christlieb was my uncle, and he wrote lots of history, and you may rely on whatever he wrote, as he would not have written anything without having proof of its authenticity.” Below is a copy of the typewritten letter:

Benjamin H. Christlieb was twice married. He married 1^st, Hazel Tingley. Divorced. Benjamin married 2^nd, Hazelle Fern Waidler, born 17 February 1899; died 24 January 1987.

Child of Benjamin H. Christlieb and Hazel Tingley

• Donald Orville Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Isaac Christlieb³, Isaac A. Christlieb⁴, Benjamin H. Christlieb⁵) [974], born 10 October 1912, Fullerton, California; married Pearl Gold (born 1916, Cleveland, Ohio), daughter of Julius and Sarah Gold. A professional bassoonist, beginning in 1937, Don Christlieb’s career in motion picture orchestras spanned more than four decades. Retiring in 1979, he had been involved with Selznick-United Artists, Disney-RKO, Warner Brothers, MGM, 20^th Century Fox, and Paramount, playing in such films as “The Wizard of Oz” and “Gone With The Wind.” Throughout his adult life, he was associated with some of the world’s most distinguished musicians – Alfred Newman, Lawrence Morton, and Igor Stravinsky, to name a few. Don Christlieb founded the prestigious Los Angeles Woodwinds in 1938, and authored several books on music and musicians, including “Recollections of a First Chair Bassoonist – 52 Years in the Hollywood Studio Orchestras.”

Children of Benjamin H. Christlieb and Hazelle Fern Waidler

• Marilyn Olive Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Isaac Christlieb³, Isaac A. Christlieb⁴, Benjamin H. Christlieb⁵) [975], born 12 January 1921, Anaheim, California; died 11 April 1995, Ashland, Oregon; married, 22 December 1947, James Edwin Wade, son of Josiah Allen Wade and Eleanor Thackwray, born 21 December 1918, Jacksonville, Illinois.

• Norman Edward Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Isaac Christlieb³, Isaac A. Christlieb⁴, Benjamin H. Christlieb⁵) [976], born 9 August 1922; married Mary Joanne Lewis, daughter of Ross and Leta (Belding) Lewis, born 13 October 1924, in Sheridan, Wyoming.

• Grace Yvonne Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Isaac Christlieb³, Isaac A. Christlieb⁴, Benjamin H. Christlieb⁵) [976], born 2 July 1924; married, 30 November 1946 in Ashland, Oregon, Malcolm Ross McAdoo, born 24 April 1920 in Paris, France.

• Gary Benjamin Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Isaac Christlieb³, Isaac A. Christlieb⁴, Benjamin H. Christlieb⁵) [977], born 7 March 1930, Fullerton, California; married, 27 January 1982, Patricia Bailey, daughter of Chester Morris Bailey and Velma Flossie Brown, born 17 April 1933. No issue. Marilyn Christlieb Wade, June 1994.

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