Peter Jensen

17 March 1870–1 December 1958 (Age 88)
Århus, Denmark

The Life Summary of Peter

When Peter Jensen was born on 17 March 1870, in Århus, Denmark, his father, Poul Jensen, was 26 and his mother, Frederikke Anine Magrethe Frederiksen, was 22. He married Adeline Ingeborg Andresen on 1 April 1893, in Rudkøbing, Langelands Nørre, Svendborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920 and Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 1 December 1958, in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Jensen
1870–1958
Adeline Ingeborg Andresen
1872–1951
Marriage: 1 April 1893
Julius Peter Jensen
1893–1962
Eunice Jensen
1898–
Henry Arthur Jensen
1899–1938
Leonard Jensen
1902–
Helen Camilla Jensen
1908–
Doris Christine Jensen
1916–1948

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 April 1893Rudkøbing, Langelands Nørre, Svendborg, Denmark
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park
    Age 2
    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
    1882 · Electricity Comes to Los Angeles
    Age 12
    Electricity was first introduced to Los Angeles. The first electric street light had “three carbon-arc lamps of three thousand candle-power” and stood 150 feet tall. 
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 26
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Jenssen
    John

    Sources (12)

    • Peter Jensen in entry for Henry A Jensen, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Peter J Jensen, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Peter Jensen in entry for Charles Arnett Tillitson and Doris Christine Jensen, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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