When Ivy Beatrice Jensen was born on 30 August 1903, in New Zealand, her father, Samuel Jensen, was 25 and her mother, Martha Hannah Warrington, was 21. She married Frank Howard Booth in 1925, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 2000, in her hometown, at the age of 97, and was buried in Clareville, Carterton, New Zealand.
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The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947.
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
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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