Christina Catherine Blandford (22 Jun 1884 - 11 Oct 1979) was the only daughter born to Isaac Roberts Blandford and Lily Georgia Kemp Blandford.Christina's parents immigrated to Walker, Michigan, from Ontario in the decade before her birth. Isaac Blandford was a packer in the furniture industry. Christina was raised with five brothers, one of whom, Victor (1890-1983) donated the old Collins farm/woods property he'd purchased to the city to become the Grand Rapids Public Museum's nature center.

Christina married Joseph Peter DeKorn (30 Jun 1881 - 24 Mar 1962) in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on 09 Dec 1919. Joseph was born to Richard DeKorn and Alice Paak DeKorn, both immigrants from the Netherlands. Joseph worked as an engineer, and he and Christina had at least one son, Richard Blandford DeKorn (1920-2004)