Brief Life History of Jens Christian
When Jens Christian Sorensen was born on 1 January 1853, in Ribe, Denmark, his father, Soren Jensen, was 56 and his mother, Kirsten Magrethe Christiansdr, was 38. He married Mette Kierstine Weibel on 10 August 1878. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Melville Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 21 March 1931, in Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, United States.
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- Jens Chr Sørensen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Jens Chris Sorensen, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Jens Christian Sorensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Dickinson, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Per, Viggo, Einer, Lars, Morten, Bent, Holger, Jorgen, Knud.
Danish and Norwegian (Sørensen): patronymic from the personal name Søren, Danish form of Latin Severinus (see Severin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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