I also am researching the Christners in Kansas.
It looks like there is Christner:
Annanias, Marion County, Lost Springs
Arthur, Marion County, Lost Springs
Herman, Marion County, Lost Springs
Jay, Marion County, Lost Springs.
I am looking for Homer Eugene Christner born about 1909 who married Emma Jean Hintergardt. My father Donald Eugene Christner b: 1929 in Hutchinson, Kansas
Would like to know what you have on the Christners