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Merriam-Webster dictionary: ˈkris-tə-fər ˈjāmz ˈklə-bərˈsən, Krzysztof Jakub Kulberski (Polish), Кристофер Джеймс (Russian), (克里斯托弗・詹姆斯俱乐部唔儿子 (Chinese), Θ*Θχρηστοπχερ γιος του λεσχών (Greek), クリストファージェームスクラバソン (Japanese), 크리스토퍼 제임스 클럽아들 (Korean).
ChristopherCulberson named after his great grandfather, Christopher Columbus Culberson and
James from his late mother's great grandfather James Lister. Chris born deaf in
Eglin Air Force Base,
Niceville,
Florida. His parents are natives of
Georgia. His father, Ronald, served under
US Air Force during
Vietnam War in
Thailand and
Vietnam until he was honorable discharged. He is a resident of
Calhoun, Georgia. He worked for Georgia
G.D.O.T as an inspector until his retirement. His late mother, Lynn Ellis Kent (1949-2010), was a resident of
Adairsville when she was young. She worked many jobs as
H&R Block agent and a
receptionist at
Georgia State Patrol before she passed away. They moved back to Georgia when I was one month old. They live in a small area called
Sonoraville between Calhoun and
Fairmount, Georgia. Sonoraville is well-known for Tate family history since pre-
American Civil War. He has a sister, Julie born in
Rome, Georgia (1973). Chris and his sister moved to Rome with their late mother where he grew more than 20 years after his parents got a divorce in 1976. He attended the schools from 1976 to 1990. Most time he lived with his late mother and late stepfather Gary William Rolfson (1945-1991) but spend some times with his father and stepmother Landa. My late mother was remarried three times including Guy Kent.
Education
Chris support the education system strongly. As a small child, he used to read and memorize styles of kinds of
encyclopedias including Merriam-Webster,
Encyclopædia Britannica, and
World Book. When he was a kid, he attended first school called
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (1975) before the divorce. His second school was
Georgia School for the Deaf in
Cave Spring, Georgia in 1976 until he graduated in 1990. He had received
13 honor roll awards, science award, "reading" award, and social science award. He was also played a football and joined boy scouts but unlike deaf children, he spent his time and young life on studying history and other subjects. He kept visited Rome, Georgia library (Sara Hightower Regional Library) where he had developed his research skills. His interests were growing up when he found about
Sherlock Holmes,
Titanic,
Wright Brothers, and others.
museums,
historiccemeteries, and
historic sites are his favorite places he still go. Chris is also self-educating (
self-learning) on his own way.
On
May1995, he volunteered to work at
Ford's Theatre for his first
internship as historian and researcher. It was new exeprience for him to be a historian and researcher. He wrote several information about
Abraham Lincoln,
Star Saloon where Booth had his last drink before he shot Lincoln,
Petersen House where Lincoln died,
the Lincoln Conspiracy, and others. He also wrote history essays and research terms for his classes at Gallaudet University including 20 pages about the history of
African-American Military. Hist internship was completed in May 1996 and
Bachelor of Arts in History on
May1998.
Chris moved to Calhoun in same month after his B.A. degree was completed, he made several jobs until he gets a right job. The jobs he had done were
Wal-Mart stationary associate May 1998 - October 2001 and
Goody's Family Clothing as men's clothing associate/stockroom manager September 2004 - February 2009 when Goody's was shut down. He once had a
paraprofessional position at GSD for two weeks in February 2007 until he was laid off for no reason. He also attended
Coosa Valley Technical College while he worked at these jobs. He completed a
data entrycertification on September 27, 2006 and
computer technician certification on May 2007. On October 2010,
Toys R US hired him as a part time
assembler.
Chris' Family History
Chris' most
ancestral family came from came from
England,
Ireland,
Scotland and
Native American (
Creek Indians). He is a bigger fan of
genealogy and he has done researching on his own family history. He created "Ellis Family Tree" list when Ellis family came from England in 1590. Other names are Tates, Listers, Culbersons, and Halls. His family informaton has started with Creek tribes of Georgia,
Robert Roy MacGregor, Reverend Stephen Ellis who was founder of Pine Log Methodist Church in
Rydal, Georgia, Sonoraville Tates who were ones of
freemasons and Halls who were recorded in the book called District of Bloody Eighth.. His family had been lived in Colonial
Williamsburg, Virginia and Colonial North Carolina before
American Revolution started. After the removal of
Cherokees left Georgia by following
Trail of Tears, some family moved to Georgia like Ellis and Tates in 1830s. Listers are residents of
Scotland. Jean is one of them that left for the United States when she met Benson Ellis after the end of
World War II.
His family were also involved with another wars. Benson Ellis (1906-1976) joined
US Army during World War II where he fought Germans in
European Theatre and met Jean Lister in
England. After the World War II ended, Benson returned
New York City aboard the "troopship"
RMS Queen Mary with other American soldiers. late Gary Rolfson's father, Jack G. Rolfson was a bomber pilot in
303rd Bomb Group that bombed Germany and other enemy countries. After the war ended, he joined
Eastern Airlines as a captain (pilot).
Douglas DC-3 which is displayed in
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. was one of Jack's planes that he flew.
Ronald was in U.S. Air Force service where he was stationed at
Thailand near
Vietnam during
Vietnam War before Chris born. Gary Rolfson was also in Vietnam War. He was a
military police for U.S. Air Force.
The side of his late mother's were founders of the
churches in the belief of
Methodist. Stephen Ellis founded Pine Log Methodist Church in Rydal, Georgia before the Civil War; Benson and Jean Ellis helped to create Farmville United Methodist Church in Sonoraville, Georgia; and Benson's brother, Bugg Ellis helped to create Wesley Chapel Methodist Church that Chris and his family used to attend; and Sonoraville Baptist Church had part of our family who involved.
Personal Life
Chris is single and he is liking women. He has a lot of
hobbies. He collects almost everything from books to video games and his favorite is
traveling for researching, having fun, and looking for new way of style, food, and information.
During his times of traveling, his stories are often
goofy for his adventures. When Chris was eleven years old, his family visited
Walt Disney World,
Orlando, Florida in November 1980, he walked backward while he talked to his late mother until he caught himself by falling in the water fountain. He got himself wet but he had to watch Disney parade on the Main Street. After he changed his clothes to his
pajamas, he did not know that he had to be at
Burger King for the
supper so he was embarrassed that he was wearing pajamas. On December
1990 after he left Gallaudet University for Christmas vacation, he did not know that he was in a wrong car of
Amtrak. The car was for the passengers who came to South Carolina so he was alone in a vacant car until he arrived at his scheduled stop,
Gainesville, Georgia. On 1993, Chris' eyes were bad for viewing because of
cataracts but he had to go to Washington, D.C. for Gallaudet University. He managed to drive his car without any accidents from Calhoun, Georgia until he failed to see the view of the road (
Constitution Avenue). He thought that road was led to Gallaudet University. When he realized that was wrong way, it was too late. He crashed yellow
barricade fences and almost touched the stairs of
U.S. Capitol. He was escorted by
U.S. Capitol police officers out of their ways, not being arrested. His eyes were fixed later at
Georgetown University Hospital at
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.. In Spring 1993, Chris and his cycling class were on a field trip by riding bikes to around
Kennedy Center and back to Gallaudet for a lesson. Chris was not very skilled cyclist so he was very clumsy. He failed to turn around few bushes and crashed into one of bushes.