Brief Life History of Christana Eliza
When Christana Eliza Jensen was born in 1863, in Sweden, her father, Ola Jönsson, was 39 and her mother, Bengta Olsdotter, was 27. She married Daniel Clark on 20 December 1894, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. She died in Sweden.
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Sources (13)
- C Eliza Jensen Clark in household of Daniel Clark, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Eliza Jensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Eliza Jensen in entry for Moroni Jensen Clark, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1873 · The Swedish Krona Becomes National Currency
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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