William Lester Jensen

Brief Life History of William Lester

When William Lester Jensen was born on 19 September 1893, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, George William Jensen, was 34 and his mother, Christina Olsen, was 30. He married Iva Dell Bjerregaard on 25 August 1915, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. He died on 2 August 1973, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ephraim Park Cemetery, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Lester Jensen
1893–1973
Iva Dell Bjerregaard
1897–1984
Marriage: 25 August 1915
Ora Grace Jensen
1915–2002
Moyle Lester Jensen
1917–2005
Von Jensen
1918–1918
Lester Jensen
1919–1919
Robert Lee Jensen
1920–1963
Ted Glen Jensen
1923–1923
Iva Laree Jensen
1924–2001

Sources (26)

  • Wm Lester Jensen, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lester Jensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • William Lester Jensen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

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.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1915 · Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.

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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