Brief Life History of Johanna Marie Wilhelmine
When Johanna Marie Wilhelmine Jensen was born on 19 June 1833, in Ålborg, Vor Frue, Århus, Århus, Denmark, her father, Mads Niels Jensen, was 46 and her mother, Ane Kirstine Mylendorf, was 40. She married Lauritz Hjorth on 3 January 1858, in Visborg, Hadsund, Nordjylland, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ålborg, Denmark in 1870 and Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 1 October 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mrs. E Hjorth, "United States Census, 1910"
- Johanne Marie Vilhelmine Jensen, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916" (1858)
- Marie A. Hjorth, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
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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A Personal History told by Pauline Matilda Hjorth
Pauline Matilda Hjorth was born June 18, 1861 in Aalborg, Denmark. Her parents were Lauritz Hjorth born October 4, 1835 in Aalborg and Johanna Marie Wilhelmine Jensen born July 18, 1834 in Aalborg. …
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