When Gregers Christian Jensen was born on 29 August 1865, in Brovst, Øster Han, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Soren Christian Jensen, was 27 and his mother, Kirsten Sørensdatter, was 30. He married Ane Tomine Christensen about 1885, in Denmark. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Hillside Township, Dawson, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 9 September 1939, in Cozad, Dawson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Cozad Cemetery, Cozad, Dawson, Nebraska, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Dawson, Nebraska, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .
English: variant of Jennison .
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